BrushNow vs BrushPal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrushNow
This app helps you improve your dental hygiene by providing a guided brushing experience. It features a customizable timer, visual guides for where to brush, and motivational elements like badges and music.
- User-set brushing timer
- Detailed brushing illustrations
- Unlockable badges and themes
- Customizable brushing reminders
- Chiptune music playback
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Are you constantly forgetting when to brush your teeth or find the recommended 2 minute requirement for brushing a drag? Not to worry, for this is the app for you! BrushNow - Toothbrush Timer helps you to significantly improve your dental hygiene and your overall brushing experience. OUR FEATURES INCLUDE - • User-set timer to increase brushing efficiency. • Detailed illustration informing the user of exactly where to brush at any given time • Badges that could be unlocked by accomplishing various milestones in the app, granting the user fun themes for their timer • Reminders that notify the user to brush their teeth at a set time • A wide selection of groovy chiptune music tracks that could be played while brushing Brushing your teeth had never been so fun!
BrushPal
This app helps you track your tooth-brushing duration on your iPhone or Apple Watch. It offers customization options, reminders, and automatically saves your progress to Apple Health, all while prioritizing your privacy with offline data storage.
- Track brushing time on iPhone and Apple Watch
- Automatic saving to Apple Health
- Offline data storage for total privacy
- Customizable themes and brushing goals
- Morning and evening brushing reminders
- No in-app purchases or additional fees
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Track your tooth-brushing time directly from your iPhone or Apple Watch! BrushPal is a sleek, lightweight tracker that's easy to use. All data is stored on the device - we don't connect to the internet at all Automatically store in Apple Health ---- Get credits for your great habit. Toothbrushing times are automatically saved to Apple Health Total Privacy --- BrushPal has no user analytics tracking. No advertising. No 3rd party code. In fact, the app does not connect to the internet at all. All of the data is stored to Apple Health safely and privately. Customize --- Customize your own theme and set your toothbrushing time goal Reminders --- Set a morning and evening reminder to brush your teeth Everything included --- No in-app purchase. No additional fees. Just a simple, lightweight toothbrushing time tracker
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BrushNow at 67% against BrushPal's 0%. BrushNow also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). BrushPal's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BrushPal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of BrushNow's written reviews are positive against 0% of BrushPal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BrushNow ships an update monthly, BrushPal every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrushNow | BrushPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tinkercademy Community Showcase | Mender LLC |
Customer experience
BrushNow
BrushPal
In-app purchases
BrushNow
No in-app purchases
BrushPal
No in-app purchases
