Skinframe vs MeThen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skinframe
Track rosacea flares with daily selfies and trigger logging. Gain insights into patterns and share a summary with your dermatologist. Prioritizes privacy with on-device storage.
- Daily selfie tracking
- Per-feature severity scoring
- Trigger identification and tagging
- Lag-aware co-occurrence insights
- One-page PDF reports for dermatologists
- On-device photo storage
- Private iCloud sync for data
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Skinframe is a photo-first rosacea tracker for iPhone, built around the dermatology consensus that landed nine years ago and that most rosacea apps still haven't caught up with. Capture a ten-second daily selfie. Score severity on the per-feature scale dermatologists actually use, no composite "rosacea score" obscuring what's changing. Tag one trigger from a taxonomy with the evidence shown next to each chip. After about three weeks, the Insights tab starts surfacing lag-aware co-occurrences between your daily inputs and your flares, with the count and the time window visible so you can judge them yourself. Hand your dermatologist a one-page PDF that documents what you've been tracking. Methodology footer included. WHAT'S DIFFERENT The photo is the data. Most rosacea trackers ask you to score yourself and trust your memory. Skinframe asks for the camera and lets your skin be the ground truth. Patterns with their evidence shown. "Hot drinks within 12 hours preceded 4 of your last 5 flares." Every insight comes with the count, the window, and a confidence tier. We don't surface a pattern until at least three matching flare days exist. Built for every skin tone. Rosacea on Fitzpatrick I-III often presents as visible redness. On IV-VI it's more reliably read through sensation. Skinframe asks during onboarding so the app can foreground the surface that matches your phenotype, with citations to the published literature. Photos stay on your iPhone. Selfies live in a sandboxed app folder, never your Camera Roll. Severity scores, trigger tags, and timestamps sync through your own private iCloud container so the timeline survives a phone swap. We don't operate user-facing servers. No advertising SDKs. PRICING 14 days free, then $29.99 once or $4.99 per month. Identical features either way. The lifetime is the recommended path. Read-only access to your existing timeline and CSV self-export remain available without any purchase. No auto-renew rate increases, no email nag after cancellation, one-tap cancel through Apple. NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE Skinframe is a self-tracking tool. It is not cleared by the FDA, not a substitute for a dermatologist, and not designed to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. Always work with a licensed dermatologist on treatment decisions. Privacy policy: https://skinframe.app/legal/privacy Terms of use: https://skinframe.app/legal/terms
MeThen
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Me then. Me now. Same pose. Same angle. See what changed. The scale misses some visible changes. Aligned photos help you see them. MeThen turns progress pics into a comparable record of your bulk, cut, or recomp. Slide between check-ins, with an optional, non-medical AI read. MeThen is a privacy-first progress-photo tracker for lifters who trust the mirror over the scale. Guided check-ins keep every photo shot the same way, your timeline and compares are stored locally, and AI sees photos only for actions you start. HOW IT WORKS 1. Check in: capture front, side, and back with on-screen alignment guides and a self-timer, so every check-in lines up with the last. Got old pics? Import them as backdated check-ins and your timeline builds itself. 2. Watch the trend: browse your timeline and compare any two check-ins side by side — free, unlimited, and entirely on your device. 3. Want a second opinion? Tap Analyze — the first two are free — for a careful, non-medical read of what changed. Choose Cut, Bulk or Recomp. Optional Sunday reminders, streaks and countdown widgets support your weekly ritual. Share a GIF made on your device. Pro Deep Compare adds a photo-based verdict and a V-taper estimate when photos allow. WHAT AN ANALYSIS GIVES YOU • What visibly changed — shoulders, chest, waist, arms, posture, leanness, symmetry — in plain language. • The trend since your last check-in, claimed only when your photos are consistent enough to trust it. • A body-fat estimate as a broad range, clearly labeled a rough guess from photos — never fake-precision decimals. An optional height, weight, or measurement sharpens it locally and is never sent by MeThen. • A better-photo suggestion when lighting, angle, or clothing would make any read unreliable — instead of a guess. • Follow-up questions: 10 successful replies a day free. Pro removes the daily reply cap for normal personal use. DEEP COMPARE (PRO) Pick any two check-ins and Deep Compare sends both sets of photos to the AI so it reads the change directly: leaner or softer, and by roughly how much — sharper than comparing summaries. It asks for your OK first, every single time. HONEST BY DESIGN No scores, no grades, no shame. MeThen describes what the camera shows, gently — and when lighting, pump, or time of day could exaggerate a change, it says so instead of inventing progress (or panic). It is a fitness tool, not a medical one: every result carries a non-medical disclaimer and body-fat figures are estimates, not measurements. A wellbeing page is one tap away if the numbers stop helping: https://lightpathapps.com/apps/methen/wellbeing/ PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos and check-ins are stored on your device, with no sign-in, ads, or tracking. When you tap Analyze, Gemini receives the selected photos, its journal note, and a compact prior-result summary if available; Deep Compare sends both sets. Photo metadata is stripped and requests aren't used to train models. Google may retain request data temporarily for safety or caching, as detailed in the privacy policy. Chat never resends photos. PLANS & PRICING Free: unlimited check-ins, timeline, side-by-side compare, 2 AI analyses, and 10 chat replies a day. Pro: unlimited AI analyses, Deep Compare, and follow-up chat for normal personal use. Pro is available monthly or yearly. The App Store shows your local price and any introductory offer for which you're eligible. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID, and you can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://lightpathapps.com/apps/methen/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://lightpathapps.com/apps/methen/privacy/ MeThen gives general, non-medical fitness observations from photos. It is not medical advice, and body-fat figures are broad estimates, not measurements.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Skinframe at every 3 days against MeThen's every 9 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Skinframe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and MeThen sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Skinframe ships an update every 3 days, MeThen every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skinframe | MeThen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SailQuery LLC | LightPath Apps, LLC |
In-app purchases
Skinframe
- Skinframe Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Skinframe Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
MeThen
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year









