Your faith isn't a subscription.
Point HalalSafe at any barcode or ingredient label. It checks every ingredient against your madhab and gives you a clear verdict — Halal, Haram, or Needs Review.
A scan for any shelf.
Scan the barcode. If we don't have it, scan the ingredient list instead. Either way, HalalSafe catches the things you'd miss — hidden alcohol, gelatin, pork, and non-Zabihah meat.
Scan the barcode.
Instant lookup against an open product database of about 3 million items. Only the barcode itself ever leaves your device — nothing else.
Or read the label.
When the barcode misses, point at the ingredient list. On-device OCR pulls every line, then the local classifier renders a verdict — Halal, Haram, or Needs Review.
Rulings that match your school.
The four major Sunni schools differ on a handful of ingredients. HalalSafe encodes those differences with sources — and lets you pick one school or follow all four at once. Other apps default to one madhab without asking.
Hanafi
Broader latitude on transformation (istihala). Minor alcohol traces from fermentation often permitted when the substance has transformed.
Shafi'i
Conservative on intoxicants regardless of source. Animal-derived enzymes often require explicit halal certification.
Maliki
Pragmatic on marine animals (all permitted) and shares Hanafi tolerance on small fermentation byproducts.
Hanbali
Strict literal reading of prohibitions. Doubtful ingredients lean toward the cautious verdict — "leave that which is doubtful."
Only the barcode ever leaves your device.
Vision OCR runs locally on iPhone — your camera feed never touches a server. The classifier, rulings database, and language detection are all bundled in the app. No account. No tracking. No ads between scans.
Three motions. One verdict.
Point
Open HalalSafe and aim at the package — barcode or ingredient list, it doesn't matter which.
Scan
The app picks the right path. Barcodes resolve against the global product database; labels go through on-device OCR.
Verdict
Halal, Haram, or Needs Review — with the ingredients that triggered it and the ruling behind them.
No false confidence on questionable ingredients.
Every verdict comes with the ingredients that triggered it and the ruling behind them. No black boxes.
Permitted
All ingredients clear under your selected school. Eat with confidence.
Forbidden
At least one ingredient is explicitly prohibited. Shown with citation.
Source-dependent
Doubtful or not in the ruleset. We tell you what to check — never pretend to know what we can't.
Same scan. Different rules.
Other halal scanners assume you'll pay to keep using them. We don't.
- Charge $4.99/mo or more for the same scan
- Run full-screen ads between scans
- Default to one madhab without asking
- Require an account before the first scan
- Halal verdict is always free to check — no subscription
- No ads. Ever. Not between scans, not anywhere
- Pick your madhab — Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali, or all four
- No account. Only the barcode itself ever leaves your device
Built for the way you shop.
Finally an app that doesn't lecture me about which madhab is "correct." I picked Hanafi and got Hanafi rulings. That's it.
Placeholder — swap with real reviewThe label scanner worked on a Turkish chocolate bar I picked up at a corner shop. No barcode lookup needed.
Placeholder — swap with real reviewNo subscription pop-ups. No ads between scans. I forgot what a paywalled halal app even looks like.
Placeholder — swap with real reviewThe "Needs Review" verdict is what won me over. It doesn't pretend to know things it can't know.
Placeholder — swap with real reviewNo fees. No ads. No doubt.
The halal verdict is always free to check. No subscription. No ads. No account. Only the barcode itself ever leaves your device.
