PawRx vs CosmeShelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PawRx
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PawRx helps you stay on top of your dog or cat's medications—without living in spreadsheets or group chats. Log doses in one tap, get reminders that honour quiet hours, and photograph a new prescription label when you leave the vet. Built with SwiftUI, SwiftData and CloudKit only: no third-party SDKs, no ad trackers, and no account to create. Your data stays on your iPhone or iPad first; iCloud is optional and uses your private database when you choose it. — SIT. STAY. HEAL. — EVERYDAY CARE • One-tap "Given" for every scheduled dose—haptics that feel satisfying, not clinical • Today shows what's due, what's done, and who you're caring for • Warm, calm design—soft teal accents, rounded type, room to breathe • Home Screen widgets and Live Activities when they're available on your plan PRESCRIPTION LABEL SCANNING (FREE, ON-DEVICE) • Open the camera from Meds and frame the label • Apple's on-device intelligence helps extract drug name, strength, frequency and notes when it can • Assign the result to the right pet in a couple of taps • Photos and text stay on your device; nothing is harvested by us SMART REMINDERS • Notifications you can act on from the Lock Screen • Refill cues when you've told PawRx what's in the bottle • Quiet hours so the household isn't buzzed through the night MULTI-CAREGIVER CARE (PREMIUM) • Give each caregiver a name so doses show who marked them given • Premium: invite people you trust and keep everyone aligned ACTIVITY AND REPORTS • Premium: add unlimited pets—the free tier still covers every medication schedule for one pet • Recent history stays readable on free; Premium opens the full timeline and richer 30-day trends • Premium: tidy PDF summaries to email or AirDrop straight to your vet PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • SwiftData storage on device; CloudKit mirrors only when you enable it from Settings • No adverts, no data brokers—we don't wallpaper the app with trackers PREMIUM Subscribe monthly or yearly—or unlock forever. Premium includes vet-ready PDF exports, caregiver invitations, full history depth, richer medication information, widgets and Live Activities alongside your subscription, plus extra notification polish. The scanner and unlimited medication logging remain generous on the free tier. NOT MEDICAL OR VETERINARY ADVICE PawRx records what you schedule and log; it doesn't diagnose, treat or calculate doses. It only stores the numbers you or your label provide. Always follow your vet's instructions. PRIVACY & TERMS • Privacy Policy: https://pawrx-privacy.netlify.app/privacy-policy.html • Terms of Use: https://pawrx-privacy.netlify.app/terms.html • Support: https://pawrx-privacy.netlify.app/
CosmeShelf
Catalog your entire makeup collection, from lipstick to skincare. Easily add products by taking a photo, and organize them by brand and category. Plan future purchases with a wishlist and save your favorite makeup looks.
- Digitize cosmetics with photos
- Organize by category and brand
- Track desired products
- Save makeup looks with product links
- Archive finished or stored items
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Collect your cosmetics. Lipstick, foundation, skincare, fragrance. Just take a photo, and the brand, product name, shade, and size are recorded. Shelf Organize the cosmetics you own by category and by brand. Wishlist Keep track of the cosmetics you want to add next. Looks Save your makeup as a Look. You can link the products you used, too. Off Shelf Archive cosmetics you've finished or are keeping in storage. Atelier Plan Free to try. Upgrade to the Atelier plan to unlock the limit on how much you can register. Privacy Policy https://cosmeshelf.com/privacy Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
PawRx and CosmeShelf are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PawRx sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and CosmeShelf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PawRx ships an update every 2 days, CosmeShelf daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PawRx | CosmeShelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anju Ghosh | Hiroki Usui |
In-app purchases
PawRx
- PawRx Premium$2.991 Month
- PawRx Premium$19.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$29.99
CosmeShelf
- Atelier$7.991 Month
- Atelier 半年$24.996 Months





