ComfiSkin vs SkinSAFE
SkinSAFE is meant to protect people with allergies and sensitive skin, then charges for the part that does the protecting. ComfiSkin checks your avoid list against every product you scan, for free.
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The short answer
SkinSAFE is an allergy app that charges for the allergy part. Reviewers say matching your avoid list needs a $59.99-a-year subscription, and some say it has marked products safe that contained ingredients on their list. It also shares your device ID for advertising.
What that means: you could pay for an app that tells you something is safe when it isn’t, and for allergies that mistake lands on your skin. Read every label yourself, and use ComfiSkin to check your avoid list for free.
Side by side
| ComfiSkin | SkinSAFE | |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | Nothing | Premium, $8.99 a month or $59.99 a year1 |
| Checks your avoid list on every scan | Yes, free | Paywalled, reviewers say2 |
| Shows you the matches so you can check | Yes, first on screen | Reviewers say results can be wrong2 |
| Shares your device ID for advertising | No | Yes, says its Google Play listing3 |
| An account that can log you out | No account at all | Yes |
| On the App Store since | More recently | 2015 |
The part you need is the part you pay for
SkinSAFE sells Premium at $8.99 a month or $59.99 a year.1 When we checked, 28 of its 50 most recent App Store reviews gave one or two stars, and several said the free version stops right before the thing people downloaded it for.2
“I just want a basic app to help me compare a small list of allergies to products.”
Charging people with allergies for the allergy check is a choice. ComfiSkin made the opposite one: your avoid list is checked against every product you scan, free, forever.
What that means for you: the free version won’t do the one thing you downloaded it for.
When an allergy app gets it wrong
Other reviewers were worried about accuracy. One said its ingredient and allergen information is “very often incorrect”. Another said it “will tell you products are safe to use even with unsafe ingredients listed”. A third said it “logs you out all the time”.2
For most apps, a mistake is annoying. For an allergy app, a mistake is a rash. If it says “safe” when a product contains something on your list, you’ll trust it, put it on your skin and find out the hard way, with days of red, itchy skin to show for it.
ComfiSkin checks your avoid list against the full ingredient list of every product you scan and puts any matches first, so you can see them with your own eyes rather than taking a green tick on trust.
What that means for you: trust an app’s “safe” without checking and you could end up with inflamed skin. ComfiSkin shows its working.
It shares data for advertising
On Google Play, SkinSAFE says it shares device IDs with other companies for purposes including advertising or marketing, along with payment information.3 On the App Store, it lists identifiers as data used to track you.1 People tell an app like this about their allergies and skin conditions. ComfiSkin shows no ads, and your avoid list, skin profile and notes stay on your phone.
What that means for you: an app you trust with your allergies is helping advertisers recognise your phone.
What to do if you have an allergy
- Read the full label yourself, every time. No app should be your only check.
- Learn the other names for what you avoid. Fragrance often appears as “parfum”, and some fragrance ingredients are listed by their own names, such as linalool or limonene.
- Put your avoid list in ComfiSkin. It checks every product you scan and shows matches first, for free. If you react to something, see a dermatologist.
Sources
- SkinSAFE: Ingredient Scanner on the US App Store: in-app purchases, release history and App Privacy label. apps.apple.com
- Apple’s public feed of the 50 most recent US App Store reviews of SkinSAFE, read 11 October 2026. itunes.apple.com
- SkinSAFE on Google Play, data safety section. play.google.com
More comparisons
Check your avoid list for free
Tell it what you avoid, and it checks every bottle.
- 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.