Comparison

Drybar vs MakeID

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

Head to head
About

Drybar

Book and manage professional blowout appointments at your favorite salon. Discover exclusive app-only promotions, join membership programs, and find style inspiration for your next visit. Rebook services and locations with ease.

Highlights
  • Book blowout appointments
  • Manage appointments
  • Exclusive app promotions
  • Barfly Membership management
  • Find salon locations
  • Style inspiration
Features
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At Drybar® shops, our philosophy is simple. Focus on one thing and be the best at it. For us, that’s blowouts. With that purpose in mind, we are focused on giving each and every client the premier blowout experience while providing professional quality products and tools to better help clients achieve and maintain the perfect blowout at home. Easily book a blowout appointment for you and all your friends. View, edit, or cancel your upcoming appointments on your personal home screen and seamlessly rebook your favorite service & location with just a few taps. You can find a Drybar location while on the go and become a Barfly with our Signature or Premium Memberships to ensure your hair is perfect on your most important dates throughout the month. 4 Reasons you'll love our new Mobile Booking App. 1. Get access to promotions and offers sent only to App users. 2. Book all your blowout appointments easily & frequently. 3. Join & manage your monthly Barfly Membership. 4. Find style inspiration for your next appointment.

About

MakeID

Create custom labels for organization and personalization. Print labels for food, medicine, baby items, and more with various fonts and designs. Make your life more orderly and interesting with easy-to-use label printing.

Highlights
  • Print custom labels
  • Organize life with labels
  • Label food, medicine, and cosmetics
  • Personalize baby items
  • Design labels with fonts and borders
  • Print creative labels
Features
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MakeID-Life is an application used to make labels. The label printing function can be realized by connecting Jingjing household label machine-dumpling machine and typewriter. You can easily make interesting and exquisite labels to make your life orderly and more interesting. 1. You can print all kinds of labels that need to be classified and identified in your life to keep your life organized. 2. You can manage food, medicines, cosmetics, and put on the opening date, purchase date, expiration time, a label can make the whole family feel at ease. 3. You can affix identification tags to your baby's various personal items, exclusive supplies, complementary foods and health products to protect your baby's healthy growth. 4. You can choose a variety of fonts, symbols, and borders to design the label, and make your life more orderly and more interesting with one tap. 5. Baixiong loves to play, and can print everything you can think of and can't think of. Playing with labels makes life more interesting.

Screenshots

Drybar4 screens
MakeID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MakeID at 2.9 against Drybar's 2.5. MakeID also leads on review sentiment (27% vs 7%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MakeID holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 58 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Drybar's written reviews are positive against 27% of MakeID's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drybar ships an update monthly, MakeID every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Drybar versus MakeID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrybarMakeID
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (33 ratings)2.9 (58 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.5% of reviews27.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3358 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.410.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB357 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDrybarChongqing Jingranyouxu Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Drybar

All ratings33 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative60.6%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive7.5%
Neutral5.6%
Negative86.9%

MakeID

All ratings58 ratings
Positive43.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive27.4%
Neutral8.4%
Negative64.2%

Bugs and requests

Drybar

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Login credentials not recognized despite being correct
  • App logs out user every time it's opened
  • Password reset emails not being sent
  • Server error messages during booking process
  • Scrolling issues on date selection screens
Show 15 more
  • Font rendering too large making content unreadable
  • Location search returns incorrect/distant locations
  • App crashes when entering zip code search
  • Payment processing fails with server errors
  • Appointment confirmation not syncing to salon systems
  • Membership credits showing as zero when they exist
  • Add-on requests not appearing at salon
  • Appointments not displaying in user schedule
  • App freezes on confirmation screen
  • Unable to add payment methods despite limit errors
  • Location detection fails on cellular networks
  • Password validation inconsistent between app and website
  • Account profile phone number validation errors
  • Customer not found errors for existing accounts
  • Automatic next screen progression inconsistent

Requested features

17 requests
  • Face ID or biometric authentication support
  • Remember login credentials between sessions
  • Show available times across multiple locations simultaneously
  • Search appointments by date instead of location
  • Save user preferences and settings permanently
Show 12 more
  • Ability to select specific stylists
  • Display location phone numbers in app
  • Cancel and modify appointments within app
  • Show membership credits and benefits clearly
  • Integration with calendar apps
  • Keyboard shortcut support for login fields
  • Better error messaging and explanations
  • View appointment history with stylist names
  • Search by date range across nearby locations
  • Saved favorite add-ons and services
  • Automatic location detection accuracy improvement
  • Show availability before answering all questions

MakeID

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Drybar

No in-app purchases

None

MakeID

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drybar free?
Drybar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MakeID free?
MakeID is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drybar or MakeID?
MakeID is rated higher. Drybar averages 2.5 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while MakeID averages 2.9 from 58 ratings.
Do Drybar or MakeID have ads?
Neither Drybar nor MakeID shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drybar or MakeID?
Drybar ships an update monthly, and MakeID every 6 weeks. Most recently, Drybar was updated on October 19, 2026 and MakeID on October 17, 2026.

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