Beat the Microbead is a health & fitness app developed by Plastic Soup Foundation.
How many times has Beat the Microbead been downloaded?
Beat the Microbead has been downloaded 350 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 750 times.
What is the rating of Beat the Microbead?
Beat the Microbead is rated 3.44 out of 5 stars, based on 1.3 thousand ratings.
Is Beat the Microbead free?
Beat the Microbead is free to download. The APK download size is 12.20 MB. The latest version available is 3.2.0. The last update was on June 7, 2023.
What are the requirements for Beat the Microbead?
Beat the Microbead requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2013.
Description
The Beat the Microbead app is the fastest way to learn if your cosmetics and personal care products contain plastic ingredients. This app uses state-of-the-art text recognition technology. Just scan the ingredients of your products and check them for microplastics. Not only that, but you can also get to know microplastic-free brands certified by us.
How does it work?
It’s straightforward: you can scan products with four easy steps: - Find the ingredients list on your product. - Position the full list within your camera frame. - Make sure the ingredients are clear to read. - Take a picture to scan!
A traffic light rating system
- RED: Products that contain microplastics. - ORANGE: Products that contain what we call “sceptical” microplastics. With this, we mean synthetic polymers for which there is not enough information available. - GREEN: Products that do not contain microplastics.
Help us enrich our database!
Every time you add a product to our database, you help us build a case against microplastics. With every product information, we can create evidence and convince authorities about the extensive use of plastic ingredients. A bit of extra effort on your side makes you a part of the fight against microplastics in cosmetics and care products. So, go ahead, scan the barcode of your product and help us get some more information!
By adding the products to our database, you can also discover our certified microplastic-free brands. These brands have their entire range of products free of all known microplastic ingredients.
Why is it important?
Plastic in cosmetics is a global problem! Microplastics are hardly visible ingredients that pollute our planet & may pose health risks. These microplastics, hardly visible to the naked eye, flow straight from the bathroom drain into the sewer system. Microplastics are not biodegradable, and once they enter the (marine) environment, they are almost impossible to remove.
Sea animals absorb or eat microplastics; these particles are passed along the marine food chain. Since humans are ultimately at the top of this food chain, it is likely that we also ingest microplastics.
Using body washes or cosmetics that contain microplastics can put the ocean, ourselves, and our children at risk! With this app, you can get aware of this issue and make environmentally friendly choices.
Who is behind this app?
The collaborators behind this app include the following partners:
Plastic Soup Foundation: NGO based in Amsterdam, initiators of the worldwide campaign “Beat the Microbead”. Their mission: No plastic in our water or our bodies!
PINCH: a renowned mobile development agency from Amsterdam that is proud of their work for the Plastic Soup Foundation.
Recent changes: A small update for Android 13 users, who no longer had the option to use an existing photo for scanning ingredients. Your feedback about the app is welcome and we try to include as much as possible in next updates.
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This app is amazing at what it does! Absolutely useful for detecting microplastics. It almost always correctly scan the ingredients and identify the microplastics. A must-have for everyone in the skincare community!
★★★★☆Devanshi Gupta· Jul 14, 2020
Can't see the products already uploaded in the database by me or anyone else. Doesn't let you search the name too just the ingredients But great one to tell you which product has microplastics and which doesn't!
★★★★★Fionn Ferreira· Sep 10, 2020
The best microplastics' app out there. This app makes it very easy to spot plastic in products and uses a cool database of barcodes. Although I have worked with and engaged in microplastic research, I have learned new things from this app and was surprised at really how many things contain microplastic.
★★☆☆☆Mark van den Heuvel· Oct 27, 2021
I very much like the concept of the app, but it is not reliable. I scanned a screenshot of an ingredient list retrieved from a manufacturers' website, clearly stating ingredients such as acrylic copolymer, polyester polymer etc. which are listed as microplastics on the btmb website, but the app told me everything was fine. It did detect pvp in another product though.
★★☆☆☆Bert Bosman· Oct 26, 2020
The only message I get is whoops something went wrong
★☆☆☆☆Billy Joe Cain· Jul 29, 2024
Wanted to scan the UPC code. Instead, it scanned the ingredients, like they ever listed them.
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