Puzzle Buddy vs Gloss
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puzzle Buddy
This app helps jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts catalog their collections. Track puzzles by status, piece count, and photos. It also features duplicate checking, loan tracking, and collection statistics.
- Catalog puzzles with photos and details
- Organize by status (wishlist, completed)
- Check for duplicate puzzles
- Track loaned puzzles
- Time in-progress puzzles
- View collection statistics
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Puzzle Buddy is a jigsaw puzzle tracker app for collectors. Catalog puzzles with photos, piece counts, and status from wishlist to completed. Search your library fast, check duplicates before you buy, and view collection stats. No account required—your data stays on your device. • Catalog your shelf with photos, piece counts, ratings, tags, and notes • Organize puzzles by status: Wishlist, To-Do, In Progress, Completed, Abandoned • Check duplicates quickly with barcode matching and search • Track boxes on loan and see when they’re overdue • Time an in-progress puzzle. Only one timer runs, and it can fill in how long the finish took • Log every finish — edit or delete a completion if you tapped Complete by accident • Track milestones and collection stats • Pick your next puzzle from your backlog when you are undecided • Fills iPhone Duo — vertical bars on the outer display, a wide catalog on the inner display • Built for accessibility: Dynamic Type, VoiceOver labels, reduced-motion friendly • Local-first: no login, no cloud account required
Gloss
Catalog and track your makeup and nail polish collection. Mark items as owned, wishlisted, or worn, and add photos, notes, and purchase details. Scan barcodes or use color matching to add products quickly.
- Catalog makeup and nail polish
- Track owned, wishlisted, worn items
- Add photos, notes, purchase details
- Barcode scanning for product lookup
- Color matching for lips and nails
- Seasonal color advice
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Gloss-ary is your personal makeup and nail polish collection tracker — everything stays on your device. Catalog and track products across nails, lips, complexion, cheeks, brows, and eyes, including multi-pan palettes. Mark items owned, wishlisted, or worn, rate your favorites, and keep photos, notes, purchase details, and wear history for each one. Scan a barcode to look up and add a product in seconds, or use Try & Match to photograph your nails or lips, sample the exact color, and find your closest catalog shades. Get seasonal color advice based on your skin's undertone to help you pick colors that work for you. Track up to 5 products free, with unlimited catalog browsing, search, and color advice always included. Go Premium for unlimited tracking. Your collection stays private and on your device — nothing is uploaded unless you choose to share a wishlist.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Puzzle Buddy at none against Gloss's shown. Puzzle Buddy also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Gloss's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Puzzle Buddy against 5.0 for Gloss. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Puzzle Buddy ships an update every 4 months, Gloss every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puzzle Buddy | Gloss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacob Rozell | Aiutomate LLC |
Customer experience
Puzzle Buddy
Gloss
In-app purchases
Puzzle Buddy
No in-app purchases
Gloss
No in-app purchases









