SPF Scout

SPF Scout reads what a sunscreen label lists and compares it with ingredients you have chosen to flag. You decide what goes on that list. SPF Scout never infers it for you. This app started with a simple problem: my favorite sunscreen was discontinued. Finding a replacement meant researching countless products and Googling ingredients I didn’t recognize. I realized choosing skincare shouldn’t be this complicated, so I built a tool that makes ingredients easier to understand and helps people make informed decisions about the products they put on their skin. WHAT IT DOES • Scan a barcode, or photograph the ingredient panel, and see the ingredient declaration currently on file for that product. • Every ingredient is shown with what it generally does — UV filter, emollient, preservative, fragrance ingredient — as factual description, not commentary. • Ingredients you flag are reported when…