Comparison

Protocol vs Sioly

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

Head to head
About

Protocol

This app helps men improve their facial appearance with personalized routines for skincare, jawline definition, and mewing exercises. It guides users through daily steps and allows for progress tracking with weekly photos, focusing solely on facial aesthetics.

Highlights
  • Personalized skincare routines
  • Mewing and jawline exercises
  • Facial yoga and face exercises
  • Progress tracking with photos
  • Daily step-by-step guides
  • Ingredient-based product recommendations
Features
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Protocol is a looksmaxxing app for men based on what you want to improve. It builds your personalized routine, mewing exercises, skincare for acne, jawline work, face yoga. You enter your concerns. Protocol creates your routine. You follow the steps. You track progress with weekly photos. HOW IT WORKS 1. Enter your concerns—acne, oily skin, jawline, dark circles, or whatever you want to address. 2. Protocol analyzes your input and builds a custom routine using researched methods and ingredients. (The routine is not generated by AI) 3. Your routine is broken into morning, evening, and exercise blocks. Each step tells you exactly what to do and why. Products are recommended by ingredient, not brand, so you can use what fits your budget. WHAT YOU'LL IMPROVE Skincare: Acne, oily skin, dry skin, dark circles, blackheads, skin texture, hyperpigmentation Face Structure: Jawline definition through mewing exercises, facial symmetry, face exercises (face yoga) Overall: Glow up through consistent routines, proven ingredients, and progress tracking Protocol focuses on your face only—not fitness, not fashion. Just facial improvement. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Take a photo each week. Same day, same lighting, same angle. Protocol stores your photos privately on your device and lets you compare them side by side. After four weeks, you will have a clear visual record of what changed. Most users notice subtle differences by week three. Others start noticing by week four to six. WHAT YOU GET (FREE) - Personalized routine based on your skin concerns - Step-by-step daily guides for morning and evening - Facial exercises with clear instructions - Progress photos (Week 0-4) - Stacked photo comparison to see changes - Weekly consistency score - Reminders to stay on track FULL PROTOCOL (UNLOCK YOUR TRANSFORMATION) - Unlimited progress photos to track your glow up - Before/after slider comparison (any two photos side by side) - Detailed weekly analytics showing exactly what's working - Monthly insights: what behaviors improve YOUR skin and face structure - Advanced ingredients for maximum looksmaxxing results - See your ranking among other Protocol users WHY THIS EXISTS Most skincare advice is either too complicated or too vague. Protocol takes a different approach: give you exactly what you need based on what you said, then simply follow the guide. Just a system that works if you follow it. Results come from repetition, not intensity. Protocol is built around that principle. PRIVACY Your photos never leave your device. They are stored locally, not uploaded to any server. Your image data is only touched by you. No face scanning AI. No external servers. Complete privacy. See our full Privacy Policy here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yXxry78OnVFyx0QSz_vS-T4BchBhiayJt0dbZYmbIds/edit?tab=t.0 Terms of use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KTRltz5mjzoWdMgA3grJ5i8TV8wv_sG32tLyuD8Fiho/edit?usp=sharing Protocol is not a miracle solution. It is a structured approach to something most men never learned how to do. If you put in the work, you will see the results. Start your protocol today.

About

Sioly

This app guides you through a structured morning routine with workouts, skincare, recipes, and journaling. It offers different levels of engagement, from a starter routine to an extreme challenge, and includes an AI coach for personalized guidance.

Highlights
  • Guided morning routines
  • Workout videos
  • Skincare guidance
  • Recipe suggestions with macros
  • Journaling prompts
  • AI Coach
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Your morning routine — and every other routine in your day. Build any routine or habit — morning, evening, gym, study, wind-down — and put a real tool behind every task instead of a checkbox. DESCRIBE IT, SIOLY BUILDS IT Say what you want in one line. The AI assistant asks a few questions and builds the whole routine: tasks, times, repeats. BUILD IT EXACTLY HOW YOU WANT Drag tasks and widgets into your day. Sizes, order, what you see first — yours. A REAL TOOL BEHIND EVERY TASK A task is not just a line you tick. Add a Guided To-Do and the task opens a full tool: a food scanner with macros, a gym log with sets and weights, a journal with a mood check, a run tracker with a live map, a focus timer, an alarm clock, notes, a task list, recipe packs, and your calendar. AND MOST OF THOSE TOOLS ARE FREE The alarm clock, focus timer, journal, notes, task list, run tracker and calendar cost nothing. Premium adds six flagships. YOUR REAL CALENDAR, INSIDE YOUR PLANNER Add the calendar tool and your actual events sit next to your routine — iCloud, Google, whatever is already on your phone. Create, move, edit and delete them without leaving Sioly, so the day you planned and the day you booked are the same day. IT RINGS WHEN IT SHOULD Set an alarm, and run a focus timer that rings when the time is up. On iPhone the timer keeps counting on the Lock Screen with a Live Activity, and on iOS 26 the alarm rings through Silent and Focus the way the system clock does. START FROM A ROUTINE THAT WORKS Seven proven templates — morning, evening, strength, cardio, meal prep, deep work, Sunday reset. Use one as it is or take it apart. Four are free; three are part of Premium. TRACK EXACTLY WHAT MATTERS TO YOU Pick the statistics you care about and build your own progress board. TOGETHER Join a group, chat, and see each other's streaks on the leaderboard. IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese and Chinese. SIOLY PREMIUM Sioly Premium unlocks the AI assistant, the food scanner, the gym log, the workout video module, the breakfast and dinner recipe packs, three routine templates, and step tracking on iPhone. It is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. The price for your country is shown in the app before you confirm, and you can cancel any time in your account settings. You can try the AI before you subscribe. Terms of Use: https://sioly.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://sioly.app/privacy

Screenshots

Protocol4 screens
Sioly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Sioly at free against Protocol's free with in-app purchases. Sioly also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 5) and device support (4 vs 2). Protocol's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Protocol sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Sioly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Protocol holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sioly has 27 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Protocol ships an update every 4 days, Sioly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Protocol versus Sioly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProtocolSioly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.7 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings527 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB320 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoakim PedersenNoah Sioly UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Customer experience

Protocol

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sioly

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Protocol

Subscriptions9
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Weekly Protocol Subscription$2.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$3.997 Days
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  • Full Protocol Access, monthly$4.991 Month
  • Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription$6.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • Full Protocol Access, Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription With Trial3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$19.99
2 purchases

Sioly

Subscriptions2
  • Sioly Premium$7.991 Month
  • Sioly Premium3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Protocol free?
Protocol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sioly free?
Sioly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Protocol or Sioly?
Protocol is rated higher. Protocol averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Sioly averages 4.7 from 27 ratings.
Do Protocol or Sioly have ads?
Neither Protocol nor Sioly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Protocol or Sioly?
Protocol ships an update every 4 days, and Sioly every 6 days. Most recently, Protocol was updated on October 7, 2026 and Sioly on October 9, 2026.

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