Soosee - Allergy & Vegan Scan2026.1 - App Store

Soosee scans ingredient labels instantly to warn you about ingredients you want to avoid.

It includes more than 30 categories for common allergies, a vegan lifestyle, pregnant women, high environmental impact, additives, health and more! Point your camera at an ingredient list and words you have enabled are highlighted instantly.

Featured by Apple in "Apps we Love" in more than 100 countries.

- Quickly scan ingredients
- Highlights words instantly
- 30+ Categories built-in
- Create your own custom categories
- Scans in 18 languages
- Works offline (no internet required)
- No ads, no tracking and no corporate involvement
- Clean and playful design
- Dark Mode

"As a vegan I’m always checking ingredients. This app makes it super easy to quickly see whether I want to buy a product or not." - Tyanamuch
"Needed this app badly, so great someone made it! Incredibly simple to use and happy to see it is supported in different languages, great for someone who travels often like me." - CPMVLIVO
"Such a lifesaver for grocery shopping! Worked well for E-numbers and sugar, yay!!! - Akteya
"Perfect App, which works without any problems. Very nice work thanks a lot for this beauty. " -globetrotterlie
"This is an allergy mom’s dream. I am so pleased with this app. I used it today and it recognized soy protein which I may have missed as the ingredients had changed in a product I always buy. Thank you so much, this is life changing for this allergy family!!!!" - buckery

USECASES
Soosee makes your life easier in many different scenarios, for example..
- If you, your partner, child or a family member suffers from a food intolerance
- If you are allergic to certain food groups such as gluten, peanuts, dairy or fish
- For (new) vegans and vegetarians who want to avoid animal derived products
- For pregnant women (and their partners) who want to avoid certain ingredients
- When you want to check cosmetic products for microplastics
- Avoid products that use palm oil
- Quickly understand which additives are included in a product
- When you struggle to read the small fonts on product labels

BUILT-IN CATEGORIES
Soosee includes the following built in categories:

Celery, Chicken Egg, Dairy Products, Fish and Shellfish, Fruit & Vegetables, Gluten, Lupine, Peanut, Sesame Seed, Soybean, Spices & Herbs, Sulfite, Tree Nuts, Animal Derived E-Numbers, General Non-Vegan, Meat, Microplastics, Palm Oil, Sugar, Pregnancy and Additives.

CREATE YOUR OWN
Don't see your specific category listed? Then make your own! Just add the words that you want to highlight, and Soosee will do the rest.

SUPPORTED LANGUAGES
Whether you've just moved to a new country or if you are on a holiday, Soosee can help you out in these 17 languages:
Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

*Not all categories are supported in every language

SOOSEE SUPPORTER
Soosee is made by me, Jordi, with the help of my friend Maartje and her dog Fladder. If you want to support us and help us work on the app fulltime, become a Soosee Supporter!

You'll get the following extra features:

- Unlimited Active Groups
- Unlimited Custom Groups
- Special App Icons
- Automatically reset the scanner when you point your camera at a new product
- More Colours
- Support a small team of two (Jordi & Maartje) who are building an app with NO advertising, NO tracking and no corporate involvement.

You can become a Soosee Supporter by subscribing monthly or yearly, or by buying the one-time lifetime In App Purchase.

DETAILS
Privacy Policy: www.soosee.app/privacy
Terms of Use: www.soosee.app/terms
Instagram: www.instagram.com/sooseeapp
Twitter: www.twitter.com/sooseeapp

We love talking to Soosee fans, so if you have ideas on how we can improve the app, or if you have any questions, don't hesitate to send us an email or contact us on social media!

jordi@soosee.app

Version History • Refreshed onboarding with clearer camera permissions and language selection.
• Improved layouts and compatibility with Liquid Glass.
• Fixed Travel Cards not updating immediately after changes.
• Fixed the read-aloud and full-screen buttons on Travel Cards.
• Improved widget layouts and added support for extra-large portrait widgets.
• Fixed crashes in Travel Cards and Settings, alongside general stability improvements. 2026.1 Sep 12 New:
- The whole app has been translated to Spanish, including the Travel Cards! Now you can easily explain your diet to waiters in Spanish speaking countries. Thanks a lot Leonardo!

