Bobby Approved alternatives

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] Bobby Approved 2/5 · US Doesn’t cover a lot of products: I have so many products I scan that’s either “ under review “ ( which can take a while ) or non existent . Another major issue is, one of my body hydrating oil had thumbs down without explanation
2. [R12] Bobby Approved 1/5 · US Please review Sam’s Club products: I need foods from Sam’s Club reviewed
3. [R15] Bobby Approved 5/5 · US Food scanner: Tried scanner on several foods. “No ratings yet was all I found. For me app is useless
4. [R16] Bobby Approved 2/5 · US Slow app: I caught Bobby’s reviews on food items on YouTube and he was promoting his app. I downloaded his app and attempted to use in Costco which is where a lot of his good items he reviews are located. App took so long to scan and respond … it took 30 minutes to scan 3 items … who has time & patience for this? I went to the regular grocery store the next day and the 2 items I attempted to sc
5. [R18] Bobby Approved 2/5 · US App doesn’t work: Great review and most of the groceries we buy are recommended by Bobby. We watch his review minutes after he post time on social media. But, this app doesn’t work in over 90% stores. Always receive errors. Sent an email to them they seem to blame the net connection. Suggest we try to turn off the WiFi or only use WiFi. Hope the tech team takes this review seriously. Than you?
6. [R7] Bobby Approved 4/5 · US Great…except you rarely provide a yellow thumb: Love the app. Use it often. One concern…it seems to be a bit black and white? There are thousands of unapproved products, hundreds of approved products, and maybe a handful of products that are in the middle. That is, neither thumbs up or thumbs down. One example is Healthy Choice Fudge Bars. It’s not perfect, but it has the yellow thumb rating. I’d
7. [R41] Bobby Approved 5/5 · US Fix: Love the app, but can you add a feature and give us reasons why it’s not approved so it helps us to understand what is bad
8. [R6] Bobby Approved 1/5 · US Bad: This app recommends poor-quality products just to earn commissions. Some sponsored products contain high-risk additives, yet the app still rates them positively. The recommendations feel biased and driven by sponsorships rather than consumer health.
9. [R8] Bobby Approved 1/5 · US Fear mongering social media influencer without any nutrition credentials: This guy has no education, training, or certifications in nutrition or food science. Anti seed oil claims without evidence aren’t helping anyone eat healthier. No thanks. Deleting app and will use something evidence-based.
10. [R10] Bobby Approved 1/5 · US No full disclosure: No backing in research or European reviews seen here.
11. [R3] Bobby Approved 3/5 · US Curious: Miss a lot on the additives and their toxins to us.
12. [R4] Bobby Approved 1/5 · US Help: Bobby, I love you so much but I’m 64 years old and I still like to cheat a little bit with food and personal care… I still wanna go out and get a beautiful tan you’re still not answering my question what type of tanning lotion can I use you keep giving thumbs down to everything. Are you trying to tell me I should not use any tanning oil Please give me a response. Thanks. I am one of your big
13. [R52] Yuka 5/5 · US AMAZINGG: Glad to have this app. Very informational.
14. [R53] Yuka 3/5 · US Decent App: Wish Yuka was more comprehensive and had a more extensive library of products but it’s a pretty essential app overall.
15. [R54] Yuka 2/5 · US Works but be mindful: This app certainly works. It scans and gives you an opinion. Be mindful that a food is labeled as “bad” 99% of the time due to anything that isn’t a whole food. Like, fell off the tree, whole food. I scanned a protein powder that honestly had very good macros but was labeled “9/100” because it had a few additives and too many calories of 125! What?! 23 grams of protein, 1 gra
16. [R55] Yuka 5/5 · US Wonderful app: I really love the Yuka app. It has really opened my eyes to realize that the word natural and sometimes even organic mean nothing there’s still chemicals in there so thank you everyone behind Yuka app. I so appreciate it from me and my family and friends.
17. [R65] Think Dirty 1/5 · US Used to be helpful: App is full of junk popping up. Can’t type in to product search anymore? Deleting this app and I’ve had it for years
18. [R66] Think Dirty 5/5 · US Love it: Very helpful when making product decisions
19. [R67] Think Dirty 3/5 · US Bugs need to be fixed: Most of the products I scanned either didn’t show up or were the wrong thing. I think this is probably a new app and a lot needs to be done. But thank you for thinking about the consumers.
20. [R68] Think Dirty 2/5 · US Catchy name: This app is presented as though you can walk into any store scan the barcode and get an honest review… Buyer beware!! There are surprisingly few items in any given grocery store/supermarket where people shop regularly for daily items… The idea behind this app is (I think) they want you to purchase the items that they have reviewed (from them) so they can make a profit… There are also
21. [R79] Olive 1/5 · US not free: paid app
22. [R80] Olive 5/5 · US Going Green with Olive: Best healthy eating app I’ve used thus far. Others have had limited information or limited on what items could be scanned. That’s not the case with Olive!
23. [R81] Olive 3/5 · US Jumping through stupid hoops: I just wanted to be able to scan things, but I’m already at the store. It wants me to scan 15 items from my pantry to give me an audit before I can even use the app. I’m about to tell my bank to dispute this stupid charge.
24. [R82] Olive 1/5 · US Embellished scores: I’m not sure I can trust a good scanner that scores hot dogs as 100/100 or nutrition bars with brown rice syrup at 90+.
25. [R93] Scan App + 2/5 · US Ok, except: The application works pretty well with a few features for color, black-and-white, or grayscale. However, even when I choose the smallest size, the files are still much larger than they need to be for the content.
