The brush is fine, but the app is one of the worst Bluetooth experiences I've ever had. It connects to the base station instead of the brush half the time, no matter how much you waive the brush. And short of closing the app and reopening, there is no way to get it to switch. Sometimes, it just doesn't detect that you are brushing at all. Or it thinks you are brushing a side different from the actual one you are brushing. Or it refuses to acknowledge you covered a spot. Or the image is too dim.
Steven Lefft
Ever since you removed the camera access and relied solely on Bluetooth, position detection for brushing my teeth has become horrible. There's no way to sugarcoat it. When the app was using the camera, I always got 100% in just over 2 minutes. Now I'm lucky if it registers 75%. And that's only if I brush for 3 minutes. As a software developer, I have to say this is a major design flaw. Please bring back the camera access at least as an option and I will give 5 stars. Thank you.
Keeley Daye
It's awesome when it works but position detection is hit or miss. It's very frustrating to get a low brushing score when the app isn't recognizing that you did hit all areas. There's no work around for it, you just have to take the hit. Sometimes it starts as an unguided session, no rhyme or reason for that & if you back out to get the guided session to pop up it dings you. The toothbrush is too expensive for the app not to work as it should. Edit suggestion doesn't help
Patrick Fanelli
If you're getting the brush for the app, avoid! My ability to connect degraded, and now no matter what I can't get it linked. Uninstall, factory reset, etc. My Bluetooth sees the brush fine (shows in list of available devices) but the app says it can't see it. Unless they fix this, I'd recommend a different system. Sad, because when it worked, I liked it.
Caroline Murphy
This app is okay. It doesn't really seem to correctly identify where the brush is in relation to the teeth, meaning you need to over brush just to get a 100% completion record. It's also become a lot buggier since upgrading to Android 15. The counter pauses and jumps, instead of a smooth count. Even worse, the detection system fails to identify where the brush is on relation to my teeth a large majority of the time, and gets disconnected from the brush regularly. Please update the app.
Brandon Phillips
Topthbrush is great and feels great. The app goals for each brush seem good. However, the overall score is very confusing. You can brush for 2 mins flat and only cover 90% of your mouth (stopping while everything is light blue isntead of white) and get a 98%. Or get 100% coverage and brush for 3 minutes and score a 92%. The score doesn't matter unless you're new to electric toothbrushes and trying to track overall progress and improve dental hygiene, like I am.
Howard Kass
Brush no longer connects to the app. Before then, the tracking was worse after the update than when it used the camera. It's gone from being a smart brush to a dumb one. Update: The brush connects...most of the time, but often disconnects. When it is connected, the tracking is inaccurate. It seems to think that I never brush the lower-left quadrant. Once, it said I had 0% coverage after 3 minutes of brushing.
Lizzie Kostin
I appreciate all the tutorials that explain how to use an electric toothbrush as I've never had one before. The guided sessions could be good, but if you need to pause to spit, you can say goodbye to accurate tracking. The app shows that the session is paused; when I turn the power back on, the timer resumes in-app and I complete the 2+ minutes of brushing. Once it's done, the app smirks at me and says "try going a full 2 minutes next time!" First half is listed as a separate unguided session.
Alex John
UPDATE 3/20/24 The brush is still fantastic but the app needs work. It has definitely gotten more stable over the years but has its issues. Great Brush! Mediocre App. The brush doesn't always connect. The brush tracking doesn't work so it won't give you a score. The brush disconnects mid brush and inaccurately records the session. This new version of the app removed the pulse every 30 seconds. There's a lot of work to do to get this app to be what it promises to be. Great idea but it has holes.
A Google user
Overall, I like the idea of gamifying mundane activities like brushing your teeth. It keeps me consistent. And this app does a decent job at it. But the app is just OK. It's not a particularly intuitive app to use, like it doesn't have a good menu structure. Trying to find things can be very annoying. Somethings work well like the reminders. But for everything that works, there's things that dont, like syncing. For example, I just switched phones. The app is supposed to sync with my profile. Well, none of my months of syncing shows up on the new phone. Or like I'll have a 30 day brushing streak going, but all of sudden the streak breaks and I've done nothing differently from the day before . Like why is the streak gone? The pression detection doesn't make sense. You'll be brushing in a spot but the app shows you brushing in a different area. People should just use the app as an accountability partner. The other features arent fleshed out enough for anything else
