Feature · v1.0

Aukilo v1.0 — the first public release

Price-per-kilo comparator, shrinkflation detector, misleading multipack alerts, photo recognition, unified product database. Everything in Aukilo's first public version.

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We spent a year building Aukilo in our corner. Here is everything we shipped for v1.0, the very first public release on the App Store and Play Store.

The bet

Make the price per kilo finally readable — everywhere, on any product, without a calculator. And let the community build the database, not a big retailer or institute.

What you can do today

Compare per kilo, by format and by store

Scan a product and the app instantly shows other formats of the same item (240 g, 400 g, 1 kg...) and prices reported by the community at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons... The cheapest per kilo wins, period.

Detect shrinkflation

The first community-powered shrinkflation detector. When you scan a product whose weight has silently dropped, we compare it to 24 months of history, calculate the gap in price per kilo, and attach photo evidence. No more invisible price hikes.

Spot misleading multipacks

Is the "maxi pack" really cheaper? We calculate the price per kilo of the bundle and compare it to the single unit. When the pack costs more per kilo (which happens more often than you'd think), Aukilo flags it clearly.

Recognise a product by photo

Torn barcode, folded label, regional product with no scannable EAN? A photo is enough. The vision engine identifies brand, format and variant in under 3 seconds.

A unified product database

The same Nutella sold at Tesco, Aldi and Lidl — different barcodes, different formats — points to a single product page. Stores are finally aligned on the same comparable unit. It's invisible work, but it changes everything.

Community + reports

Every price entry is attached to a label photo, a geolocation and a timestamp. You can flag a suspicious price, confirm a listing, validate a format change. The more of us there are, the fresher the data.

What we're preparing next

  • Price drop notifications on your favourite products
  • A top deals feed for your neighbourhood
  • Batch contributions (a whole receipt in one swipe)
  • A browser extension for online grocery shopping