Comparison

Toothify vs BRUSHMATE

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

Head to head
About

Toothify

This app coaches you through brushing your teeth for the recommended duration. It breaks down your brushing time into timed zones with haptic feedback, ensuring an even and effective clean without needing your phone. It integrates with Apple Health to track your progress.

Highlights
  • Tooth-by-tooth coaching with haptic feedback
  • Use with any toothbrush type
  • Hands-free and sink-safe operation
  • Adult-oriented, clean UI
  • Apple Health integration for tracking
  • One-time purchase
Features
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Toothify is a toothbrush timer for Apple Watch. Toothify taps your wrist when it's time to move to the next zone, so you brush without looking at a screen. HOW IT WORKS • Toothify splits brushing into 4 zones of 30 seconds by default. Toothify's default brushing time is 2 minutes. • Toothify lets you change the number of zones, the zone length and the haptic interval in settings. • Toothify works with any toothbrush: electric, manual or bamboo. • Toothify uses no camera and needs no smart toothbrush. SETUP • Toothify is a standalone Apple Watch app. Toothify can be installed and used with no iPhone. • Toothify installs directly from the Apple Watch App Store. Toothify's iPhone app is an optional installer for the Watch app. • Toothify requires watchOS 10 or later. HEALTH AND HABITS • Toothify writes your toothbrushing duration to Apple Health. • Toothify shows your weekly brushing streak as a Watch face complication. • Toothify sends a daily brushing reminder with a tip. PRICE AND PRIVACY • Toothify is a one-time purchase with no subscription and no ads. • Toothify collects no data. LANGUAGES AND ACCESSIBILITY • Toothify supports 44 languages and VoiceOver. • Toothify supports Family Sharing for up to six people.

About

BRUSHMATE

Features
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BrushMate is a timer and tracker built to make good brushing habits easy to keep. GUIDED TIMER Follow the on-screen quadrant ring around upper/lower, left/right, outer/inner surfaces in order. You always know where you are and how much time is left. MAKE IT YOURS - Total time (1-5 minutes) - Number of sections - Brushing order (right-to-left, clockwise, or fully custom) TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Calendar: your history at a glance, day by day - Journey: streaks, this month's count, and consistency rate APPLE WATCH Start and follow the timer right from your wrist, synced with iPhone in real time. Works great without a Watch too. HEALTH APP Sync each brushing session to the Health app as a Toothbrushing entry — optional, and can be turned off anytime. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in. Everything stays on your device (and, if you choose, your own private iCloud) — nothing is sent to a server or shared with anyone. No analytics, no ads. Available in English and Japanese.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BRUSHMATE at Free against Toothify's $4.99. BRUSHMATE also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). Toothify's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

BRUSHMATE is free to download; Toothify costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Toothify ships an update every 3 months, BRUSHMATE every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Toothify versus BRUSHMATE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToothifyBRUSHMATE
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeak Labs LtdMakoto Otsuka

In-app purchases

None

Toothify

No in-app purchases

None

BRUSHMATE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Toothify free?
Toothify costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BRUSHMATE free?
BRUSHMATE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Toothify or BRUSHMATE have ads?
Neither Toothify nor BRUSHMATE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Toothify or BRUSHMATE?
Toothify ships an update every 3 months, and BRUSHMATE every 5 days. Most recently, Toothify was updated on November 6, 2026 and BRUSHMATE on October 31, 2026.

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