MicroPlastics vs Plack
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We make one of these apps. Read the table accordingly: we lead 8 rows and 1 are comparable, and we chose which rows to compare. Every claim about Plack comes from their own public materials, linked at the bottom, last checked August 9, 2026 — if one is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
The short answer
The closest like-for-like competitor, and the gap is everything behind the score. We publish the model component by component, grade every product A–D by how directly the claim was measured, and report confidence separately from risk so you can see which numbers to lean on. Plack publishes a score.
What Plack is
Plack is a direct microplastics competitor. Its App Store listing describes scanning by photo, image upload or barcode to detect phthalates, bisphenols and related substances, returning a breakdown of microplastic content, with saved scans so you can spot patterns over time.
Side by side
| Plack | MicroPlastics | |
|---|---|---|
| Microplastics focus | Yes, this is the product | Yes, this is the product |
| Barcode input | Yes, alongside photo and upload | Yes — barcode, photo, label, ingredient list and material modes |
| Plasticiser evidence depth | Covered as a scored axis | Covered in scoring and backed by the published measurements — the Consumer Reports 85-food survey, per-product phthalate figures, and the brand audits that cite them |
| Published scoring model | Not published in their public materials | Five components with fixed maxima, rendered on every page |
| Evidence grade per product | Not described in their public materials | A–D, and the grade caps the stated confidence |
| Confidence shown separately | Not described in their public materials | Yes, at equal visual weight to the risk score |
| Free web database | Not published | 102 product pages, 30 materials, 15 packaging formats, 120+ ingredients — free, no account |
| Sources shown per claim | Not described in their public materials | Every score lists its studies with the limitation of each |
| Scan history | Yes | Yes, plus a daily plastic count and exposure profile |
"Not described in their public materials" means exactly that — we can only report what a company publishes, and absence of a published claim is not proof a feature is missing.
Which one you want
Use Plack if
You want a score and are not going to read the evidence behind it.
Use MicroPlastics if
You want to be able to check the reasoning. Every number here decomposes into five published components, carries an evidence grade, and links to the studies behind it — including the ones that say nobody has measured this yet.
These are not mutually exclusive and we are not going to pretend they are. Plenty of people run a broad scanner for the weekly shop and a specialist for the things they use every day.
Check our working before you install anything
The whole database is on the web, free, with no account: 132 products scored component by component, 30 materials, 15 packaging formats, and 24 sources each listed with what it does not establish. That is a harder thing to fake than a feature list.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Where these claims come from
Checked August 9, 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us — corrections are published, not quietly applied.
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