Acloset vs Stylebook: Which Wardrobe App Suits You in 2026?

September 17, 2026 | Comparisons

Acloset and Stylebook both turn the clothes you own into a digital closet, but they come from different eras and charge in opposite ways. Stylebook has been on the App Store since 2009: a one-off $4.99 purchase for iPhone and iPad, made by a small family-run company, built around outfits you collage yourself and records the app keeps for you. Acloset arrived in 2021 and is now a freemium AI assistant for iPhone and Android: free up to 100 items, a subscription beyond that, and an AI stylist you can ask what to wear.

The app details below come from each app's own website, FAQ and store listings, checked on 17 September 2026.

At a Glance

	Acloset	Stylebook
Price	Free up to 100 items, with ads; subscriptions from $3.99 a month or $27.99 a year (£3.99 or £29.99 in the UK) up to Expert at $24.99 a month; paid Beans for some AI extras	$4.99 once in the US, £4.99 in the UK; not a subscription
Item cap	100 free, plus 5 per referred friend (up to 5 friends)	No cap
Adding clothes	AI background removal and attribute detection, order-history and Gmail imports, Chrome extension	AI background removal, bulk import, five ways to add clothes without photos; you record the details
Outfits	AI stylist chat, daily picks for weather and schedule, virtual try-on	Free-form outfit canvas, Outfit Shuffle
Stats	Wear counts, cost-per-wear, closet value, colour and category breakdowns, outfit stats by occasion and style	Closet value, colour breakdown, most and least worn, pieces not worn lately, cost-per-wear
Platforms	iOS and Android, plus a Chrome extension	iPhone and iPad only (iOS 17 or later)
Your data	Stored by Acloset for access on any device	On your device, and in iCloud if enabled
Last App Store update	10 September 2026	15 June 2025
US App Store rating	4.4 stars, 5,156 ratings	4.7 stars, 8,801 ratings

What Each Costs Over a Year

Stylebook is the simple sum. Its FAQ calls it "a one-time charge ($4.99 in the US) - not a subscription", and the UK App Store price is £4.99. Across a first year that works out at about 42 cents (or 42p) a month, with nothing to renew in year two, and no item cap to pay your way past. Backup and sync do need enough available iCloud storage, though Stylebook says a 1,000-item closet uses about 100MB.

Acloset needs no subscription if your wardrobe is small enough. Its FAQ says "Up to 100 items can be added for free, and you can enjoy all the features within the app", and each friend who signs up with your referral code and adds items earns you five permanent extra slots, for up to five friends: 125 items at most. The free version carries ads. Google Play labels the app "Contains ads", and when Acloset announced subscriptions in December 2023 it said the plans would include "ad-free usage and expanded closet space". Some AI extras cost money even under the cap: Acloset's terms say Beans, bought through in-app purchases, pay for things like extra AI Chat messages and saving Beautify or Smart Detector images. Try On uses them too, though a cheaper Basic Try-On option added in August 2026 includes free uses refreshed every day. On the US App Store, 100 Beans cost $1.99 (£1.99 in the UK).

Acloset's website doesn't list subscription prices, but the In-App Purchases section of its App Store listing does: in the US, Basic costs $3.99 a month or $27.99 a year, Premium $9.99 or $59.99, and Expert $24.99 or $147.99; in the UK, Basic is £3.99 or £29.99, Premium £9.99 or £59.99, and Expert £24.99 a month. Acloset's announcements from its 2023–24 switch to subscriptions also say archived items count towards your item limit, that going over it pauses new outfit ideas and calendar entries until you're back under (nothing is deleted), and that it couldn't offer a lifetime payment.

So, with up to 100 items and a tolerance for ads, Acloset is the cheaper year, as long as you don't buy Beans. Past 100 items (125 with referrals), even Acloset's cheapest year, Basic at $27.99 (about $2.33 a month; £29.99 in the UK), costs more than five times Stylebook's one-off price, and Stylebook's average cost keeps falling for every year you use it.

Getting Your Clothes In

Both apps now remove backgrounds with AI, even though some older comparisons still describe Stylebook's tool as manual.

Acloset automates more of the job. Its FAQ says that when you upload a photo, "AI automatically removes the background and detects attributes", and its Smart Detector picks individual items out of selfies, mirror shots and full-body photos. Instead of photographing everything, you can import order histories from online shops or purchase emails from Gmail, and the Chrome extension saves clothes straight from shopping sites, filling in category, colour, season and pattern. The FAQ adds that supported shops vary by country and that imported details should be checked before saving.

Stylebook's version 10, which the developer called its "most extensive update ever with 30+ new features", added AI import tools. Its FAQ now says Stylebook "has AI-powered background removal tools that instantly cut out almost any clothing image", and when you import a large batch of photos they're all cut out at once, with the option to file them in bulk. You don't strictly need photos: the FAQ lists five ways to add clothes without taking any, including drag and drop, a built-in catalogue of clothing images, and AI image generation from text, which needs Apple Intelligence. What Stylebook doesn't describe is detecting the details: colour (from more than 100 shades), brand, fabric, size, season and price are fields you record per item.

Whichever app you choose, our guide to photographing clothes for a wardrobe app is worth a look first.

Styling: Ask an AI, or Build It Yourself

This is the real divide.

