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GoodGuideVersion: 1.9

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2.0 out of 5 mice Reviewed Oct 12, 2009 Reviewed Version: 1.9
7105 user reviews

Developer: GoodGuide

Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later

Filed Under: Lifestyle

The GoodGuide app helps you find safe, healthy, and sustainable products while you shop. With this update, simply scan the barcode of the product and immediately see detailed ratings for health, environment and social responsibility for more than 65,000 products and companies. GoodGuide provides this information about personal care, household chemical, toy and food products for free on your iPhone / iPod Touch and is adding thousands of products every month. By making information about consumer products transparent, GoodGuide’s goal is to help people shop smarter and motivate companies to offer even better products.

IN THE NEWS
- First version featured in Apple stores, iPhone TV and print ads
- First version featured by NY Times, LA Times, TIME, Oprah, Newsweek, ABC, CBS, and more.

FEATURES
- Find more than 65,000 product ratings of Food, Personal Care, Household Cleaners, and Toys
- View detailed information on the health, environmental, and social performance of your favorite brands
- Create personalized shopping lists and lists of products to avoid

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Reviewed Version: 1.9

by Lisa Schmeiser, Macworld.com

The primary challenge of being a socially-conscious consumer is finding products that fulfill your needs without sullying your conscience. A secondary challenge is remembering which products are on the “good” list and which ones are banned. A fresh crop of iPhone applications hopes to remove the cognitive challenges via reference guides that let you make ethical—and often green—choices in what you buy.