Sampleo vs Free Cosmetic Testing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sampleo
Discover and try new products from top Beauty, Food, and Entertainment brands for free. Sign up, apply for campaigns, and follow missions to experience the latest releases and best sellers.
- Discover new products
- Try latest releases
- Test best sellers
- Free product samples
- Brand campaigns
- Product missions
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Discover brands that suit you. Sampleo offers you the chance to try out the latest releases and best sellers from the biggest Beauty, Food, and Entertainment brands... for free! How does it work? Sign up quickly to access featured campaigns. Scroll, apply, and wait for the results of your selection. Selected? Follow your missions step by step. Repeat as often as you like.
Free Cosmetic Testing
Receive free cosmetic products by joining and sharing your opinions. Participate in in-home testing and online surveys for research purposes. Earn points for completed surveys, which can be redeemed for products.
- Receive free cosmetic products
- In-home product testing
- Online surveys for research
- Earn points for participation
- Redeem points for products
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Become a Free Cosmetic Testing Member to receive free cosmetic products by sharing your opinions. Since 2001 our Free Cosmetic Testing website has invited millions of members to participate in: • In home Cosmetic product testing: products are sent to volunteering members on a weekly basis to be tested and reviewed • Online Surveys based on your profile: these surveys can be around cosmetics or any other product or service. These surveys are always for research purposes and never for commercial reasons. Some of these surveys are for big brands, others for start ups and even for academic research. Every time a member completes a survey, they are incentivised! Their virtual balance is automatically credited with hundreds or thousands of points at the end of the survey. As soon as 4,000 points is reached, then you can exchange them for your first product. So what are you waiting for? Join us, share your opinions and start receiving cosmetics!
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Verdict
Sampleo and Free Cosmetic Testing both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Sampleo's written reviews are positive against 33% of Free Cosmetic Testing's. Sampleo also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Free Cosmetic Testing's advantage is ratings volume (48 vs 15) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sampleo against 4.6 for Free Cosmetic Testing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 48 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Sampleo's written reviews are positive against 33% of Free Cosmetic Testing's.
Sampleo ships an update every 2 weeks, Free Cosmetic Testing monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sampleo | Free Cosmetic Testing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better | 4.6 (48 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Webedia | MIS Group |
Customer experience
Sampleo
Free Cosmetic Testing
In-app purchases
Sampleo
No in-app purchases
Free Cosmetic Testing
No in-app purchases
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