Biore vs Catrice
Biore and Catrice are skincare brands originating from Japan and Germany, respectively, offering thoughtful daily formulations that deliver reliable care. The Japanese brand is known for sunscreens, cleansers, masks, and makeup removers featuring balanced formulas, while the German brand is celebrated for refined eye products and advanced formulas. Biore suits sensitive skin and dry skin best, whereas Catrice suits combination, oily, and normal skin best. The brands differ primarily in their product types, key ingredients, and targeted skin types.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
Catrice is a German skincare brand founded in 2004 and owned by cosnova.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Catrice products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular Biore vs Catrice products
Questions and answers
Biore or Catrice: which is better?
Biore is better for a wider variety of skin types because the products on this page have fit levels ranging from High to Caution across many categories, whereas Catrice only features a single eye product on this page.
What is the difference between Biore and Catrice?
Biore is a Japanese brand owned by Kao Corporation with multiple skincare products on the page fitting sensitive and dry skin best, whereas Catrice is a German brand owned by cosnova featuring an Under Eye Brightener that rates High for dry and sensitive skin. Every product on this page from both brands lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which is more affordable, Biore or Catrice?
This page does not provide pricing information to compare the affordability of Biore and Catrice.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Catrice?
Catrice is safer for breakout-prone skin because the products on this page have an average fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Biore includes items with low fits like Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser.
How do the founding years and home countries of Biore and Catrice compare?
Biore was founded in 1980 in Japan, whereas Catrice was founded later in 2004 in Germany.
Which brand offers more products for dry skin on this page, Biore or Catrice?
Biore offers more products for dry skin on this page than Catrice, with four items including a sunscreen, a cleansing mask, a charcoal cleanser, and a makeup remover. However, Lovi rates most of these Biore products as having a Low fit or requiring Caution for dry skin, whereas Catrice features a single Under Eye Brightener that has a High fit for dry skin.
Do any products from either Biore or Catrice contain fragrance?
Every product from both Biore and Catrice on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Research behind their key ingredients
Behind this comparison
Lovi compares products by their fit scores, calculated from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.
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PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
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Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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