Layer Accordingly vs Cologne Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Layer Accordingly
Catalog your fragrance collection, discover how scents pair, and get personalized recommendations. Explore a vast database of perfumes to find your next signature combination.
- Catalogue fragrance collection with accord profiles
- Analyze scent DNA and fragrance compatibility
- Discover new fragrances based on preferences
- Receive personalized daily scent recommendations
- Save favorite fragrance combinations
- Add custom fragrances and photos
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Your signature scent should be as layered as you are. Layer Accordingly is the first app built around YOUR fragrance collection โ not someone else's "top 10" list. Add what you own, see how your bottles work together, and discover what to wear next based on your actual scent DNA. โ FOUR TABS, ONE WARDROBE โ COLLECTION Catalogue every bottle with its accord profile and notes. See your scent DNA emerge automatically โ gourmand floral, woody amber, fresh chypre, whatever you naturally gravitate toward. Add custom fragrances and your own photos for anything we don't recognize. LAYERING Stop guessing what works together. Our compatibility engine analyzes the accords and notes in your collection and ranks every possible pair as Excellent, Good, or Subtle. Layer 2 or 3 fragrances at a time, save your favorites, build custom combos, rate every combination, and add personal notes for next time. DISCOVER Search 13,000+ fragrances from Sephora, Ulta, niche houses (Byredo, Le Labo, Maison Margiela, Henry Rose, Ellis Brooklyn, Initio, Fragrance Du Bois), to celebrity launches and budget finds. Filter by budget, your dominant accords, or the accords you're missing. FOR YOU Personalized daily picks rooted in your collection. Your Trifecta โ three fragrances built around the notes you love. A seasonal edit that rotates Spring โ Summer โ Autumn โ Winter automatically. A daily layering recommendation matched to the day's mood. All updated every morning. โ BUILT FOR PRIVACY โ No account required. No sign-up screen. Everything you add stays on your device โ your collection, ratings, custom blends, and notes are yours alone. Delete the app or use "Delete all my data" inside Settings and it's gone instantly. โ WHO IT'S FOR โ Fragrance collectors who own more than three bottles. People stuck wearing the same scent every day. Anyone who's spent $200+ on a fragrance only to wonder if it'd be better with something else from the shelf. New collectors who want guidance instead of paralysis. โ AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE โ Layer Accordingly LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Affiliate links inside the app are labeled "ad" and never increase your price. We may add other affiliate programs in the future. Built solo by a fragrance obsessive in Florida. Questions, bugs, or ideas: hello@layeraccordingly.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Cologne Lab
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Your shelf, and the lab behind it. Most fragrance apps stop at what you own. This one starts there and keeps going, all the way to blending your own. TRACK WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WEAR Add your bottles in seconds. Log a wear with one tap. Over time your shelf tells you something a list never could: what you reach for, as opposed to what you were talked into buying. โข Cost per wear on every bottle, so a 300 dollar bottle worn 60 times reads as 5 dollars a wear โข How much is left, estimated from your own spray count, with a correction when you top up or decant โข Your scent profile by note family, weighted by wears rather than by shelf count โข Batch codes, samples and decants tracked apart from full bottles โข A wishlist that stays out of your profile, because wanting something is not wearing it NOTES FILLED IN FOR YOU Type a name and the note pyramid fills itself in, on device. Nothing about your collection is uploaded, and when it does not recognise a fragrance it says so rather than inventing a plausible answer. SAVE WHAT SMELLS GOOD TOGETHER Layering combos, kept in application order, because the heavier scent goes on first and that is the part people forget. THE BLENDING LAB Design your own cologne with real numbers instead of guesswork. โข Compose in parts, then scale a 10 ml trial to a 100 ml batch with the ratio intact โข Every ingredient in drops, millilitres and grams at once, calibrated to your own dropper โข True pyramid balance, measured on neat aromatic volume rather than parts. Equal parts of neat bergamot and a ten percent musk reads as balanced everywhere else and is really ten to one citrus. This app tells you the truth. โข IFRA skin limits per material, checked against the finished bottle โข Cost per bottle and per millilitre, and nothing at all until every material is priced, because a partial total reads as complete and is always low โข Formula versions, so v1 survives while you try v2 โข A maceration shelf that counts down four to six weeks and reminds you when a batch is ready โข A timed evaluation log at fifteen minutes, one hour, four hours and eight, on blotter and on skin BUILT FROM YOUR BENCH Register what you actually own and every suggestion is something you can mix tonight, not a shopping list. WHAT IS FREE, AND WHAT IS NOT Three bottles are free, with cost per wear, remaining volume and your taste profile, so you can see the app work before paying for it. Pro opens everything else: an unlimited wardrobe, layering combinations, the blending lab with its IFRA checks, pyramid and costing, formula versions, the maceration shelf and its reminders, the timed evaluation log, and the on-device blend suggestion. Private by design. Your collection lives on your device and in your own iCloud. There is no account, no feed and no one else looking at your shelf. Subscriptions are handled by Apple and our billing provider; nothing about your fragrances is ever sent anywhere. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Layer Accordingly at none against Cologne Lab's 2. Layer Accordingly also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Cologne Lab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Layer Accordingly asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Layer Accordingly | Cologne Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maven Piniella | Fahim Uddin |
In-app purchases
Layer Accordingly
No in-app purchases
Cologne Lab
- Pro, monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Pro, yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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