B&A and GlowGuide both help you keep progress photos, but they start from different places. B&A is a camera first: it lines you up the same way every time so two photos can be compared. GlowGuide is a treatment diary first, with photos, notes, reminders and education alongside. Details are as listed on the App Store in October 2026.
Taking the photo
B&A checks your distance, angle and centring before each shot and captures five set poses every session: a smile, a neutral face, a frown and a turn to each side. When you take an after, your before shows in the corner so you can match it.
GlowGuide describes "guided" progress photos. Its listing doesn't say how many poses it takes or whether it shows your last photo while you take the next one.
Comparing photos
B&A always puts the same pose side by side, and you can line up any two sessions on a timeline or drag a slider between them.
GlowGuide offers side-by-side views across days, weeks and months.
Everything around the photos
GlowGuide has more beyond the camera: a treatment log with notes and satisfaction tracking, follow-up and product reminders, a skincare product tracker, a provider finder, aftercare information and AI answers to common questions.
B&A keeps captures in collections for each treatment or routine, with reminders for your capture days. It exports grid, strip and square layouts, two-photo comparisons and slider videos.
Where you can get them
B&A is on the App Store in Australia, the UK, the US and more, for iPhone. GlowGuide is on the US App Store only, for iPhone.
At a glance
| B&A | GlowGuide | |
|---|---|---|
| Guided capture | Distance, angle and centring checked before each shot | Described as guided |
| Set poses | Five, every session | Not listed |
| Shows your last photo to match | Yes | Not listed |
| Comparison | Same pose side by side, timeline, slider | Side by side |
| Treatment log and education | Collections per treatment or routine | Log, notes, product tracker, provider finder, aftercare, AI answers |
| Export | Grid, strip, square, two-photo, slider video | Not listed |
| Price | 7-day free trial, then A$4.99 a month or A$49.99 a year | Free |
| Availability | iPhone, in Australia, the UK, the US and more | iPhone, US only |
If you want photos that line up session after session, B&A is built for that. If you want a diary of everything around your treatments and you're in the US, GlowGuide covers more of that ground. For how to get photos that compare whatever app you use, read how to take before and after photos that actually compare.
