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Open Food Facts vs Fooducate: catalog facts
Open Food Facts	Fooducate
Best for: Shoppers who want to check ingredients and nutrition scores before buying food	Best for: People who want to judge food quality as well as count calories
Free Free to use and funded by donations.	Free + paid options Free to use, with a PRO upgrade that has a 3-day free trial.
Android, iOS, Web	Android, iOS, Web
Open data covering millions of products worldwide Barcode scanning with Nutri-Score, NOVA and Green-Score All 4 strengths for Open Food Facts Open data covering millions of products worldwide Barcode scanning with Nutri-Score, NOVA and Green-Score Non-profit and independent of the food industry Available on F-Droid as well as the main app stores	Food grades that rate ingredient quality Barcode scanner for fast logging All 3 strengths for Fooducate Food grades that rate ingredient quality Barcode scanner for fast logging Diet presets and health-condition guidance
Product data is crowdsourced and can be incomplete Coverage varies by country	Some features are limited to the PRO tier Focused on packaged food scanning more than detailed macro planning
Downloadable app, Web application	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Not open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Open Food Facts world.openfoodfacts.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Fooducate fooducate.com play.google.com/store/apps/details apps.apple.com/us/app/fooducate-nutrition-coach/id398436747 Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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