FaceApp: Perfect Face Editor Reviews

by Smolalienkitten

I understand this is this app, and is made for humans. However, I downloaded it to use on my cat, and ball-jointed dolls. Won’t load *any* photos of my cat, and only some of my dolls. Also, one of my dolls has wings he occasionally wears. When I apply a background, it removes the wings. Again, I understand it’s because humans don’t have wings. Plus, it seems like every ten seconds the, “rate FaceApp,” notification pops up. Even more annoying/obnoxious than what I previously listed. I downloaded FaceApp barely 24hrs ago, and I’m already planning to uninstall it. Why would I pay a yearly fee for something that is already limited in what I’d like to do with FaceApp? Again, I understand it was made with humans in mind... but I’d like to use it for my cat, and two dolls. Plus, the notification for rating FaceApp. Aggravating. I typically don’t write bad reviews - c’est la vie, type deal. Regardless, this app could be so much better. I appreciate you taking the time to read my short rant, but, until I can actually use FaceApp on what I’d like to, I’m uninstalling it, because it’s simply taking up space on my phone. With that being said... I’m giving it one star, only because it’s making me rate it. Otherwise, this app wouldn’t receive any stars from me.

by Dg3314

I bought FaceApp not because I want to use it for posting on social media, but because I’m out of practice at doing my hair and makeup and I’ll be returning to the office soon and wanted to get back into it. I figured I could try seeing what I at least look like with different hair and makeup looks and then try to replicate them IRL. (Nothing crazy or on a maximum 5 level filter just seeing what I’d look like if I wore more eyeliner or curled my hair.) I’m of Southeast Asian descent. I have a flat nose and while I don’t think my eyes are particularly small and I do have an eyelid fold, they aren’t large. I don’t think that this tech incorporated enough faces across various ethnic backgrounds because modifying my hair shouldn’t change my nose or eye shape. I can understand that it’s probably trickier for makeup, but hair? That shouldn’t affect my nose and eyes. Anyway, it’s not useful for me at this stage so I canceled my subscription. On another note, I couldn’t figure out how to switch the sides of bangs? Is that possible? I know my hair wouldn’t part the way that it was generated on my head so if there’s a way to fix that and layer multiple makeup looks, I think that would help as well.

by Coolcjmecooool

Honestly wether or not I use this .. I still recommend not to get it for you users who are sensitive. We are basically supposed to be talking about why I didn’t give FaceApp any stars and why I hate it. Honestly it’s taking a lot of work forcing my body through this paragraph for you users to not use it . You might be wondering .. why do I not like it. We’ll just a few days ago my friend dared me to put these two people together when they were (little) the game was pretty lazy and I freaked out it were cuts scrapes messy dirty hair grey skin it was horrible I almost passed out I was *crying* burning up* my heart was beating over 150 beats a second I’m not even exaggerating my watch really said it my ears were getting super hot and red I almost got sick. Even my friends were scared this game is really lazy and the least they can do instead of making it look like a demon is say not available and instead of telling people their future and scaring gods humans that he made you can be helping the internet delete these apps and this is all I hope you users see this… bye !

by An9el

I took the 3 day trial of FaceApp to see what all the Hype was about. I immediately cancelled the auto-renew subscription because personally I don't think it should automatically renew. I think when the trial period is up, it should tell you it's up and ask you if you want to renew. It's banking on people forgetting. Anyway, I didn't forget. I cancelled it immediately. That and because most of the photos I tried were not working fully or even at all. Anyway I get an email some days later saying I have been charged for the whole year! I am disgusted and would like my money back. I am sorry but FaceApp isn't worth that amount of money I'm afraid. Why everything has to be on a subscription basis I don't know. Generally, FaceApp worked okay. There was a lot of pictures it didn't edit fully or at all
For example, the old filter. It didn't do the grey hair. Just the face. And it was wierd as it didn't do it all. Anyway, I would like my money back. If I can have this back I will rewrite my review based on FaceApp and not the whole fact that despite cancelling the subscription, you still took the money. Disgraceful. If I get no joy here I will have to ask the bank for a chargeback. When you cancel something... It should not still be charged. Please tell me how I contact you to arrange this.

by 8432789

FaceApp really doesn’t like my nose. I can’t even put makeup on without it making my nose narrower. I like my nose. I understand some people really want to filter away certain things like their nose shape or size but I am just too lazy to put makeup on. I’m not sure if the algorithm just can’t do makeup on African American women’s noses without making it at least 1 size narrower or if this just wasn’t made for someone who still wants to look like themselves. I can’t use the impressions at all which is disappointing because they are gorgeous but I am completely unrecognizable whatsoever. I don’t know if that is the point but I want to look like me. I don’t want my skin lightened by 3 shades and everything narrowed extremely. I don’t know if I’m missing the point of FaceApp . Their are some pictures where I guess my angles were perfect and I can use impressions and makeup and still look like me. But the vast majority I have tried of existing photos I can’t retain anything that makes me me. Not even the shape of my eye. It’s really great when it works but really frustrating when no matter what you try you know no one would believe the photo was you because it looks absolutely nothing like you (and not in a good way.)

by ScribeLife22

So, like me, you might be looking for that cool “old person” filter to see how you’ll look (maybe) when you’re older. However, maybe also like me, you value your privacy.

