L'Oréal Access vs Local Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
L'Oréal Access
This app centralizes educational and inspirational content from 12 L'Oréal Professional brands. It offers salon professionals resources for product launches, digital upskilling, trend discovery, and business management.
- 12 L'Oréal Professional brand content
- Educational and inspirational resources
- Product launch information
- Digital upskilling modules
- Trend discovery
- Technique mastery
- Business management tools
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L'Oréal ACCESS brings together all 12 L’Oréal Professional brands’ educational and inspirational content. Localized to your country, salon professionals now access one single hub for all needs. Content on the platform ranges from product launches and digital upskilling, to trend discovery, techniques mastery, business management and much more. In a couple of clicks you’ll have access to everything you need from all your favorite brands. CONNECT, DISCOVER, LEARN, EXCHANGE & GROW today with ACCESS all powered by L’Oréal.
Local Search
Manage your business's online reputation and social media presence from one place. Respond to reviews, update business information, and post to social media accounts. Get instant notifications for new activity.
- Update business information
- Respond to reviews and chats
- Post to social media
- Answer questions on Google/Facebook/Instagram
- Push notifications for new activity
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Empowering location managers to easily manage your business’ online presence, reviews, and social media. Simply log in and get started! With the Local Search mobile app, you can: - Update key business info, like opening hours - See and respond quickly to reviews, chats and comments - Post to your social media accounts including local and brand level accounts - Answer questions on Google, Facebook and Instagram - Get push notifications for new activity and reviews **Note that feature availability depends on your business’ package. Please contact your administrator if you would like access to additional features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Local Search at 5.0 against L'Oréal Access's 2.7. Local Search also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 41%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). L'Oréal Access's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 2). 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.
Local Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: L'Oréal Access has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of L'Oréal Access's written reviews are positive against 75% of Local Search's.
L'Oréal Access ships an update every 2 months, Local Search monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | L'Oréal Access | Local Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | L'Oreal | Uberall |
Customer experience
L'Oréal Access
Local Search
In-app purchases
L'Oréal Access
No in-app purchases
Local Search
No in-app purchases
Questions
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