ACDS CAMP

The “Learning Center” is helpful on here. However, the UI really isn’t great. I find myself tapping several buttons/tabs to try to get to the right screen. This app is helpful if a product has already been added, but beware, some listings are outdated and don’t reflect the current ingredients. None of the items I’ve submitted for review have been added after months of waiting. Since most products I’m searching for aren’t on the app, I’d be nice to be able to search specific ingredients and just piece together products myself. I reached out about that via email so maybe they’ll add that functionality in the future. Instead, I’ve uploaded my allergen list into Chat GPT and rely on a custom model that I’ve trained to alert me of any allergens/possible allergens in an ingredient list. 🤷‍♀️

There is nothing intuitive about this app. The UI/UX fail miserably. Below Key failures include: - outdated product info — countless popular products listed as “safe” were reformulated from several months to *years* ago to include allergens — several “safe” products were discontinued from manufacturers’ product line years ago — at least one “safe” product was never even available commercially and the company went under 3 years ago — this type of clutter is unacceptable given the UX - not printable - text can not be selected - not sortable - categories and filters are a joke - product names and brands are often misspelled and there’s no accounting for exclusion of these errors, nor “the” or and vs &, etc. - not viewer friendly - no way to adjust to view full item list to exclude images - not exportable (if we patients were allowed to export the data to Excel or other spreadsheet, we could find the products we need and avoid unnecessary exposure to our allergens) - no notifications for patients when a product is removed from our “safe” list — this alone broke one of the key promises ACDS made to us when creating this new app - failure to listen to and respond to patient and provider concerns - too many more problems, issues and concerns to list in this review - many of the issues could be forgiven if the ACDS website (vs app) offered usable UI/UX - ACDS Foundation awards themselves, ignores patient advocacy and accountability

This used to be a straightforward list of items that were considered safe based on my allergens. There were straightforward categories, a search option, and the option to favorite items. The recent update has added “enhancements” that have made the app almost unusable. Instead of just a list of safe items someone decided we also needed a list of unsafe items—if it’s unsafe I don’t even need to know about it. Instead of a straightforward list everything is now a tile with a squashed image of a label which means you really need to be connected to wifi or have good cell service to use the app. The previous app was hard enough to load and use with limited service but it was do able. What category is sunscreen under? Well of course it’s under “suntan preparations” because everyone knows you use sunscreen when you want a suntan. Where is eye makeup located? Well of course it located under “eye preparations” and not with all the other make-up. They also added features like reviewing products 🙄and gathering all kinds of personal information about you that they will undoubtedly collect and use for their own research. Thankfully, the personal information farming is optional. It’s incredibly frustrating to have allergic contact dermatitis and now it’s even more frustrating because a simple straightforward app has been turned into a difficult to navigate nightmare with information no one needs—again why are you showing me unsafe products?!? Who asked for that?!?