Comparison

LotDate vs GlowinMe

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LotDate

Instantly decode cosmetic batch codes to find out when your products were made and their estimated expiry dates. Supports over 2000 brands with an AI-powered engine and saves your decoding history.

Highlights
  • Decode batch codes instantly
  • Supports 2000+ cosmetic brands
  • AI-powered decoding engine
  • Check product freshness and expiry
  • Saves decoding history
  • Optional Pro subscription for unlimited queries
Features
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LotDate helps you check cosmetic batch codes and lot codes for makeup, skincare, perfume, fragrance, haircare, and body care. Select a brand, enter the code printed on your product, and see the production date with an estimated expiry window. WHY PEOPLE USE LOTDATE • Check freshness before buying or opening a product • Review gifts, imports, older stock, and backups • Decode batch codes with brand-specific rules • Save successful lookups in searchable history • Save favorite products with production and expiry dates • Set reminders before products expire • Send feedback when a code looks wrong 3000+ BEAUTY BRANDS LotDate supports batch-code lookup across major skincare, makeup, perfume, haircare, and body-care brands. BRAND-SPECIFIC DECODING LotDate matches the brand first, then applies the right rule across multiple batch code formats for more reliable results. OPTIONAL PRO Unlock unlimited queries, all supported brands, unlimited favorites, and stronger decoding coverage. Important: Batch code results are estimates based on known formats and available rules. Always follow the printed expiry date, PAO symbol, product packaging, product condition, and official brand guidance. By using this app, you agree to Apple's Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

GlowinMe

This app helps you manage your beauty products, skincare routines, and makeup collections. Track product expiration, spending, and create custom swatch collections to make informed purchasing decisions. Monitor your skin's progress with notes and selfies, and easily share your collections with friends.

Highlights
  • Skincare routine tracking
  • Product expiration date alerts
  • Total spending overview
  • Smart product search
  • Makeup swatch collections
  • Customizable product views and sorting
  • Customizable collections and categories
  • Shareable collections
Features
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GlowinMe is your free personal beauty tracker that helps you keep track of your beauty products, routines, and experiences, so you can focus on being the best version of yourself. From skincare routines to makeup looks, makeup swatches, expiration dates, and so on, we help you manage them all. STAY ON TOP OF YOUR SKINCARE ROUTINE Get your glow-game on! Create a skincare routine for your needs, whether it be for the day, night, summer or winter. Track your routine by checking products off as you use them and never miss a step again. Take notes and selfies, so you can monitor how your skin is progressing towards achieving skin that glows. Best of all, your records are saved securely to the cloud, so you can review how your skin progresses over time. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR PRODUCTS With all your beauty products in one place, you can easily find out what you have and what is missing. Keep an eye on the ones that are expiring soon and note down your likes and dislikes. SEE TOTAL SPENDING See how much your collection is worth and how much you paid for each product or per product category. ADD PRODUCTS WITH EASE Adding a product is easy with GlowinMe’s smart search. You can add a product instantly with a simple keyword, such as the name of the colour, the product, or the brand. SEE YOUR COLOUR COLLECTION GlowinMe can help you avoid buying the same colours again. By creating swatch collections of your makeup products, you can easily compare the swatches between different products and make smart decisions on which products to buy next. Use the custom swatch view to rearrange your swatches to your liking. VIEW AND SORT GlowinMe offers various layout views for your needs. Use Single to view more details, Large Grid to view your products nice and large, Small Grid to see more products, and Swatches to see your colours at-a-glance. You can easily sort your products by A to Z, Custom order, Expiry date, and New to Old based on date entered. CREATE CUSTOM COLLECTIONS GlowinMe comes with default collections: My Stash, Wishlist and Favourite to help jumpstart your GlowinMe journey. You can also create custom collections of what is important to you such as products in your travel makeup bag, products to swatch, samples you have tried or want to try, and more! CREATE YOUR OWN CATEGORIES Do you prefer a certain way of categorizing your products? You can easily create custom categories in GlowinMe. Alternatively, you can also choose from our existing list of product categories. When viewing your collection, you have the ability to expand and collapse specific or all product categories! SHARE YOUR COLLECTION Easily share your wish list, collections, and makeup looks with your friends so they know what you have and don't! You can share them as images or as a web link. RECORD YOUR LOOKS You can also upload images of your looks and tag them with the products used. This way, you can easily recall the products used to create the flawless makeup looks. Best of all, you can share your masterpieces with your friends and let them know what products you are using without typing up all the product names one by one. ENJOY PEACE OF MIND Your data is backed up with our server on the cloud. This means your data will never be lost. Access your account on any device and your data will automatically be synced. GlowinMe is constantly evolving. We would love to know what your thoughts are about the app, so we know what features to release in the future. Please email us at contactme@glowinme.com or use the built-in feedback app function to let us hear from you. If you are loving the app, please share your review and rating in the App Store. It is greatly appreciated! Thank you for your support. With love, Your GlowinMe Team

