Comparison

Perfumer vs ScentAdvice

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

Head to head
About

Perfumer

Create and organize your own perfume recipes using essential oils. The free version allows up to three recipes, while the full version unlocks unlimited recipes, favorites, and iCloud synchronization.

Highlights
  • Create custom perfume recipes
  • Organize recipes with notes
  • Assign colors to ingredients
  • Unlimited recipe creation (full version)
  • Favorite recipes (full version)
  • Duplicate recipes for faster creation (full version)
  • iCloud synchronization (full version)
Features
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An application for creating your own collection of recipes from essential oils. No paid subscriptions or intrusive ads! The free version allows you to add up to 3 recipes. There are no restrictions within recipes. The full version removes the limitation on the number of cards, allows you to add recipe cards to Favorites, duplicate existing cards to write recipes faster. DESCRIPTION: Each recipe has its own name, subtitle, composition, description and note. Essential oils are recorded by name and number of drops. The number of drops is not limited. You can specify one of 3 colors for each ingredient, then they will decompose into three notes. In the base, you can specify several ingredients and also choose one of 3 colors for them. Different, for example, for alcohol, water and oil. The colors are then used to visualize the cards. Trial version features: - 1 example of an abstract recipe - Two own recipes that can be edited with the ability to delete to replace with new ones - Add short notes to each recipe Benefits of the full version: + Adding new recipes without limits + Add recipes to Favorites, show only Favorites. + Duplicate mix recipe to create a new recipe + Synchronization via iCloud - Your recipes will not be lost when you change your device.

About

ScentAdvice

Explore a vast database of perfumes from designer and niche brands, featuring detailed information on notes, perfumers, and release years. Find discount codes, read over 1600 user reviews, and discover curated recommendation lists and articles.

Highlights
  • Extensive fragrance database
  • Detailed perfume information
  • Discount coupon codes & deals
  • Over 1600 user reviews
  • Recommendation lists & articles
  • Fragrance dictionary & ingredients
Features
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Discover the latest and upcoming fragrance releases here first! ScentAdvice has an extensive fragrance database with perfumes listed from designer and niche brands. Learn all about a fragrance (notes, perfumer, release year and more). You can find many discount coupon codes & the best deals! Enjoy reading over 1600 reviews written by ScentAdvice (a.k.a. @BrainFragrances) and share your own opinions in the comments. There's a page with recommendation lists, articles, perfume related books, a fragrance dictionary, ingredients and more!

Screenshots

Perfumer3 screens
ScentAdvice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScentAdvice at 100% against Perfumer's 0%. ScentAdvice also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Perfumer's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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. Perfumer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ScentAdvice asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScentAdvice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Perfumer's written reviews are positive against 100% of ScentAdvice's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Perfumer versus ScentAdvice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerfumerScentAdvice
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequency—Every 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEvgeny TurchaninovBrian Bakker

Customer experience

Perfumer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

ScentAdvice

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Perfumer

One-time1
  • Full version$0.99
None

ScentAdvice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Perfumer free?
Perfumer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScentAdvice free?
ScentAdvice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Perfumer or ScentAdvice?
ScentAdvice is rated higher. Perfumer averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while ScentAdvice averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Perfumer or ScentAdvice have ads?
Neither Perfumer nor ScentAdvice shows ads.

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