Polished Mani vs LacquerStash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polished Mani
Discover new manicure ideas and log the nail polishes you've used. This app helps you find inspiration for your next look and track your polish collection.
- Manicure inspiration
- Polish tracking
- Community features
- Log used polishes
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Polished helps you find your next manicure inspiration, and keeps track of the polishes you’ve already tried.
LacquerStash
Organize your nail polish collection with this comprehensive app. Track your manicures, create custom lists, and discover community inspiration. Manage your stash, from untried polishes to logged usage, all in one place.
- Build and track nail polish stash
- Log manicures and usage
- Create custom lists
- Random polish picker
- Discover community manicures
- Super-fast search with filters
- Add private notes and reviews
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The nail polish organizer app you always wanted! LacquerStash is built for you, a nail polish addict who currently uses 5 different tools to do basic management of your nail polish collection or 1 incomplete tool, thereby settling for "good enough". That changes, today, with LacquerStash! Everything you need, for free: > No ads > Build your stash > Track your manis > Create custom lists > Add private polishes > Destash marketplace > Random polish picker > Browse 26,000+ polishes > Discover community manis > Super-fast search with filters > Wishlist ↔ Destash matching > Private notes & public reviews > Add polishes not in the database > Set your own photo for each polish > Track untrieds, log usage & purchases > Take inspiration from community manis Download LacquerStash and start organizing today! The app is free to download. LacquerStash includes: • Access to all features • Add up to 5 manis • Track up to 50 polishes LacquerStash Pro includes: • Access to all features • Unlimited manis • Unlimited polish tracking Note: The app doesn't involve buying/selling any of the polishes shown. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Polished Mani at none against LacquerStash's 10. Polished Mani also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). LacquerStash's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. LacquerStash sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Polished Mani asks for nothing beyond the download.
Polished Mani holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LacquerStash has 59 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Polished Mani's written reviews are positive against 69% of LacquerStash's.
Polished Mani ships an update fortnightly, LacquerStash every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polished Mani | LacquerStash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 4.7 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 68.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 59 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rose Herr | Rohan Taneja |
Customer experience
Polished Mani
LacquerStash
In-app purchases
Polished Mani
No in-app purchases
LacquerStash
- LacquerStash Pro (Weekly)$1.997 Days
- LacquerStash Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- LacquerStash Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
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- LacquerStash Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- LacquerStash Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
- LacquerStash Pro (Yearly)2 variants$29.991 Year
- LacquerStash Pro (Yearly)$39.991 Year
- LacquerStash Pro (Yearly)$49.991 Year
- LacquerStash Pro (Lifetime)$69.99
