ScentAdvice vs scentcast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScentAdvice
Explore a vast database of perfumes from designer and niche brands, featuring detailed information on notes, perfumers, and release years. Find discount codes, read over 1600 user reviews, and discover curated recommendation lists and articles.
- Extensive fragrance database
- Detailed perfume information
- Discount coupon codes & deals
- Over 1600 user reviews
- Recommendation lists & articles
- Fragrance dictionary & ingredients
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Discover the latest and upcoming fragrance releases here first! ScentAdvice has an extensive fragrance database with perfumes listed from designer and niche brands. Learn all about a fragrance (notes, perfumer, release year and more). You can find many discount coupon codes & the best deals! Enjoy reading over 1600 reviews written by ScentAdvice (a.k.a. @BrainFragrances) and share your own opinions in the comments. There's a page with recommendation lists, articles, perfume related books, a fragrance dictionary, ingredients and more!
scentcast
This app uses weather data and AI to recommend fragrances from your collection or help you discover new ones. Build your scent library, get daily picks based on conditions, and refine suggestions with filters.
- Weather-based scent recommendations
- AI-powered fragrance discovery
- Build and manage fragrance collection
- Camera identification of perfumes
- Mood and occasion filters
- Shopping links to retailers
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ScentCast is your personal fragrance companion — helping you discover the perfect scent for any moment, and manage your collection with ease. Today's Recommendation Every day, ScentCast's AI considers the current weather, season, your mood, and the occasion to recommend the perfect fragrance. Choose from your own collection or discover something new. Build Your Collection Add the fragrances you own and ScentCast remembers them. Filter by mood, occasion, or season to find exactly what fits right now. Photo ID Point your camera at any fragrance and ScentCast identifies it instantly — scent notes, seasons, and all. Bath & Body Works Tracker The ultimate B&BW collection manager. Track every product you own across Candles, Body Care, Fragrances, Home Fragrance, Hand Soaps & Sanitizers, Men's Shop, and more. Get daily AI-powered picks from your B&BW stash, and use In-Store Mode to check if you already own something before you buy it. Search Everything Find any fragrance or product across your entire collection instantly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScentAdvice at 100% against scentcast's 40%. ScentAdvice also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). scentcast's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. scentcast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ScentAdvice asks for nothing beyond the download.
ScentAdvice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: scentcast has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ScentAdvice's written reviews are positive against 40% of scentcast's.
ScentAdvice ships an update every 6 months, scentcast every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScentAdvice | scentcast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Bakker | HRCWA Holdings LLC |
Customer experience
ScentAdvice
scentcast
In-app purchases
ScentAdvice
No in-app purchases
scentcast
- Premium$4.99
