Type One Style vs Pair Eyewear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Type One Style
This app offers vibrant, high-quality patches to personalize and protect diabetes monitoring devices. It aims to make managing diabetes more colorful and positive, fostering a supportive community and offering discounts on products.
- Device protection patches
- Personalize medical devices
- Diabetes community access
- Discount on first order
- Raise diabetes awareness
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We're on a mission to raise awareness of diabetes through colour & positivity. To provide useful products of the high quality that people with diabetes deserve, in a fun way. Take your devices from cold & clinical to bright & beautiful with our world-leading patches. Live without the fear of losing a Dexcom or Libre (and many other devices) ever again. The proof? We've already protected over 1,000,000 diabetes devices around the world, and this number keeps climbing. Join our diabetes community today and get 20% off your first order when you install our app.
Pair Eyewear
Shop for customizable glasses and sunglasses with swappable magnetic tops. Explore exclusive styles, save favorites to a wishlist, and earn rewards on purchases. Virtually try on frames before buying.
- Swappable magnetic top frames
- Virtual try-on feature
- Customizable wishlists
- Exclusive app-only products
- Loyalty rewards program
- Streamlined shopping and checkout
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One Pair of Glasses, Infinite Possibilities. Download the app today for the most seamless way to shop Pair Eyewear! Streamlined Shopping & Smart Checkout All your go-to styles are in one place, and with your saved info locked in, checking out is faster than ever. Exclusive Products Shop VIP Top Frames and bundles only available in the app. Exclusive Offers & Sales Score extra deals, be the first to access drops and sales, and more. Customizable Wishlists Love it? Save it! All your favorites will be stored in one handy spot. Loyalty Program With the Pair Rewards program, you’ll earn points on your purchases and score dollars off future orders! As you level up, you’ll unlock extra perks. Virtual Try-On Shop just like in-store from the comfort of your couch. Virtually try on our Base Frames to see the styles that suit you! Pair reimagines the way you wear glasses. With just one Pair, you can switch up your look in a snap with thousands of swappable, magnetic Top Frames and Sun Tops. Getting started is easy (and so much fun)! Choose a Base Frame—we’ve got frame shapes for every face, starting at just $60 USD. Explore Top Frames—bold colors, staple patterns, UV-blocking Sun Tops, and collaborations with the brands you know and love, plus so much more. Submit Your Rx—We’ll fill your Rx for you in our USA lens lab, from single vision to progressives. Peruse our specialty add-ons, like blue-light blocking, light-responsive lenses, readers, and premium lenses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pair Eyewear at none against Type One Style's shown. Pair Eyewear also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 190). Type One Style's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 — 4.8 for Type One Style against 4.9 for Pair Eyewear. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pair Eyewear has 3.4K ratings behind it against 190, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 85% and 85% positive.
Type One Style ships an update every 5 weeks, Pair Eyewear every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Type One Style | Pair Eyewear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (190 ratings) | 4.9 (3.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 190 | 3.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Type One Style Limited | Pair Eyewear Inc |
Customer experience
Type One Style
Pair Eyewear
Bugs and requests
Type One Style
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cannot log in to account
- Tracking information shows nothing for shipped orders
- Automated replies to customer service inquiries
Requested features
3 requests- More Medtronic stickers
- Option to turn off specific app notifications (e.g., promotional)
- Cut out for Dexcom or Omnipod
Pair Eyewear
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Type One Style
No in-app purchases
Pair Eyewear
No in-app purchases
