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Long answers to the questions people ask before they trust a score: why scanner apps over-flag, what an app should actually do for you, and what a meal and a cycle phase have to do with each other. Written by the people who build the app, with the numbers we used.
Out now on iPhone and Android. Free to download, free to scan.
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Each post answers one question, states what other apps do better before it says what Luminelle does differently, and links to the regulator or the code the claim rests on. For the method behind the score itself, the methodology page is the whole thing.
Scoring · Regulation · September 7, 2026
Most scanner apps lose points for an ingredient because it appears on a list. We measured what that did to our own scores, then rebuilt the score around what each entry actually says.
By Alex Vasile
Choosing an app · Scoring · September 1, 2026
Eight questions to ask any scanner, each with a test you can run standing in the aisle. We make one of these apps, so the list is written to be checked against ours too.
By Alex Vasile
Cycle · Meals · August 25, 2026
Log your period once and snap your plate. Every meal after that carries the phase you were in, and a nightly pass looks for patterns between what you ate and how the month went.
By Alex Vasile
Free to download, free to scan. Every flag links to the regulator entry behind it, so you can check the reasoning rather than trust the number.
Out now on iPhone and Android.