Comparison

Grail vs Vanity

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

Head to head
About

Grail

Organize your beauty collection, track product expiration dates, and create shareable "Shelfies." This digital vanity helps you manage your skincare and makeup routines without waste.

Highlights
  • Digital vanity for beauty collection
  • Track product expiration dates (PAO)
  • Design and share digital "Shelfies"
  • Visually organize skincare and makeup
  • No account or cloud server required
  • Home Screen widgets (Pro feature)
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Grail Skincare Tracker is the ultimate digital vanity for skincare enthusiasts. Stop managing your expensive beauty routines with clunky spreadsheets or guessing when your products expire. Grail helps you curate your collection, track expiration dates (PAO), and design beautiful "Shelfies" to share with your friends. WHY YOU'LL LOVE GRAIL: — Your Digital Vanity Visually organize your skincare, makeup, and holy grails in one beautifully crafted space. No cluttered UI. Just a clean, premium canvas that makes managing your beauty stash feel like a daily ritual. — Never Waste a Drop Smart PAO (Period After Opening) tracking ensures you never use expired products. Your personal Beauty Coach will gently remind you before any of your expensive investments go to waste. — Curate & Share Dress up your products with premium aesthetic frames. Design stunning digital "Shelfies" of your current routine to save for yourself or share with the skincare community. — Privacy by Design No accounts to create, no cloud servers. Your entire collection stays securely and privately right on your device. GRAIL PRO: Upgrade to Pro to track your entire collection unlimitedly, unlock all premium aesthetic frames, enable Home Screen widgets, and access automated expiry alerts. Protect your beauty investment today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://taide27.github.io/privacy/

About

Vanity

Features
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Which cream was it? The one that finally worked, two winters ago, in a white bottle. Vanity remembers it for you: every product you try, with a photo, a verdict and your own words about it. SNAP THE JAR Take a photo and Vanity cuts the product out of the background and reads the brand, name and size from the label. It all happens on your phone; nothing is uploaded. Check the fields, fix anything, and the product lands on its shelf. A VANITY THAT LOOKS LIKE ONE Skincare, Makeup and Perfume, each with its own hand-painted room. Inside: Face, Lips, Eyes, Hair, Body, Nails and more, and inside those, types like serum, SPF, mascara or lipstick. Add your own types when the list isn't enough. STAMPS, NOT STARS Holy grail. Repurchase. Meh. Never again. Four verdicts in the words you already use, pressed onto the product like a rubber stamp. A year later, "never again" tells you more than three stars ever did. USE IT BEFORE IT TURNS The Expiry tab lines up what runs out first, counted from the day you opened the jar and the months printed on it. FIND IT IN THE AISLE Search by brand, type or any word from your notes. Filter by stamp to see your holy grails at a glance. SHARE AND KEEP Send a friend a pretty PDF of your vanity with photos, stamps and notes. Keep a full backup in a ZIP file and restore it on a new phone. YOURS, ON YOUR PHONE No account and no server of ours. Photos and notes stay on your iPhone and, with Pro, sync through your own iCloud. In English, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Hindi, Ukrainian and Russian. FREE FOR 35 PRODUCTS The first 35 products are free, with every stamp, note, search and expiry date. Pro removes the limit and adds iCloud sync, backup and PDF export. If you cancel, everything you added stays. SUBSCRIPTION AND TERMS Vanity Pro is an auto-renewable subscription: Month ($4.99 per month, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers) or Year ($47.99 per year, charged on purchase). Prices are in US dollars and vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://dmapps.app/vanity/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Grail3 screens
Vanity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Grail at 16.2 against Vanity's 26.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Grail sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Vanity sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Grail versus Vanity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrailVanity
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer锐 张Dmitrii Kopytov

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Grail

Subscriptions1
  • Grail Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time9
  • Frame — Coquette Chic$1.99
  • Frame — Wild Bloom$1.99
  • Frame — Sugar Couture$1.99
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  • Frame — Glazed Aura$1.99
  • Background — Dermic Pure$1.99
  • Background — Texture Fluidy$1.99
  • Background — Organic Matter$1.99
  • Background — Golden Glow$1.99
  • Pro one time purchase$29.99
2 purchases

Vanity

Subscriptions2
  • Month7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Year$47.991 Year

Questions

Is Grail free?
Grail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vanity free?
Vanity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Grail or Vanity have ads?
Neither Grail nor Vanity shows ads.

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