GlossWire vs Social Ocean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GlossWire
Discover and shop the latest beauty products from emerging and established brands worldwide. Browse makeup, skincare, hair, nails, fragrance, and tools. Share your beauty inspirations and provide feedback directly to brands.
- Shop beauty products
- Browse by brand
- Curated product offerings
- Provide brand feedback
- Share beauty inspirations (BeautySnaps)
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Welcome to the GlossWire must-have mobile app! Discover and stay current with the latest emerging and established beauty brands from around the world. GlossWire has what you need, whether you are looking for a beauty staple or the latest in trends from makeup, skincare, hair, nails, fragrance, tools and grooming. FEATURES: - Shop all your favorite beauty products in a just few steps - Browse by brand + curated product offerings - Swipe left on the products you love and give your feedback directly to the brands - Post a photo of your ultimate beauty inspirations in the BeautySnaps feature GET SOCIAL: To keep up to date with the latest news, don’t forget to join the GlossWire community! www.facebook.com/glosswire www.instagram.com/glosswireofficial www.pinterest.com/glosswire www.twitter.com/glosswire_ www.linkedin.com/company/glosswire Download the GlossWire app and shop now!
Social Ocean
Discover and purchase health and beauty items from beloved brands. Enjoy exclusive offers and directly support brands while contributing to ocean conservation with every purchase. Experience a personal, trustworthy, and rewarding shopping journey.
- Discover health and beauty products
- Exclusive brand deals
- Direct brand support
- Ocean conservation contribution
- Personalized shopping experience
- Trustworthy transactions
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Discover and buy health and beauty products you love. Enjoy great deals from your favorite brands. Support them get discovered and thrive. Our mission is to give you the most delightful shopping experience ever - personal, social, convenient, trustworthy, rewarding. An experience that puts authenticity, trust and personal touch ahead of transactions. On Social Ocean we partner with each other and with our favorite brands to transform how we discover and buy health and beauty products we love. When you shop on Social Ocean you directly support your favorite brands. With every purchase you make we contribute to preserving the most vital ecosystem on our planet - our ocean. Together, we can make the world a better place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Social Ocean at Free against GlossWire's $2.99. Social Ocean also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). GlossWire's advantage is chart position (#44 vs unranked) and ratings volume (26 vs 6). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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
Social Ocean is free to download; GlossWire costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GlossWire against 5.0 for Social Ocean. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
GlossWire ships an update every 6 weeks, Social Ocean every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GlossWire | Social Ocean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #44 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Wires Platforms, Inc. | Social Ocean, Inc. |
Customer experience
GlossWire
Social Ocean
In-app purchases
GlossWire
No in-app purchases
Social Ocean
No in-app purchases
