GoodGuide Reviews

Not intuitive or easy to use. Not easy or even somewhat easy to navigate. Information provided is simplistic and general. The filters, when you can find them, are basic and unwieldy. Doesn’t provide data on enough brands. People who go to the trouble to download an app to research product ingredients expect a sophisticated, detailed and user friendly product, not one that looks as if it were designed for 10 yr old users. Don’t waste your time.

When I first got GoodGuide a few years ago, I thought it was great! Now, I’m only giving it 2 stars instead 1 star because of its prior usefulness. Previously, on the products it rated, it gave comprehensive information on chemical, environmental, health, social, and ethical factors. Now there is virtually NO information other than a number which in my opinion is useless without the words to back it up. What happened??

Years ago, this was a great app. Now I wonder who owns it. I find it hard to believe for example, that Crest 3D toothpaste gets the highest score of 10. Probably just takes info from manufacturers now. And there’s no description as in the old days, further contributing toward skepticism. Worst of all: where the food? The only categories listed are Personal Care, Household, and Babies & Kids. I’m deleting it.

I wanted to look around and find why some food items were rated worse than others. A 4 rating white bread had a few chemical ingredients listed as well as high fructose corn syrup. Every ingredient though was listed as “no know health concerns...”. So what’s the bad stuff in this bread then? Hard to have faith in what the ratings are when you can’t discern why some are rated bad.

GoodGuide is very helpful when the product is actually in their database BUT recently I haven’t been able to find a lot of different skincare, body, or hair care products which is a huge let down. PLEASE ADD MORE BEAUTY PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATABASE!

Can’t find most products on my shelf and crashes frequently. Even when the product is found, there is not enough information to know, for example, why a certain organic mustard has ingredients that are “hazardous.”

I think there’s potential here, but GoodGuide isn’t easy to use and it gives virtually no information, making it almost totally unhelpful.

If you want a unbiased opinion stay away. How can Johnson and Johnson have better ratings than Burt bees or Honest company. They have some random way to exclude bad ingredients add long as it's within US limits or for data inadequacy (??)

Shuts down when looking up products. So far, they haven't rated anything in my kitchen like cereal, spices, probiotic fiber. So much potential, yet so much failure.

1. GoodGuide said free, however said “payment processed” once downloading
2. I downloaded this to search skincare and not ONE product I wanted to research cams up
I really hope I did not get charged for this bogus app.

I love the idea of GoodGuide and would love to use it. Most products I try to scan are not in their database.

Not very intuitive, and just tested 10 products to see no result in the database yet...

Downloaded to check out GoodGuide . Scanned what I had in the office. Folgers Coffee, Prince of Peace Organic Oolong Tea, Yogi Kava Stress Relief tea, Daisy Cottage Cheese - “Sorry , no ratings”. So far not impressed.

EWG app is much better! Lists GMOs used in foods, hormones in dairy etc. this one claims everything is safe to use.

i would have given it 0 stars