Comparison

Kinsie vs Pure Phase

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

Head to head
About

Kinsie

Discover skincare products tailored to your unique skin type and concerns. Track your routine, share your experiences, and find recommendations from users with similar skin.

Highlights
  • Personalized product matching
  • User-generated reviews and photos
  • Skincare routine tracking
  • Product comparison
  • Beauty journal organization
  • Discover new products
Features
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Find out what worked for people with skin like yours before you buy. Most reviews don’t help. A holy grail from someone with oily skin means nothing if yours is dry and eczema-prone. Kinsie matches you with people whose skin is actually like yours. You can see what’s in their routines and which products they swear by. Every product gets a score from people like you, so you see something like “11 of 13 people with dry, eczema-prone skin liked this.” We also check each ingredient list against your sensitivities and tell you how well the formula fits your skin. Ask Plum anything about your skin. It already knows your skin and your routine, so you don’t have to explain yourself every time. Rate what you’ve tried and log your skin each day to see what’s actually working. Free to join. No sponsored reviews.

About

Pure Phase

Features
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Pure Phase uses synchronized light, sound, and breath to guide you into focused, calm, or sleep states — without subscriptions, accounts, narration, or bloat. Tap to begin. Hold to tune. That's the whole interface. THREE SCIENCE-GROUNDED STATES FOCUS — 40Hz gamma frequency, synchronized light and isochronic audio. Associated with peak mental clarity. The subject of ongoing clinical research at MIT and elsewhere. CALM — 10Hz alpha frequency. One of the most consistently documented frequencies in relaxation and stress research. Ideal for unwinding, creative work, or transition between tasks. SLEEP — 2Hz delta frequency. Use with eyes closed and torch enabled. The flashlight pulses at the session frequency through your eyelids — no screen required. BREATHE — GUIDED BREATHWORK A fourth mode with no flicker — just a breathing ring that expands and contracts to pace your breath. Choose from Coherence (6 breaths per minute, the HRV resonance frequency), 4-7-8, Box breathing, or Slow Wave. Or build your own pattern in Advanced settings. ISOCHRONIC AUDIO A warm audible carrier tone pulses at the brainwave frequency, synchronized frame-by-frame with the visual flicker. Underneath, a procedurally generated ambient texture — pink noise, brown noise, or sustained drone — provides continuity and masks environmental sound. Everything is generated on-device. No audio files. DRIFT & BLOOM New psychoacoustic modes for headphones. Three synthesis layers create auditory depth and slow movement through pure tones — a breathing carrier, a drifting stereo field, and optional harmonic shimmer. DRIFT pairs them with a pure black canvas. BLOOM pairs them with a slow generative visual field that breathes and shifts color in sync with the audio. Non-stroboscopic — accessible to anyone who can't tolerate the entrainment modes. ADVANCED For users who know what they want: Theta, SMR, PRISM, and Void states, a custom Hz slider from 0.5 to 40Hz, custom breath timing with independent inhale, hold, and exhale controls, and carrier frequency selection. Clearly labeled as exploratory. PURE PHASE IS FREE No subscription. No account. No guided narration. No content library. No streak tracking. No ads. No data collection of any kind. Everything runs on your device. Pure Phase uses rapid rhythmic light pulses. Do not use if you are photosensitive or have a history of epilepsy or seizure disorders. Always use in a safe, seated, stationary environment. Not a medical device.

Screenshots

Kinsie4 screens
Pure Phase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pure Phase at every 3 days against Kinsie's fortnightly. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kinsie ships an update fortnightly, Pure Phase every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Kinsie versus Pure Phase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKinsiePure Phase
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB4 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperKinsie Inc.Mark Friedlander

In-app purchases

None

Kinsie

No in-app purchases

None

Pure Phase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kinsie free?
Kinsie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pure Phase free?
Pure Phase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kinsie or Pure Phase have ads?
Neither Kinsie nor Pure Phase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kinsie or Pure Phase?
Kinsie ships an update fortnightly, and Pure Phase every 3 days. Most recently, Kinsie was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pure Phase on October 24, 2026.

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