Comparison

Vannie vs Cosplay Forge

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

Head to head
About

Vannie

Organize your makeup collection with this app. Scan products, track usage, and get expiry reminders to avoid using old items. Discover your most-used and neglected products with smart statistics.

Highlights
  • Scan product barcodes or photos
  • AI for automatic product details
  • Manual entry and offline support
  • Track product usage and streaks
  • Expiry date reminders
  • Collection value and spending stats
  • Wishlist and declutter tracking
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Your makeup, finally getting used — not just collected. Vannie is a project pan tracker and makeup inventory for people ready to use up what they own before buying more. A Vannie Pro subscription is required to add and track products. Eligible new subscribers can try the yearly plan free for 7 days. Doing a full no-buy, a low-buy year, or just picking a few products to finish? Vannie is built around how project pan actually works. YOUR PROJECT PAN • Pick the products you want to finish and focus on them • Track how full each one is — Full, ¾, Half, ¼, Almost gone • Add progress photos and keep the whole story, from first swipe to empty • Tap "I hit pan" and celebrate the moment it happens • Can't decide what to reach for? Spin the Lucky Pick wheel • Share your progress as a photo collage LOG EVERY USE • Log each use with a double-tap — that's the whole gesture • Build a streak you can see and keep the momentum • Surface your most-neglected products — your next pan targets • Watch cost-per-use drop every time you reach for something CELEBRATE YOUR EMPTIES • Finish a product and Vannie throws a full-screen celebration • Mark anything finished, gifted, expired, disliked, or "broke me out" • Note whether you'd repurchase — build an honest empties history • Browse your Archived collection by reason, brand, or category EARN YOUR BADGES Earn badges as you finish products and log your uses — from First Empties to Pan Queen. KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU OWN • Add any product four ways: scan a barcode, snap a photo (AI helps identify the brand, product, and shade), search 70,000+ products, or add manually • Own backups? Group identical ones and track how many you own • Already track in a spreadsheet? Import Excel or CSV directly • Tap any brand, category, finish, or tag to drill in • Save filters as one-tap views — Holy Grails, Daily, Cruelty-Free, your way KEEP TRACK OF MAKEUP EXPIRY DATES • Set the opened date + period after opening (PAO) • Vannie calculates the expiry automatically and nudges you before it turns • Plan ahead and waste less BUY WITH INTENTION • Wishlist with target prices and preferred stores • Total collection value, monthly spending trends, repurchase list • Stop buying the same nude lipstick three times WHY VANNIE Built by a solo founder and shaped by the Project Pan community, Vannie helps you enjoy what you own and make every finish count. Vannie Pro is an auto-renewing subscription; manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://vannie.app/terms Privacy: https://vannie.app/privacy — Tara Vannie

About

Cosplay Forge

This app helps crafters and cosplayers organize their projects. Track inspiration, budgets, tasks, deadlines, and time spent on builds in one centralized location. Features cloud sync for access across devices.

Highlights
  • Quest-style build tracking
  • Budget and materials tracker
  • Task lists with categories
  • Event and craft day calendar
  • Time tracking
  • Inspiration and reference notes
  • Cloud sync
Features
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Cosplay Forge was born out of a frustration every crafter knows too well — the con crunch. Lost inspiration pictures, forgotten tutorial links, blown budgets, and build steps scattered across a dozen different notes apps. Sound familiar? Built by a fellow cosplayer, Cosplay Forge was designed from the inside out. Not by someone guessing what the community needs, but by someone who has lived it — and who wanted something better for all of us. Whether you're a competitor keeping a detailed logbook, a hobbyist working on your first build, or a full-time maker juggling multiple projects at once, Cosplay Forge gives you one place to track it all. Costs, hours, materials, deadlines, inspiration — organized the way a crafter actually thinks. FEATURES: Quest-style build tracking with progress bars Budget tracker with Materials & Supplies Task lists with categories and steps Con/Event and craft day calendar Time tracking with hours and minutes Reference links and inspiration notes Cloud sync across all your devices Secure sign in with email or Google Developed with input from cosplayers across different styles and skill levels, Cosplay Forge isn't built for one type of maker. It's built for the whole community. Because you have enough to worry about before con day. Your build tracker shouldn't be one of them.

Screenshots

Vannie4 screens
Cosplay Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Vannie at 4.9 against Cosplay Forge's 3.7. Vannie also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 3). Cosplay Forge's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Vannie sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Cosplay Forge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vannie holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vannie ships an update every 2 weeks, Cosplay Forge weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Vannie versus Cosplay Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVannieCosplay Forge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJF Digital SolutionsMargo McReynolds

Customer experience

Vannie

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cosplay Forge

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Vannie

Subscriptions2
  • Vannie Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Vannie Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Cosplay Forge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vannie free?
Vannie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cosplay Forge free?
Cosplay Forge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vannie or Cosplay Forge?
Vannie is rated higher. Vannie averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Cosplay Forge averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Vannie or Cosplay Forge have ads?
Neither Vannie nor Cosplay Forge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vannie or Cosplay Forge?
Vannie ships an update every 2 weeks, and Cosplay Forge weekly. Most recently, Vannie was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cosplay Forge on October 24, 2026.

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