Auto Secure LoginSpend every WIC dollar before it expires — privately.
WIC Companion turns a confusing benefit into a simple in-store tool. It checks products against your state's real Approved Product List, builds a trip plan from your remaining benefit categories, shows live per-store stock and aisle location where a retailer integration exists, and emails you before a category expires unused. It's the privacy-first alternative to the usual WIC app — no ad SDKs, no tracking, and it never shares identity-linked participant data. It does the rule-checking for you, so a benefit you earned never expires just because the rules were too hard to track in the aisle.
The problem
Benefits expire because the rules are impossible to track in the aisle.
WIC only covers specific products, in specific sizes, under state-specific rules — and benefits expire monthly. Families lose real money to a benefit they earned simply because they can't tell, standing in the store, whether an item qualifies. And the popular app that helps is widely criticized for tracking and ads.
WIC Companion answers "does this qualify?" instantly against your state's real list, plans the trip around what's expiring, and does it without surveilling a low-income, heavily Spanish-speaking population.
Privacy as the whole point
- No ad SDKs, no third-party tracking
- Never shares identity-linked participant data
- Email + balance encrypted (AES-256-GCM + blind index)
- Hardened after an audit (was root + in-memory sessions)
Capabilities
Know what qualifies. Spend it in time.
Real APL lookup
Check a product against your state's Approved Product List by category or free-text search.
In-store barcode scan
Scan a barcode with the browser-native BarcodeDetector — no separate app needed.
Trip planner
Builds a plan from your remaining benefit categories, with live retailer availability where integrated.
Live stock + aisle
Per-store stock and aisle location via the real Kroger API, with bounded concurrency and a 150-item cap.
Grouped views
Toggle between grouped-by-aisle and grouped-by-category so the list matches how you shop.
Expiration reminders
A daily sweep emails you when a category expires within three days — idempotent, so no duplicate nags.
Saved lists & carts
Keep lists and carts between trips, with cash-value-benefit awareness for produce.
Real accounts
Full accounts with scrypt hashing, password reset, and one-button self-delete.
Installable PWA
Installs like an app and works in the aisle, on the phone you already carry.
Don't leave WIC dollars on the table.
Your state's real approved list, live store stock, and expiration reminders — without the ads and tracking.