Beeuty vs Glamora: Two Free Face Scanners, Compared Honestly

The short answer

These two are genuinely similar: free to start, a front-camera face scan, a skin age estimate, a routine and the ability to compare scans. Glamora adds a skincare chatbot and describes reports as stored on your device. Beeuty adds a zone-by-zone face map, skin type and phototype estimates, an ingredient guide and a label-reading Ingredient Check, and states how long photos are kept and what the results are.

If a chatbot you can ask "can I use this with retinol?" is the feature you want, Glamora has it and Beeuty answers that question differently, through its ingredient tools. If you want to see where on your face a score comes from, and you care that the app says plainly it is not a medical device, Beeuty is the pick.

Everything below is from each vendor's App Store listing and website, last checked 21 October 2026.

What each app actually is

Glamora: AI Skin Scanner is published by Shopsense Retail Technologies, the company behind the GlamAR beauty-tech platform that sells AR try-on tools to brands and retailers. The App Store listing (iPhone and iPad, iOS 15.6 or later, around 63 MB, version 1.0.3 released August 2025) describes a front-camera scan that scores "14+ skin metrics", including acne, wrinkles and fine lines, texture, redness, dark spots and pigmentation, pore visibility, skin type, skin tone and a skin age estimate. It then suggests a morning and evening routine, offers a skincare chatbot, and stores reports so you can compare scans. The listing says no fees or payment are required to get started, that scans stay on your device, and that sign-in is requested to store reports and track progress. GlamAR also describes an Android version. At the time of writing the US listing had not accumulated enough ratings to show a score, and the listing calls the app a "real skin health scanner" without a medical disclaimer.

Beeuty ("AI Skin & Face Scanner: beeuty") is an iPhone and iPad app (iOS 16.4 or later, version 1.2 as of October 2026). One selfie produces a 0–100 skin score, an estimated skin age (Glow Age), skin type and Fitzpatrick phototype, and a face map of acne and blemishes, pores and texture, fine lines, sun damage, hydration and redness. It builds an ingredient-led routine, offers an ingredient guide and an Ingredient Check that reads a product label from a photo, and keeps a history with the score trend. Free with an optional PRO subscription; analysis photos deleted after 30 days; results stated to be cosmetic estimates, not a medical device.

Side by side

Last checked 21 October 2026.

Where Glamora is the better choice

• The chatbot. Being able to ask a routine question in plain language inside the app is a real convenience, and Beeuty does not have a chat interface.
• Android. GlamAR describes an Android version; Beeuty is iOS only.
• Older iPhones. Glamora supports iOS 15.6; Beeuty needs 16.4.
• Local-only storage, if that is what you want. The listing says scans stay on your device, which some people will prefer to any server-side processing.
• Smaller download. About a quarter of the size.

Where Beeuty is the better choice

• The face map. A list of metric scores tells you that redness is 62. A zone map tells you it is the cheeks and not the chin, which changes what you do about it.
• Ingredient tools instead of a chatbot. The ingredient guide ranks actives for your scan and flags combinations to keep apart; the Ingredient Check reads any product label. Deterministic, checkable answers rather than generated ones. Read what not to mix for the logic behind it.
• Phototype. Beeuty estimates Fitzpatrick type, which matters for sunscreen and pigmentation advice.
• A stated photo policy. "Deleted after 30 days" is a commitment you can hold the app to. "Stored locally" is good but leaves the period open.
• Honest framing. Beeuty says it is not a medical device. Glamora's listing calls itself a "real skin health scanner" with no disclaimer. Neither app can assess health from a photo, and we think saying so is part of being trustworthy; see AI analysis versus a dermatologist.
• Active development. Beeuty's last update was this month; Glamora's listed version dates from August 2025.

Who should pick which

Pick Glamora if you want a chatbot, you are on Android or an older iPhone, or you prefer scans that never leave the device.

Pick Beeuty if you want to see where each concern sits on your face, you want ingredient-level guidance you can verify, and you want an app that tells you plainly what it is. The skin score guide covers how to read the trend.

Try both if you are choosing a daily driver: scan the same face in the same light with each, compare the reads, and keep the one whose explanation you trust. Neither is a diagnosis; here is what a selfie can and cannot show.

Looking for a Glamora alternative?

If you liked the idea of Glamora but wanted a face map, a clearer privacy statement or a more recently updated app, Beeuty is the nearest alternative on iPhone and iPad. If the chatbot was the main draw, Beeuty's ingredient guide and Ingredient Check answer the same "what should I use and what should I avoid" questions in a different form. The rest of the field, including YouCam, Skin Genius, Skinive, Lumino and Skinify, is in our seven-app comparison.