The Glam vs Ask Selfy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
The Glam
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The Glam is your personal beauty companion โ helping you discover salons, stay on top of appointments, manage your products, and never run out of your favourites again. Whether you're looking for a new salon, tracking your next treatment, building your product collection, or saving tutorials to watch later โ The Glam brings it all together beautifully. SALONS Find and save all your favourite salons in one place. Store the address, phone number, website, and personal notes (like "always ask for Maria" or "park on the side street"). Tap to call or open their website directly from the app. Never lose track of a salon you love. APPOINTMENTS Never miss a treatment again. Log every salon visit with the date, service, cost, and notes. Set reminders so you always know when your next appointment is due. Review your full history and see exactly how much you've spent โ by salon and by service type โ over the last 12 months. PRODUCTS Build your personal beauty product library. Save products with category, price, star rating, and your own notes. Add multiple retailers so you always know where to buy and at what price โ and get reminders when it's time to restock. SHOPPING LIST Never run out of your beauty essentials. Products you flag for restocking appear in your Shopping List automatically. Tap a retailer link to buy straight away, or search Google Shopping to find the best price right now. HOW-TO VIDEOS Save beauty tutorials, technique guides, and product reviews from YouTube, Instagram, or anywhere online. Organise them by category and open any video instantly โ your own personal beauty library, always at hand. BRANDS Keep track of the brands you love. Save their website, country of origin, price range, loyalty card details, and any discount codes or vouchers โ all in one tidy card. BUDGET TRACKER Finally take control of your beauty spend. See a clear breakdown of what you're spending on products by category, your annual salon costs by service type, and your total beauty budget in one place โ so you can make smarter choices and stay on top of your spending. INTERNATIONAL The Glam supports UK (ยฃ), US ($), and European (โฌ) currency. Set your region in Profile for the right currency everywhere. FREE & PRO Get started for free with core features. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited entries across every section. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ask Selfy
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Ask Selfy is your personal beauty guide. Six quick taps about your coloring and Selfy puts your color season together, then shows you what to do with it. What you get Your season, explained. Warmth, depth, softness, contrast. The colors that love you, the ones that pick a fight, and why. A feed made for your coloring. Looks and guides matched to your skin, eyes and hair. Every look opens with the steps first, the products after. Before and after on every look. Drag the slider and see the difference, on a woman who shares your coloring. Try it on you. Pick a look, take a selfie, see it on your own face. One try-on is free. Your photo is used in the moment and never stored. Selfy, on tap. Ask her anything about makeup, hair color, or what to wear with what. She answers like a friend who happens to be a makeup artist. Saves that follow you. Keep the looks you love. Sign in once and they come with you to any phone. New in 2.0 A faster quiz, no account needed to start. A season reveal the moment you finish. A bigger library with new looks added every month, and 3 new looks unlocked for free every week. Before and after on hair color. Clearer difficulty on every look: Easy, Medium, Advanced. Selfy membership Membership unlocks the full feed, more try-ons on your own face and more time with Selfy. Weekly, monthly and 3-month plans, priced in USD and shown before you pay. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Free users see ads; members do not. Your privacy Your selfie is used in the moment and never stored. We do not use facial recognition. We keep only the color attributes that describe your style, and you can delete them, and your account, from inside the app. Ask Selfy is for adults 18 and over. Terms of Use (EULA): https://selfy-us-client.onrender.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://selfy-us-client.onrender.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The Glam at none against Ask Selfy's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. The Glam sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Ask Selfy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The Glam ships an update every 2 weeks, Ask Selfy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Glam | Ask Selfy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks โ better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Andrew Nixon | Perfectly Content MANAGEMENT LTD |
In-app purchases
The Glam
- Glam Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
Ask Selfy
- Premium Weekly7 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Premium Monthly$13.991 Month