Acloset's AI stylist takes questions from "what should I wear today?" to "does this match?". Its FAQ says the AI "recommends outfits by considering your closet, the weather, and the occasion", and gets more specific if you describe your style preferences in the chat. The listing adds daily suggestions for the weather and your schedule, plus an analysis of the colours and silhouettes that suit you. A "Style with an Item" option keeps the pieces you've already chosen and fills only the empty categories from your wardrobe, and Try On dresses an AI avatar made from your photo in your own clothes. Since a June 2026 update, its Style Chat brings those colour and fit diagnoses together with a "Rate Style" option, and Acloset's May 2025 major-update notes promised "instant feedback on your outfits". Two caveats from the FAQ: recommendations need enough items to make combinations for the current weather, and Try On needs an account.

Stylebook hands you a canvas instead. You collage "magazine-style outfits" from your own clothes, pinching and dragging each piece into place, clone a look to try variations, and add inspiration photos to an outfit as a mini mood board. When you're stuck, Outfit Shuffle will "shuffle your closet like a deck of cards". Stylebook's FAQ counts that as creating outfits for you, though the shuffle's description doesn't mention weather or occasion.

If you want to be told what to wear, Acloset is the one that attempts it. If styling is the part you enjoy, Stylebook's canvas is the point, not a shortcoming.

Stats, Calendars and Cost-Per-Wear

Both apps turn a wear calendar into numbers, and their published lists overlap more than they differ.

Stylebook's Style Stats cover your closet count, the total value of your closet from the prices you've entered, a breakdown by colour, pieces not used in any outfit, pieces you haven't logged on the calendar lately, and your most- and least-worn outfits and items. Cost-per-wear uses each item's price and its calendar logs. It also tracks whether an item is clean, in the laundry or lent out, stores your measurements and sizes, and adds an outfit's pieces to a packing list you can tick off.

Acloset's Style Stats cover much of the same ground: wear counts, most- and least-worn items, cost-per-wear, closet value and colour distribution, plus breakdowns by category, season and material, and outfit statistics by season, occasion, style and score. Acloset also helps you pack for trips "with real weather data".

Stylebook's list adds pieces not used in any outfit, laundry and lent-out status, clothing sizes saved by type and brand, and a packing checklist. Our guide to cost per wear explains what both are calculating, and where the maths misleads.

Platforms, Privacy and Ratings

Stylebook "is only available for iOS devices, including iPhone and iPad", and it "doesn't currently run on desktop or laptop computers". Asked about Android, its FAQ answers: "Not at the moment. As of 2025, we are focusing on iOS." Since version 10, iCloud sync keeps an iPhone and iPad in step, your data is "stored on your device and in iCloud if enabled", and the company says it can't see or access your closet data and doesn't sell customer information. There's also a separate Stylebook Men app, at the same $4.99 US price.

Acloset runs on iOS and Android, and its Chrome extension lets you check your closet and wishlist on a computer, though you have to create your account in the mobile app first. It's available in 18 languages to Stylebook's six. Acloset's current terms (effective 16 March 2026) let it analyse chats and uploaded images to improve and develop its services, with personal information also subject to your consent, and say it may use AI-generated images, such as Beautify results, for purposes that include "training and enhancing AI models".

On ratings, Stylebook averages 4.7 stars from 8,801 US App Store ratings and Acloset 4.4 from 5,156, with the same averages on the UK store.

Older reviews may still list a secondhand marketplace, which Acloset announced in July 2024 it would close on 26 August.

Who Each App Is For

Choose Acloset if you're on Android or might switch phones later; your wardrobe fits in 100 items or you're happy to subscribe; you want an AI to suggest outfits for the weather and your day, and to answer "does this match?"; and you'd rather import past orders than photograph every piece.

Choose Stylebook if you're on iPhone or iPad and want to pay once; your wardrobe is large; you enjoy building outfits yourself; and you want laundry status, sizes saved by brand and a packing checklist alongside your stats, with your data kept on your device and in iCloud.

For more options, see our Acloset alternatives, Stylebook alternatives and wider wardrobe app comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Acloset really free? Up to 100 items, yes: its FAQ says you can use every feature, though the free version carries ads, and some AI extras, such as extra AI Chat messages and saving Beautify or Smart Detector images, use Beans, which are sold as in-app purchases. Each referred friend adds five slots, for up to five friends. Beyond that you need a subscription; its App Store listing starts at $3.99 a month or $27.99 a year for Basic (£3.99 or £29.99 in the UK).

Is Stylebook a subscription? No. It's a one-time purchase of $4.99 in the US or £4.99 in the UK, with no cap on how many items you add.

Can I use Stylebook on Android or a computer? No. It runs only on iPhone and iPad, with no Android version planned "at the moment", per its FAQ. Acloset runs on iOS and Android, plus a Chrome extension for computers.

Is Stylebook still being updated? Its latest App Store version, 10.1, was released on 15 June 2025, after version 10, which the developer called its "most extensive update ever". Its FAQ says Stylebook "is actively adding new features".

Can I move my wardrobe from one app to the other? Neither app describes a way to. Stylebook's backup and restore run through iCloud, and Acloset said in January 2024 that it couldn't support data export at that time. Plan to add your clothes again.

The Verdict

Acloset suits people who want an assistant: an AI that suggests the day's outfit and answers styling questions, free for a small closet and a subscription for a large one. Stylebook suits people who want an instrument: a pay-once iPhone and iPad app where the styling is yours and the record-keeping goes deep.

Pick the one that matches how much of the styling you want to hand over.

If what you want is a verdict on the outfit you're already wearing, that's the job Nouva's Style Check is built for: it scores the outfit and suggests pieces from your own closet to improve it.

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