Fixed:
- Fixed a small typo on the Apple Watch app

If you enjoy Soosee, please consider leaving a review. It really helps more than you think! Thanks, Jordi 2021.16 09/29/2021 2021.15
- Improved French localization (thanks Mathieu!)
- Small tweaks to the overall performance of the app, nothing major

2021.14
Our big summer update with lots of nice goodies and accessibility improvements!

Scanner
- Improved design for clearer information when scanning products
- You can now tap on found words to search the web for more information and photos about the ingredient
- Improved text recognition accuracy and speed on the latest version of iOS
- Improved title and found ingredients display
- Fast language selection from the top left corner
- Improved guidance while scanning with more feedback
- The scanner will automatically detect your device language on first launch

Categories
- Clearer overview of the different built in categories
- Improved the user flow for creating your own groups

Travel Cards
- The Travel Cards design has been improved for easier access to all cards
- Travel Cards are now shown in your device language
- It is now easier to choose which language the cards are displayed in
- Quickly change the spoken language directly on the Travel Card Detail screen

Widgets
- New colorful widget designs for easy access to your Travel Cards
- Widgets now fill the entire view with colors

Apple Watch
- Easy access to your Travel Cards directly from your wrist!
- Use Twist-To-Translate to let your Watch explain your diet and allergies to waiters with Text to Speech
- Complication support for quick access from your favorite watch face

Accessibility
- The entire app has been improved for better accessibility. If we overlooked something, please let me know at jordi@soosee.app
- Improved onboarding that guides new users through the different features of the app

Localization
- The app has improved localization thanks to all Soosee users that have helped us over the last few months, thanks a lot! If you want to help translate Soosee to your own language, send me an email at jordi@soosee.app. 2021.15 09/19/2021 Our big summer update with lots of nice goodies and accessibility improvements!

Scanner
- Improved design for clearer information when scanning products
- You can now tap on found words to search the web for more information and photos about the ingredient
- Improved text recognition accuracy and speed on the latest version of iOS
- Improved title and found ingredients display
- Fast language selection from the top left corner
- Improved guidance while scanning with more feedback
- The scanner will automatically detect your device language on first launch

Categories
- Clearer overview of the different built in categories
- Improved the user flow for creating your own groups

Travel Cards
- The Travel Cards design has been improved for easier access to all cards
- Travel Cards are now shown in your device language
- It is now easier to choose which language the cards are displayed in
- Quickly change the spoken language directly on the Travel Card Detail screen

Widgets
- New colorful widget designs for easy access to your Travel Cards
- Widgets now fill the entire view with colors

Apple Watch
- Easy access to your Travel Cards directly from your wrist!
- Use Twist-To-Translate to let your Watch explain your diet and allergies to waiters with Text to Speech
- Complication support for quick access from your favorite watch face

Accessibility
- The entire app has been improved for better accessibility. If we overlooked something, please let me know at jordi@soosee.app
- Improved onboarding that guides new users through the different features of the app

Localization
- The app has improved localization thanks to all Soosee users that have helped us over the last few months, thanks a lot! If you want to help translate Soosee to your own language, send me an email at jordi@soosee.app. 2021.14 09/17/2021 Fixed:
- Brought back to the option to choose the scanning accuracy of the camera. If you have a newish iPhone you can enable the extra accuracy mode in Scanner setting for improved scanning results. 2021.13 05/26/2021 New:
- Travel Cards are now translated to Portuguese and Turkish thanks to Arthur and Yasin. If you want to help translate, send me an email at jordi@soosee.app!
- The design for the Travel Cards is now a lot nicer! Thanks for all the feedback!

Fixed:
- Added correct translations for some sentences that I missed
- Fixed an issue where the Travel Cards explanation would be displayed multiple times unless dismissed
- The supporter tab won't be displayed if you are a Soosee Supporter (thanks Ali for letting me know)
- The list of languages is now sorted alphabetically
- Fixed some text design changes in the widgets 2021.12 05/23/2021 To celebrate our one year anniversary we have our biggest update yet with new Travel Cards, Homescreen Widgets and an Apple Watch app!

