Brush DJ vs Glister Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brush DJ
This award-winning app uses your music to time your brushing for an effective duration, making oral hygiene fun for all ages. It provides reminders for dental care tasks and offers educational videos and information.
- Music-based toothbrush timer
- Oral hygiene reminders
- Educational videos
- Customizable screen colors
- NHS-recommended oral health information
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The multi-award winning Brush DJ app is suitable for use by all ages and is recommended in the NHS 'Delivering Better Oral Health toolkit'. This toothbrush timer plays 2 minutes of music from your devices or cloud to make toothbrushing for an effective length of time less boring! Brush DJ has been developed by a dentist for anyone wanting to reduce their risk of gum disease and tooth decay. The app helps keep your smile healthy and breath fresh. Also, by using this app you will find new songs and rediscover your music collection - from guilty pleasures to holiday anthems! Brush DJ works with either a manual or electric toothbrush and allows you to set reminders to: • Change your toothbrush/brush head every 3 months • Brush at least twice a day • Floss/clean interdentally every day • Use a mouthrinse at a different time to toothpaste • When next to visit dentist, hygienist, orthodontist or dental therapist You can choose the colour of the screen and timer to match your toothbrush, bathroom or just pick your favourite colour combinations. There are short, animated videos showing how to carry basic oral hygiene tasks such as flossing, using and interdental brush and a manual toothbrush. The latest evidence-based age specific information is given from the NHS toolkit ‘Delivering Better Oral Health’ in text and video format. Feedback on how you feel Brush DJ can be improved is welcomed via www.brushDJ.com. Here you can also let us know your favourite song to brush to, which might make it into the weekly Brush DJ Top 5 chart!
Glister Smart
This smart toothbrush app guides you to develop better brushing habits. It tracks 16 areas of your mouth in real-time, providing daily reports to help you improve coverage. Monitor your brushing history over time and receive reminders to replace your brush head.
- Real-time 16-area brushing guidance
- Daily, weekly, and monthly brushing reports
- Sonic action up to 40000 strokes/min
- Offline data synchronization
- Brush head replacement reminders
- Multiple brushing modes
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Teethcare is a smart sonic toothbrush app that helps you form a better teeth-brush habit. Deep Sonic Cleaning The smart toothbrush is equipped with 5 different modes and with sonic action up to 40000 brush strokes per minute, which drives fluid between the teeth, effectively clean every surface, even between the teeth and along the gumline, for a difference you can see and feel. Total 16 Areas Track Guidance Teethcare can track 16 areas of your real-time toothbrush and give a report accordingly on a daily basis. Then you will know which area you brushed and which area you haven’t and need to improve next time. Offline Data Storage You can even the toothbrush office and when connect to the app, it will synchronize the duration of your toothbrush and give you suggestion as well. History Data Monitor You can check your teeth brush habit on a daily, weekly and monthly basic, including total brushing time, duration and frequency etc... Reminder Bristles Fade for Brush Head Replacement It is suggested by doctors that the brush head should be changed in every 3 month. Teethbrush has a smart counter for the using time and date for you to change the brush head, improve your overall oral hygiene
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Glister Smart at every 9 days against Brush DJ's every 3 months. Glister Smart also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). Brush DJ's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 53%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Brush DJ ships an update every 3 months, Glister Smart every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brush DJ | Glister Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better | 52.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Underwood | 立华 赵 |
Customer experience
Brush DJ
Glister Smart
Bugs and requests
Brush DJ
Reported bugs
3 issues- Music playback issues
- Connectivity problems with streaming services
- Compatibility issues with iOS updates
Requested features
4 requests- Allow custom music selection
- Add restart/reset button
- Improve music compatibility
- Provide more visual/audio feedback
Glister Smart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brush DJ
No in-app purchases
Glister Smart
No in-app purchases









