Clear GTM brain

Clear offers a skincare tracking app to consumers and consent-led research partnerships to brands and clinicians.

category

Skincare tracking and real-world evidence

market profile

  • text: Clear combines consumer progress tracking and peer comparisons with a longitudinal research offering for skincare partners.
  • text: Consumers can choose among routine trackers that also offer product matching, ingredient checks and photo diaries.

personas

  • title: Consumer managing a recurring skin concern
    pains:
    • Changing several products makes it difficult to understand what helped
    • Conflicting skincare advice and trial purchases waste time and money
  • title: Skincare brand consumer insights lead
    pains:
    • A one-off survey misses routine and outcome changes over time
    • Needs to recruit participants by skin concern, tone and product use
  • title: Dermatologist or clinical researcher
    pains:
    • Patients may not remember exactly when they changed products
    • Outcome observations need context and user consent

icp

  • text: Consumers willing to log skincare routines and progress photos and compare experiences with people with similar skin.
  • text: Skincare brands, clinical researchers and agencies planning recruitment, product testing or market research; no company size threshold is stated.

message pillars

  • text: Create a useful record from an everyday routine.
  • text: Learn from people with similar skin and concerns.
  • text: Keep product rankings independent of brand payments.
  • text: Give members control over research use of their information.

objections

  • objection: Are product rankings paid advertising?
    response: Clear says brands cannot pay to rank higher; explain how relevant community evidence informs results.
  • objection: Will progress photos be public?
    response: The site says they stay private unless the user chooses otherwise.
  • objection: Can research findings be generalized?
    response: Review consent, participant selection and sample limits with the research team before drawing conclusions.

competitors

  • name: Skin Bliss
    website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skin-bliss-skincare-routines/id1385561364
    why: Offers skincare routines, product checks and daily tracking.
  • name: BasicBeauty
    why: Offers routine and photo tracking for consumers.
  • name: Haut.AI
    why: Provides skin analysis technology to beauty brands, overlapping on the partner side.

influencers

  • name: Ahana Banerjee
    url: https://www.forbes.com/profile/ahana-banerjee/
    why: Founder whose own skincare experience drives Clear's story and social reach.

keywords

  • skincare routine tracker
  • skin progress photos
  • acne product tracking app
  • skin care research panel
  • real world skincare evidence
  • skin type product reviews

voice

  • Evidence-led
  • Personal and reassuring
  • Independent

signals

  • text: A brand is planning product testing across specific skin tones or concerns.
  • text: A consumer is trying new routines and wants to see changes over time.

pricing

model: freemium
starting price: Premium $17.99/month or $86.99/year; displayed prices vary by region

motion

hybrid

channels

  • Mobile app
  • Founder social content
  • X
  • Partnership enquiries

confidence

high

Founders

  • name: Ahana Banerjee
    title: Founder
    role: Founder
    bio: Skincare enthusiast and Imperial College London Physics grad

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