Comparison

@braces vs SmileProgress

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

Head to head
About

@braces

Track your orthodontic treatment progress with a calendar, time-lapse videos, and color simulations. Set reminders for aligner changes and appointments, and log hygiene and discomfort levels.

Highlights
  • Headgear/aligner wear tracking
  • Monthly treatment calendar
  • Time-lapse video creation
  • Braces color simulator
  • Wear/change reminders
  • Appointment reminders
  • Hygiene and discomfort logging
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Record and save the hours that you wear your headgear, elastics, or clear aligner on a convenient monthly calendar. Easily save it to your camera roll and share it with your orthodontist! You can also create a time lapse video of your treatment, try on different braces colors, and set up alerts to remind yourself to change your aligner, retainer, elastic bands, to wear your headgear, or reminders for upcoming orthodontist appointments. Visually track the hours that you wear your headgear, elastics, or clear aligner. Also track your dental hygiene and discomfort level for a deeper involvement in your treatment. You will receive helpful headgear, elastics, and aligner tips along the way! Create a time lapse video documenting your progress to a beautiful smile! The finished time lapse of your braces treatment is easily saved to camera roll or shared via Facebook and Instagram to show off to your friends and family! The braces color simulator makes it so easy to "try on" different colors to see what they would look like. During your next Orthodontist appointment you can show your orthodontist to let them know which colors you would like! If you tend to forget to change or wear your aligners, retainer, or elastic bands we have a feature that can alert you to either wear or change them! Additionally, you can keep track of when your orthodontist appointments are with our reminder feature.

About

SmileProgress

Features
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SmileProgress lets you record and organize photos of your orthodontic journey entirely on your device. Capture, align, anonymize, and compare in one flow — and share anonymously only when you choose to. It is an app for keeping your own record, at your own pace. Main features - Record from the same angle: organize open / closed × front / right / left photos by date - Auto-align: detects the mouth area and matches level, center, and size so Before / After are easy to compare - Easy comparison: pick first vs. latest, 1 month ago, or 3 months ago, and view with a slider, side by side, or time-lapse - Anonymization preview: check the shared image beforehand; EXIF and location data are removed - Sharing you control: sharing always goes through an explicit action and a confirmation screen, so nothing is ever posted automatically - Delete anytime: you can take down a shared post whenever you want Privacy - Original photos are kept only on your device and are never sent to our servers - Only anonymized, adjusted images are used when you share - Whether to share is entirely your choice SmileProgress is not a medical device and is not intended for diagnosis or treatment. It is an app for recording and looking back. Pricing - Browsing posts and sharing anonymously are free - Recording photos is free for 90 days from the day you add your first photo - After that, viewing, comparing, exporting, backing up and sharing what you have already recorded stays free - The one-time purchase is needed only to keep adding new photos Features unlocked by the one-time purchase stay available for good. We plan to add a Pro plan (extra features) in the future, but we will never move one-time features behind a paid plan. Early buyers will receive a benefit when Pro launches.

Screenshots

@braces4 screens
SmileProgress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: @braces at none against SmileProgress's 1. @braces also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. SmileProgress sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. @braces asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

@braces ships an update every 5 weeks, SmileProgress monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
@braces versus SmileProgress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter@bracesSmileProgress
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven James SchauNaoki MORI

In-app purchases

None

@braces

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SmileProgress

One-time1
  • Keep Recording (one-time)$0.99

Questions

Is @braces free?
@braces is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmileProgress free?
SmileProgress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do @braces or SmileProgress have ads?
Neither @braces nor SmileProgress shows ads.
Which is updated more often, @braces or SmileProgress?
@braces ships an update every 5 weeks, and SmileProgress monthly. Most recently, @braces was updated on September 29, 2026 and SmileProgress on October 11, 2026.

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