Wearbird vs Stylebook
Both are iPhone and iPad closet apps with an outfit calendar, packing lists and cost per wear. Stylebook is a $4.99 one-time app that has been around since 2009; Wearbird is free and adds outfit ideas for the weather and optional AI.
Last updated: October 23, 2026
Disclosure: we make Wearbird. Facts about Stylebook come only from its own US App Store listing and website, checked on October 23, 2026. Something out of date? Email support@wearbird.app.
The short answer
- Choose Stylebook if you want to pay once and own the app, keep your data on your device and in iCloud, or want its long list of features, like magazine-style outfit collages and a web clipper.
- Choose Wearbird if you want it free, outfit ideas made from your closet for the day’s weather, or optional AI to lift a whole outfit from one photo and see outfits on a photo of you.
Side by side
| Stylebook | Wearbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 once; no subscription, no in-app purchases | Free; 3 free AI credits |
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad | iPhone and iPad |
| Where your data lives | On your device and in iCloud | Closet photos stay on your phone |
| Adding clothes | Photos with background removal; web clipper for shopping | Camera, Photos or a video frame, cut out free on your phone; Lift with AI turns one outfit photo into every piece, 1 credit |
| Outfit ideas for the weather | Not stated | Yes, from Apple Weather, worked out on your phone |
| Planning | Outfit calendar | Day strip, calendar moments, month view, reminders |
| Packing | Packing lists from your outfits | Trips with a look per day and a packing list |
| Stats | Style Stats, cost per wear | Wear counts, cost per wear, monthly recap |
| Try-on | Not stated | Free lookbook with your photo, or the outfit on your photo with AI, 1 credit |
| Last App Store update | June 2025 | October 2026 (version 2.0) |
What Stylebook does well
Stylebook is the long-running paid closet app for iPhone and iPad, on the App Store since 2009, with “over 90 features”. It makes magazine-style outfit collages, keeps an outfit calendar, builds packing lists from your outfits, tracks Style Stats with cost per wear, and has a web clipper and store bookmarks for shopping. It costs $4.99 once, with no subscription and no in-app purchases, and says it’s a small, family-owned indie app.
Sources: Stylebook on the App Store, stylebookapp.com.
What Wearbird does differently
- Ideas for the weather. Weather ideas are made from your closet for each day’s forecast, with a coat for cold or rain.
- Day-by-day planning. The outfit planner adds your calendar events as moments, morning reminders, a month view and trips.
- Optional AI. Lift with AI turns one outfit photo into separate pieces, and See it on you shows outfits on your own photo, each for 1 credit; new users get 3 free.
- Free. Free to download, with 3 free AI credits for new users.
Questions
Is Wearbird or Stylebook better?
It depends on what you want. Stylebook suits people who want a mature, pay-once app with lots of manual tools and data in iCloud. Wearbird suits people who want a free app that suggests outfits for the weather and plans the week, with optional AI.
How much do Stylebook and Wearbird cost?
Stylebook costs $4.99 once, with no subscription and no in-app purchases. Wearbird is free to download; its optional AI pictures use credits, and new users get 3 free.
Does Stylebook suggest outfits for the weather?
Stylebook’s own pages don’t say it does. Wearbird suggests outfits from your closet for each day’s forecast from Apple Weather.
More about Wearbird
Wearbird is free on iPhone and iPad.