Buycott - Barcode Scanner & QR Bar Code Scanner
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shopping | $1.99 | Buycott Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
As seen on NBC, FOX, CNBC, MSNBC, and covered by Forbes, Huffington Post, and many others. Featured as ABC-News & Salon.com app of the week.
● HOW IT WORKS ●
-Join a campaign to help a cause you care about and commit to actively supporting the companies on your side of the issue, while avoiding those that oppose your position.
-Scan product barcodes and Buycott will trace that product's ownership all the way to the top.
-Using this information, Buycott will inform you on how this product fits with your social and political beliefs.
● FEATURES ●
- Lookup the ownership structure of any product and trace it all the way back to its parent company with our interactive family tree diagram.
- Offers a variety of contact data for companies and brands, so you can easily inform them of your decision to support or avoid their products.
- Scans all major retail barcodes (UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN8, EAN13, etc) and has company and brand text-search.
- Create your own campaign from buycott.com
Reviews
Outdated, full of false information
Kelso IV
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.
Biased!!!
Fading thrill
Liberal agenda and groups of whiners. Will admit there may be one or two companies I would boycott. But this is ridiculous. Most of the groups are all leftist unsatisfied agendas. Would be nice if it was well rounded and fair.
Orphaned App
Counterspin
This app seems to have been updated two years ago and orphaned since then. Much information is wrong and outdated.
Love the idea and the ability to product scan!
Lmcfadden7777
But they need to UPDATE! Black Lives Matters should be here, pointing out companies that not only support but those who we should avoid due to civil inequalities.
Buyer Beware... you’ll need more research than this app!
AvgJanet
There are some good bits of information on here, but there’s a lot of misleading information as well. You don’t know who is putting up the different campaigns or where they got their information. There’s no one to ask either. The causes listed are all good causes, but this app tries to simplify boycotting companies and products down too much. Some of the companies on this list are trying to work on these issues, but they can take time and those discussions are not part of this app either.
Prison labor
awareness!
It’s amazing to me how many companies use prison labor! We must get away from mass incarceration of the black community!
Great idea, needs more info
sosoanda
It only tells me 5 companies to avoid which profit off of prison labor. I am certain there are more companies than that to avoid and with the current political climate I believe it’s the most powerful and important boycott some of us can join