At first, I didn’t think that clicking the agree button would be an issue. After all, most of the photo editors (especially free ones) use a cloud server to do the actual work. Your photo is uploaded to their cloud, for better or worse. (The only photos they would have are the photos you choose to edit and, ideally, only the edited image.) However, what I noticed which worried me is that, when I gave access to my photos, FaceApp seemed to filter through them. While this might be a basic function of FaceApp , not the cloud, it made me worried that ALL photos went to the cloud, giving the company possible access to any of the photos in my phone at the time.

There is no clarification of this anywhere, or what they as the company are allowed to do with the photos, within FaceApp .

by Vanemiranda

So first of all i found FaceApp a while back and it use to be free. Then last year i saw you had to pay for it. They only had one free filter available and honeslty i loved it so much but after a few weeks they took it away too. So i used my moms card to pay for it 5 dollars a month and well i could use all the filters, i was so happy i could use that one filter again it made wonders with my pictures. About a month ago my moms bank notifies her that someone was taking large amounts of money from her debit card, the bank came to a conclusion that it was FaceApp so they had to cancel the card and get a new one so my whole apple ID got blocked i couldnt download anything anymore so i had to get help from apple to recover my apple ID. It is very disappointing that i had to go through all that trouble just because FaceApp isnt free. Now i can't even trust it anymore. Lots of others cant afford it or dont even know how to purchase it, i suggest and it would be nice that FaceApp could at least give you the option to make you choose one free filter to use.

by Nick Harrisburg

I got FaceApp soon after it came out and absolutely loved it. On top of all the amazing effects I liked the layout and ease to find everything. I realized I hadn't updated recently (mine still had just the emojis) and it was glitching so I reinstalled it to find the new layout to be absolutely terrible. The organization is garbage and instead of just having the small emojis now there's big obstrusive pictures of people. I was also disappointed to find that when I used a filter it included the original picture to left with an obtrusive arrow at the bottom. Not to mention the filters look much worse now. The previous way where only the new photo is shown was better as you got to see a bigger photo and could see the original by simply tapping and holding the edited picture. The side by side is pointless as well because there's already an option to put multiple edits together. Furthermore, getting the pro version is even more in your face then before which is just plain annoying. Great app, but wrong direction in my opinion.

by Agegirl

I really do love FaceApp. I pay for the paid version but, I just wish you could add more than one filter at a time. I know you can add more than one in the “hairstyles” category, but I just wish FaceApp developers would make that possible for the “makeup” category as well. Only way to use more than one filter is to save the photo with the filter you want, and then re upload that same photo and add the next filter you want which is a pain. Also, it decreases the quality of the photo every time you have to save and re upload to FaceApp to add more. In addition, when you use the erase feature on a filter whatever area you erased carries over to the next filter. Meaning the same space you erased in the first filter will also erase that area for the next filter you add. Any filters thereafter will only cover the areas you didn’t use the erase feature with. I just wish these things could be fixed. I know it’s easier said than done, but I figured I could give my input and suggest some of my concerns. I would appreciate it if you guys could at least take my comment into account and bring it to your team. Thanks.

by Rose Tigar

First off I really like FaceApp. Most of the filters are very realistic. It is also very user friendly. The gender switch and aging buttons are amazing. It actually makes you look like the opposite gender without just slapping some jewelry or a beard on you. But since the last update it had been very glitchy. For example it sometimes incorrectly identifies a gender, usually if it’s a woman with short hair or a man with longer hair. Before you could turn on the gender switch interface and quickly change it. Now it can’t be done because the little panel that pops up is partially blocked off and it doesn’t respond when you touch it. Also the morph feature doesn’t work most of the time. If you try to morph two pictures it says “Opps we have a problem.” I was seriously thinking of getting a subscription but I’m going to hold off for now until the problem is fixed.

