LacquerStash vs PolishBook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LacquerStash
Organize your nail polish collection with this comprehensive app. Track your manicures, create custom lists, and discover community inspiration. Manage your stash, from untried polishes to logged usage, all in one place.
- Build and track nail polish stash
- Log manicures and usage
- Create custom lists
- Random polish picker
- Discover community manicures
- Super-fast search with filters
- Add private notes and reviews
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The nail polish organizer app you always wanted! LacquerStash is built for you, a nail polish addict who currently uses 5 different tools to do basic management of your nail polish collection or 1 incomplete tool, thereby settling for "good enough". That changes, today, with LacquerStash! Everything you need, for free: > No ads > Build your stash > Track your manis > Create custom lists > Add private polishes > Destash marketplace > Random polish picker > Browse 26,000+ polishes > Discover community manis > Super-fast search with filters > Wishlist ↔ Destash matching > Private notes & public reviews > Add polishes not in the database > Set your own photo for each polish > Track untrieds, log usage & purchases > Take inspiration from community manis Download LacquerStash and start organizing today! The app is free to download. LacquerStash includes: • Access to all features • Add up to 5 manis • Track up to 50 polishes LacquerStash Pro includes: • Access to all features • Unlimited manis • Unlimited polish tracking Note: The app doesn't involve buying/selling any of the polishes shown. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PolishBook
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PolishBook is a private catalog for the nail polish you actually own: every bottle with its brand, color family, finish, a real color swatch, and an optional photo. THE SHELF Add a polish and pick its color family and finish, from creme and shimmer to holographic, jelly, magnetic, chrome, and flakie. Each bottle carries a swatch you set yourself, so the shelf reads like your real collection at a glance. Filter by color, search by name or brand, and sort by name, brand, color, or rating. Sealed bottles and ones you have flagged to destash wear their own badges. THE MANI LOG Save a manicure with a photo, the occasion, and the exact polishes you used, tagged straight off your shelf. Note how many days it lasted, and PolishBook works out your average wear on its own. Mark the manis worth repeating and they float to the top. Polish links survive retirement: when a tagged polish later leaves the shelf, the mani keeps its name and swatch. THE COMBO KEEPER The pairing that finally worked is worth saving. Keep a base, a color, and a top coat together as a combo, pull the color and swatch straight from a shelf polish, rate it, and mark the keepers so you never lose the recipe. LISTS A wishlist holds the polishes you are eyeing, each with a dupe note so you never buy the same shade twice, and a Got it button moves a bottle onto the shelf when it arrives. A destash list gathers the bottles you are ready to sell or pass on. STATS Your shelf, measured: polishes by color and by finish, value by brand from your own prices, manis per month, your most worn shades, and your average wear in days. FINISH GUIDE A built-in guide explains all ten finishes in plain words, what each one is and how to get the best of it, from a glitter sandwich to a magnetic cat eye. WHAT YOU GET - Color swatched shelf with finish tags, photos, search, filters, and sort - Mani log with photos, wear days, occasions, and tagged polishes - Combo keeper for base, color, and top pairings - Wishlist with dupe notes and destash list - Stats by color, finish, and brand with charts - Built in finish guide for 10 finishes - Shelf Report PDF and CSV export - Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud FREE AND LIFETIME Free covers a real collection: 25 polishes on the shelf, 15 manis, the combos, both lists, the stats, and the full finish guide. Lifetime is a single purchase that unlocks unlimited polishes and manis plus the Shelf Report PDF and CSV export, forever. No subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account of ours and no tracking. Your shelf lives on your device and in your private iCloud, which we cannot read. Settings has a Delete All My Data control that erases everything from your device and your iCloud. PRICING PolishBook Pro is a one time Lifetime purchase of $9.99 USD. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: LacquerStash at 13.0 against PolishBook's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. LacquerStash sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and PolishBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LacquerStash | PolishBook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (59 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rohan Taneja | InnovaLabWorks |
In-app purchases
LacquerStash
- LacquerStash Pro (Weekly)$1.997 Days
- LacquerStash Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- LacquerStash Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
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- LacquerStash Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- LacquerStash Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
- LacquerStash Pro (Yearly)2 variants$29.991 Year
- LacquerStash Pro (Yearly)$39.991 Year
- LacquerStash Pro (Yearly)$49.991 Year
- LacquerStash Pro (Lifetime)$69.99
PolishBook
- PolishBook Lifetime$49.99








