Comparison

Colgate Connect vs Five Star Ortho

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

Head to head
About

Colgate Connect

This app works with smart toothbrushes to track your brushing habits and provide personalized guidance for better oral hygiene. Earn points for improved brushing and whitening, redeemable for rewards. It offers guided sessions and can sync with other health apps.

Highlights
  • Personalized brushing guidance
  • Track brushing frequency, duration, and coverage
  • Real-time brushing improvement programs
  • Earn redeemable smile points
  • Offline brushing progress tracking
  • Sync with Apple Health
  • Smart toothbrush head reordering
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Go beyond the guesswork with Colgate Connect smart toothbrushes and connected app technology that combine to guide you to brush better. Every time you brush, sensors embedded in the handle track your progress and get to know your unique brushing style. The Colgate app uses that knowledge to provide personalized guidance to help you brush your best. All in the name of smiles. Get a brush with connections: -Brush better. Track the frequency, duration, and coverage of your unique brushing style to help you brush your best! -Guided brushing. Take charge of your daily oral hygiene with personalized programs that improve your brushing in real time. Make better brushing a no-brainer! -Reward yourself. Improve your brushing while earning points that are redeemable in the app’s shop for whatever items make you smile. These points give you added encouragement to keep you brushing your best, so you can enjoy rewarding results, every time you brush! -On or offline. With Colgate, you don’t always have to keep your phone by the sink. The Colgate smart toothbrush tracks your progress with or without the app open, so you never have to miss a beat—or a molar! -Enjoy your way. Fit Colgate into your life by choosing to use the Colgate App, Colgate Apple Watch App or save information to the Apple® Health App. -Smart reordering: Amazon Alexa can let you know when you need a replacement toothbrush head, or you can set up smart reorders so you always have brush heads when needed. - Transform how you whiten your smile! Get the most out of your whitening LED treatment with our Colgate app. With our app, you can set daily reminders to whiten, track your sessions and get whitening tips while earning smile points redeemable for Colgate products. Enjoy your whiter smile!

About

Five Star Ortho

Features
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Five Star Ortho from In Hand Health is for clinicians who use the company's In Hand Health Console for invisible aligner treatment. Note: This app requires an In Hand Health account to sign in and does not function independently. Five Star Ortho provides access to several key features of the In Hand Health Console (patient dashboard, patient stats, HIPAA-secure messaging and Virtual Visits) through the convenience of a native app on your iPhone. The app also enables you to build your own content through step-by-step wizards. Completed content include all the detail of the patent pending In Hand Health activity/exercise formats: Still photos, instructions, narration, cues and tips, and announcements. Final content is automatically uploaded to your In Hand Health account in your My Saved libraries for you to use when prescribing to your patients.

Screenshots

Colgate Connect4 screens
Five Star Ortho4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Five Star Ortho at every 3 weeks against Colgate Connect's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colgate Connect ships an update every 2 months, Five Star Ortho every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Colgate Connect versus Five Star Ortho: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColgate ConnectFive Star Ortho
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (46K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings46K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size266 MB53 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperColgate-Palmolive CompanyIn Hand Health, LLC

Bugs and requests

Colgate Connect

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Offline brushing not recorded
  • Brushing streaks not working
  • Points not awarded consistently
  • Bluetooth connectivity problems

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add tongue brushing tracking
  • Allow manual brushing logging
  • Improve angle detection accuracy
  • Customize brushing order/pattern
  • Sync data across multiple devices
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  • Expand rewards/shop options

Five Star Ortho

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Colgate Connect

No in-app purchases

None

Five Star Ortho

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colgate Connect free?
Colgate Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Five Star Ortho free?
Five Star Ortho is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Colgate Connect or Five Star Ortho have ads?
Neither Colgate Connect nor Five Star Ortho shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colgate Connect or Five Star Ortho?
Colgate Connect ships an update every 2 months, and Five Star Ortho every 3 weeks. Most recently, Colgate Connect was updated on October 29, 2026 and Five Star Ortho on October 20, 2026.

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