by Rebeccalynn773

Sometimes we get in the groove of life. And we give little thought to 30 years from now, especially because sleep training the baby seems to drain us of today. But the this app gave me a funny glimpse into the future! I couldn’t stop staring at my husband. FaceApp did such a good job aging him: It seemed so realistic!
The thing that surprised me the most was how much I loved the man I saw in the picture. Suddenly the next 30 years felt worth fighting for. Suddenly how we approached today mattered. I felt as if I had seen a small glimpse of the future, and I wanted to still be happy with the man I had chosen to marry. It all felt so real, and today will quickly turn into tomorrow, and 30 years will slip by, but reflecting on the end goal of still being together, side by side on our back porch grinning like crazy kids in our 50s seemed so real, it seemed touchable and moldable. 30 years is a long time: I’d have to live my life completely over plus a few years to get there. FaceApp didn’t have me searching the web for a new wrinkle cream or being afraid to go out in the sun, it had me inspired to invest into today, so that Konner and I could be that happy older couple in 30 years. The smile lines on our future faces were deeper, and that is worth fighting for!

by No Dumb Blond

Seems to me that before I subscribed to FaceApp and was testing the features that required payment, there were more adjustments shown. I recall the ability to change the skin tone of the subject but don’t see it now. Also, I don’t can’t see, before selecting, the differences in the various makeup selections and I’d like to be able to do lipstick separately from eye makeup (not sure if I ever saw this but it would make a big difference in the quality and natural look in the finished product.) There is no option for gray hair/beard or long curly hair. Are any of these changes coming and am I crazy remembering skin tone and face shape change options? The smiles look totally natural, but the application of bangs isn’t so great. Backgrounds look great until you add the human and then they don’t integrate well. Looking for some answers. Thanks!

by SnailBalls

I use this for “side work” so that I can photoshop my husband and I’s face for anonymity. The only thing is I wish you could choose your gender before you start editing because sometimes the live camera AND photo editing mistakes me for a man and will automatically only give me beard options in the impression filters 🥲 ouch my feelings. I’ve noticed it really only happens if my hair is up but I hate having to take my hair down just to take a picture you know? Other than that FaceApp is amazing flawless and seamless edits 98% of the time and it’s fun to play with random pictures when you’re bored as well. Hubby and I like to play a game where we photoshop celebrities as much as possible and then try to guess who it is

by M@tt M

I purchased FaceApp 2-3 years ago when it was a $20 one time purchase. Most expensive app I’ve ever purchased (still to date), but I’m so glad the developer honored my purchase and didn’t try to force me into a monthly pay, like it’s set up now.

They’ve added tons of new features and improvements since then as well. Don’t get me wrong, with how many updates and features they are always adding, I understand the monthly charge for an app this powerful, but since I mostly just use it for fun, the monthly fee wouldn’t have worked for me personally.

However, for a professional photographer, somebody who posts lots of portraits (selfies or other) to social media, employers who wants great employee photos for id tags or on-line, or politicians or other public servants who want to look amazing, I’m sure FaceApp is well worth it. It’s very simple to use and it’s super powerful. Once you have it, you won’t want to be without it.

by B.Mac84

I am a this app PRO customer and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying FaceApp until recently. As of a few days ago, I have noticed that the Face Swap results for Our Daughter/Our Son are no longer realistic or of good quality. Morphed combinations of the exact same photos that I previously used now look completely different. The Our Daughter results are the worst. The faces are larger and the skin tone is much more pale than before. For some reason, the heads are now posed in a downward position which makes the forehead really prominent and the hair on top of the head is now transparent. These new results are terrible. It would be great if we could have these issues corrected soon. This is a great app and I’d like to get back to having fun with it.

by GuilTpleasr

I really like FaceApp it’s so fun to change gender (btw I look like my son as a boy!!😂 never realized how much we look alike till FaceApp!) or make myself old lol and I love the makeup features too!
ive been looking at the reviews for this and I really don’t understand what the big deal is about privacy. They are loading your pics on their servers to change them. Who cares if they keep them, sell them, or delete them. It’s not like it’s bank info lol. Not sure exactly what they could possibly do with a pic that would make me care enough to delete FaceApp lol idk I guess I just don’t find it a big deal since I walk around with this face every day lol ppl can take pics anytime u never know who has a pic of u anyway lol
I really like FaceApp it’s a big hit with friends and family too! fun to see what we will look like in the future!!

by Fortnite253

FaceApp is great I really love it I like if you put it in collages it makes pro stuff free you should just get FaceApp and it will be fun and it makes you think about what you will look like when your older or the other person you used like Donald trump for example you can do a lot of things like a little girl and then you can do a different thing about your friends and you don’t know how it works but if it was completely free that would be great but I think you should just get FaceApp because it is a really good app but it doesn’t have really good deals for pro but It’s a really great way to spend your free time and you can play it for free I’m not gonna waste your time making you read this but you should definitely get the free app and you can play it and get the pro version and you can access everything but it is a really fun app so download it now!

