Comparison

Polished! vs Gloss

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

Head to head
About

Polished!

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Let’s be honest: your nail polish collection stopped fitting in a single shoebox years ago. Polished! is a no-nonsense inventory and tracking utility built specifically for serious collectors. Whether you need to remember which Helmer drawer holds your holographic top coats or you want to track exactly how many manicures you can get out of a single bottle, this app replaces your (importable!) spreadsheets with a native, highly organized vault. FEATURES: The Ultimate Vault: Log the brand, name, collection, finish, purchase date and specific storage location for every polish you own. Use your camera to scan text directly off the bottle to skip the typing. Smart Color Scanning: Snap a photo of a bottle or swatch. The app will extract the exact Hex code and use color-matching algorithms to automatically categorize it into the correct color family. Usage Analytics: Log your manicures to track the lifetime uses of a bottle. The app auto-calibrates your usage rate to estimate exactly how much polish is left, so you know when to repurchase a holy grail shade. Nail Art Gallery: Build a portfolio of your manicures. Snap a quick photo, link the specific polishes you used from your vault, and export the high-res image directly to Instagram. Mass Management: Reorganizing your physical collection? Use the multi-select tool to instantly update the storage location for dozens of polishes at once. Share Your Swatches: Generate custom QR codes for any polish in your vault so friends can instantly see the brand, name, and color specs. Your Data is Yours: No locked ecosystems. Export your entire vault to a clean CSV spreadsheet, or generate a full offline backup (including all your high-res photos) to save locally or on iCloud. Take control of your collection. Know what you own, know where it is, and finally start wearing those untouched shades sitting in the back of Drawer 4.

About

Gloss

Catalog and track your makeup and nail polish collection. Mark items as owned, wishlisted, or worn, and add photos, notes, and purchase details. Scan barcodes or use color matching to add products quickly.

Highlights
  • Catalog makeup and nail polish
  • Track owned, wishlisted, worn items
  • Add photos, notes, purchase details
  • Barcode scanning for product lookup
  • Color matching for lips and nails
  • Seasonal color advice
Features
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Gloss-ary is your personal makeup and nail polish collection tracker — everything stays on your device. Catalog and track products across nails, lips, complexion, cheeks, brows, and eyes, including multi-pan palettes. Mark items owned, wishlisted, or worn, rate your favorites, and keep photos, notes, purchase details, and wear history for each one. Scan a barcode to look up and add a product in seconds, or use Try & Match to photograph your nails or lips, sample the exact color, and find your closest catalog shades. Get seasonal color advice based on your skin's undertone to help you pick colors that work for you. Track up to 5 products free, with unlimited catalog browsing, search, and color advice always included. Go Premium for unlimited tracking. Your collection stays private and on your device — nothing is uploaded unless you choose to share a wishlist.

Screenshots

Polished!1 screens
Gloss3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gloss at 5.0 against Polished!'s 3.0. Gloss also leads on device support and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). Polished!'s advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gloss holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polished! ships an update every 8 days, Gloss every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Polished! versus Gloss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolished!Gloss
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 months
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Freemium
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJARED WILLIAM COFFMANAiutomate LLC

In-app purchases

None

Polished!

No in-app purchases

None

Gloss

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Polished! free?
Polished! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gloss free?
Gloss is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Polished! or Gloss?
Gloss is rated higher. Polished! averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Gloss averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Which is updated more often, Polished! or Gloss?
Polished! ships an update every 8 days, and Gloss every 2 months. Most recently, Polished! was updated on October 24, 2026 and Gloss on October 8, 2026.

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