Buycott - Barcode Scanner & QR Bar Code Scanner

• Price: $1.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.5 2406 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Great app but

   To be honest, I think it is hard to keep track of all the companies and subsidiaries as there are so many products and, I suspect, diversification and diversions by corporations. However, I was disappointed to find out that they did not know that Garden of Life is owned by Nestlé. I had been buying a lot of their products and therefore unwittingly supporting an extremely immoral company; fortunately my step-daughter is more savvy and figured it out. I will still use their app and still highly recommend it but do your research too. The other great thing is that it will send a notification to the company telling the that you did not buy their product and what the issue is.

   ME@JO · 31 Jul 2026

2. 3/5A good resource for information but needs major work!

   I starting using this application fairly recently and while I admit some of the things that i purchase are less than mainstream, I have been diligent in adding as much as i can to fill the database Buycott uses for the good of all of us. What annoys me are the constant app crashes (10 times in the last two days, usually while I am trying to submit a review for a product), and the scanner going crazy (trying to scan a product 10+ times in a row rapidly without pulling anything up, like it seizes up pulling an entry from the database and so just keeps trying to scan with the same results). I really do want to keep my buying power away from certain corporations and keep it moving towards better causes, and this would be a whole lot easier without the glitches. Overall, 3 out of 5 for in-depth data on corporations and corp. trees but you have to fix it before I give it anything higher.

   Ikarisama718 · 31 Jul 2026

3. 3/5Disorganized, buggy, but a good idea

   This is my dream app. It just needs to function. I can’t view any campaigns under the environment tab and haven’t been able to since I downloaded the app a month ago. Also, on a company profile, it’ll show a number of “other campaigns” but when I click it sometimes it will show many campaigns less than that number or none at all. There’s no way that I can find to add info about a product or company that only exists, you can just report an innaccuracy. I also don’t know how to create products. I also don’t know what an “action” is or how to take one. When I first started using it there was a section on product pages for me to select if I was going to buy the product or not and I think when I selected no it means I “took an action.” Now that doesn’t show up for me anymore. Please fix these problems! I have contacted customer service but gotten no reply.

   Hciaowj · 31 Jul 2026

4. 1/5DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY

   The idea behind this app is great, but they desperately need to fix the problems with it. For one, the barcode scanner is terrible and it takes forever to actually get it to read barcodes, but even once it goes through you sometimes get a “product not found” error message. I’ve tried it on products that should definitely be in the system and it still happens. Secondly and most importantly, the information about the products is often not accurate! The first item I scanned showed that it had no conflicts with the cause I was supporting, but a simple google search told me that was completely false! It took less time for me to find that out on google than it did for me to get this app to recognize the barcode! So sad because in theory, this app could be an awesome tool especially in the times we’re currently living in. People need an easy way to boycott! Please fix these issues!

   Jaimie78787 · 31 Jul 2026

5. 2/5Outdated, full of false information

   I’ve always said that capitalism could be used to accomplish great change by informed consumers, so I was excited at the idea of this app. I’m disappointed to find it hasn’t seen an update in 2 years and is full of bad info. Many companies are cited as having connections to certain causes (positive or negative) that aren’t true. Take, for instance, Tillamook, a dairy company from my home state of Oregon. They’re listed as being a primary client of an Israeli textile manufacturer and the source cited for this says NOTHING about Tillamook. I found that almost all sources cited for all 26 of their conflicts showed no mention of Tillamook. This was the case for the vast majority of conflicts I checked the source for. What’s the purpose of this app if it’s full of false claims with no real sources? How will that aid anyone in being a conscious consumer? It won’t. I’ll go back to relying on my own research.

   Kelso IV · 31 Jul 2026

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