PerfuMate › Compare › Formulair
The honest version first, because a comparison page you can trust has to be able to say it: Formulair is a genuinely well-made native app if you live on iPhone, iPad and Mac and prefer to build your own materials library. It arrives empty by design: no preloaded materials and no IFRA data, and its own FAQ notes that conformity to IFRA standards is your responsibility to track. Free up to 25 raw materials or formulas.
PerfuMate's side of the ledger: the free tier already includes the described materials database, the indicative IFRA checking and every tool, in any browser, and the one paid version is a one-time purchase rather than a subscription. The table holds both sides to the same standard: every Formulair claim on it was read from Formulair's own published pages on 2026-08-17, and the full six-tool picture is at /compare.
| PerfuMate | Formulair | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Formulation software for independent perfumers, in the browser | Formulation app for iPhone, iPad and Mac |
| Ships with a materials database | Yes - 1,581 materials, each DESCRIBED and classified: odor description, olfactive families with percentage dominance, impact and substantivity, a CAS number where one exists (1,153; a compounded base has none to give), plus estimated constituent tables for 588 | No - raw materials and their data are entered by the user |
| IFRA compliance | Checked live while composing, on every tier including free - and it counts one molecule arriving from several naturals at once. Category 4 (fine fragrance on skin), 51st Amendment, indicative: verify against the official standards before you sell | A field you fill in per material; the FAQ notes conformity is your own responsibility |
| Formula work | Milligram scaling, version history with diffs and branching, batch and maceration tracking, dilution management, substitute suggestions from your own shelf | Scaling engine, a five-level pyramid by substantivity, dilution tracking |
| Import and export | Import from PDF, CSV, TSV or pasted text; export PDF, EU allergen declaration, INCI label, GHS SDS draft | Export PDF, Markdown, CSV and TSV; CSV import is experimental |
| Runs on | Any browser, desktop or phone; installs as an app; native Android next | iOS 13+ and macOS 10.15+ only |
| Price to start | PerfuMate: free with no expiry - an UNLIMITED shelf and 3 formulas, with the whole catalog, the IFRA checking, the allergen and INCI label text, the scent profile and the drydown. A free account opens every tool; only bottle labels, the pack that contains them and colour PDF themes are paid. PerfuMate has one paid version, Lifetime Unlimited, a ONE-TIME purchase bought once and kept, never a subscription | Formulair: free up to 25 raw materials or formulas; paid full version by in-app purchase |
Formulair's facts were read from its own published pages on 2026-08-17; PerfuMate's numbers are computed from the same material seed the app ships, at build time, so this page cannot drift from the product. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and it will be corrected.