The Gluten Free Scanner

Edit: the issue came back even worse after update.Not worth paying for the upgraded version. I paid for the upgraded version a year ago and it rarely made a difference as far as identifying gluten free foods went. But oh well right? It's only a couple bucks. Well fast forward to about a month ago an my app all of a sudden won't work at all. It keeps telling me it doesn't have internet even when I am at home on my wifi. I've tried clearing the cache and data and nothing works. Super disappointed.

I don't know how this app has so many stars, I've scanned 30 items and it only found 2 in the database. The items I'm scanning are pretty common. The best part is it tells me to buy the upgraded version, why? So I can spend my money and still not know if something has gluten in it!? Stupid app, don't bother with this space waste app, you'll only be frustrated while you're shopping and if you have to be gluten free for health reasons shopping is probably already frustrating.

I have the paid version. It seems like a decent app so far, but it's missing a lot of common products (i.e. big brand potato bites). In addition, there appears to be no way to save information to a personal account. A personal account would be helpful so that you don't lose your favorites if something happens to your phone or the app on your device. *Also, please fix the history section because it isn't working at all right now.*

Love the convience of shopping with this app! It recognizes most popular food brand names and let's you know if it is gluten free or not just by scanning the barcode. Only downside, you can't clear the history unless you uninstall the app and reinstall it. No matter, you don't get charged again and so it is still worth it! Saves you time from doing the research yourself! Name brands are getting better at labeling their food products as GF, but it is not mandatory. I highly recommend this app.

The idea of the app is great. It's easy to use and seems accurate. I've only been able to successfully scam name brand items, though, so for someone who shops at Aldi and buys store brand items at the grocery store I find myself scanning the name brand and then buying the off-brand (takes quite a while!) -- but that could be risky for someone who has Celiac disease. For a 5-star review, add in the non name brand foods!

For a free version, I can't complain. This app has a lot of data, even for store and off brands, and it has been accurate for me since I was diagnosed in September. The only problems I had were with seasonal products and barcodes coming up as different product items, but that is a minor inconvenience in my opinion. I love that my scanned items save in a history and update if ingredients change. I plan to get the full version soon and have suggested this app to my family or friends wanting too.

I downloaded this app to try it out as I suffer from a wheat allergy. I scanned a few household food items, and I was surprised that some well-known brand names were not recognized. However, when it did manage to identify an item by its barcode, I was impressed with how the data is presented. While I know I can search a product, I must admit that the feature that appealed to me was the quick and easy UPC scanner. Would be nice if it could recognize more items by scan, otherwise, it's great!!!

Too many items not in the list. Tried to buy the full scanner several times and couldn't. Lately. I haven't been able to use it because there's a message that something like fdk, etc. is not in the app. I have no idea what they are asking so I uninstalled and have been trying to reinstall it for 3 days to no avail. Otherwise it did help me.

Please tell me where the 80k GF products are... If I go into search, it seems like I can only see about 10 products per sub-category and there aren't enough categories for that to add up to 80k. The app didn't seem to have comprehensive product lists for some basic popular GF brands like Udi's. I even tried paying the 3.99 in this app. But it didn't seem to change anything, and the "FULL" version of the app is still 3.99 after upgrading. Not sure if there's a difference between the in-app purchase and "FULL" app. But if the in-app upgrade didn't work, I'm requesting a refund and I'll wait to see if this improves in the future. Really love the idea and hope this improves. I have a ton of local GF products I've been trying and would love a solid community-generated DB for gluten free products. But I would recommend providing a contribution incentive to unlock "paid" features while the database of products is still small.

This app has helped me so much. I've seen complaints of the screen that stays you can find similar items if you buy the upgrade but it is important to note that the purpose of that screen is to tell you they don't have the barcode in their system and if you upgrade you can search their database for similar items. If you send feed back it sends the barcode with it so let them know they don't have it. This app is incredibly helpful. I've tested it all day and it's accurate. Lets add more barcodes.

It seemed to work at first but soon began telling me that the items were not available. These were not obscure things, just stuff of the grocery shelves. I thought about buying the full version, but I have to investigate more as I have been disappointed in the lack of info after using the free one for a couple of weeks.

Disappointed More than half of the items I scanned were not found. I'm talking major brand foods that one would think the app would have in it's data base. Some examples (all known gluten free foods): Kind bars (various kinds), gluten free Oreos, Progresso gluten free soups, Gushers... Yes, I could send feedback and hopefully get these items added to their database, but I shouldn't have to do that for half of the foods I scan; it completely defeats the purpose of this app. Not worth the download

Very useful! I didnt know some pickles had gluten in it and this app told me:) ive been adding new items in their feedback when they dont come up in the data base. I wish there wasnsome prize or reward for adding feedback for products to increase the amount of products reviewed. Im not sure the differences between the free version and the 399 one though... But i love this app :) pretty useful for celiac people!

Not worth the price! This app isn't much better than the free version. If you scan item chances are there is no info in the app. The lists of gluten free foods are not organized at all so you just have to scroll through each item till you find what you want. Not worth the price!!!

This app doesn't work. I tried scanning some items i had around the kitchen. The first item just wouldn't scan at all, and the second was an item labeled gluten free, it scanned, but didn't show up in the DB. Third item scanned but again no entry in the DB. I wouldn't trust my health with this.

Since my husband has celiac, I find this app very helpful scanning products to see if it has gluten in it. I would have give it 5 stars, however so products I have scanned is not registered with the app. In addition to, if I noticed a gluten free label on the product, I do request for it to be added to the list of products that are gluten free. Code Aeccbe

This app did not work for me at all! I scanned at least 20 different items and just got a black screen. I read other reviews that said they only got a black screen as well, but decided to try it for myself. Needless to say, I unistalled it and went with a different one, that actually works.

Everytime i try to use my app, it shows an error message "no internet connection". My husband's app is doing the same thing. I just checked reviews and saw that we're not the only people experiencing this problem. My whole extended family relies on this app to safely shop when they're cooking food I'm going to eat. I have recommended this app to several friends whose children have been diagnosed with celiac disease over the past couple of years. I hope that update the app to fix the problem soon

I downloaded this app shortly after my celiac diagnosis thinking it would be a lifesaver and immediately purchased the full version. I regret that. Most of what I scan is either not available or incorrect (listing Kikkoman's regular soy sauce as gf when it has WHEAT in it). I know the devs are gonna shout "scan more items scan more items" but this app has put my health at risk and is not delivering on its promises. Will be seeing if Google will refund the full version and uninstalling.

Went in my kitchen and scanned 5 various name brand products... It kept saying, "barcode number not found in database". Of course your reply will be. "Please scan more items". Im better off just googling items. This app is a joke and a waste of space.