ComfiSkin vs OnSkin
OnSkin is a product scanner sold through weekly subscriptions, made by a studio that runs the same playbook across a dozen apps. ComfiSkin reads labels and checks products against your skin for free, with no sign-up.
The short answer
OnSkin is a weekly subscription dressed up as a skincare app. At its top price you’d pay about $415 a year to read ingredient labels. Recent reviewers say they can’t even get past the paywall to try it, and the app tracks your location and purchases for advertising.
What that means: it’s built to bill you, not to help you. If you’ve got an OnSkin trial running, cancel it today. ComfiSkin does the same job for free.
Side by side
| ComfiSkin | OnSkin | |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | Nothing | Weekly plans from $4.99 to $7.99, about $415 a year at the top1 |
| Can you use it without paying? | Yes, all of it | Recent reviewers say a paywall blocks the way2 |
| A free trial that turns into a charge | No trials, ever | Yes1 |
| Tracks you across other apps | No | Yes, including your location and purchases1 |
| Who makes it | A team that only does skincare | AIBY, a studio that also makes coin, plant and horoscope apps1 |
| Sister apps that identify coins and plants | No | Yes |
Weekly billing is designed to look small
OnSkin sells “Weekly Premium Access” at prices from $4.99 to $7.99, including a weekly plan that starts with a free trial.1 Weekly pricing exists for one reason: it makes a big number feel small. $7.99 doesn’t sound like much until it’s been taken 52 times. That’s $415 a year, more than most people spend on the skincare itself.
And you may not even get a look before paying. When we checked, 17 of the 50 most recent App Store reviews gave one or two stars.2
“Can’t go past ‘Avoid Toxic Skincare with OnskinPro’. I just want the free option.”
“I’ve been paying an auto-renewing WEEKLY subscription fee…”
Another reviewer found the same product listed several times with different ratings.2 So you can pay every week for results that don’t agree with themselves. ComfiSkin has no subscription at all. Scanning, explanations, routine checks and reminders are free, so there’s nothing to start, renew or forget to cancel.
What that means for you: a small weekly charge is designed to feel like nothing, right up until you read your bank statement.
Your skin is one more funnel
OnSkin is made by AIBY, an app studio whose other apps include a chatbot, a plant identifier, a coin identifier, a horoscope app and a calorie tracker.1 Making lots of apps isn’t a crime. But when the same weekly-subscription model runs through a studio’s whole catalogue, the subscription is the product. Skincare is just the way in.
ComfiSkin only does skincare, and has no subscription to protect. It earns your trust by being useful, not by being hard to leave.
What that means for you: OnSkin looks built to sell subscriptions first and help your skin second.
It tracks you, and tells two different stories
On the App Store, OnSkin lists six kinds of data used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, including your purchases, location and identifiers.1 On Google Play, it says it shares no data with third parties, while also listing your approximate location as collected for advertising.3 Tracking helps an app like this find its next subscriber. The mismatch means you can’t be sure which account is true.
ComfiSkin shows no ads and has nothing to track you for. Your skin profile, shelf and notes stay on your phone.
What that means for you: the app tells the two app stores two different stories about your data. ComfiSkin doesn’t need a story, because it doesn’t collect it.
What to do if you’ve tried OnSkin
- Check whether you’re still paying. On an iPhone, open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions. On Android, open the Play Store, tap your profile, then Payments and subscriptions.
- Never pay weekly for something you’ll use for months. It’s the most expensive way to pay for any app.
- Scan your products in ComfiSkin instead. Same job, no charge, no trial.
Sources
- OnSkin on the US App Store: in-app purchases, “More by AIBY” and App Privacy label. apps.apple.com
- Apple’s public feed of the 50 most recent US App Store reviews of OnSkin, read 11 October 2026. itunes.apple.com
- OnSkin on Google Play, data safety section. play.google.com
More comparisons
Scan labels for free
No weekly plan, no trial to cancel.
- Free, all of itNo plans, trials or paywalls. Every feature, for everyone.
- No sign-upNo account, no email, no password to lose.
- No ads, no trackingNothing about you is sold, shared or followed around the web.
- Your notes stay on your phoneWith a password-protected backup that only you control.
- Never asks for your faceIt reads the label, not you.
- Answers for your skinYour skin type, concerns, avoid list and routine, every time.