CLICS vs duupe.ai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CLICS
This app empowers licensed hair stylists and cosmetology students to precisely create any shade of demi or permanent hair color with a touch of a button. It eliminates guesswork in color formulation, offering a mess-free and waste-free solution for mixing and dispensing custom shades.
- Precise color formulation
- Digital color bar for mixing
- Save custom color collections
- Access curated color libraries
- Client history for touch-ups
- Reduced waste and mess
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The CLICS® app allows hair stylists to access their salon's CLICS Dispensers to create any shade of demi or permanent color with the touch of a button, expanding their creativity and productivity. This precision system takes all of the guesswork out of color formulation, allowing measuring, mixing and dispensing to be done with ease. There's no waste, no mess, and no mistakes. Designed exclusively for licensed hair stylists and cosmetology students, it's the color you've always dreamed of. You dream it, CLICS delivers it. It’s visionary hair color, for artists like you! In order to use the CLICS system a stylist must be invited by their salon and set up a CLICS login. If you work in more than one CLICS-enhanced salons you can easily switch between them using the sign-out icon. Mix Color on the Fly Use the CLICS Design area, your own digital color bar, to quickly formulate simple or complex hair color formulas. Your formulas can be dispensed at the touch of a button. Create Your Own Color Collections Save your best color formulas in your own color collections or use CLICS' curated libraries and conversion formula to get started with great looking color. Touch Up with Amazing Accuracy Easily look up color formulas applied previously for a client using CLICS' client history. Reuse that exact mixture or use an earlier color as a starting point for a brand new look. Protect the Environment While Making Clients Look Great! An important mission for CLICS has been to reduce the waste inherent in traditional color application methods. By combining efficient packaging with digitally-accurate dispensing, waste - and its impact on both the environment and your bottom line - are greatly reduced. Protect the environment while making your clients look great - with CLICS.
duupe.ai
This AI-powered assistant helps hair stylists formulate colors accurately across different professional brands. It also manages clients, appointments, and hair health, offering AI-driven insights and business tools.
- AI formula translation across brands
- Client management and booking
- Hair health scanning
- AI chat for color theory
- SMS appointment reminders
- Passwordless sign-in
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duupe.ai — AI Hair Color & Stylist Assistant Stop guessing. Start formulating with confidence. duupe.ai is your AI-powered hair color assistant — built to translate formulas across professional brands and help you manage clients, appointments, and hair health all in one place. Perfect Color — Across Any Brand Tired of second-guessing formulas when switching lines or working with limited stock? Translate formulas between professional color brands Match level, tone, and opacity — not just shade names Get mixing instructions and confidence scores Understand why a formula works with AI-powered explanations AI Tools That Go Beyond Formulas AI Chat Assistant for color theory, product selection, and techniques (subscription) Hair Health Scans to analyze condition and guide better results Save formulas with client photos and notes for consistency Built for Stylists — The Stylist Suite Run your business directly inside duupe.ai: Client appointment booking SMS reminders to reduce no-shows Push notifications for real-time updates Organized client profiles with history and formulas Fast, Frictionless Access Passwordless sign-in — no passwords, no hassle Quick onboarding so you can get started instantly Flexible Plans Free trial available Upgrade for full access to AI tools and advanced features Why duupe.ai? Smart, accurate formula translation across brands Built specifically for real salon workflows Helps you stay consistent, even when products change Combines color science + business tools in one app Whether you're switching brands, correcting color, or scaling your client book — duupe.ai helps you deliver consistent, professional results every time. Terms of Use: https://duupeai.lovable.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://duupeai.lovable.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: duupe.ai at 5.0 against CLICS's 4.4. duupe.ai also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). CLICS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. duupe.ai sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. CLICS asks for nothing beyond the download.
duupe.ai holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
CLICS ships an update fortnightly, duupe.ai every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CLICS | duupe.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CLICS, LLC | Kyle Ouellette |
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CLICS
duupe.ai
In-app purchases
CLICS
No in-app purchases
duupe.ai
- Basic Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$24.991 Month
- Unlimited Yearly$49.991 Month
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- Basic Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Pro Yearly$249.991 Year
- Unlimited Yearly$499.991 Year
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