Comparison

Skincare Routine vs Hygiene Helper

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

Head to head
About

Skincare Routine

This app helps you build and maintain beauty and skincare routines. Track products, log symptoms, and monitor progress with photos and insights to understand what works best for your skin.

Highlights
  • Create custom beauty routines
  • Track product expiry dates and usage
  • Log symptoms and lifestyle choices
  • Monitor skin progress with photos
  • Analyze routine effectiveness
  • Set routine reminders
Features
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BasicBeauty is a free and easy-to-use tool that helps you to create, practice and stick to beauty routines so that you can feel confident about your appearance. With BasicBeauty, you can: * Routines - Use preset routines for your health, face, hair, body, hands and feet - Create a custom routine - Plan your routines flexibly - Follow the basic skincare guide for your skin type - Set up or get automatic reminders for your routines * Products - Add to the product list and link to your routines - Track product expiry date - Set timers for products that require a specific wait time - Archive products you no longer use, write notes * Journal - Add progress photos every day - Take photos of different angles and body parts - Log 80+ symptoms and lifestyle choices - Track changes over time by comparing the before/after photos * Insights - Clear overview of the habit formation process - Figure out which products & skincare routines work for you - Track how cosmetics, water intake and sleep duration influence your skin condition * - You don't need to pay to start building routines - No sign-ups. Only you see your data - Ad-free PREMIUM FEATURES - Create an unlimited number of routines - Add an unlimited number of products - See your skin progress over time from beginning to end - Get access to more new features the moment it's released SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS BasicBeauty premium features are available as a $2.99 auto-renewable monthly or $4.99 auto-renewable yearly subscription and as a $7.99 one-time purchase or equal to the same price tier as Apple Store Matrix determines as the equivalent the price in USD. Your iTunes account will be charged at confirmation of purchase. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the billing period. You can go to your iTunes Account Settings to manage your subscription & turn off auto-renew. To restore all your previous purchases use the "Restore Purchases" button located at the bottom of the Premium Features popup. If you have any questions or suggestions on how we can improve the application, please do not hesitate to contact us at hello@basicbeauty.app Privacy Policy https://basicbeauty.app/privacy-policy Term of Use https://basicbeauty.app/terms-of-use

About

Hygiene Helper

This app provides paced videos and gentle reminders for daily hygienic tasks like brushing teeth and washing hands. Users can create custom playlists for morning and night routines to ensure all necessary steps are completed for an appropriate duration.

Highlights
  • Paced instructional videos for hygiene tasks
  • Gentle reminders for all hygienic activities
  • Customizable day and night playlists
  • Breaks down tasks into smaller, manageable steps
  • Supports various hygiene routines including showering and shaving
  • Audio and visual stimulation for engagement
Features
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For Users that may have difficulty pacing themself through some of their daily Hygienic tasks, such as brushing their teeth or washing their hands, Hygiene Helper provides paced videos to keep users engaged with every facet of a task for an appropriate amount of time. For Users that may have difficulty remembering all the different hygienic activities they need to do, such as remembering to floss, or specific parts of hygienic activities, such as remembering to brush your gums, Hygiene Helper gently reminds users of all facets of a task. Hygiene Helper not only displays all of ones needed Hygienic activities but allows users to make Day and Night playlists so every day, they can simply click on a playlist which ensures they are reminded to do every task. Playlists can be easily set and changed by the user. Playlists allows users to choose which Hygienic activities they need more guidance with, as well as allows users to set their own order to these activities, so as to allow Hygiene Helper to seamlessly integrate itself into existing routines, something which many users are very attached to, and familiar with. Current Hygienic routines include: Brushing your Teeth, Flossing, Taking a Shower, Applying Deodorant, Washing your Hands, Shaving with a Manual Razor, and Shaving with an Electric Razor These videos demonstrate and narrate a Hygienic task by breaking it into many smaller parts. This is an evolution from common step-by-step visual schedule charts and PECS used in ABA. The videos constantly show and narrate each step, and provide stimulation during each step. By constantly stimulating users with audio and visuals to keep them on track with the hygienic activity, the videos ensure that users are not only engaging in these activities for an appropriate amount of time but also being productive with their time use.

Screenshots

Skincare Routine4 screens
Hygiene Helper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hygiene Helper at none against Skincare Routine's 6. Hygiene Helper also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 weeks). Skincare Routine's advantage is ratings volume (609 vs 4) and review sentiment (81% vs 67%). On price, ads 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. Skincare Routine sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Hygiene Helper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hygiene Helper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skincare Routine has 609 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Skincare Routine's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hygiene Helper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skincare Routine ships an update every 4 weeks, Hygiene Helper every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Skincare Routine versus Hygiene Helper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkincare RoutineHygiene Helper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (609 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.7% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings609 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB14 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperYaroslav Voloshyndwight koyner

Customer experience

Skincare Routine

All ratings598 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral10.5%
Negative8.8%

Hygiene Helper

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Skincare Routine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Photos disappearing or not saving properly
  • Camera issues causing distorted images
  • Routines randomly disappearing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more language options
  • Integrate with health/fitness tracking
  • Ability to edit/archive routines without losing progress
  • Option to upload custom product photos
  • Monthly/long-term calendar view

Hygiene Helper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Skincare Routine

Subscriptions2
  • BasicBeauty PRO Monthly$2.991 Month
  • BasicBeauty PRO Yearly2 variants$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • BasicBeauty PRO$12.99
  • BasicBeauty PRO2 variants$19.99
None

Hygiene Helper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skincare Routine free?
Skincare Routine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hygiene Helper free?
Hygiene Helper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skincare Routine or Hygiene Helper?
Hygiene Helper is rated higher. Skincare Routine averages 4.7 out of 5 from 609 ratings, while Hygiene Helper averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Skincare Routine or Hygiene Helper have ads?
Neither Skincare Routine nor Hygiene Helper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skincare Routine or Hygiene Helper?
Skincare Routine ships an update every 4 weeks, and Hygiene Helper every 11 days. Most recently, Skincare Routine was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hygiene Helper on October 7, 2026.

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