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Better Value is freemium. You get one free comparison to try it out. Unlock unlimited comparisons for a one-time purchase of $0.99.

Point your iPhone at two products on the shelf and make four taps: the first product's price, its size, then the second product's price and size. Better Value reads only the numbers you tap, converts both products to the same unit, and tells you which is the better value per unit.

Tapping is what makes the answer trustworthy. Shelves are crowded with numbers, and guessing which price belongs to which product is exactly where automatic scanners go wrong. By tapping, you tell the app precisely what to compare — so the math is always about the right two items.

• Weight — normalized to grams (g).
• Volume — normalized to millilitres (mL); US fluid ounces are converted at 29.5735 mL.
• Count — "each" (for example, a 12-pack).

You can compare a 750 mL bottle against a 1.2 L bottle, or a 500 g bag against a 1 kg bag — the app does the conversion for you.

• Basically identical — the two unit prices are less than 0.5% apart, so it doesn't really matter which you choose.
• Slightly better value — a real but small gap of 0.5%–2%.
• Better value — a clear gap of more than 2%, shown with how much you save per unit.

The wording is always relative ("Better Value" / "Worse Value"), and every figure reconciles to the two unit prices the app shows you.

Better Value never guesses. If a label is blurry, partly hidden, or the app isn't confident it read a number correctly, it asks you to verify rather than risk a wrong answer. If a price or size is missing entirely, it'll tell you it doesn't have enough to compare. Try tapping again with the label well-lit and in focus.

Not yet. Multi-buy promotions like "2/$5" aren't supported in this version — the app will let you know rather than calculate something misleading. This is on our list for a future update.

The current version is tuned for Canadian dollars, English labels, and a period as the decimal separator. Anything else — a comma decimal or a non-English label — is flagged for you to verify rather than guessed. Wider locale support is planned.

Yes and yes. Everything runs on your iPhone — there's no account and no server. The camera image never leaves your device, and the app works without an internet connection. See our Privacy Policy for details.

Better Value runs on iPhone with iOS 16 or later. It's an iPhone app and is not designed for iPad.

Please email us at anetteinhalifax@gmail.com with what you tapped and what you expected. Real-world examples genuinely help us improve the app.