SkinSort tells you what's in the bottle.
ClearSkin tells you which one is breaking you out.
SkinSort does ingredient analysis well. ClearSkin tracks the same ingredients in your actual routine, then correlates them with your breakouts, so you see which products and ingredients matter for your skin specifically. Free, on-device, no account.
Free. No account required.
Ingredient tracking, but personal
ClearSkin records every ingredient in your routine and the days you used it, then surfaces the ones that line up with your worst breakouts. Generic ingredient ratings cannot do this, only your own log can.
Habits and ingredients, side by side
Diet, sleep, stress, cycle phase, and products live in one log. When a breakout pattern shows up, you see whether the trigger is on your face or in your life.
On-device, no account, free
Everything stays on your phone. No sign-up, no community profile, no cloud sync, no paywall. You can use the entire app offline and delete it without leaving anything behind on a server.
Built around the research
Categories and prompts are based on what peer-reviewed studies show actually drives acne, not what helps a brand sell product or what a community ranking optimizes for.
Frequently asked questions
Should I use SkinSort or ClearSkin?
They answer different questions, and they pair well. SkinSort is strong at top-layer ingredient analysis, scoring a formula, flagging conflicts like retinol with an AHA, and finding dupes. ClearSkin sits one layer deeper. It tracks the ingredients you actually use, alongside your sleep, stress, diet, and cycle, and correlates them with your breakouts. Vet what you buy with SkinSort, then track what it does to your skin in ClearSkin.
Does ClearSkin actually track ingredients?
Yes. You log the products in your routine and ClearSkin records the ingredients and the days each one was applied. When a breakout pattern emerges, the app surfaces the ingredients that lined up with it, alongside any habits that did the same. The goal is to separate the products that are helping from the ones that are quietly making things worse for you.
Is ClearSkin free?
Yes. There is no paid tier, no in-app purchase, no subscription. Every feature is available from day one. ClearSkin is designed to be used until you have your answer and then closed, not to keep you paying month after month.
Is my data private?
Yes. Everything stays on your phone. There is no account, no sign-up, no cloud sync, no telemetry, and no community profile. You can use the app entirely offline, and deleting it removes your log completely because nothing was ever stored on a server.
- Static ingredient ratings
- Generic flags like 'good for acne'
- Routine builder from product library
- Community ratings and forums
- Account and cloud profile
- Freemium with paid tier
- Tracks ingredients in your real routine
- Personal correlations from your own log
- Habits, ingredients, and triggers in one view
- No community, no comparisons, no scoring
- On-device, no account, no telemetry
- Free, no paid tier, no in-app purchases
Pair the ingredient analysis with the personal data.
Use SkinSort to vet what is in the bottle. Use ClearSkin to find out which of those ingredients your skin is actually responding to. Free on iOS.
Free. No account required.