26. [R94] Scan App + 5/5 · US Free so far and quite handy!: I like this app. It’s easy to use and free so far! Highly recommended! A++++
27. [R95] Scan App + 3/5 · US Meh: If you want an actual good scanner this is the one but you gotta pay
28. [R96] Scan App + 1/5 · US Doesn’t scan colors properly: Nope, don’t get this if you want to scan color documents.
29. [R107] Ivy 1/5 · US Incorrect food reviews: I’ve been doing research over the years and this app is very inaccurate. Firstly, why wouldn’t you include pesticides, microplastics, and heavy metals into your food ratings?? A product should not be 100/100 if it includes pesticides, such as chlormequat, which is terrible for the male reproductive system. This specific product isn’t even organic/ USDA CERTIFIED, which mean
30. [R108] Ivy 5/5 · US Finally it checks Seed Oils and processing: I was using Yuca but its algorithms are so dumb it doesn’t care how processed something is it only cares if its high fats
31. [R109] Ivy 3/5 · US Alpha Gal: Need ALL Mammal free foods
32. [R110] Ivy 1/5 · US Misleading: Makes you answer silly questions for a few minutes … then asks for a review without ever being able to actually use the app. When you skip it then it asks you to agree to a yearly fee before even experiencing the app. Rubbed me the wrong way big time so deleted it without paying. Chat got will do the same thing for free. Just upload a pic of the nutrition label and you are all set.
33. [R2] Bobby Approved 5/5 · US Easy: I like how quick and easy this app is the second you open it you can just scan the barcode and it tells you everything you need to know
34. [R5] Bobby Approved 5/5 · US Wonderful to use: I suggest this App to everyone that will listen! Peace of mind while shopping and tells what the bad ingredients are and your decision if you choose to go ahead and purchase it to use! Can goneringbwhikenusing
35. [R13] Bobby Approved 5/5 · US Healthier eating: Thanks for helping me understand the labels better and the terminology.
36. [R17] Bobby Approved 5/5 · US Great app: I would never consider putting anything in my shopping cart until I used the BobbyApproved food scanner app. It has helped me make wise purchasing decisions while at the same time protecting me for making decisions that could hurt my health a lot. Thank you, Bobby!
37. [R64] Yuka 5/5 · US I always check YUKA first!: An educator friend told me about YUKA. Since that time, I never purchased anything without running it through Yuka. It’s such an awesome app with great information. If you are trying to live on the healthy side of eating, then you absolutely need to download this app. Best app ever! I appreciate that cosmetics are also tested, ruling out those that have harmful product
38. [R71] Think Dirty 1/5 · US User-driven database, but you pay: Was free, now they make you pay to use/search items. Why contribute when you have to pay? Makes no sense to have to pay for access to a database whose majority of items’ ratings are user-driven. Will be using & contributing to EWG from now on. Another “for-the-users,” “by-the-users” app bites the dust for shareholders.
39. [R74] Think Dirty 1/5 · US $$$: Money is all you want. You say you can search for free but that is not the truth, keyword search is only if you pay. Don’t say it’s free when it doesn’t function without paying.
40. [R77] Think Dirty 1/5 · US Doesn’t unlock: I have had this app for years. On two separate occasions I paid to upgrade but nothing changed from the free version. I was still not able to view my upgrade access. Once Apple returned my $. Now the app changed and I can’t search for free. Only scan in store. My goal is to find clean beauty products for my kids. I have moved to other apps. I don’t mind paying a fee, but not if it
41. [R84] Olive 3/5 · US Over it.: Just incase anyone wants to know don’t ever forget you did a free trial and then end up spending 30 dollars because Apple likes to take money out of wallet late at night so you can’t do anything. And no you cannot get a refund I’ve tried 2 times. I don’t understand it. So if you have adhd like myself. Don’t start the free trial unless you wanna spend that much to i don’t even know what i
42. [R87] Olive 1/5 · US **RIPOFF** TOO EXPENSIVE!: I wish there was a permanant free option with ads or something like other apps. $50 per year is RIDICULOUS!!!!!
43. [R89] Olive 1/5 · US Waste of time: This took forever to fill out and get through and there is no free advertised version it’s all pay, no way to just do what it’s advertised as a “food scanner” I haven’t given any company a review before on anything, but this was so annoying and irritating I had to say something for anyone who was misled from Their advertisements from social media etc.
44. [R92] Olive 5/5 · US Why should I have to pay: I get y’all have a 7 day free trial, but I find it astonishing that we HAVE to pay to change our eating habits and be healthier. I downloaded this app thinking it would help me and its most likely free but you want to charge people that are working to eat healthier and not wanting cancer,leads,toxins, and etc in their body??
45. [R115] Ivy 1/5 · US Yeah…. Hard NOPE: I won’t be downloading or using, after reading all the reviews. It’s the old bait and switch. Nothing is free. It’s download, answer questions, then review and the pay for a subscription. Hard NO … just don’t!
46. [R117] Ivy 1/5 · US I have to pay EVEN MORE MONEY to be heathy? I have to pay to use the app. You made me take a survey: Not free. There is no point. AND YOU GOT A FREE SURVEY OUT OF ME. YOU PEOPLE ARE SUCH CHEATS.
47. [R119] Ivy 1/5 · US Waste my time: Yeah going through the effort of the app only to learn it’s subscription based. Not enjoyable. Paying forever doesn’t sound appealing to me. I would rather have ads or pay one time. I’ll probably just use AI and see if it can do the same thing but for free.