10/10 recommend
Limited collection
Spoiler alert: there’s a feature paywall (and the developers don’t like feedback <3)
Update: thanks to the developers for the condescending response. I never said that the app should be free; obviously there are costs to creating and hosting an app. I gave my opinion that making a feature that is free on other apps paid on yours (and would be one of the biggest reasons that people use your app) isn’t wise. The database is great and it’s awesome that it’s free, but so is Google, and while I would’ve used the app for it before, if this supercilious response is what valid criticism gets from your team, I’ll stick to Google.
And I say valid criticism because my user rating does reflect “the actual app and its tools” and not what “one user is or isn’t willing to pay to utilize it.” My review is that having a free tool on other apps cost on yours means I don’t find the app to be as good as others, and I rated accordingly. I originally gave three stars for that reason. Sorry that you had difficulty understanding that!
As a result of the developer’s patronizing feedback, though, I will be warning my polish friends away from this app. Running a business is also about listening to valid critiques and responding appropriately, not with thinly veiled condescension and ignorance of people’s feedback. Best of luck with your app.
Response from developer
Thank you for the compliments. The database is free and never capped: 16,000+ shades from 60+ brands, searchable by dupe, color, finish, formula, clean beauty certifications and ingredients. No paywall, no credit card asked for, ever. Caps apply only to the personal tools: 10 polishes, 25 favorites, 3 inspo boards. Pro lifts all three to unlimited and adds allergen alerts and manicure tracking. We obviously would not build an app of this size and detail, not having some form a paid feature involved. There are costs associated with building the app, maintaining it, as well as hosting it and all the user data monthly. We hope that user ratings in the future can reflect the actual app and its tools, not simply what one user is or isn't willing to pay for to utilize it. Thank you.
Love it !
Neat idea but nowhere near there yet
Response from developer
Mooncat is in Polish Index and has been since launch. Right now that is 265 Mooncat shades, including the full Planet Nyarr collection that was added this month. Type Mooncat into the search bar, or open Browse by Brand and scroll to the M's. It is there. Five minutes was not enough time to find a brand that is sitting on the brand list. "No indies at all" is also wrong. ILNP, Mooncat, Fancy Gloss, DVOK, Jello Jello and SuperChic Lacquer are all in the Index, alongside the drugstore lines, the salon brands, UK brands and Korean gels. That is over 60 brands and more than 16,000 polishes, with new brands added every week, two of them today. This is not one person's collection uploaded to an app. Every polish is sourced from the brand's own site and checked by hand before it goes live. Nobody can index every polish ever made, which is exactly why there is a submit button inside the app. If Cracked or any other shade is missing, send it in and it gets added. You are right about one thing: the Allergen Profile is part of Pro. It took real work to build a feature that checks your ingredient flags against every polish in the catalog, and Pro is what keeps that work going. Two stars for not finding a brand that is there is a search problem, not an app problem.
