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Yuka vs Fooducate (2026): Scoring, Price, and Which to Pick

Short answer

Choose Yuka if you want one fast 0–100 score on packaged food and cosmetics, with no ads and a clear published formula. Choose Fooducate if you want a calorie-and-habit tracker that also grades food (A–D) and suggests swaps. Neither is built first as a family allergen explainer — that's where Remake fits.

This comparison is based on each company's official site, help center, terms, and app-store listings, checked on November 13, 2026. Scores, prices, and features change. Anything we could not confirm is marked unverified. This is not medical advice.

If you want a second set of eyes on the package itself, scan any label with Remake.

Side-by-side (as of November 13, 2026)

Yuka compared with Fooducate across platforms, scanning, scoring, database, ads, price, offline use, privacy, personalization and AI
YukaFooducate
Best forA quick, universal product score while you shopTracking meals and the "quality" of calories, with letter grades
PlatformsiOS and Android (official App Store and Google Play listings)iOS, Android, and fooducate.com
What it scansPackaged food and cosmetics, primarily by barcodePackaged food barcodes; also used as a food and exercise log
ScoringFood: 0–100. 60% Nutri-Score nutrition, 30% additives, 10% organic certification. A "high-risk" (red) additive caps the score at 49/100. Cosmetics are scored from ingredient risk levels, not dose or effectiveness.Letter grade A, B, C, or D, based on nutrient density, the Nutrition Facts panel, the ingredient list, and product category. The public FAQ says no product gets an A+ or an F.
DatabaseYuka's own database of "several million" food and cosmetic products, filled by users and by brands sharing label data. A U.S. press kit also cites 6 million referenced products; treat that figure as dated unless Yuka restates it.Official help pages say more than 400,000 products. Fooducate's terms say the database mixes company-entered and user-entered nutrition data, and that user-entered data is not reviewed.
AdsOfficial U.S. terms: the app does not display advertising. Financed by Premium.Official Premium page: "Remove Ads" is a Pro feature. Google Play lists the Android app as containing ads.
Free vs paidFree to download and scan. Premium starts at $10/year in the U.S. (also listed as £10 UK, €10 Europe, $25 CAD, $20 AUD). Premium adds Search, Food Preferences (for example palm oil, lactose, gluten, vegetarian), and Offline mode.Free app with a Pro upgrade. Official site has no public price table. The U.S. App Store describes Pro as monthly auto-renew, annual auto-renew, or a one-time purchase, plus a separate Gluten & Allergies pack, Diet Kickstart, and Pet Food. Listed Pro prices range from $1.99 to $89.99; the store listing does not label which amount is monthly, annual, or lifetime. Exact current plan mapping is unverified. Help pages mention a 3-day trial in-app.
OfflinePremium only, and only for a selection of frequently scanned products — not the full database.Not advertised on the official pages we checked. Unverified.
Privacy (high level)Yuka says it does not exploit or resell user data, and its U.S. privacy notice says it has not sold or shared personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding 12 months. It does use service providers (including Google Analytics and cloud hosts) and describes AI features run through OpenAI and Google Cloud AI for image and text analysis.Fooducate's terms point to its privacy policy for cookies, advertising identifiers, and similar technologies. The full policy was behind a consent wall when we checked, so detailed ad-tracking practices are unverified here. The free app includes ads, which usually means an advertising identifier is in play — read the policy in the app before you decide.
PersonalizationPremium Food Preferences highlight unwanted ingredients. Yuka's published food score is still one number for the product, not a separate score per family member. Yuka warns that Food Preferences should not be relied on for severe allergies.App Store copy mentions dietary goals, allergen tools, and health settings; several of those are listed as premium. The public FAQ explains the grade as nutrient-density scoring, not a per-child allergen profile.
AI assistantYuka's consumer product is a score and product sheet, plus healthier-alternative suggestions. Its privacy notice mentions AI image and text analysis tools. We did not find an official description of a family nutrition chat like Tasha. Scope of any in-app AI chat is unverified.No official consumer AI assistant described on the pages we checked.

A notable Fooducate conflict: the public FAQ and App Store text say you can scan a barcode and see a nutrition grade, while a January 2024 Fooducate help article lists "Food Grade" as a Pro-only feature on both iOS and Android. If grades matter to you, confirm in the current app before you pay.

Which should you pick?

Pick Yuka if you want a fast, ad-free second opinion on a box — and you also want to check shampoo or lotion. The scoring method is written down in public: nutrition, additives, and an organic bonus. The tradeoff is that the number is the same for every shopper, the core flow is barcode-and-database, and Yuka itself says to check the real package because database errors happen.

Pick Fooducate if you are trying to log meals, watch sugar or macros, and use a letter grade plus "eat this instead" swaps. It has been around since 2010 and is built as a nutrition coach, not only a scan-and-go tool. The tradeoffs are ads on the free tier, a smaller official database figure, user-contributed data that Fooducate does not review, and pricing that is hard to read from the store listing alone.

