SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup vs ColorKnow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup
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Find your exact foundation shade from one selfie. No quizzes, no guessing, no wasted bottles. SHA'DEY measures your skin colour with your phone camera and matches it to foundation shades we've measured ourselves. Not the model on the box. Not a website swatch. Not a quiz. FOUNDATION MATCH Take a selfie. SHA'DEY reads your skin across five facial zones and matches your measured colour to foundation shades from MAC, Fenty Beauty, Maybelline and more. You get your best match, plus a deeper and a lighter alternative when there's a close one. Every foundation shade in our catalog was measured from the physical product with a colorimeter, not copied from a brand website. You're matched colour to colour, not sorted into an undertone box. Unlock Foundation Match once for $9.99 and match as often as you like. That's less than one wrong foundation bought online. Before you pay, SHA'DEY checks that your shade is within the range we cover. If it isn't, you won't be asked to pay. LIPSTICK, LINER, GLOSS & BLUSH Lipstick matching is free, no account needed. Create a free account to unlock liner, gloss and blush recommendations matched to your skin tone and depth. Each result shows the shade swatch, brand, product name, finish and buyer rating. MY NUDE Sample your natural lip tone with your camera and find the shades closest to your actual lip colour. Your lips, but better. FOR EVERY SKIN TONE Fair, light, medium, tan, rich, deep. Because SHA'DEY measures your actual skin colour instead of asking you to guess, it works the same way for every complexion and undertone. MAYA โ YOUR AI MAKEUP ARTIST Maya explains why each shade works for your skin, how to apply it, and the liner and gloss that complete the look. Every consultation is written for your skin profile and that exact shade. YOUR PRIVACY Your photo is never stored. SHA'DEY does not track you. KEY FEATURES - Foundation shade match from a single selfie - Best match plus deeper and lighter alternatives - Catalog shades measured from real product, not website images - One-time $9.99 Foundation unlock, unlimited matches - Free lipstick matching, no account needed - Liner, gloss and blush with a free account - My Nude: shades matched to your natural lip colour - Works for every skin tone, fair to deep - MAC, Fenty Beauty, Maybelline, NARS, NYX and more, with links to shop your match - Photo never stored, no tracking PURCHASES Foundation Match: one-time $9.99 unlock. SHA'DEY Premium (Maya consultations): $4.09/month or $32.99/year. Foundation Match and Premium are separate purchases. Find your shade. Own your look. SHA'DEY. The shade of you. Terms of Use: https://shadey.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://shadey.app/privacy/
ColorKnow
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Your skin leans one way โ golden, pink, or somewhere between. Colors that go with that direction look like they belong to you. Colors that run against it make your skin look tired. That is why the same lipstick can be lovely on a friend and wrong on you. Nothing was wrong with the lipstick, and nothing is wrong with your skin. MEASURED, NOT GUESSED Most color apps read a single photo. But your camera receives light and skin mixed together and cannot separate them โ which is why one app calls you warm in the evening and cool the next morning. That is a physics problem, not something a better algorithm has fixed. ColorKnow asks you to hold a plain sheet of white paper in the shot. A white sheet should come out white; when it comes out yellow, that yellow belongs to the lamp. Knowing how far off one object of known color came out tells us how far off everything else in the frame came out โ including your skin. WHAT YOU GET ยท Your skin tone as a measured value, not an impression ยท Which way your undertone leans, and what that means for you ยท A palette worked out from your measurement โ each color explains why it is there ยท How closely your readings agreed with each other, shown openly YOUR FACE STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No photo is taken. Color is read live from the camera and the frame is thrown away. Only numbers are kept โ never anything that could rebuild your face. The app asks for camera access and nothing else: not storage, not your photo library. Sign in and those numbers sync to your account so a new phone finds them. Stay signed out and nothing leaves this phone. WHAT THIS IS NOT The tone is measured. The colors are worked out from that measurement. They are not a stylist's opinion, not a season label, and not matched to real products yet โ we would rather tell you that than dress a calculation up as expertise. You will need two minutes, a sheet of white paper and a window in daylight.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ColorKnow at none against SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup's 3. ColorKnow also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. ColorKnow asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup | ColorKnow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GenXUnited Holdings Inc. | Quy Huynh Van |
In-app purchases
SHA'DEY Foundation/Lip/Makeup
- SHA'DEY Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- SHA'DEY Premium Annually$23.991 Year
- Foundation Match Unlock$9.99
ColorKnow
No in-app purchases
Questions
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