Skincare Routine vs Bare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skincare Routine
Organize your skincare and makeup application with a personalized routine guide. Track product usage, avoid ingredient conflicts, and monitor your skin's progress with photo diaries and notes. Features automated ordering and custom product additions.
- Personalized AM/PM routine creation
- Ingredient conflict avoidance
- Product usage tracking
- Skin progress diary with photos
- Custom product additions
- Reminders and timers
- Re-order routine steps
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Personalised Skin Tracker & Layering Guide – No Subscription! One-off purchase • Automatically orders your AM/PM routine • Avoids ingredient conflicts • Diary with photos. Transform your skincare and beauty regimen with a personalized routine! Skincare Routine helps you discover the best order to apply your skincare and makeup products, track your usage, and achieve your best skin ever. The app comes pre-loaded with DECIEM (The Ordinary, NIOD, Hylamide & Fountain) products but you can add any skin treatments from any brand including Drunk Elephant, Pixi Beauty, Paula's Choice, The Inkey List and any of your favourite brands! Note: The app price is a one-off payment and there are currently no subscriptions or recurring payments. *** Key App Features *** • CREATE YOUR ROUTINE Add products to your routine. They will be automatically placed in your AM and/or PM routine as recommended. • ADD CUSTOM PRODUCTS You can add custom skincare products from other brands by selecting the option in the top-right menu in the Routine section or from the Custom tab in the Products section. • USE YOUR ROUTINE FOR LAYERING ADVICE The products are listed in the recommended layering order, along with advice for when and how to use each product. • KEEP TRACK OF USAGE TO AVOID CONFLICTS Each morning and evening, check each product off your list to keep track of which treatments you have used. This will allow the app to prevent any conflicts by showing you which products should be avoided. • TRACK YOUR SKIN'S PROGRESS Any time you notice your skin is looking particularly good or bad, you can make a note of it by pressing on the face icon next to the morning or evening routine. You can also add a comment to note down more details for your own record and add photos to track your progress. • ADD PHOTOS You can add photos of your skin to your diary tracker and also add photos of custom products. • REMINDERS & TIMERS You can set up notifications to remind you about your daily skin regimen. You can also set timers for products which require a specific wait time. Both can be found in the Settings. *** Advanced App Customisation *** • RE-ORDER YOUR ROUTINE If you don't wish to follow the recommended layering order, you can choose to re-order the products to fully customise your routine by selecting the option from the top right menu (with 3 dots) of the Routine section. You can also change the order of the layer steps, for instance DECIEM recommends oils before moisturisers but some users prefer the other way around. • USE CONFLICTING PRODUCTS When we recommend not using a product due to conflicts with other products or because you've reached the usage limit, you can choose to ignore the warning and use it anyway. You will then have the option to permanently ignore conflicts on that specific product. • SCHEDULE PRODUCTS You can choose specific days of the week for a product if you wish. For instance, you may wish to make it so that the "AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution" only appears in your routine on Tuesdays and Fridays. You can also choose dates of the month, e.g. the 1st and 15th of every month. Another useful option is to schedule products for every X days, so you could choose every 2 days to alternate. *** Recommended for skin concerns... *** • Dry & Dehydrated Skin: Achieve plump, healthy-looking hydrated skin. • Acne-Prone Skin: Reduce inflammation to help support clear skin. • Blemishes & Congestion: Reduce inflammation and brighten the skin. • Sensitive Skin: Keep your skin moisturised with this gentle routine. • Mature Skin & Wrinkles: Promote youthful skin and reduce the signs of ageing. • Pigmentation Problems: Gently exfoliate and brighten skin tone. • Oily Skin: Rebalance your skin for a healthy, fresh look. Please note, Skincare Routine (previously known as "Skincare Regimen Organiser") has no connection with DECIEM, The Ordinary or any other skincare brand.
Bare
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Your mirror can't tell you whether four weeks of a new routine did anything. Bare measures it. Take a guided scan and Bare reads five things from the photo — clarity, tone, texture, balance and under-eye brightness — then tracks them over weeks so you can see what your routine is actually doing. WHY BARE IS DIFFERENT Most skin apps let you photograph yourself in any light, at any distance, from any angle, then draw you a chart. That chart measures your lighting, not your skin. Bare won't let you take the shot until your framing, distance and light match your last one. An alignment ring, a ghost overlay of your previous scan and a lighting check do the work. That's what makes a six-week comparison mean something. WHAT YOU GET • Guided capture that keeps every scan comparable • Five measured metrics, not vague impressions • A regimen built from what your scan measured, which you approve or edit • Trend charts for any metric across weeks or months • Then-and-now comparisons, side by side • A shelf built from the products you actually own • Morning and evening routine checklists • Daily reminders so the habit sticks • A shareable before-and-after card FROM SCAN TO ROUTINE A score on its own doesn't tell you what to do. After each scan Bare proposes a morning and evening regimen aimed at your two lowest measurements, using the products already on your shelf wherever it can and telling you plainly when something isn't. Every line explains which measurement it's responding to. Untick anything you don't want, then accept — your checklists update to match. BUILT AROUND YOUR ROUTINE Bare asks what you're working on and what your skin is like, then suggests a starting shelf — and never assumes you own products you don't. Tick what's actually in your bathroom and your checklists match reality from day one. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every photo and every calculation stays on your iPhone. There's no account, no server and no analytics. Nothing is uploaded, because there's nowhere to upload it to. Delete your scans in Settings and they're gone everywhere. SUBSCRIPTION Bare Plus unlocks the full app after a 3-day free trial: $9.99 per month or $49.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://becktechapps.com/bare-privacy.html Bare tracks the appearance of your skin over time. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose conditions. Talk to a dermatologist about anything that concerns you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bare at Free against Skincare Routine's $3.99. Skincare Routine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#46 vs unranked). On ads 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
Bare is free to download; Skincare Routine costs $3.99 up front. Bare sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Skincare Routine asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Skincare Routine | Bare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (628 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 628 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #46 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mento Apps Ltd | Austin Beck |
Bugs and requests
Skincare Routine
Reported bugs
4 issues- Diary photos not displaying
- Incorrect product conflict warnings
- Routine data loss
- Unresponsive UI elements
Requested features
6 requests- Barcode scanning for product addition
- Skin type and concern recommendations
- Advanced analytics and reporting
- Alternate routines and schedules
- Ingredients list and search
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- Sync across devices
Bare
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Skincare Routine
No in-app purchases
Bare
- Monthly$9.991 Month
- Yearly$49.991 Year









