Product Origin vs Food Origin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Product Origin
Scan product barcodes to instantly discover their country of origin. Access a comprehensive list of barcode prefixes by country and view your scanning history. It also provides book information when scanning ISBN codes.
- Scan product barcodes
- Find country of origin
- Browse barcode prefixes
- Scan ISBN codes
- View scan history
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Discover where products come from in seconds. Just scan any barcode with your device’s camera to see the country where it’s registered. Features: - Instantly find the country of origin from a product’s barcode - Browse the full list of barcode prefixes by country - Scan ISBN codes to get useful book information - View and manage your history of scanned barcodes
Food Origin
Instantly discover the origin of everyday products by scanning their barcodes. This utility works offline in under a second, providing detailed information about where your items come from.
- Barcode scanning
- Product origin lookup
- Offline functionality
- Fast results (<1 second)
- Wide product compatibility
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This app lets you know exactly where they come from the products you use every day. In less than 1 second you'll be able to know the origin of EVERY type of product by simply scanning the barcode printed on the product itself The App doesn't need internet connection!!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Food Origin at Free against Product Origin's $0.99. Food Origin also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 15 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Food Origin is free to download; Product Origin costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Product Origin against 1.0 for Food Origin. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Product Origin ships an update every 15 months, Food Origin fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Product Origin | Food Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MindIT | Inera Srl |
Customer experience
Product Origin
Food Origin
In-app purchases
Product Origin
No in-app purchases
Food Origin
No in-app purchases
