Comparison

Coildex vs The Glam

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

Head to head
About

Coildex

This app helps you understand and care for your curly or natural hair. It analyzes product ingredients, helps build personalized routines, and tracks your hair journey with a style library and community reviews.

Highlights
  • Aisle Scanner for product analysis
  • Ingredient Analyzer with personalized verdicts
  • Customizable hair routine builder
  • Hairstyle library with detailed filters
  • Personalized Hair Guide based on hair type
  • Quick Log for tracking hair activities
  • Community reviews filtered by hair type
Features
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Your coils deserve more than guesswork. Coildex is the hair-care companion built for Type 3a through 4c — where your routine, your products, your styles, and your progress finally live in one place that actually understands your hair. Scan a bottle, know what you're buying The Aisle Scanner reads any product barcode and instantly tells you: do you already own it? Does it duplicate something in your routine? Is the ingredient list good for your hair type and porosity? Standing in the beauty aisle has never been less of a gamble. Understand every ingredient — for your hair Tap any ingredient in any product to get a personalized "for your hair" verdict in seconds. Paste a full ingredient list into the Analyzer and we break it into Good, Caution, and Avoid — customized to your sensitivities, water type, and damage factors. Watch for clashes inside a routine too — protein-on-protein, silicones blocking your leave-in, surfactants stripping the conditioner you just paid for. Build a routine that fits you Start from 16+ pre-built templates — Wash Day, Deep Condition, Clarifying Wash, Trims, Take Down — or design your own. Drag and drop to reorder, attach products to each step, set it for daily, weekly, monthly, or occasional. A home-screen widget, Live Activities on the Lock Screen, and Siri Shortcuts mean you never have to open the app to mark something done. A hairstyle library worth using 80+ styles — Braids, Locs, Twists, Natural, Updos, Fades, Line-Ups — every one labeled with tension, maintenance, duration, and difficulty. Edge-sensitive? Filter out high-tension styles before they ever reach your head. Bookmark what you've worn, rate it, and build a personal style diary. The science, tuned to you Your Hair Guide isn't a generic 4c article. It factors your porosity, density, texture, and damage history into a protein schedule, oil guide (penetrating vs. sealing), silicone-group recommendations, and a styler order that actually makes sense. As you rate products and routines, the Guide evolves — starring ingredients you've loved, flagging ones that have let you down. Track your journey Quick Log captures every wash, deep condition, protein treatment, trim, length check, and protective-style install in one tap. A calendar heatmap shows your consistency month over month. Streaks, weekly completion, program-day count — the small signals that tell you you're actually showing up. Community wisdom, hair-type filtered Product reviews are filtered by your hair type, porosity, and texture — so you're only seeing what worked for someone with hair like yours. No more wondering if a 5-star review came from someone with completely different hair. Built for real life Offline-first: your completions sync the moment you're back online — you'll never lose a check-in on the subway. Share a routine with a friend via link. Dark mode. OpenDyslexic font toggle. No ads. No selling your data. Free to get started. Your hair knows best. Coildex is here to help you listen. Coildex is a hair care companion, not medical advice. Every head of hair is unique — always pay attention to how yours responds.

About

The Glam

Features
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The Glam is your personal beauty companion — helping you discover salons, stay on top of appointments, manage your products, and never run out of your favourites again. Whether you're looking for a new salon, tracking your next treatment, building your product collection, or saving tutorials to watch later — The Glam brings it all together beautifully. SALONS Find and save all your favourite salons in one place. Store the address, phone number, website, and personal notes (like "always ask for Maria" or "park on the side street"). Tap to call or open their website directly from the app. Never lose track of a salon you love. APPOINTMENTS Never miss a treatment again. Log every salon visit with the date, service, cost, and notes. Set reminders so you always know when your next appointment is due. Review your full history and see exactly how much you've spent — by salon and by service type — over the last 12 months. PRODUCTS Build your personal beauty product library. Save products with category, price, star rating, and your own notes. Add multiple retailers so you always know where to buy and at what price — and get reminders when it's time to restock. SHOPPING LIST Never run out of your beauty essentials. Products you flag for restocking appear in your Shopping List automatically. Tap a retailer link to buy straight away, or search Google Shopping to find the best price right now. HOW-TO VIDEOS Save beauty tutorials, technique guides, and product reviews from YouTube, Instagram, or anywhere online. Organise them by category and open any video instantly — your own personal beauty library, always at hand. BRANDS Keep track of the brands you love. Save their website, country of origin, price range, loyalty card details, and any discount codes or vouchers — all in one tidy card. BUDGET TRACKER Finally take control of your beauty spend. See a clear breakdown of what you're spending on products by category, your annual salon costs by service type, and your total beauty budget in one place — so you can make smarter choices and stay on top of your spending. INTERNATIONAL The Glam supports UK (£), US ($), and European (€) currency. Set your region in Profile for the right currency everywhere. FREE & PRO Get started for free with core features. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited entries across every section. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Coildex4 screens
The Glam3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coildex at none against The Glam's 1. The Glam's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 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. The Glam sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Coildex asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Coildex versus The Glam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoildexThe Glam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHello Good Day LLCAndrew Nixon

In-app purchases

None

Coildex

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Glam

Subscriptions1
  • Glam Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Coildex free?
Coildex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Glam free?
The Glam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Coildex or The Glam have ads?
Neither Coildex nor The Glam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coildex or The Glam?
Coildex ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Glam every 2 weeks. Most recently, Coildex was updated on October 12, 2026 and The Glam on October 7, 2026.

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