Drybar vs FT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Book blowout appointments
- Manage appointments
- Exclusive app promotions
- Barfly Membership management
- Find salon locations
- Style inspiration
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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.
FT
Discover products recommended by friends and trusted communities, free from algorithmic noise and sponsored content. Organize your favorites, ask for personalized advice from an AI assistant, and earn rewards for your engagement.
- Friend-vetted recommendations
- Personal favorites and wish lists
- AI-powered product search
- AI beauty and wellness assistant
- Recommendation forums
- FT Rewards program
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**ANTI-ALGORITHM. PRO-FRIEND. REAL RECOMMENDATIONS. REAL PEOPLE.** Favorite Things is the app for honest word-of-mouth recommendations from the people you actually trust. No algorithmic noise. Just the products, services, recipes, shows, and local spots your friends genuinely love—beautifully organized in one place. No more scattered screenshots, saved links, notes, or endless group texts. ## WHY FAVORITE THINGS? Tired of sponsored posts pretending to be recommendations? Exhausted by review sites you can't trust? Favorite Things brings back the most reliable form of discovery ever invented: a friend telling you what they love—while giving you one organized place to save everything you'll actually want to come back to. ## WHAT YOU CAN DO • **DISCOVER** — Browse a curated feed of products your friends and trusted community have personally recommended across beauty, skincare, wellness, home, hair, travel, local services, entertainment, recipes, and more. • **ORGANIZE** — Replace scattered screenshots, browser bookmarks, notes, and saved links with one beautifully organized home for everything you love. Keep products, services, recipes, shows, restaurants, and local recommendations together so you can always find them when you need them. • **CURATE** — Build your own collection of favorites. Save products to your Wish List, organize them into collections, share what you love, and become a trusted source for the people who follow you. • **CONNECT** — See exactly who recommended what. Every product card shows the person behind the pick—because the source matters as much as the product. • **ASK** — Use Forums to crowdsource recommendations from your network in real time. Get answers back as actual product cards, not vague suggestions. • **MEET EFTEE** — Your personal AI beauty and wellness agent. Eftee helps you discover relevant products based on your saves, your style, and what your community loves. Ask anything from "skincare routine essentials" to "wellness favorites." • **ADD WITH AI** — Adding your favorite products is effortless. AI Product Search pulls in product details, images, and links automatically—no copying and pasting required. • **EARN FT REWARDS** — Get rewarded every time you engage. Add favorites, comment, share, invite friends, and post in forums to earn points and unlock perks like the Favorite Things Edit—our handpicked collection of the most loved and hard-to-find items. ## DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE WHAT THEIR FRIENDS THINK Favorite Things is for the curators, the gift-givers, the always-asked-for-recommendations friend, and anyone who's ever wished there was one place where everything they genuinely love could live. It's where trusted recommendations meet beautiful organization. ## KEY FEATURES AT A GLANCE • Curated feed of friend-vetted recommendations • One organized home for products, services, recipes, shows, and more • Eliminate screenshots, notes, bookmarks, and saved links • Personal favorites, wish lists & custom collections • AI-powered product search and discovery • Eftee — your AI beauty & wellness assistant • Real-time recommendation forums • Direct links to purchase from official sources • FT Rewards points & perks program • Beautifully designed, ad-free experience **Discover. Organize. Share.** Join Favorite Things. — Terms of Service: https://favoritethingsofficial.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://favoritethingsofficial.com/privacy/ Community Guidelines: https://favoritethingsofficial.com/community-guidelines/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FT at 100% against Drybar's 7%. FT also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.5) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.
FT holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Drybar's written reviews are positive against 100% of FT's.
Drybar ships an update monthly, FT weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drybar | FT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (33 ratings) | 4.9 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drybar | JR Collective, Inc. |
Customer experience
Drybar
FT
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
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- 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
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- 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
FT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drybar
No in-app purchases
FT
No in-app purchases









