Try it on your hand
before the salon chair.
Upload a photo of your own hand and see any shade on it — really see it, on your skin, in your light. 408 real polish shades, and one picked for you.
iPhone · iOS 17 or later 3 days free · then a subscription · cancel any time in Apple Account settings
Six shades. One hand.
It's not a colour picker.
Most apps paint a swatch onto a stock hand. This one reads your photo, picks a shade for your skin tone, tells you why it works, then lets you change everything about it.
Start with your own hand.
Upload a photo from your library or take one in the app. No AR, no holding your phone at arm's length — a still photo is all it needs. Your last ten hand photos stay on your device.
Made for your skin tone.
It reads the undertone in your photo, suggests a shade from the real polish catalog, and writes out why it works — the warmth, the length, the light you're standing in. A suggestion, in plain English. Not a filter.
Shape, length, and 408 real shades.
Square, round, almond, or keep your own. Short, medium, long, or keep your own. Then 408 shades across 36 products from 20 real polish brands — glossy, matte, shimmer, glitter, chrome.
Screenshot nails you love. Wear them.
Saw a set on your feed? Upload the picture and Cutie Nails recreates that look on your hand. The photo you upload is used for that try-on and never stored — not on a server, not in your history.
Hundreds of designer looks.
Browse designs from real nail artists in Explore, tap through to the artist, and put any of it on your own hand — one tap to wear any of them.
Three steps. No appointment.
Upload a photo of your hand
From your camera roll, or snap one right in the app. That's your canvas.
Apply any color or design
Pick from 408 real polish shades, or upload a design you spotted somewhere — Cutie Nails recreates it on your hand.
Save it, and bring it to your salon
Every look you try saves to Favorites. Show your nail tech exactly what you want — no guessing, no describing.
It tells you why.
Not a score. Not a “colour season”. A written note about your photo — the undertone it read, the shape and length you have, and the light you're standing in — attached to a shade you can actually buy.
Every suggestion is snapped to the nearest real polish, so what you save is what you can ask for by name.
A real suggestion from the app.
Every skin tone.
Every time.
A shade that sings on one hand can disappear on another. Cutie Nails matches to the hand in the photo — yours — which is the only way a colour recommendation means anything at all.
One photo.
Five try-ons.
The same hand, the same light, the same photo — five times over. That is the whole idea: change the shade, not the picture.
Tap a shade to change it.
Classic Red · Glossy
Your hands stay yours.
Inspiration photos are never stored.
Upload a picture of nails you love and it's used for that one try-on. Nothing is written to a server, a database, or your history.
Your photos live on your phone.
Up to 10 hand photos and 100 try-ons, kept on the device and excluded from iCloud backup.
Sign in with Apple or Google.
Your favourites sync to your account. Nothing else does — and you can delete the account, and everything in it, from Settings.
Your styles. Your page. Your website.
Upload the sets you do and add your website or booking link — you get your own page in the app. Anyone who finds you can try your work on a photo of their own hand before they ever call to book.
See the artist pitch
Good to know.
Does it use AR or my live camera?
No. Cutie Nails works on a still photo of your hand — upload one from your library or take one in the app. No AR, no live camera feed, no special hardware.
What iPhone do I need?
Any iPhone running iOS 17 or later.
How many colours are there?
408 shades across 36 products from 20 real polish brands, in glossy, matte, shimmer, glitter and chrome finishes. You can also change nail shape — square, round, almond, or keep your own — and length.
Can I try a look I saw online?
Yes. Upload a photo of nails you love and Cutie Nails recreates that look on your hand. The photo you upload is used for that try-on and is never stored.
What happens to my photos?
Hand photos and try-on results are kept on your device — up to 10 photos and 100 try-ons — and excluded from iCloud backup. Only the looks you favourite sync to your account.
Is Cutie Nails free?
Cutie Nails is a subscription app. Everything is included in the one subscription — every shade, finish, shape, length and designer look. Pricing is shown in the App Store before you buy. Cutie Nails is a subscription app. Everything is included in the one subscription — every shade, finish, shape, length and designer look. New subscribers get 3 days free, then it becomes an auto-renewing subscription at the price shown in the App Store. You can cancel any time in your Apple Account settings.
More answers in the help centre.
Your next look
is waiting.
Every shade, every finish, every designer look — in one subscription. Pricing is shown in the App Store before you buy. Every shade, every finish, every designer look — in one subscription. New subscribers get 3 days free, then it renews automatically at the price shown in the App Store. Cancel any time in your Apple Account settings.
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