by Mle1119

I’ll give FaceApp a five star rating because I like that you can change your picture into being someone that’s not even you but is you at the same time it’s actually kind of handy because when you want to disguise just go to FaceApp and print out a picture
I like it a lot it’s the best app I’ve ever gotten in the whole whole world and the
Best app in the whole wide history of apps
How did you even make FaceApp I don’t know it’s a mystery but I guess we’ll have to find out maybe it’ll take a long time or a short amount of time it may be like an hour or two but one thing is not far from home it is love it shows how much I love FaceApp so get enough money to buy FaceApp and you’ll be perfect I mean like you’ll look perfect and awesome too and 1 can always mean there will be 2 i love FaceApp
OK I gotta go bye lol P.S be good at all times

by Wanyman

I had FaceApp for a while and had a lot of fun at first alerting photos of myself and family members. However as time went on I began to notice a few issues that were kind of annoying. Sometimes when adding things like hair, the result doesn’t look right, like part of the scalp might be missing or looks transparent. Also, when doing the gender swap, sometimes the resulting face will be covered in what looks like scars or scabs or varicose veins.

Then I read a few articles which made me nervous, regarding the fine print, in which we apparently give FaceApp free access to use our pictures for whatever it wants, in perpetuity. I don’t know if that is true but I decided I didn’t want to chance it. So I ended up asking FaceApp to delete my data and then I got rid of FaceApp .

It might have worked out if the privacy thing could be figured out, and if bugs like the ones I mentioned could be fixed...

by TiffanyVine

I am the kind of person who gets like 20 or more apps under every category of app that I want and I try all the free versions and I do the free trials...I Butts subscriptions to three photo editors the other two are just OK so I’m not even going to mention them but this one here is amazing. You can get carried away with it and make things sarcastically funny or silly or out of normal or you can just adjust a little bit to make your pictures look so amazing. It doesn’t look all unrealistic like how most of them make you smile like the Cheshire cat and Alice in wonderland LOL. It also is a great tool to use if you are planning to get any sort of plastic surgery or a haircut so you can test what you would look like in a pretty real life point of view. Oh or dye your hair? Test it out here first!
Absolutely love FaceApp!

by Dadhet

I tried it for the "old" feature cause it was kinda cool, and it was fun to (knowing it’s false) see myself as an old man. Anyhow, couldn’t help but notice that your "wide" range of features even for the pro version looked only to be for white people. You ever seen a black guy rocking bangs ?!?! I mean Jesus Christ ! The only people of "color" I see with that kind of hair are dark skinned Asians. But since that’s not me, I have to say : I am offended ! If this was a trial, should’ve kept trying. Don’t get me wrong, your app is good, I just felt left out in something that CLAIMED to be for the world. Anyways, hope your other users enjoy it. Just so you know, I am deleting this and will only come back if I hear the new cuts are i don’t know braids for our lovely queens and the dudes who rock them, dreads and so on...
Anyways, congrats on you having very good reviews. But I hope you really take this as it is : a constructive criticism. I trust you will do better in the future and/or your next updates. Thank you.
Dadhet Junior.

by AshAndDust01

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE GETTING FaceApp !!!
FaceApp uses the images you modify and takes it and saves it to their servers. They slip under your nose and take your images by claiming in their privacy policy that they can take any images they want once you allow them access to your image. Once you allow them access it seems that they can do WHATEVER THEY WANT with your image. Although they released a claim that they “don’t sell your images to third parties” and that they “delete the images off their servers in 48 hours”, Many experts have skepticism about this claim. It has recently come to light in MANY news reports that their privacy policy is very ALARMING and many people unknowingly have their images taken and saved. Do not make the same mistake I did. Do not download FaceApp,it’s not worth it,especially if you value your privacy. It’s an extremely frightening thought that someone could have my images right now simply because of a “ trending” Ignorant app like this.

by Leap Day Renee

Essentially, if you make something in this app, this app can do whatever it wants with what you've made. Not only can it repost your images without your permission, it can monetize the images, either directly or indirectly, without compensating you or notifying you that it has done so in any way.

This means that while this app acknowledges they do not own the content that they are creating, they are legally, perpetually, and irrevocably allowed to do whatever they want with said content. Not only can they use the content in whatever way they want, they also state that you waive all rights if their use somehow causes damages to you.

