Oasis - Water and Food Scanner 4+

Update/fix bugs and recommendations

When you open the app the shower filters and bottle filters category are broke and can’t scroll down to see the full image cover of the category also when you open a category the items should be in order from best rated to least also could be a arrow like how x (formally Twitter) can organize comments to see most relevant to press to see certain things or organize it like see plastic product or glass products only, tending , etc Also updating phot profile is broken dosent work and is glitchy.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the feedback. I will be sure to address these in the next update!

Give a little, get a lot

I definitely understand what they’re trying to do here, and I know a lot of people are going to use this app once and then never open it again. That’s almost what I was about to do, I’m sure. For this reason, they put all of the information behind a pay wall. It essentially makes the “free” download of this app useless.

That said, I’m an avid water drinker. I travel a lot for work and really only drink water — maybe the occasional coffee or tea — and I’m constantly trying to find good, delicious, refreshing water to drink everywhere. So, I’d pay $5/mo but I’m not going to do that if there isn’t an opportunity for me to try the app. Pay $5 for the first month but then offer the second month free, I don’t know the answer exactly. But, for a seemingly basic app like this, and I’m sure a lot of work went into the information so the design is a bit of a second priority, you’d think there would be some kind of incentive.

Other apps like Flighty, TV Forecast, and others that I use cost significantly less with just as much data going into it with a better design.

This feedback is for the developer. I’d recommend considering some of the above.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the feedback and I honestly agree with most of it. We did recently update the app to allow free users to view all the contaminant data in waters / filters without a paid plan, but still hide the score. Hopefully this helps provide some value up front.

As for the subscription we will be adding 10,000+ products so the thought is you need Oasis ongoing whenever you go shopping / have a question about your health.

And agree the design is not great atm. We are planning on putting more resources towards this soon as everyone on the team appreciates good quality design.

Use critical thinking/discernment with some of the criteria

This app has been helpful/insightful as to the hidden chemicals and heavy metals that can be lurking. I learned about a lot of brands who have forever chemicals, even radioactive chemicals in them 🥲 but use critical thinking for some of the criteria and notes. I would use the score as a guideline and follow up as to why it is that score. For example, a small farm that produces raw milk was scored 0 because it’s unpasteurized. If you know, you know. I also don’t like that they flag fluoride but don’t explicitly explain the neurological damage fluoride has proven to cause.