Screenshots

LotDate4 screens
GlowinMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GlowinMe at none against LotDate's 3. GlowinMe also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 46%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). LotDate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LotDate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. GlowinMe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for LotDate against 4.6 for GlowinMe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 231 and 220 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of LotDate's written reviews are positive against 75% of GlowinMe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LotDate ships an update every 4 days, GlowinMe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
LotDate versus GlowinMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLotDateGlowinMe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (231 ratings) — better4.6 (220 ratings)
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews74.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings231 — better220
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer占辉 百Glowinme technologies corporation

Customer experience

LotDate

All ratings231 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative38.5%

GlowinMe

All ratings220 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral10.7%
Negative14.7%

Bugs and requests

LotDate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

GlowinMe

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Email verification not sending on account creation
  • Password reset emails not arriving
  • App crashes when loading items with corrupted photos
  • Products not appearing in collections despite multiple additions
  • Photo uploads displaying extremely zoomed in
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  • Search function only works with descriptions, not brand names
  • Duplicate categories created automatically with no merge option
  • Contact form showing 'please enter a message' error
  • Persistent notification prompts with no permanent dismiss option
  • Performance degradation with large item counts (300+)
  • Tag loading delays in large collections
  • Wishlist scrolling lag with many items
  • App freezing and requiring sign-in again
  • Password not recognized after forced sign-in
  • Photo taking functionality broken for some users
  • Wrong product images appearing in random locations
  • Unable to remove preset routine steps
  • Description/ingredients field not accepting text input
  • Cleaning supplies and applications not visible on home screen

Requested features

26 requests
  • Barcode scanner for quick product addition
  • Statistics page showing spending trends
  • Bulk tag addition capability
  • Tag organization by color
  • Custom main categories beyond preset ones
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  • Ability to merge duplicate categories
  • Data export to Excel or CSV format
  • Separate calendar views for individual routines
  • Customizable routine steps
  • Separate alarm times for different routines
  • Streak feature for routine consistency
  • Product usage counter in diary view
  • Ability to change product categories after creation
  • Edit manually entered product details
  • Landscape/tablet orientation support
  • Font size adjustment settings
  • Share routines on social media
  • Celebrity routine examples
  • Animal cruelty-free product indicator
  • Ingredient/allergy tracking section
  • Scroll wheel navigation for large collections
  • Icon-only view mode for collections
  • Product quantity tracking per item
  • Multiple photos (front/back) per product
  • Web scraping for product information
  • Ability to delete items without entering detail page

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LotDate

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium Membership$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Membership$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$17.99
None

GlowinMe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LotDate free?
LotDate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GlowinMe free?
GlowinMe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LotDate or GlowinMe?
LotDate is rated higher. LotDate averages 4.7 out of 5 from 231 ratings, while GlowinMe averages 4.6 from 220 ratings.
Do LotDate or GlowinMe have ads?
GlowinMe shows ads; LotDate does not.
Which is updated more often, LotDate or GlowinMe?
LotDate ships an update every 4 days, and GlowinMe every 2 weeks. Most recently, LotDate was updated on September 28, 2026 and GlowinMe on September 27, 2026.

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