Comparison

Ember · A Soft Place vs SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup

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

Head to head
About

Ember · A Soft Place

This app offers gentle, immediate coping mechanisms for intense emotions. It provides simple, safe, and grounding activities to help manage difficult feelings in the moment. Suggestions are quiet, physical, and breath-based, designed to be completed in under five minutes.

Highlights
  • Immediate coping suggestions
  • Gentle and safe activities
  • Grounding and breath-based exercises
  • DBT and ACT inspired techniques
  • No logging or account required
  • Offline use
Features
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Ember is a soft place for hard feelings. When the feeling is hot, open the app. Ember offers one gentle, safe, small thing you can do right now. Tap for another. Swipe for another. Keep the one that fits and save it as a reminder. Close the app. No streaks. No logging. No hooks. Every suggestion inside Ember is safe. None of them ask you to hurt anything or anyone, including yourself. None of them ask you to yell or be loud. They are quiet, grounded, physical, breath based, and kind. Some are DBT inspired. Some are ACT inspired. All of them are things a real person can actually do in five minutes. Ember is for the moment when the feeling is big and you do not want to take it out on the people you love. It is for hypervigilance, irritability, the old hurt that is suddenly loud again, the wave that came in out of nowhere. You are not broken for having it. You are a person with a nervous system, and nervous systems need somewhere to put the heat. Ember is free. There is no tip jar. There is no paywall. There is no account. Nothing is collected about you. You do not need to sign in. You do not need to come back tomorrow. Ember is here when you need it. Ember is not therapy and it is not a crisis line. If you need either, the Settings screen has real numbers for real humans who pick up. From SillyDroose. Small tools for gentle moments.

About

SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup

Features
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Find your exact foundation shade from one selfie. No quizzes, no guessing, no wasted bottles. SHA'DEY measures your skin colour with your phone camera and matches it to foundation shades we've measured ourselves. Not the model on the box. Not a website swatch. Not a quiz. FOUNDATION MATCH Take a selfie. SHA'DEY reads your skin across five facial zones and matches your measured colour to foundation shades from MAC, Fenty Beauty, Maybelline and more. You get your best match, plus a deeper and a lighter alternative when there's a close one. Every foundation shade in our catalog was measured from the physical product with a colorimeter, not copied from a brand website. You're matched colour to colour, not sorted into an undertone box. Unlock Foundation Match once for $9.99 and match as often as you like. That's less than one wrong foundation bought online. Before you pay, SHA'DEY checks that your shade is within the range we cover. If it isn't, you won't be asked to pay. LIPSTICK, LINER, GLOSS & BLUSH Lipstick matching is free, no account needed. Create a free account to unlock liner, gloss and blush recommendations matched to your skin tone and depth. Each result shows the shade swatch, brand, product name, finish and buyer rating. MY NUDE Sample your natural lip tone with your camera and find the shades closest to your actual lip colour. Your lips, but better. FOR EVERY SKIN TONE Fair, light, medium, tan, rich, deep. Because SHA'DEY measures your actual skin colour instead of asking you to guess, it works the same way for every complexion and undertone. MAYA — YOUR AI MAKEUP ARTIST Maya explains why each shade works for your skin, how to apply it, and the liner and gloss that complete the look. Every consultation is written for your skin profile and that exact shade. YOUR PRIVACY Your photo is never stored. SHA'DEY does not track you. KEY FEATURES - Foundation shade match from a single selfie - Best match plus deeper and lighter alternatives - Catalog shades measured from real product, not website images - One-time $9.99 Foundation unlock, unlimited matches - Free lipstick matching, no account needed - Liner, gloss and blush with a free account - My Nude: shades matched to your natural lip colour - Works for every skin tone, fair to deep - MAC, Fenty Beauty, Maybelline, NARS, NYX and more, with links to shop your match - Photo never stored, no tracking PURCHASES Foundation Match: one-time $9.99 unlock. SHA'DEY Premium (Maya consultations): $4.09/month or $32.99/year. Foundation Match and Premium are separate purchases. Find your shade. Own your look. SHA'DEY. The shade of you. Terms of Use: https://shadey.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://shadey.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Ember · A Soft Place3 screens
SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ember · A Soft Place at none against SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup's 3. SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ember · A Soft Place asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ember · A Soft Place ships an update monthly, SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ember · A Soft Place versus SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmber · A Soft PlaceSHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB32 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDrew DouglassGenXUnited Holdings Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Ember · A Soft Place

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup

Subscriptions2
  • SHA'DEY Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • SHA'DEY Premium Annually$23.991 Year
One-time1
  • Foundation Match Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Ember · A Soft Place free?
Ember · A Soft Place is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup free?
SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ember · A Soft Place or SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup have ads?
Neither Ember · A Soft Place nor SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ember · A Soft Place or SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup?
Ember · A Soft Place ships an update monthly, and SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ember · A Soft Place was updated on October 24, 2026 and SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup on October 25, 2026.

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