For people who check the tag
Most people just can't read it. Point your camera at a care label — or paste a product link — and get an honest report card: how much durability, quality and toxicity you'd be trading for this exact style. Then decide.
Breathable, lower-impact fibres
Threadcheck
ⓘ grade & scores are estimates
Point your camera at any care label — crumpled, multilingual, sun-faded. Shopping online instead? Drop in the product URL and we'll read the page.
Fibre percentages, branded fibres, certifications, country of origin, care symbols — everything the label admits, extracted and cross-referenced in seconds.
One clean report card: an A–E grade, the full fibre breakdown, durability and quality reads, and what it'll feel like to actually own.
Natural fibres push the grade up · recycled content and certifications push it up · synthetics pull it down. That's it — and the card always says it's an estimate.
Shell, lining, trim — every component, every percentage. "Spandex" and "Lycra" resolve to elastane; recycled and organic flags are kept.
Three honest meters reading how the fabric will hold up, how well it's made, and how it sits next to skin.
A rough, order-of-magnitude read of what the garment cost to manufacture — so you can judge the markup yourself.
How the main fibre behaves next to skin — breathability, moisture, warmth, itch. Practical, not alarmist; never medical advice.
Forty-plus care codes turned into plain instructions — including the quiet disclosures like "may become transparent when wet."
OEKO-TEX®, GOTS, TENCEL™, REPREVE® — every certification and branded fibre gets a plain-English explainer, right in the app. Never be confused by a symbol again.
"Made from approximately 8 plastic bottles." "230 gsm is around 30% thicker than a standard tee." "All-cotton lining is uncommon at this price point." Every fact is derived from what the label actually shows — nothing invented, nothing preached.
Every card you save, kept and searchable. Build a record of what you own and what you walked away from.
A second-hand rack strips away everything — the product page, the reviews, the original price. What survives is the sewn-in label, and that's all Threadcheck needs: the fibres, how it'll wash, how long it should last, and roughly what it cost to make. The best information, at the moment you have the least of it.
Philosophy
The style you love might come lined in polyester. The price you like might be paid for in seams that give out by the tenth wash. That's not automatically a bad deal — sometimes the style is worth it. Threadcheck exists so you make that call with the facts in hand: exactly how much durability, quality and toxicity you're trading for this exact piece.
And it clears the fog while it's at it. The certifications, the branded fibres, the cryptic care symbols — OEKO-TEX®, GOTS, TENCEL™, the little tub with a hand in it — all translated into plain English on the card. Understand the garment thoroughly, then decide. No scolding either way: the card tells you the lining is 100% polyester and that it cost about four dollars to make. What you do with that is entirely yours.
The worker that grades your scan is literally instructed: no sustainability scolding, no marketing language, no judgment.
Grades, scores and make costs are estimates — and every card carries that disclaimer in writing.
If the label doesn't show it, the card doesn't claim it. Missing data stays missing — it's never guessed.
A $12 tee can grade an A. A $300 jacket can grade an E. The fibre doesn't care what the brand charges.
In the op shop the label is the only product page left. Threadcheck reads it — and tells you if that pre-loved find will outlive its first owner's interest in it.
The label is read on-device, by your iPhone — only the recognised text is sent for analysis. Photos are kept only if you save a scan, and only on your phone. No account, no ad trackers, nothing to opt out of. The fine print is short: read the privacy policy.
No account, no card. See exactly what you get back before you pay a cent.
Unlimited scans for a wardrobe clean-out, a shopping trip, or a curious weekend.
Unlimited scans for the habit, not the spree. The pick if you check every tag anyway.
UNLIMITED PLANS CARRY A FAIR-USE CEILING OF 100 SCANS/DAY · AUTO-RENEWS UNTIL CANCELLED · PRICES IN LOCAL CURRENCY MAY VARY
Two scans free. The first one will probably be something you're wearing right now.
ⓘ GRADES & SCORES ARE ESTIMATES — IT SAYS SO ON EVERY CARD