Comparison

HandBook Nails vs Nail Vault

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

Head to head
About

HandBook Nails

Organize your nail polish collection, log manicures, and discover new colors. Save shades to personal folders, track your worn looks, and follow friends to see their latest nail styles. Perfect for nail enthusiasts and professionals alike.

Highlights
  • Save nail colors to personal folders
  • Log manicures with photos and color tags
  • Track worn nail colors
  • Follow friends and view their nail feeds
  • Discover new nail colors from the community
  • Offline access to Nail Files
Features
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HandBook is a serious solution for an unserious problem: choosing your next nail color. No more stress trying to find that color reference photo you know you saved somewhere. It’s lost across several apps, on your camera roll, in a text, or in a notes app. Whether you're a salon regular, a devoted DIY-er, or a nail professional, HandBook gives you a beautiful home to store your color details. Save colors to your personal Nail Files. Log your manicures. Follow friends. Discover what the nail community is wearing right now. SAVE COLORS TO NAIL FILE FOLDERS Build your personal color collection the way you actually think about polish. Save any color to Want to Wear, Favorites, or Worn. Tag and filter with your personal organizational system. Pin your current obsessions to the top. Search in seconds when you’re on the spot at your next appointment. Your Nail Files work even when you're offline — so you can reference your collection in the salon chair, wherever you are. LOG YOUR MANICURES Just got a fresh set? Log it. Snap a photo, tag the colors you wore, and add it to your manicure history. Multi-color looks and nail art are fully supported with the option to tag every color in the look. Every manicure you log builds a personal gallery that's yours forever. See how many times you've worn your favorite shade. Rediscover looks you'd forgotten. Watch your color themes emerge over time. SEE WHAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE INTO Follow the nail lovers in your life and see every look they log in a beautifully curated feed. Tap any color in a friend's post to save it directly to your own Nail Files — no searching required. Like looks you love. Get notified when someone loves yours. BUILT FOR NAIL PEOPLE, BY NAIL PEOPLE HandBook is built for the person who notices the difference between a chrome and a glitter finish, who saves reference photos before every appointment, who has OG brand color names memorized and for those into discovering indie polish brands nobody else knows yet. If you’re never not polished, HandBook was made for you.

About

Nail Vault

Organize your nail polish collection with photos and descriptions. Quickly find shades, plan manicures, and avoid buying duplicates. Manage your stash or professional collection visually.

Highlights
  • Catalog nail polish with photos
  • Search and filter collection
  • Create curated boards for looks
  • Mark favorite shades
  • Maintain a wishlist
  • Plan manicures visually
Features
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Nail Vault is the beautiful way to keep your entire nail polish collection in your pocket. Snap a photo of every shade you own, find what you're looking for in seconds, and never buy a duplicate again. Whether you're a polish lover with a growing stash or a nail tech managing a full color wall, Nail Vault turns a messy drawer of bottles into a gorgeous, searchable collection you'll actually enjoy using. SNAP IT, SAVE IT • Add any polish with just a photo and a quick caption — no fussy forms • Every card picks up the true color from your photo, so your vault looks like your real collection • Mark the shades you love so your go-to colors are always one tap away • Keep a Wishlist of polishes you're still hunting for BROWSE A COLLECTION THAT FEELS ALIVE • Flip through your vault in a clean, visual grid • Swipe through full-screen looks, one shade at a time • Search your captions to find any polish in an instant • Filter by Loved, Has Photo, or Wishlist — or explore by season BUILD BOARDS FOR EVERY LOOK • Group polishes into curated boards — seasonal palettes, wedding looks, everyday neutrals, bold classics • Plan your next manicure before you ever open a bottle SHOW YOUR NAIL TECH EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT • Open any look full-screen to show the salon precisely the shade you mean FREE TO START Save up to 50 polishes and 3 boards completely free. UPGRADE TO PRO • Unlimited polishes and unlimited boards • Share a Look — export any shade or board as a beautiful card • Appointment Mode — present a swipeable deck of looks to your nail tech • Find Similar — surface the closest shades already in your vault, so you'll know if you have a dupe • Custom board covers and pinned boards • Multi-select to bulk-organize in one tap Download Nail Vault and give your polish the home it deserves. Privacy Policy: https://www.viltrumapps.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.viltrumapps.com/terms

Screenshots

HandBook Nails4 screens
Nail Vault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HandBook Nails at none against Nail Vault's 1. HandBook Nails also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Nail Vault sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. HandBook Nails asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HandBook Nails against 5.0 for Nail Vault. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HandBook Nails has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HandBook Nails versus Nail Vault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandBook NailsNail Vault
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB40 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHandBookViltrum Apps LLC

Customer experience

HandBook Nails

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nail Vault

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HandBook Nails

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Nail Vault

Subscriptions1
  • Nail Vault Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month

Questions

Is HandBook Nails free?
HandBook Nails is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nail Vault free?
Nail Vault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HandBook Nails or Nail Vault?
HandBook Nails and Nail Vault are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do HandBook Nails or Nail Vault have ads?
Neither HandBook Nails nor Nail Vault shows ads.

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