Polished Mani vs Shade Shelf
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.
Shade Shelf
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Shade Shelf is the social home for your nail polish collection. Keep a Shelf of every polish you own, share your manicures with friends, and never lose track of a shade you loved. When you spot a color you can't live without — on a friend's nails, in a photo, anywhere — Shade Match finds the closest real polishes in seconds. YOUR SHELF Build a beautiful record of your collection. Add shades in seconds with search-as-you-type, or add rare and indie polishes manually. Hearting a shade anywhere in the app puts it on your Shelf. SHARE YOUR MANIS Post your manicures, tag the exact shade you're wearing, and let friends tap straight through to it. Like, comment, and save the looks you love. SHADE MATCH Open any photo — yours or a friend's post — and Shade Match reads the nail color and ranks the closest matches from 4,400+ real shades across 27 brands. Not quite right? Tap the exact spot in the photo. Filter matches to just the brands you own. TRENDS See the most-loved manicures across the community and find your next color. SEARCH 4,400+ SHADES Browse the shade database by color family, finish — creme, shimmer, glitter, jelly and more — and brand, with a true-to-life swatch for every shade. A KIND COMMUNITY Shade Shelf is built to stay a friendly corner of the internet: report and block tools on every post and comment, and reported content comes down immediately. Your collection deserves a home. Come shelve with us.
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Verdict
Polished Mani and Shade Shelf are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Polished Mani ships an update fortnightly, Shade Shelf every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polished Mani | Shade Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rose Herr | Armandeep Brar |
In-app purchases
Polished Mani
No in-app purchases
Shade Shelf
No in-app purchases








