Comparison

Perfumedia vs Nosebox

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

Head to head
About

Perfumedia

Track your perfume collection, discover new scents, and get personalized recommendations. Log your daily wear, analyze your scent preferences, and compare prices from various retailers. Connect with a community of fragrance enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Fragrance collection tracking
  • Daily wear logging
  • Scent personality analysis
  • Price comparison across retailers
  • New release discovery
  • Community features
Features
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Perfumedia is the collection tracker for people who actually wear their perfume. YOUR COLLECTION, FREE AT ANY SIZE Add every bottle you own. There is no limit on the free plan, whether you have ten or five hundred. Search a catalogue of 50,000+ fragrances from designer, niche and Middle Eastern houses, or point the camera at a bottle and it is identified and on your shelf in seconds. KNOW WHAT TO WEAR Log what you wore each day, keep a streak, and see your most and least worn bottles, cost per wear and what you reach for by season. A daily pick suggests one bottle from your own shelf, tuned to the weather and your taste, and shows its reasoning. YOUR SCENT PERSONALITY A short quiz builds your Scent DNA: the notes, families and moods you gravitate to. It reveals your scent personality, matches perfumes to your profile, and gets sharper with every bottle you add and rate. EVERY PRICE, ALWAYS FREE Every fragrance page compares prices across trusted retailers so you always know where a bottle is cheapest. Price comparison and buying are free for everyone, forever. DISCOVER New releases with full notes the week they launch. Reviews and ratings from real wearers. Ask a question about any perfume and get an answer grounded in the catalogue. COMMUNITY Follow friends, see what they are wearing, share your shelf and compare collections. Post reviews, vote on notes and comment. PREMIUM Perfumedia is free to use. Premium adds price-drop alerts and price history on your wishlist, unlimited bottle scanning, unlimited Ask, an unlimited wishlist, your personality's signature scents, community posting and collection export. Have a promo code? Redeem it on the Premium screen. Subscriptions are billed to your Apple ID and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://perfumediapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://perfumediapp.com/privacy

About

Nosebox

Features
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Nosebox is your personal perfume tracker — the Letterboxd for fragrance. Scan a bottle, tap a face (Love / Like / Okay / Nope), and you’re done in about ten seconds. Build Owned, Wishlist, and Never Buy Again shelves. Keep samples and decants in one place. Share SOTD and scent-profile cards that actually look worth posting. WHY NOSEBOX • Built for PerfumeTok and collectors — not a giant catalog you never open • Offline-friendly logging when you’re at the counter • Your nose, your data: bottles grow from your scans and confirmations — no third-party scrapes FREE • Unlimited daily wear logging • 15 full bottles on Owned (samples and decants do not count) • Bottle scanner — 10 scans a month • Add bottles and samples in one go — brand and name, then the next • Sort your shelf by Least worn to see what's missing from your rotation • Three shelves + sample / decant library • Juice remaining estimates • Basic stats and streak • Fragrance-family stats • Yearly Wrapped • SOTD share cards • Export JSON, wear CSV, or a shelf CSV — always free NOSEBOX PRO — $4.99/month or $29.99/year • Drydown timeline with timed check-ins (30m / 2h / 8h) • Note affinity — the notes you keep loving and avoid • Unlimited full bottles and scans • Cost per wear Payment charged to your Apple ID; subscription renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy: https://nosebox.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://nosebox.app/terms-of-service Support: hi@nosebox.app

Screenshots

Perfumedia4 screens
Nosebox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nosebox at 5.0 against Perfumedia's 2.9. Perfumedia's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). 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. Perfumedia sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Nosebox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nosebox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perfumedia has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Perfumedia ships an update every 8 days, Nosebox every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Perfumedia versus Nosebox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerfumediaNosebox
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDANIEL BROMBERG弘宇 杨

Customer experience

Perfumedia

All ratings13 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Nosebox

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Perfumedia

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Nosebox

Subscriptions2
  • Nosebox Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Nosebox Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Perfumedia free?
Perfumedia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nosebox free?
Nosebox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Perfumedia or Nosebox?
Nosebox is rated higher. Perfumedia averages 2.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Nosebox averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Perfumedia or Nosebox have ads?
Neither Perfumedia nor Nosebox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Perfumedia or Nosebox?
Perfumedia ships an update every 8 days, and Nosebox every 5 weeks. Most recently, Perfumedia was updated on October 24, 2026 and Nosebox on October 24, 2026.

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