Comparison

Perfume Identifier vs Perfume Picks

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

Head to head
About

Perfume Identifier

Features
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Scentra is a perfume identifier and collection manager. Scan any perfume bottle and get the name, notes and cheaper dupes in seconds. Saw a bottle at a friend's place? Found an old perfume with a faded label? Smelled something great and never got the name? Scentra is the AI perfume identifier that answers "what perfume is this?" from a single photo. HOW THE PERFUME SCANNER WORKS Open the camera, point it at the bottle and tap scan. The perfume scanner reads the label, the bottle shape and the cap, then matches it against a catalog of more than 100,000 fragrances. You get the brand, the name and a photo of the real bottle, plus up to two other close matches if the picture is unclear. You can also scan a photo from your library, or an empty bottle with only part of the label left. EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SCENT - Top, heart and base notes - Fragrance family, season and occasion - How long it lasts and how far it projects - Similar perfumes, with the notes they share - Store links to find the bottle online CHEAPER DUPES Love a designer or niche perfume but not the price? Tap "Find cheaper alternative" and Scentra spins the shelf and shows a cheaper twin that smells close, with how much you save. Every perfume you open has a dupe and clone list, so you can try the smell before you pay full price. YOUR PERFUME COLLECTION - Save every bottle you own to your shelf - Keep a wishlist of perfumes you want to try or buy - Get a "Wear today" pick from your own shelf, based on the season and time of day - See 5 new scents each day that are close to your favorite perfume - Share a card of your collection with friends AI FRAGRANCE ADVISOR Ask in your own words: "something like Baccarat Rouge but cheaper", "a fresh cologne for the office", "a warm vanilla scent for winter under $80". Send a photo of a bottle and ask what it is. The advisor answers with real perfumes you can open, and can reply in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese or Romanian. DISCOVER AND SCENT QUIZ Search 100,000+ perfumes by name, brand or note. Filter by vanilla, rose, oud, citrus, musk and more, or by family, season, mood and budget. Not sure what you like? The 2-minute scent quiz asks what you enjoy and shows a shortlist of real bottles to try. FRAGRANCE GUIDE Learn the difference between Eau de Parfum and Eau de Toilette, how notes work, and what to check on the box, cap and batch code before you buy a bottle second-hand. WHY SCENTRA - Identify any perfume from one photo of the bottle - Photo scan, text search and AI advisor together - Real notes, real bottle photos, real dupes - Your collection stays on your iPhone - No account, no sign-up Scentra does not sell perfume. A photo cannot prove a bottle is original, so use the checklist in the guide before you buy. ---- Scentra AI Perfume Identifier & Perfume Scanner is available on iOS for iPhone Privacy: https://recentfollow.app/scentra/privacy.html Terms: https://recentfollow.app/scentra/terms.html

About

Perfume Picks

Discover affordable alternatives to designer and niche fragrances, and build a personalized scent collection. Train your nose by rating perfumes and track your existing collection. Scan bottles to identify them and add them to your wardrobe.

Highlights
  • Find affordable fragrance dupes
  • Discover scents by brand, accord, and notes
  • Train your nose with swipe-based learning
  • Build and track your scent wardrobe
  • Scan bottles to identify fragrances
  • Get layering suggestions with Pro
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Perfume Picks reads your taste into a Fragrance DNA. Then it hands you a scent to wear each day from the bottles you already own, and finds cheaper bottles that smell nearly the same. YOUR FRAGRANCE DNA Tap the scents you love and we read your palate into an archetype: The Seducer, The Connoisseur, The Purist, and more. It's your taste with a name on it, and it keeps sharpening every time you wear, swipe, or add a bottle. SCENT OF THE DAY Open the app to a scent chosen from your own wardrobe, matched to your DNA and the day, with a line on why it fits. Turn on the morning reminder and it arrives at 8am. CHEAPER BOTTLES THAT SMELL THE SAME Love a $300 bottle? We find dupes matched on accords, ranked by how close they smell and how much you'd save. Usually 30 to 70 percent less. YOUR WHOLE COLLECTION Track every bottle you own, want, or have tried, with remaining mL, price, and when you last wore it. Log a wear in one tap and it captures the day and occasion. Backdate up to two years, and log layering combos too. SCAN A BOTTLE Point your camera at a bottle and we'll identify it and add it to your wardrobe. SHARE YOUR DNA Send friends your archetype and they can go find out theirs. YOUR YEAR IN SCENT Perfume Wrapped turns your wear history into a recap you can share: top houses, top families, the bottles you reached for most. WHO WEARS THIS See verified celebrity associations on the fragrances you're exploring. WHERE TO BUY When you're ready to buy, we point you to real retailers and may earn a commission. Perfume Picks is not a store and never sells you fragrance directly. FREE TO START Find your Fragrance DNA, build your wardrobe, log your wears, and get a daily pick. All free. PERFUME PICKS PRO Unlimited Train My Nose swipes and scans, an unlimited wardrobe, every dupe, layering suggestions, Perfume Wrapped, and your full taste profile. - $2.99/month, or $24.99/year with a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. Manage anytime in your App Store settings. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No ads. We don't sell or share your data. Your wardrobe stays yours. Built by a collector, for collectors. Terms: https://perfumepicks.app/terms Privacy: https://perfumepicks.app/privacy Questions? support@perfumepicks.app

Screenshots

Perfume Identifier4 screens
Perfume Picks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Perfume Identifier at none against Perfume Picks's 2. Perfume Picks's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Perfume Picks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Perfume Identifier asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Perfume Identifier ships an update every 3 months, Perfume Picks every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Perfume Identifier versus Perfume Picks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerfume IdentifierPerfume Picks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLarisa Geanina VizireanuTimberline Ventures LLC

In-app purchases

None

Perfume Identifier

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Perfume Picks

Subscriptions2
  • Perfume Picks Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Perfume Picks Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Perfume Identifier free?
Perfume Identifier is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Perfume Picks free?
Perfume Picks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Perfume Identifier or Perfume Picks have ads?
Neither Perfume Identifier nor Perfume Picks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Perfume Identifier or Perfume Picks?
Perfume Identifier ships an update every 3 months, and Perfume Picks every 3 days. Most recently, Perfume Identifier was updated on October 28, 2026 and Perfume Picks on October 31, 2026.

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