Comparison

Clearya vs Yuka: Shopping Alerts vs Product Scores

Clearya flags concerning ingredients as you shop online; Yuka scores products you scan. Here's how the two differ and which suits how you shop.

How they work

Clearya is a free browser extension and app that automatically alerts you to ingredients of concern while you shop online (and lets you photograph a label), checking against its own hazard database. Yuka is a barcode scanner that gives products a single score out of 100.

Where each wins

The shared limitation

Both rate against their own criteria, not your personal allergen list. Useful for general “ingredients of concern”, less so for “does this contain the one thing I react to.”

For your own triggers

Reading a label by eye, or using a free ingredient-checker, will tell you what is in a product. What it will not do is check it against the specific ingredients you react to.

To close that gap, a personal-list app like ClearaScan lets you save the ingredients you react to once and scan any product to flag only your triggers. It also keeps a Reaction Journal for flare-ups, a shared Care Circle so family or carers can scan for you, and a Trusted Products list for items you have cleared, and it is currently in early access. (Disclosure: our editor co-founded ClearaScan, and we are not paid to mention the others.)

The verdict

Clearya for online shopping alerts, Yuka for in-store scores, and a personal-list tool when the question is specifically about your triggers.

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A note on this content. The Sensitive Skin Lab publishes general educational information, not medical advice. If you suspect you have an allergy or sensitivity, consult a qualified dermatologist or allergist. Product formulations and labels change without notice, so always check the ingredients on the product itself.