TRAVEL CARDS
- Travel Cards help you explain your dietary constraints when you're abroad
- Simple sentences, translated to different languages that will help you explain your allergies
- Vegan and vegetarian sentences can help you find alternatives at restaurants
- Emergency cards can help you get the help you need if things go wrong
- Available in English, Dutch, German, French and Italian. The rest of the languages will be released over the next two weeks.

WIDGETS
- Put Travel Cards directly on your homescreen in different languages
- Highly customizeable

APPLE WATCH
- Explain your dietary restrictions directly from your wrist
- Common sentences directly on your wrist
- Let your Watch talk for you with Twist-To-Talk, just twist your wrist and your watch will explain your allergic in the local language
- Complications for easy access

Fixed:
- Fixed a small bug on the Apple Watch front 2021.11 05/18/2021 To celebrate our one year anniversary we have our biggest update yet with new Travel Cards, Homescreen Widgets and an Apple Watch app!

TRAVEL CARDS
- Travel Cards help you explain your dietary constraints when you're abroad
- Simple sentences, translated to different languages that will help you explain your allergies
- Vegan and vegetarian sentences can help you find alternatives at restaurants
- Emergency cards can help you get the help you need if things go wrong
- Available in English, Dutch, German, French and Italian. The rest of the languages will be released over the next two weeks.

WIDGETS
- Put Travel Cards directly on your homescreen in different languages
- Highly customizeable

APPLE WATCH
- Explain your dietary restrictions directly from your wrist
- Common sentences directly on your wrist
- Let your Watch talk for you with Twist-To-Talk, just twist your wrist and your watch will explain your allergic in the local language
- Complications for easy access 2021.10 05/17/2021 Fixes:
- Some urls were not working correctly when opened in Spanish 2021.9 04/21/2021 Text improvements to the onboarding 2021.8 04/15/2021 Added some fun "no results found" pages when you're searching through the list of words to add to your own groups.
Fixed a small text bug

In the previous release we added a Tip Jar! Soosee will always be free to use, but if it has helped you and you want to thank us you can buy us a cup of coffee, a nice lunch or some dog treats for Fladder! 2021.7 04/11/2021 Added some fun "no results found" pages when you're searching through the list of words to add to your own groups.

In the previous release we added a Tip Jar! Soosee will always be free to use, but if it has helped you and you want to thank us you can buy us a cup of coffee, a nice lunch or some dog treats for Fladder! 2021.6 04/08/2021 We've added a Tip Jar! Soosee will always be free to use, but if it has helped you and you want to thank us you can buy us a cup of coffee, a nice lunch or some dog treats for Fladder! 2021.5 04/08/2021 We made some bug fixes to prevent crashes from happening in the future.

In the previous update:

- Fixed a few little bugs across the app, nothing major though, it's just better than it was before!
- Added more than 200 new ingredients across all categories, keep sending them in!
- Made preparations in the app for some new upcoming features.
- Made the app smaller
- Added some new icons
- Added descriptions per category, thanks for helping us translate Mathieu, Luisa, Jesper, Nastia and all the others!
- Fixed a small bug in the previous release

PS. New versions of Soosee will start being iOS 14 only because the performance of the text recognition works better on the latest version. All devices that can run Soosee can also run iOS 14 so this should not be an issue. If it is an issue for you let me know at jordi@soosee.app. 2021.4 03/31/2021 - Fixed a few little bugs across the app, nothing major though, it's just better than it was before!
- Added more than 200 new ingredients across all categories, keep sending them in!
- Made preparations in the app for some new upcoming features.
- Made the app smaller
- Added some new icons
- Added descriptions per category, thanks for helping us translate Mathieu, Luisa, Jesper, Nastia and all the others!
- Fixed a small bug in the previous release

PS. New versions of Soosee will start being iOS 14 only because the performance of the text recognition works better on the latest version. All devices that can run Soosee can also run iOS 14 so this should not be an issue. If it is an issue for you let me know at jordi@soosee.app. 2021.3 03/21/2021 - Fixed a few little bugs across the app, nothing major though, it's just better than it was before!
- Added more than 200 new ingredients across all categories, keep sending them in!
- Made preparations in the app for some new upcoming features.
- Made the app smaller
- Added some new icons
- Added descriptions per category, thanks for helping us translate Mathieu, Luisa, Jesper, Nastia and all the others!

