# California WIC App

> Education

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1465925233](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1465925233)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1465925233`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** CDPH
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (69,080 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2019-05-31
- **Size:** 246 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-03
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/california-wic-app/id1465925233)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/privacy-policy.aspx](https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/privacy-policy.aspx)

## Description

The California WIC App Chrome extension puts essential WIC program resources at your fingertips, including nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and guidance on accessing health care and community services.

It also lets you view upcoming appointments, check benefits issued in the clinic, scan UPCs at stores to verify WIC eligibility, and locate WIC stores and clinics across California. This tool helps families shop more easily and make the most of their WIC benefits.

## Rankings

- #4,774 — Overall

## Review summary

Users like the app for viewing benefit balances, finding eligible products, tips for using benefits, and appointment updates. However, repeated login/registration and server issues, stability problems, unreliable scanning, and occasional misreporting of eligibility are common complaints. Overall usefulness exists when it works, but reliability and data accuracy need improvement.

### Pros

- Easy to view WIC benefit balance and find eligible products
- Helpful tips on using benefits to maximize value
- Appointment updates available in the app, avoiding the need to call
- Generally helpful tool for managing WIC benefits and information

### Cons

- Frequent login/registration failures and server connectivity issues (cannot login, user not found, session expired)
- App crashes and stability problems (crashes on startup or during use, server errors)
- Barcode/food scanner feature is unreliable or non-functional (scanner doesn’t work, inaccurate, crashes app)
- Data/eligibility information can be inaccurate (items shown as eligible but not actually approved)
- Longstanding unresolved issues with no fix for months (reports of delays in fixes)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1465925233)