No one app is best at everything. These six cover the main jobs, listed alphabetically. Scout makes one of them, so for every other app we've used only what it publishes about itself, linked and dated.

• Bobby Approved

  Best for: A quick yes or no on groceries
  • Packaged food at the grocery store, judged Bobby Approved or not. Source: bobbyapproved.com, Bobby Approved App Store listing · checked October 22, 2026
  • A product must meet ten “free of” rules, covering seed oils, refined and artificial sugars, artificial and “natural” flavors, food dyes and more. The app flags over 100 ingredients. Source: bobbyapproved.com, Bobby Approved App Store listing · checked October 22, 2026
  • Free on the App Store. Source: Bobby Approved App Store listing · checked October 22, 2026

• Oasis

  Best for: Lab-tested water and filters
  • Water and filters, food and drink, home and kitchen, personal care, baby products and clothing, scored 1 to 100. Source: Oasis scoring page · checked October 22, 2026
  • Runs its own testing, funded by community donations: 201 products tested by Oasis and 2,140 with lab results. Source: Oasis testing page · checked October 22, 2026
  • All lab results and reports are free. Oasis Pro is $47 a year for top rankings and advanced features. Source: Oasis App Store listing · checked October 22, 2026

• Scout

  Best for: Restaurant menus and groceries in one app
  • Food, drink, supplements, personal care and household products, scored 1 to 100. How Scout scores
  • 7,143 items on 64 chain menus scored, with seed oils flagged; a restaurant map and 129 city pages. Menus · City pages
  • Scores on this website are free to read. The app’s features need a Scout Pure Premium subscription, per its App Store listing. Scout App Store listing · checked October 22, 2026

• Seed Oil Scout

  Best for: Finding seed-oil-free restaurants near you
  • Restaurants, rated for the cooking oils they use. Source: seedoilscout.com · checked October 22, 2026
  • 44,000+ restaurants rated. Source: seedoilscout.com · checked October 22, 2026
  • A 7-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription. Source: Seed Oil Scout App Store listing · checked October 22, 2026

• Tallow

  Best for: Seeing exactly how a score was calculated
  • Packaged food and drink by barcode, scored 0 to 100, with every seed oil named. Source: Tallow App Store listing · checked October 22, 2026
  • A community-rated map of US restaurants, scored on seed oil use, additives and plastic contact. Source: Tallow App Store listing · checked October 22, 2026
  • Scanning and the restaurant map are free. Premium is $19.99 a year and adds the full ingredient list, the score breakdown, swaps and search. Source: tallow.app, Tallow App Store listing · checked October 22, 2026

• Yuka

  Best for: The biggest free database, for food and cosmetics
  • Packaged food and cosmetics, rated out of 100. Its database holds 4 million food products and 2 million cosmetics. Source: Yuka App Store listing, yuka.io · checked October 22, 2026
  • States that no brand or manufacturer can influence its ratings, and that brands can’t pay to advertise in the app. Source: yuka.io · checked October 22, 2026
  • Free to download and scan. Premium is $15 a year and adds search, offline scanning, alerts and full history. Source: Yuka App Store listing, Yuka Premium page · checked October 22, 2026