Pick Remake if you are shopping for a household, not just for one universal score. Remake is an iOS family nutrition app (Android is listed as coming soon on remake.app). You photograph the printed ingredient list — Remake is not a barcode-first app — and Tasha explains ingredients in plain language, flags allergen aliases for each family member, and suggests allergy-friendly swaps and recipes. Scoring is a 0–100 family score after you save each person's avoid-list. The free plan is 20 snaps a month; Plus is $2.99/week or $64.99/year; Premium is $4.99/week or $119.99/year (prices as shown on remake.app in November 2026). Remake does not scan cosmetics, and it does not replace reading a severe-allergy label yourself.

You can use more than one. A lot of parents keep Yuka for a quick aisle score, Fooducate if they already track meals, and Remake when they need the words on the package explained for a specific kid.

Apps like Yuka

If you searched for "apps like Yuka," these are the closest official neighbors — not copies of one another:

  • Yuka — barcode scores for food and cosmetics, additive-aware 0–100 score, no ads.
  • Fooducate — letter grades plus calorie and habit tracking.
  • Remake — photo of the ingredient list, per-person allergen profiles, Tasha explanations and swaps. Food only.
  • Bobby Approved — curated pass/fail-style lists from a reviewer, not an automated 0–100 algorithm.
  • Open Food Facts — a free, open, community database (Yuka's U.S. terms note that some user food contributions may also be published there). Useful if you want raw data more than coaching.

For a wider grid, see Remake's best food scanner apps page.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Yuka and Fooducate?

Yuka gives packaged food (and cosmetics) a 0–100 score from Nutri-Score-style nutrition, additives, and organic certification. Fooducate is a food-logging app that grades foods A–D using nutrient density, the Nutrition Facts panel, ingredients, and category, and it is set up for calorie and macro tracking.

Is Yuka or Fooducate more accurate?

Neither company guarantees a perfect database. Yuka says its information comes from labels, users, and brands, and that composition errors can occur. Fooducate says user-entered nutrition data is not reviewed. The safest habit, with any of these apps, is to confirm the package in your hand.

Does Yuka have ads? Does Fooducate?

Yuka's official U.S. terms say the app does not display advertising. Fooducate's official Premium comparison lists ad removal as a Pro feature, and Google Play marks the Android app as containing ads.

How much do Yuka and Fooducate cost?

Yuka's help center says Premium starts at $10/year in the U.S. Fooducate does not publish a single price table on its website; the App Store lists several Pro purchase options from $1.99 to $89.99 without labeling each billing period on the public listing we saw.

Which app is better for kids and allergies?

For a household with different allergens, Remake is the more direct fit because profiles are per family member and the scan is of the printed list. Yuka's Food Preferences and Fooducate's allergen tools can help you notice ingredients, but both companies (Yuka explicitly in its terms) warn that an app should not be the only check for a severe allergy.

Can I use Yuka or Fooducate offline?

Yuka offers offline scanning in Premium, limited to frequently scanned products. We did not find an official Fooducate offline-scan feature.

A last word from Tasha

A score is a shortcut. Your kid is not a barcode. If you want one number, Yuka is clear and independent. If you want a food diary, Fooducate has been doing that for years. If you want the ingredient list explained for the people in your kitchen, that's the job Remake was built for.

When you're standing in the snack aisle, scan any label with Remake. I'll tell you what's on the package in plain language — then you decide.

Remake is not medical advice. For allergies or a medical condition, read the package and follow your doctor's or allergist's advice.

Sources (checked November 13, 2026)

  1. Yuka, official homepage. https://yuka.io/en/
  2. Yuka Help, "How are food products rated?" https://help.yuka.io/l/en/article/ijzgfvi1jq-how-are-food-products-scored
  3. Yuka Help, "How much does membership cost?" https://help.yuka.io/l/en/article/hkzw2hkj5w-cost-membership
  4. Yuka Help, "Does Yuka exploit user data?" https://help.yuka.io/l/en/article/s4zmrecec0-user-data
  5. Yuka, Terms & Conditions (USA). https://help.yuka.io/l/en/article/c1zr4m81g1-yuka-terms-conditions-usa
  6. Yuka Privacy Policy. https://help.yuka.io/l/en/article/jcejovibd3-privacy-policy
  7. Yuka on the App Store. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yuka-food-cosmetic-scanner/id1092799236
  8. Yuka on Google Play. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.yuka.android
  9. Fooducate, "Questions and Answers on Eating Better." https://www.fooducate.com/faq
  10. Fooducate Terms. https://www.fooducate.com/terms
  11. Fooducate Help, "Premium Features." https://fooducate.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/8287618975131-Fooducate-Premium-Features
  12. Fooducate on the App Store. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fooducate-nutrition-coach/id398436747
  13. Fooducate on Google Play. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fooducate.nutritionapp
  14. Remake, remake.app, November 2026. https://remake.app/