Comparison

BiteFX vs Smilelicity

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

Head to head
About

BiteFX

This app aids dentists in explaining complex dental concepts like occlusion and sleep apnea to patients. It utilizes animations and presentations to improve patient understanding and treatment acceptance. A free version offers basic content, with a full library available via subscription.

Highlights
  • Patient education animations
  • Explains occlusion and TMD
  • Improves treatment acceptance
  • Increases patient referrals
  • Monthly content updates
Features
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BiteFX helps dentists communicate the concepts of occlusion, TMD, sleep apnea and other difficult to grasp topics. It helps patients understand their issues so they can make informed decisions on what is best for their health. The BiteFX app is designed for presenting BiteFX animations to dental patients. Some example animations, photos and presentations are provided with the free app. The full set of animations is available to BiteFX subscribers with subscriptions available through in-app purchase. Periodic updates containing new animations, photos or presentation templates are included in the monthly subscription.

About

Smilelicity

Easily simulate perfect smiles on photos within minutes. This app offers high-quality, customizable smile visualizations for dental professionals and patients, with secure data storage and sharing options.

Highlights
  • Unlimited smile simulations
  • Intuitive interface
  • High-quality visualizations
  • Customizable smile parameters
  • Secure data storage
  • Digital smile library
  • Instant sharing
Features
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Smilelicity - Your future smile, now! Simply take a picture of someone and easily replace their smile with a perfect smile. The Smilelicity application is the world's only unlimited smile simulation application that allows anyone to easily simulate beautiful, perfect smiles within minutes without the need of a complicated user interface and hard to understand software techniques. Key features: • FAST Create beautiful smile simulations in just a few minutes. • INTUITIVE No training needed. Within minutes you or your employees will be creating quality smile visualizations that will impress your patients. • HIGH QUALITY Smilelicity smile visualizations are the highest quality graphics in the industry. When our team is not making custom smile functions for dental professionals you’ll find us designing products for companies like Porsche, Boeing and Amels Super Yachts. • CUSTOMIZABLE Smilelicity allows you full control of your patients’ smiles for: Tooth size Smile type X / Y axis angling Tooth brightness Symmetry alignment • SECURE DATA STORAGE With a user name and password, store up to 30 of your Smilelicity patient images on the app per month for no additional charge. Easily transfer all of your Smilelicity imagery to your desktop or other secure data storage locations via email. • SMILE LIBRARY Smilelicity worked with the most respected dental professionals to create the Smilelicity Digital Smile Library. Choose between 12 different digital smiles that will resemble your patients’ future smiles. Each tooth is identified by “S” – straight, “R” – round or “P” pointed. • DENTIST CREATED We continue to work with some of the most respected dental professionals to create solutions to everyday opportunities experienced in dental practices. See our testimonials below. • SECURE Smilelicity utilizes encrypted and secure socket layers (SSL) along with our own dedicated SQL server with web firewall. • SHARABLE Instantly share Smilelicity visualizations directly from the app with patients or employees via email. Screen shot your Smilelicity before and after pictures (saving the images to your smart phone or tablets photos) and share via text or social media like Twitter, Facebook or Instagram with the push of a button. • AFFORDABLE Create unlimited visualizations for $.99 cents for the first month. The monthly subscription will automatically renew at $9.99 per month thereafter. Cancel at any time. Please visit https://www.smilelicity.com for testimonials! * IMPORTANT: Smilelicity is a subscription based app. The first month of usage costs $.99 cents while subsequent months costs $9.99 each (i.e., $9.99/month.) If you choose to purchase the subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your setting in the iTunes store after purchase. For more information. please visit our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy by pressing their respective buttons below. Privacy Policy: https://www.smilelicity.com/privacypolicy.pdf Terms Of Use: https://www.smilelicity.com/termsofuse.pdf

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BiteFX at 5.0 against Smilelicity's 3.0. BiteFX also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). Smilelicity's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 9 months) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BiteFX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $74.99 per month and Smilelicity sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BiteFX holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BiteFX ships an update every 9 months, Smilelicity every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BiteFX versus Smilelicity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiteFXSmilelicity
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1310.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB33 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperD2Effects LLCSmilelicity, LLC

Customer experience

BiteFX

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Smilelicity

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BiteFX

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly BiteFX Subscription1 Month trial$74.991 Month
One-time2
  • 6 Months Subscription$449.99
  • 1 Year Subscription$899.99
1 purchases

Smilelicity

Subscriptions1
  • Standard Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is BiteFX free?
BiteFX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smilelicity free?
Smilelicity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BiteFX or Smilelicity?
BiteFX is rated higher. BiteFX averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Smilelicity averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do BiteFX or Smilelicity have ads?
Neither BiteFX nor Smilelicity shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BiteFX or Smilelicity?
BiteFX ships an update every 9 months, and Smilelicity every 8 days. Most recently, BiteFX was updated on October 15, 2026 and Smilelicity on October 12, 2026.

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