Closed beta · spring 2026

A clearer way to choose
what goes on your skin.

Skincareful is a skincare app that checks products against your skin profile, routine, and ingredient concerns before you buy or apply them. You get a plain verdict, the reason behind it, and reviews from people with skin like yours. Core checks stay free.

Explore the ingredient checker·Explore the routine checker
No spam. We'll email TestFlight and Play Store invites before launch.
◉ App features

Built to make the shelf feel less random.

Product Verdict
9:30
Product verdicts
Check the fit first
Get a Good / Caution / Avoid verdict based on your profile, concerns, and the routine you already use.

Four steps. That's it.

1
Tell us about your skin
90-second quiz: type, concerns, climate.
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2
Scan or search
Look up products or scan labels in the beta database.
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3
See if it fits
Good / Caution / Avoid, with a plain reason.
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4
Build a routine
AM/PM slots with compatibility notes built in.
◉ Why Skincareful

Less guessing, fewer half-used bottles. More honest context before you choose.

01
Built around your context
This skincare app uses your profile, concerns, and routine instead of assuming one bestseller fits everyone.
02
Answers with the details included
Chat can use your profile, saved products, routine, and check-ins, so you do not have to explain your skin from scratch every time.
03
The basics stay open
Ingredient checks, product lookups, verdicts, and routine checks belong in the free tier. Paid features cover heavier AI and scanning costs.
04
Warnings before the mistake
A lot of us learn active-ingredient rules the hard way: vitamin C is usually a morning step, retinol is usually a night step, and piling them together can irritate your skin. Skincareful flags those routine conflicts before your skin has to.
The Skincareful founders
§ Why we're building this

Built by two people who got tired of guessing.

Hi! I'm Eric. My wife and I started Skincareful after she spent years, and a lot of money, trying to find a routine that didn't make her skin worse. Every product had a hype video. None of them made it clear whether it was actually right for her.
I knew the feeling too: standing awkwardly in Target, reading labels, trying to figure out what was best for me, and still walking out frustrated.

We're a small team of two, building this in the open. No growth team, no mystery roadmap, no pretending skincare is simple. Just an app we wish had existed when we needed it, and a product we'll keep explaining as we build.

— Eric & Victoria
Founders · building from CA

The basic checks should be free.

Product lookups, ingredient context, scoring, and routine compatibility are part of the free tier. Skincareful+ covers features with real compute cost: deeper chat, more scans, and more comparisons.

Free
$0 · forever
  • ✓ Ingredient + product database access
  • ✓ Product scoring and verdicts
  • ✓ Routine builder with compatibility
  • ✓ Community reviews and skin twin matching
  • ✓ 10 package scans / week
  • ✓ 3 AI chats / week (shorter context)
  • ✓ 5 AI comparisons / week
Skincareful+
$4.99/month
  • ✓ Everything in Free
  • ✓ Unlimited package scans
  • ✓ Unlimited AI chat (deeper context)
  • ✓ Unlimited AI comparisons
  • ✓ Priority beta features
◉ What we're building

A roadmap, in plain sight.

Here's what's shipping, what's queued, and what we're still testing. We'll update it as the beta changes.

Ongoing
Now
  • →Expanding the product and ingredient databases with new SKUs each week.
  • →Reading tester feedback and turning the clearest requests into shipped changes.
  • →Polishing the app so the product feels calmer and more consistent.
▮ Every week
Next
Q2 — Q3
  • 01Smarter skin check-ins that help explain what changed, not just keep a streak alive.
  • 02Optional check-in context for AI Chat, so answers can account for recent dryness, irritation, or breakouts.
▮ In design
Later
Exploring
  • ·Makeup routine imports with compatibility checks against your skincare routine.
▮ Idea stage
Have a request? The roadmap moves with tester feedback. Tell us what would make the app more useful, and we'll read it.
Send a request →
◉ Join the beta
Skincareful

Make the next product feel less like a guess.

Small beta cohorts, TestFlight and Play Store invites, and room for honest feedback.