Ungredients is a health-focused barcode scanner for iOS that cross-references artificial food additives against international regulatory bans.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Health & Fitness
Sentiment
4.2
6 reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Ungredients to navigate complex food labels and identify additives banned in other countries, serving a need for transparency in food safety.
For Health-conscious consumers interested in identifying artificial additives and international regulatory standards in their food.
What does it look like?
Key features
Uses the device camera to scan food barcodes and retrieve ingredient data.
Cross-references artificial food additives against international regulatory bans and health risk data.
How much does it cost?
The app is currently offered as a free tool with no visible subscription or IAP gates.
Velocity
Dormant developmentopaqueShow more...
The app has been inactive for over 8 years, with the last recorded update occurring on March 3, 2018. There is no evidence of ongoing development, feature additions, or maintenance. The project appears to be abandoned by the developer.
Who built it?
Tony Gentilcore
2 apps tracked · Health & Fitness
GoBird - Guide to Nearby BirdsUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans thrilled. Users appreciate the free access model provides high value for users seeking ingredient information without upfront costs.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The free access model provides high value for users seeking ingredient information without upfront costs
- Inconsistent success rates when identifying product ingredients limit the reliability of the scanning feature
1 of 1 recent reviews analyzed · limited sample
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Competitive landscape for Ungredients - Food Scanner
How's the Health & Fitness market?
Ungredients maintains a niche position in the Health & Fitness category with a 4.17-star rating. The lack of updates since 2018 limits its competitive standing against apps with active database maintenance.
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Key takeaways for Ungredients - Food Scanner
Where is it heading?
The health-tracking market is consolidating around apps with real-time database updates and active community engagement. Ungredients' maintenance-mode status leaves it exposed to more reliable, frequently updated alternatives, which will likely lead to further user churn.
- The 8-year update gap prevents the database from reflecting current international food safety regulations, which undermines the core value proposition for health-conscious users.
The SWOT
- Free access model lowers the barrier for health-conscious users
- Database expansion to include current international regulatory standards
Next best moves
Audit database accuracy because current scanning success is inconsistent -> restore user trust
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's primary value is its database…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The analysis shifted from a neutral observation of maintenance mode to a negative outlook, explicitly identifying the 8-year update gap as a critical failure point for data accuracy and brand viability.
Bottom line
Ungredients offers a useful free utility for additive transparency, but the lack of updates since 2018 renders the safety database unreliable, so the developer must either commit to a data-refresh cycle or sunset the project to protect brand reputation.
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- [1] App Store, source
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