In addition to being able to use your images without your knowledge, this app's terms go on to state that they have no obligation to keep anything a user creates private. "You grant this app consent to use the User Content, regardless of whether it includes an individual's name, likeness, voice or persona, sufficient to indicate the individual's identity."

by Pjcvita92

What happened to the original smile feature? Why has Smile 2 officially replaced Smile 1? I know Smile 1 looks bad in some photos. But there have been some photos that I’ve edited, where I’ve managed to make Smile 1 look great!

Please bring back Smile 1! And finally come out with a Female 3 filter that is much better and more realistic than the other two and doesn’t require a collage to save. Also, would be nice to have more Smile and different facial expression filters, including one that is a normal straight face filter that gets rid of or undoes other expressions.

There’s also more female exclusive and both gender compatible filters that should be added. Like a realistic customizable face filter where you can change eye color, lip color, hair color, and etc. And have the result look realistic a believable. Adding more makeup, bangs, glasses, and hairstyles variety would also be nice. And lastly, a hair extension filter for girls with short length hair who want their hair to look longer without needing to actually wear hair extensions.

by Loveee Bianca

I downloaded FaceApp and had a blast for a day or two — until I found out that it could be selling out personal private information, and based one of Russia?!?!! No thank you
In an interview via the Washington Post and the CEO of FaceApp, in order to delete your data you have to do more than just delete FaceApp — see below:
“ How can I delete my data?
Just deleting FaceApp won’t get rid of the photos this app may have in the cloud. Goncharov said people can put in a request to delete all data from this app’s servers, but the process is convoluted. “For the fastest processing, we recommend sending the requests from the this app mobile app using ‘Settings->Support->Report a bug’ with the word ‘privacy’ in the subject line. We are working on the better UI [user interface] for that,” he said.”

by Allieshousr

First, why did d you take away a smile? If one didn’t work the other did. Now, if this one doesn’t look good you are out of luck. Please bring back a selection of smiles.
For the develops, I am part of a niche community of doll collectors. When your app first came out it was like wild fire. Every doll collector had to experiment with their doll photos and the results were great. Imagine giving a doll a smile, emotion. What we really want is an app that has a full set of facial expressions. I think we would all gladly pay a subscription fee for this feature since many of us tell a sorry through our dolls. The ability to match a facial expression with a storyline would be amazing.
So in short, please add back you additional smile and PLEASE add some more emotions/facial features.

by Star_wars_geek

OMG, when I found FaceApp, I was like: this is so awesome! Ranked number 1 in the Photo & Video category, I had nothing to lose so I downloaded it. Exceeded my expectations. The old person filter is probably the best one, and it’s really cool to do the gender swap. I would recommend though you add more beard styles from Pro to normal, as well as the makeup features from Pro.

Alright here’s the but.... people have been saying Russia has posted pictures of people without their permission! I didn’t believe that and I still don’t believe that. You’re gonna have to levy out some more evidence as to how you figured that out.
Until then, my review still stands, and you guys deserve more then just a 5 star rating. FaceApp is needs more like a 100 stars!

by Yall Already Have My Identity

basically what happened was, i connected to internet and i got a notification saying i had to allow data downloads for it to install when i’ve always had LITERALLY NO INTEREST IN FaceApp EVER because of security reasons. i declined the download for data charging and no personal interest purposes, later to find on my phone hours later that it installed itself without me EVEN DOWNLOADING IT OR ACCEPTING DATA DOWNLOADS. FaceApp clearly CAN NOT be trusted, and since im a 20 year old who grew up with technology knows that this should NEVER have happened NOR has it ever happened with ANY app i’ve ever had on my devices.
do NOT download FaceApp. after what has happened to me, i feel the rumors of privacy invasion are very well true.
screw FaceApp, screw it installing on its own.
do what you want, but realize no one with good intentions would purposely install it onto your device without consent.

( and if you think it’s not possible, it happened to me and im just warning you. i rated it 5 stars because it’ll increase my chances of spreading my word, and the rating i give will not effect the rating on FaceApp store. )

by Noyahfxckinbiz

After watching the news I found out what FaceApp is really doing. It asks if it can “Enable access to your photos.” This is a button on face app that tricks people. This button really isn’t necessary because on the bottom where it says “SOURCES” you can just access your photos from there. FaceApp has full access to all of your photos on your phone which is sketchy. You never know what they’re going to use your photos for. And have you ever looked at the demo photos on FaceApp and the preview photos on FaceApp Store? Those people don’t look American. According to the news this is supposedly a “Russian spy app” that allows Russians to gain access to your information. I don’t know what to do about this but I just recommend that you delete FaceApp as soon as possible.