Built around getting the product right, not just the price.
A cheap price on the wrong product isn't a saving. Every feature below exists to make sure you're comparing the exact same thing across retailers.
How we decide two listings are the same product
In order of confidence, PulseMyBasket matches products using:
1. Exact barcode
A GTIN/EAN barcode match is the strongest signal. This is what scanning a product gives you directly.
2. Confirmed retailer mapping
Where a retailer's own listing has already been confirmed to correspond to a known product.
3. Brand + family + variant + size
Brand, product family, variant, size, and packaging all have to line up together, not name text alone. Nescafé Classic and Nescafé Classic Black Roast are treated as different products, not "close enough."
4-5. High-confidence match, or human review
A strong fuzzy match may still be shown, clearly, as a probable rather than confirmed match. Anything below that confidence bar is queued for review rather than guessed at.
We'd rather show you fewer, correct matches than a longer list padded with near-misses.
Nearby store distance
See how far a store carrying the product is from you, using precise location or a suburb/town/postal code.
Basket optimisation
Add several products and see whether one store covers your whole list cheaper, or whether splitting across two is worth it.
Price freshness
Prices are refreshed regularly from retailers' own published data, not scraped once and left stale. That said, we never claim a price is live to the second. Always confirm at checkout.
Barcode scanning
Use your phone's camera to scan a barcode directly in the browser or installed app: no separate scanner app needed.
Photo recognition
No barcode on hand? A photo of the product or its packaging is often enough to identify it and its sibling variants correctly.
Works as an installed app
PulseMyBasket is a Progressive Web App. Install it to your home screen for quicker access. See Mobile & PWA.