PS. New versions of Soosee will start being iOS 14 only because the performance of the text recognition works better on the latest version. All devices that can run Soosee can also run iOS 14 so this should not be an issue. If it is an issue for you let me know at jordi@soosee.app. 2020.24 03/20/2021 The dairy products category is now also available in German
Small design tweaks

If you enjoy using Soosee, please leave a review and let us know how we can improve the app even more! Thanks, Jordi & Maartje 2020.23 01/21/2021 Improved the App Store description 2020.22 12/15/2020 Fixed a bug where the scanner might not be displayed correctly. Also gave the screenshots some more color! 2020.21 12/08/2020 Oops, we fixed a crash when using Soosee on some iOS 13 devices. 2020.20 12/07/2020 New categories!
- Pregnancy, for if you want to avoid products while you're.. pregnant! (Only in Dutch and English in this version)
- Microplastics, check cosmetics and other products for microplastics which harm the environment and is just not great in general (Thanks Martijn!)
- Additives and Enumbers, all basic categories are now in the app, from E0 all the way to E1500! (All languages)
- Added more submitted words, keep them coming please!

- Design improvements, The categories screen now has dedicated sections per category, and it's clearer to find your own groups
- Performance improvements for scanning
- Slovenian Support! (Finally.. thanks Žiga!)
- You can now enable 5 groups for free! If you want to enable more, help us work on the app fulltime by becoming a Soosee Supporter!
- Small fix where a wrong screen could be shown, improved the add new group user flow

If you enjoy using Soosee, please leave a review on the App Store. It really helps us get the word out!

Thanks, Jordi, Maartje and Fladder 2020.19 11/23/2020 New categories!
- Pregnancy, for if you want to avoid products while you're.. pregnant! (Only in Dutch and English in this version)
- Microplastics, check cosmetics and other products for microplastics which harm the environment and is just not great in general (Thanks Martijn!)
- Additives and Enumbers, all basic categories are now in the app, from E0 all the way to E1500! (All languages)
- Added more submitted words, keep them coming please!

- Design improvements, The categories screen now has dedicated sections per category, and it's clearer to find your own groups
- Performance improvements for scanning
- Slovenian Support! (Finally.. thanks Žiga!)
- You can now enable 5 groups for free! If you want to enable more, help us work on the app fulltime by becoming a Soosee Supporter!
- Small fix where a wrong screen could be shown

If you enjoy using Soosee, please leave a review on the App Store. It really helps us get the word out!

Thanks, Jordi, Maartje and Fladder 2020.18 11/20/2020 New categories!
- Pregnancy, for if you want to avoid products while you're.. pregnant! (Only in Dutch and English in this version)
- Microplastics, check cosmetics and other products for microplastics which harm the environment and is just not great in general (Thanks Martijn!)
- Additives and Enumbers, all basic categories are now in the app, from E0 all the way to E1500! (All languages)
- Added more submitted words, keep them coming please!

- Design improvements, The categories screen now has dedicated sections per category, and it's clearer to find your own groups
- Performance improvements for scanning
- Slovenian Support! (Finally.. thanks Žiga!)
- You can now enable 5 groups for free! If you want to enable more, help us work on the app fulltime by becoming a Soosee Supporter!

If you enjoy using Soosee, please leave a review on the App Store. It really helps us get the word out!

Thanks, Jordi, Maartje and Fladder 2020.17 11/19/2020 Fixed a crash when enabling more than five groups. Oops. 2020.16 09/24/2020 Soosee is now ready for iOS 14, with App Clip support, design improvements and improved scanning. This update fixes a small issue when enabling groups. More updates are coming soon. If you run into any issues, please send Jordi an email at jordi@soosee.app 2020.15 09/17/2020