Shopper Assist
Know what you're really buying
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Shopper Assist shows you who is behind what you buy. Scan any barcode and see:
• Political spending: the maker's corporate PAC giving, lobbying and super PAC money, with the party split, from public federal filings and campaign-finance records in 45 states. Every number links to its source.
• Safety: a score built from government recalls and public ingredient watch lists, read against the actual ingredient list.
• Nutrition: measured against your own targets, not a generic label.
• Ownership: veteran-owned, woman-owned and Black-owned makers and small businesses, from public records.
• Better alternatives: products in the same category that rate better on the scores you care about.
Check a whole cart: screenshot your Instacart, DoorDash, Amazon or Walmart cart and see every item's scores at once. Fresh produce and basic foods like meat, eggs and milk are covered too, with or without a barcode. Mark what you bought and My Shopping Impact shows where the makers' political money went.
Look up companies you can't scan, such as airlines, banks, insurers, phone carriers and gas stations. The Political tab shows which officials and candidates take corporate PAC money, at federal, state and local level, and where each corporate PAC's money goes.
No account, no ads, no tracking. One subscription unlocks everything, with a 7-day free trial.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://shopper-assist-api.fly.dev/privacy
DISCLAIMER: Shopper Assist is an independent app made by Shopper Assist, LLC. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representing any government agency. It presents public records as published by their sources and is not an official source of that information.
SOURCES OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION:
• Federal Election Commission (campaign finance): https://www.fec.gov
• U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act database: https://lda.senate.gov
• State campaign-finance agencies, listed with links in the app under Candidates
• SAM.gov entity registrations (ownership): https://sam.gov
• openFDA and the FDA (drug labels, recalls): https://open.fda.gov and https://www.fda.gov
• USDA FoodData Central (nutrition): https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
• USDA FSIS recalls: https://www.fsis.usda.gov
• Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls: https://www.cpsc.gov
• NHTSA vehicle recalls: https://www.nhtsa.gov
• SEC EDGAR (company filings): https://www.sec.gov
• IRS Form 8872 political organization filings: https://www.irs.gov
• California Proposition 65 list: https://oehha.ca.gov
Non-government sources: Open Food Facts (https://world.openfoodfacts.org), Wikidata, IARC, EU CosIng, Health Canada and ECHA ingredient lists.
Check a cart now reads store search pages correctly: two-column product grids are read card by card, the brand name stays with each product, and the text printed on product photos is ignored.
The developer, Helen Ots, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- User Content
- Search History
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Helen Ots
- Size
- 60.4 MB
- Category
- Shopping
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
User-Generated Content
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Annual $39.99
- Monthly $5.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Shopper Assist, LLC
