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Allergy & Food Scanner: Nosher
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Top complaints - extracted from 14 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"gluten"
6 negative reviews mention this · 43% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot trust it. I just bought this app since I was diagnosed with alpha gal syndrome. Plus I have gluten intolerance I decided to try it out and scan a bag of chips that are gluten free according to the package. This app told me it has gluten in it. …" - Bobcat131
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"free"
5 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot trust it. I just bought this app since I was diagnosed with alpha gal syndrome. Plus I have gluten intolerance I decided to try it out and scan a bag of chips that are gluten free according to the package. This app told me it has gluten in it. …" - Bobcat131
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"money"
5 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot trust it. I just bought this app since I was diagnosed with alpha gal syndrome. Plus I have gluten intolerance I decided to try it out and scan a bag of chips that are gluten free according to the package. This app told me it has gluten in it. …" - Bobcat131
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"scan"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot trust it. I just bought this app since I was diagnosed with alpha gal syndrome. Plus I have gluten intolerance I decided to try it out and scan a bag of chips that are gluten free according to the package. This app told me it has gluten in it. …" - Bobcat131
5
"wrong"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot trust it. I just bought this app since I was diagnosed with alpha gal syndrome. Plus I have gluten intolerance I decided to try it out and scan a bag of chips that are gluten free according to the package. This app told me it has gluten in it. …" - Bobcat131
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"scanned"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Nah. Downloaded at this am.. scanned labels around my kitchen. Everyone was sending up gluten and other flags.. yet it was wrong every time. Deleted app. Would love to be refunded. Can’t find a way to communicate with developers but this review …" - Torie Sue
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"labels"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Nah. Downloaded at this am.. scanned labels around my kitchen. Everyone was sending up gluten and other flags.. yet it was wrong every time. Deleted app. Would love to be refunded. Can’t find a way to communicate with developers but this review …" - Torie Sue
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"downloaded"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DO NOT DOWNLOAD. I recently was tested for food allergies and I have a lot. I needed an app to help me keep track so I downloaded this one. Not only did it charge me $30, the app only has a small handful of broad allergies to set and it’s not customizeable …" - BrandiBear :)
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"gluten free"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot trust it. I just bought this app since I was diagnosed with alpha gal syndrome. Plus I have gluten intolerance I decided to try it out and scan a bag of chips that are gluten free according to the package. This app told me it has gluten in it. …" - Bobcat131
10
"waste"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Awful experience. Don’t waste your money, this app only uses IA to find words in the label, reason why it warns you about ingredients that are not an actual problem, for example “Cocoa butter”, it’s dairy free but the app does not recognize this kind of thin…" - Hkigbjiy
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"uses"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Awful experience. Don’t waste your money, this app only uses IA to find words in the label, reason why it warns you about ingredients that are not an actual problem, for example “Cocoa butter”, it’s dairy free but the app does not recognize this kind of thin…" - Hkigbjiy
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"label"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Nah. Downloaded at this am.. scanned labels around my kitchen. Everyone was sending up gluten and other flags.. yet it was wrong every time. Deleted app. Would love to be refunded. Can’t find a way to communicate with developers but this review …" - Torie Sue
📋 All 14 negative reviews
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DO NOT DOWNLOAD
I recently was tested for food allergies and I have a lot. I needed an app to help me keep track so I downloaded this one. Not only did it charge me $30, the app only has a small handful of broad allergies to set and it’s not customizeable so it was useless to me. I requested a refund and was denied because they charged it as a subscription! So not only did they take $30 from me, but they planned to do it again if I hadn’t noticed! This is def a scam! Not worth $1 much less $30!
Cannot trust it
I just bought this app since I was diagnosed with alpha gal syndrome. Plus I have gluten intolerance I decided to try it out and scan a bag of chips that are gluten free according to the package. This app told me it has gluten in it. If it is wrong on this, how can I trust it on other foods? I want my money back!!
Nah
Downloaded at this am.. scanned labels around my kitchen. Everyone was sending up gluten and other flags.. yet it was wrong every time. Deleted app. Would love to be refunded. Can’t find a way to communicate with developers but this review box.
Awful experience
Don’t waste your money, this app only uses IA to find words in the label, reason why it warns you about ingredients that are not an actual problem, for example “Cocoa butter”, it’s dairy free but the app does not recognize this kind of things. I was expecting a lot more, I just tried it and I’m begging for a reimbursement.
Waste of time & money
The idea of this app is good but there are serious flaws. When you scan a product it searches for key words- sounds good right? Wrong. Numerous products are truly dairy free but if it uses the word milk at all to even say “free of milk” or “vs milk” it will mark it as “unclean” then you’re back to rereading the whole label anyways. It marked almond milk as “unclean”.
Not what I expected
There is no point in dealing with this issue as it is a waste of time and money. Its effectiveness is not very effective.
Overpriced and not very smart
Basically I ended up paying 20 bucks for a camera lens that uses AI to read labels you scan. But if that label says “gluten free” or “made in a facility without wheat” it will just see the word wheat or gluten and then tell you the product is unsafe. I’m sure there are free apps that can scan and read labels if you want that as a feature. But for this save your money and just read the label of whatever you are trying to eat. That’s 20 bucks I’ll never get back.
Absolute trash
Doesn’t work in the slightest. Feels like ai slop. No thought or care was actually put into this product. Warning about wine in my product because it has wine vinegar. Warnings on dietary fiber because it assumes it is from a gluten source. Just plain stupidity only ai and a fool can make.
Disappointed
First 2 labels scanned said no dairy was found but to check and verify. There was dairy. So a failure of the app.
Works poorly
I’m disappointed in this app... I was excited initially as they offer a lifetime license, and I prefer that to the perpetual subscription that everybody seems to want from you these days, but using the app leaves much to be desired.
It misses obvious allergens, and then will latch onto part of an ingredient (e.g. “cream” in “coconut cream”) and flag that, when it’s not actually a problem.
The little gray boxes that appear onscreen when it’s identifying text also always appear in the same place (middle right of screen) regardless of where the text actually is. It really doesn’t seem to read the text at all on labels with tiny text, and the fact that it just returns a “safe to eat” when this happens is alarming to say the least.
It misses obvious allergens, and then will latch onto part of an ingredient (e.g. “cream” in “coconut cream”) and flag that, when it’s not actually a problem.
The little gray boxes that appear onscreen when it’s identifying text also always appear in the same place (middle right of screen) regardless of where the text actually is. It really doesn’t seem to read the text at all on labels with tiny text, and the fact that it just returns a “safe to eat” when this happens is alarming to say the least.
Terrible App
Supposed to detect animal products for Alpha Gal allergy. Scanned three products that contained animal products and it scanned CLEAN! Terrible App
Not accurate
I have celiac so avoiding gluten is absolutely dire. I’ve tested the scanner on things that I know have gluten such as soy sauce. In the ingredients it says wheat and the app would not pick up the fact that it said wheat I do not recommend.
Dose not work
I pointed this at a box of pasta before I paid during my 5 free scans and it gave me a warning of gluten, however as soon as I paid, not one time in 30 things that I scanned for my pantry did it come up with gluten including boxes of semolina pasta, gluten rice and processed food. I’m brand new with this gluten-free lifestyle and this app would lead me completely down the wrong path.
Does not work
Downloaded the app for the seven day trial. Went grocery shopping this afternoon and I couldn’t get it to scan anything in the store. Sorry but cancelled and deleted. Glad others can benefit from this app.
Sentiment summary
89%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)