Comparison

Glossary Nails vs Polished!

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

Head to head
About

Glossary Nails

Features
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Glossary is your personal nail polish companion — a clever blend of "gloss" and "glossary" for the nail enthusiast who wants to remember every gorgeous color. CAPTURE & LOG Snap a photo of any nail color, name it, describe it with voice-to-text or manual entry, and rate it on a unique 1–5 nail icon scale. YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY Browse your entire nail color collection in a beautiful, filterable grid. Search by name, sort by rating or date, and rediscover colors you loved. COMMUNITY FEED Share your favorite colors with friends. See what others are wearing, add your own ratings, and discover new shades through community recommendations. AI NAIL ASSISTANT Get personalized color suggestions based on the season, outfit pairings, and your rating history — powered by AI that learns your style. Glossary is built for nail lovers who believe every color tells a story.

About

Polished!

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Let’s be honest: your nail polish collection stopped fitting in a single shoebox years ago. Polished! is a no-nonsense inventory and tracking utility built specifically for serious collectors. Whether you need to remember which Helmer drawer holds your holographic top coats or you want to track exactly how many manicures you can get out of a single bottle, this app replaces your (importable!) spreadsheets with a native, highly organized vault. FEATURES: The Ultimate Vault: Log the brand, name, collection, finish, purchase date and specific storage location for every polish you own. Use your camera to scan text directly off the bottle to skip the typing. Smart Color Scanning: Snap a photo of a bottle or swatch. The app will extract the exact Hex code and use color-matching algorithms to automatically categorize it into the correct color family. Usage Analytics: Log your manicures to track the lifetime uses of a bottle. The app auto-calibrates your usage rate to estimate exactly how much polish is left, so you know when to repurchase a holy grail shade. Nail Art Gallery: Build a portfolio of your manicures. Snap a quick photo, link the specific polishes you used from your vault, and export the high-res image directly to Instagram. Mass Management: Reorganizing your physical collection? Use the multi-select tool to instantly update the storage location for dozens of polishes at once. Share Your Swatches: Generate custom QR codes for any polish in your vault so friends can instantly see the brand, name, and color specs. Your Data is Yours: No locked ecosystems. Export your entire vault to a clean CSV spreadsheet, or generate a full offline backup (including all your high-res photos) to save locally or on iCloud. Take control of your collection. Know what you own, know where it is, and finally start wearing those untouched shades sitting in the back of Drawer 4.

Screenshots

Glossary Nails4 screens
Polished!1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Glossary Nails at 2 against Polished!'s —. Glossary Nails also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Glossary Nails versus Polished!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlossary NailsPolished!
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAustin DayJARED WILLIAM COFFMAN

In-app purchases

None

Glossary Nails

No in-app purchases

None

Polished!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Glossary Nails free?
Glossary Nails is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Polished! free?
Polished! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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