Comparison

GlowinMe vs Makeup Mate

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

Head to head
About

GlowinMe

This app helps you manage your beauty products, routines, and experiences. Track skincare, makeup, expiration dates, and spending. Create custom collections and share your looks with friends.

Highlights
  • Track beauty products and routines
  • Monitor skincare progress with notes and selfies
  • Manage product expiration dates
  • View total spending on beauty products
  • Create custom collections and categories
  • Compare makeup swatches
  • Record and tag makeup looks
Features
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GlowinMe is your free personal beauty tracker that helps you keep track of your beauty products, routines, and experiences, so you can focus on being the best version of yourself. From skincare routines to makeup looks, makeup swatches, expiration dates, and so on, we help you manage them all. STAY ON TOP OF YOUR SKINCARE ROUTINE Get your glow-game on! Create a skincare routine for your needs, whether it be for the day, night, summer or winter. Track your routine by checking products off as you use them and never miss a step again. Take notes and selfies, so you can monitor how your skin is progressing towards achieving skin that glows. Best of all, your records are saved securely to the cloud, so you can review how your skin progresses over time. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR PRODUCTS With all your beauty products in one place, you can easily find out what you have and what is missing. Keep an eye on the ones that are expiring soon and note down your likes and dislikes. SEE TOTAL SPENDING See how much your collection is worth and how much you paid for each product or per product category. ADD PRODUCTS WITH EASE Adding a product is easy with GlowinMe’s smart search. You can add a product instantly with a simple keyword, such as the name of the colour, the product, or the brand. SEE YOUR COLOUR COLLECTION GlowinMe can help you avoid buying the same colours again. By creating swatch collections of your makeup products, you can easily compare the swatches between different products and make smart decisions on which products to buy next. Use the custom swatch view to rearrange your swatches to your liking. VIEW AND SORT GlowinMe offers various layout views for your needs. Use Single to view more details, Large Grid to view your products nice and large, Small Grid to see more products, and Swatches to see your colours at-a-glance. You can easily sort your products by A to Z, Custom order, Expiry date, and New to Old based on date entered. CREATE CUSTOM COLLECTIONS GlowinMe comes with default collections: My Stash, Wishlist and Favourite to help jumpstart your GlowinMe journey. You can also create custom collections of what is important to you such as products in your travel makeup bag, products to swatch, samples you have tried or want to try, and more! CREATE YOUR OWN CATEGORIES Do you prefer a certain way of categorizing your products? You can easily create custom categories in GlowinMe. Alternatively, you can also choose from our existing list of product categories. When viewing your collection, you have the ability to expand and collapse specific or all product categories! SHARE YOUR COLLECTION Easily share your wish list, collections, and makeup looks with your friends so they know what you have and don't! You can share them as images or as a web link. RECORD YOUR LOOKS You can also upload images of your looks and tag them with the products used. This way, you can easily recall the products used to create the flawless makeup looks. Best of all, you can share your masterpieces with your friends and let them know what products you are using without typing up all the product names one by one. ENJOY PEACE OF MIND Your data is backed up with our server on the cloud. This means your data will never be lost. Access your account on any device and your data will automatically be synced. GlowinMe is constantly evolving. We would love to know what your thoughts are about the app, so we know what features to release in the future. Please email us at contactme@glowinme.com or use the built-in feedback app function to let us hear from you. If you are loving the app, please share your review and rating in the App Store. It is greatly appreciated! Thank you for your support. With love, Your GlowinMe Team

About

Makeup Mate

Track your cosmetics and know when they expire. This app helps you determine recommended expiration dates based on product type or your own set shelf life, and allows you to set calendar reminders to ensure safe and effective use of your makeup.

Highlights
  • Determine cosmetic expiration dates
  • Set custom shelf life
  • Record purchase/first use dates
  • Create expiration reminders
  • Manage cosmetic inventory catalog
Features
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Product Description Do you remember your favorite tube of lipstick from high school? Do you still have that same tube of lipstick today? Should you? Although cosmetic manufacturers are not required to put expiration dates on their products, the FDA warns that cosmetics can degrade and break down over time due to microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. Exposure to these microorganisms can lead to eye and staph infections. Makeup Mate is here to help. By entering the name of a cosmetic, Makeup Mate will provide you with a expiration date based on industry recommendations. Makeup Mate also gives you the ability to create a reminder in your calendar for when your makeup will expire. Product Features - Determine cosmetic type using cosmetic name - Provide recommended expiration date based on cosmetic type OR Set your on shelf life for the cosmetic if the manufacturer provides one - Select purchase/first use date - Set reminder for cosmetic expiration - Save inventory of your cosmetics in your cosmetic catalog

Screenshots

GlowinMe4 screens
Makeup Mate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Makeup Mate at 5.0 against GlowinMe's 4.5. Makeup Mate also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). GlowinMe's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (260 vs 2). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Makeup Mate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GlowinMe has 260 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GlowinMe ships an update every 3 weeks, Makeup Mate monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
GlowinMe versus Makeup Mate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlowinMeMakeup Mate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (260 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings260 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlowinme technologies corporationJason Jackson

Customer experience

GlowinMe

All ratings260 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral6.2%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral10.4%
Negative15.6%

Makeup Mate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

GlowinMe

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Email verification not sending on account creation
  • Password reset emails not arriving
  • App crashes when loading items with corrupted photos
  • Products not appearing in collections despite multiple additions
  • Photo uploads displaying extremely zoomed in
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  • Search function only works with descriptions, not brand names
  • Duplicate categories created automatically with no merge option
  • Contact form showing 'please enter a message' error
  • Persistent notification prompts with no permanent dismiss option
  • Performance degradation with large item counts (300+)
  • Tag loading delays in large collections
  • Wishlist scrolling lag with many items
  • App freezing and requiring sign-in again
  • Password not recognized after forced sign-in
  • Photo taking functionality broken for some users
  • Wrong product images appearing in random locations
  • Unable to remove preset routine steps
  • Description/ingredients field not accepting text input
  • Cleaning supplies and applications not visible on home screen

Requested features

26 requests
  • Barcode scanner for quick product addition
  • Statistics page showing spending trends
  • Bulk tag addition capability
  • Tag organization by color
  • Custom main categories beyond preset ones
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  • Ability to merge duplicate categories
  • Data export to Excel or CSV format
  • Separate calendar views for individual routines
  • Customizable routine steps
  • Separate alarm times for different routines
  • Streak feature for routine consistency
  • Product usage counter in diary view
  • Ability to change product categories after creation
  • Edit manually entered product details
  • Landscape/tablet orientation support
  • Font size adjustment settings
  • Share routines on social media
  • Celebrity routine examples
  • Animal cruelty-free product indicator
  • Ingredient/allergy tracking section
  • Scroll wheel navigation for large collections
  • Icon-only view mode for collections
  • Product quantity tracking per item
  • Multiple photos (front/back) per product
  • Web scraping for product information
  • Ability to delete items without entering detail page

Makeup Mate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

GlowinMe

No in-app purchases

None

Makeup Mate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GlowinMe free?
GlowinMe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Makeup Mate free?
Makeup Mate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GlowinMe or Makeup Mate?
Makeup Mate is rated higher. GlowinMe averages 4.5 out of 5 from 260 ratings, while Makeup Mate averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do GlowinMe or Makeup Mate have ads?
Makeup Mate shows ads; GlowinMe does not.
Which is updated more often, GlowinMe or Makeup Mate?
GlowinMe ships an update every 3 weeks, and Makeup Mate monthly. Most recently, GlowinMe was updated on November 2, 2026 and Makeup Mate on November 3, 2026.

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