Olive alternative
An Olive alternative with free barcode scans
Luminelle scores food and skincare 0-100, shows how each score is built, links every flag to the regulator or study behind it, and does not ask for a subscription to scan a barcode.
Out now on iPhone and Android. Free to download, free to scan.
What Luminelle actually is
Four scans, one timeline
Food and skincare scored from public sources, with your cycle phase noted on every scan.
Product scan
Score every label
Barcode or a photo of the ingredient list. Every product is scored against EU CosIng, California AB 2762/2771/496, Prop 65 and ECHA, and every flag links to the regulator entry behind it.
Food scan
A food score, calories and macros
A food barcode gets a 0-100 score from its Nutri-Score, its additives and how processed it is, with the source behind each additive level. A plate photo names the dish, estimates calories and macros, and adds them to your daily intake.
Cycle tracking
Phase noted on every scan
Log your period; Luminelle estimates your phase and next period from the dates you give it. Every scan and selfie carries the phase you were in, so patterns can surface over weeks.
AI skin observations
A daily selfie, week over week
Up to five plain-language observations per selfie across forehead, under-eye, nose, cheeks and jaw, saved next to your products, meals and cycle. Observed without judgement.
Not a diagnostic, not a diet app, not a brand attack.
Why people look
What Luminelle does differently
Olive has grown from a scanner into a health companion with a subscription and a clinical programme. People who look for an alternative usually want the scanner on its own, without a subscription, or an app they can download outside the US and Canada.
Free to scan. Barcode scans are unlimited without paying. Olive's listing says a subscription is required after its free trial, and that its scanner features are part of Olive Premium.
A method you can read. The food score is 60 points of nutrition, 30 of additives and 10 of processing; the skincare score comes down only for what a regulator has banned, limited or is still assessing. Both methods are public.
A source for every flag. Each additive level and each skincare flag links to the regulator entry or study behind it.
It only says what a label can show. Luminelle does not report microplastics, heavy metals or pesticide residues, because none of them is printed on a label. Olive says it adds lab-tested data for these.
The food method, with every weight and source, is at /methodology/food.
Who it's for
Who Luminelle is, and isn't, for
Switch to Luminelle if…
- You want barcode scans that stay free
- You want to read how the score is built, with a source for each flag
- You want your skin selfie and cycle phase next to what you scan
- You are outside the US and Canada
- You want a scanner, not a health programme
Stay with Olive if…
- You want to scan bottled water and household products too
- You want lab-tested contaminant data and recall alerts
- You want daily check-ins and coaching
- You want its weight-loss programme
They overlap on the scan and part ways after it: Olive goes on to coaching and a clinical programme, Luminelle to your skin, your cycle and the sources behind the score.
How to switch
Getting started with Luminelle
There is nothing to migrate. No history moves between the two apps.
- Download Luminelle and create a free account.
- Scan a few things from your kitchen. Barcode scans are unlimited on the free tier.
- Open a result and read what is behind the score: nutrition, additives and processing, each additive with its source.
- In Settings, choose what you want pointed out - seed oils, added sugar, allergens, a diet. These are notes; they never change a score.
- Scan something from your bathroom shelf too.
- Keep Olive if you like it. The two do not conflict.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- How is Luminelle different from Olive?
- Luminelle is a scanner with your skin and cycle alongside; Olive is a health companion with a scanner inside. Luminelle's barcode scans are free, its scoring methods are public, and every flag links to its source. Olive adds lab-tested data, coaching and a clinical weight-loss programme behind a subscription.
- Is there a free alternative to Olive?
- Luminelle's barcode scans are free and unlimited with an account, for food and for skincare. Photo scans are limited to five a day on the free tier.
- Is there an Olive alternative for the UK?
- On 5 October 2026 Olive was not listed on the UK App Store. Luminelle, Yuka and Ivy were. Luminelle and Yuka scan food and cosmetics; Ivy is food only.
- Does Luminelle scan food?
- Yes. A food barcode gets a 0-100 score built from its Nutri-Score, its additives and how processed it is, with the regulator or study behind each additive level. A plate photo gives you the dish, calories and macros, added to your daily intake; a plate is not scored.
- Is Luminelle free?
- Barcode scans are free and unlimited, with an account. Photo-based scans (a plate, a food label, an ingredient list) are limited to five a day on the free tier. Luminelle Pro removes that limit and adds Patterns, Shelf Check and Ask Luminelle.
One scan tells you what's in it. A month tells you what it does.
Free to start. Food and skincare scored, with a source behind every flag.
Out now on iPhone and Android.