Comparison

ScentMax vs Perfume Picks

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

Head to head
About

ScentMax

This app helps you manage your fragrance collection with AI-powered recommendations. Get daily scent picks based on weather and occasion, organize your collection, and track your wears to discover new favorites and improve your scent profile.

Highlights
  • AI-powered fragrance recommendations
  • Daily scent suggestions based on weather
  • Collection organization and tracking
  • Scent score analysis for collection improvement
  • Wear logging and history
  • Personalized fragrance advice
Features
Read full description

ScentMax is the smartest way to manage your fragrance collection. Get AI-powered daily picks, personalized recommendations, and insights that help you smell your best. Connect with other creators and friends to see what people are wearing everyday. FEATURES AI-Roma: Your Personal Fragrance Assistant Chat with AI-Roma, your witty AI fragrance expert. Get personalized recommendations, discover new scents, and learn what works best for any occasion. Ask anything about fragrances and get instant, intelligent responses. Smart Daily Picks Every day, ScentMax recommends the perfect fragrance from your collection based on the weather, season, and time of day. Never wonder "what should I wear today?" again. Collection Management Build and organize your fragrance collection. Track what you own, what you've worn, and discover gaps in your rotation. Scent Score Analysis Get a comprehensive score for your collection based on versatility, seasonal coverage, and variety. See how your collection stacks up and get tips to improve it. Wear Tracking Log your daily wears and build your fragrance history. See patterns, track your favorites, and maintain your streak. Weather-Based Recommendations Our AI considers temperature and conditions to suggest the ideal fragrance for right now. Social Feed See what your favorite influencers and friends are wearing from their collection every day. SUBSCRIPTION ScentMax Pro Weekly: $0.99/week ScentMax Pro Weekly: $1.99/week ScentMax Pro Monthly: $4.99/month ScentMax Pro Yearly: $39.99/year Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://scentmax-ai.github.io/legal/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://scentmax-ai.github.io/legal/terms.html

About

Perfume Picks

Discover affordable alternatives to designer and niche fragrances, and build a personalized scent collection. Train your nose by rating perfumes and track your existing collection. Scan bottles to identify them and add them to your wardrobe.

Highlights
  • Find affordable fragrance dupes
  • Discover scents by brand, accord, and notes
  • Train your nose with swipe-based learning
  • Build and track your scent wardrobe
  • Scan bottles to identify fragrances
  • Get layering suggestions with Pro
Features
Read full description

Perfume Picks reads your taste into a Fragrance DNA. Then it hands you a scent to wear each day from the bottles you already own, and finds cheaper bottles that smell nearly the same. YOUR FRAGRANCE DNA Tap the scents you love and we read your palate into an archetype: The Seducer, The Connoisseur, The Purist, and more. It's your taste with a name on it, and it keeps sharpening every time you wear, swipe, or add a bottle. SCENT OF THE DAY Open the app to a scent chosen from your own wardrobe, matched to your DNA and the day, with a line on why it fits. Turn on the morning reminder and it arrives at 8am. CHEAPER BOTTLES THAT SMELL THE SAME Love a $300 bottle? We find dupes matched on accords, ranked by how close they smell and how much you'd save. Usually 30 to 70 percent less. YOUR WHOLE COLLECTION Track every bottle you own, want, or have tried, with remaining mL, price, and when you last wore it. Log a wear in one tap and it captures the day and occasion. Backdate up to two years, and log layering combos too. SCAN A BOTTLE Point your camera at a bottle and we'll identify it and add it to your wardrobe. SHARE YOUR DNA Send friends your archetype and they can go find out theirs. YOUR YEAR IN SCENT Perfume Wrapped turns your wear history into a recap you can share: top houses, top families, the bottles you reached for most. WHO WEARS THIS See verified celebrity associations on the fragrances you're exploring. WHERE TO BUY When you're ready to buy, we point you to real retailers and may earn a commission. Perfume Picks is not a store and never sells you fragrance directly. FREE TO START Find your Fragrance DNA, build your wardrobe, log your wears, and get a daily pick. All free. PERFUME PICKS PRO Unlimited Train My Nose swipes and scans, an unlimited wardrobe, every dupe, layering suggestions, Perfume Wrapped, and your full taste profile. - $2.99/month, or $24.99/year with a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. Manage anytime in your App Store settings. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No ads. We don't sell or share your data. Your wardrobe stays yours. Built by a collector, for collectors. Terms: https://perfumepicks.app/terms Privacy: https://perfumepicks.app/privacy Questions? support@perfumepicks.app

Screenshots

ScentMax4 screens
Perfume Picks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ScentMax at 4.7 against Perfume Picks's 4.0. ScentMax also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 50%) and ratings volume (306 vs 4). Perfume Picks's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. ScentMax sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Perfume Picks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScentMax holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScentMax has 306 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of ScentMax's written reviews are positive against 50% of Perfume Picks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScentMax ships an update every 3 weeks, Perfume Picks every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ScentMax versus Perfume Picks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScentMaxPerfume Picks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (306 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings306 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB68 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperSMStudios LLCTimberline Ventures LLC

Customer experience

ScentMax

All ratings306 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral0.3%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews203 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral0.5%
Negative7.4%

Perfume Picks

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ScentMax

Subscriptions4
  • ScentMax Pro$0.997 Days
  • ScentMax Pro$1.997 Days
  • ScentMax Pro$4.991 Month
Show 1 more
  • ScentMax Pro$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Perfume Picks

Subscriptions2
  • Perfume Picks Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Perfume Picks Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is ScentMax free?
ScentMax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Perfume Picks free?
Perfume Picks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ScentMax or Perfume Picks?
ScentMax is rated higher. ScentMax averages 4.7 out of 5 from 306 ratings, while Perfume Picks averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do ScentMax or Perfume Picks have ads?
Neither ScentMax nor Perfume Picks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScentMax or Perfume Picks?
ScentMax ships an update every 3 weeks, and Perfume Picks every 3 days. Most recently, ScentMax was updated on October 16, 2026 and Perfume Picks on September 30, 2026.

Other comparisons