Comparison

Skincare Routine vs MySkin Data

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

MySkin Data

Effortlessly manage your skincare routine with daily logs, product inventory, and progress tracking. Utilize an AI chat coach for non-medical skincare advice and visualize your skin's transformation over time with photo comparisons and goal tracking.

Highlights
  • Daily skincare routine logging
  • Skincare product inventory
  • Progress photo comparisons
  • Goal tracking for skin concerns
  • AI Skin Coach for advice
  • Data export to PDF
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With MySkin Data, you can effortlessly keep a digital inventory of all things essential to your skincare journey. Say goodbye to guesswork and hello to organized and efficient skincare management. Seamlessly log your skincare routine, track your progress photos, interact with our AI chat, and see the transformative results unfold over time. Features: 1. Daily Logs * Create a daily log of your morning and night skincare routines, common habits & behaviors, and photos. * View & search through the entire log history. * Export log entries as a PDF to keep as an archive. * View achievements & milestones for how often you log. * Receive a 30-day highlight of your photo progression, skincare routines, and habits. * Export the 30-day highlight as a PDF to keep as an archive or share with your dermatologist or esthetician for your next appointment! 2. Products * Create an inventory of your skincare products to view them all in one place. * If available, we’ll populate your product entry with an externally sourced rating so you can see how others rate that particular product. 3. Progress & Goals * Create before/after photo comparisons between any 2 dates over your whole logging history. * Export the photo comparisons as JPEGs to save to your camera roll and share with others. * Create specific goals for yourself and track progress daily with a photo, notes, and a general feeling of the progress. This can include tracking specific goals like - lash growth, patch testing a new product, and fading an acne scar. * Export the data for each goal you create as a PDF. 4. AI Chat Skin Coach * Chat with an AI Skin Coach to ask any non-medical skincare-related questions. Our app is: * Ad-free * Free to use (all features!) * Designed with a focus on privacy (your data is neither synced to the cloud nor stored anywhere outside of your phone)

Screenshots

Skincare Routine4 screens
MySkin Data4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MySkin Data at none against Skincare Routine's 6. MySkin Data also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Skincare Routine's advantage is ratings volume (598 vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MySkin Data asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MySkin Data holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skincare Routine has 598 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Skincare Routine's written reviews are positive against 100% of MySkin Data's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Skincare Routine versus MySkin Data: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkincare RoutineMySkin Data
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (598 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings598 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB15 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperYaroslav VoloshynMargarita Miranda

Customer experience

Skincare Routine

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

MySkin Data

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

MySkin Data

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

MySkin Data

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skincare Routine free?
Skincare Routine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MySkin Data free?
MySkin Data is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skincare Routine or MySkin Data?
MySkin Data is rated higher. Skincare Routine averages 4.7 out of 5 from 598 ratings, while MySkin Data averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Skincare Routine or MySkin Data have ads?
Neither Skincare Routine nor MySkin Data shows ads.

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