# Front HDR - Upgrade Facing Camera for beauty portrait

> Improve front camera selfies with High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging. (iPhone/iPad app by 松滔 袁.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/front-hdr-upgrade-facing-camera-for-beauty-portrait/id990869830 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [松滔 袁](https://appshunter.io/developer/387691354)
- Category: Photo & Video, Social Networking
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.60/5 from 9 App Store ratings · 12 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.2 · 28 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2015-05-18
- Data updated: 2026-06-01
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/front-hdr-upgrade-facing-camera-for-beauty-portrait/id990869830/reviews.md

## What is Front HDR?

Upgrade Front Facing Camera for Selfie-HDR

The front cameras on iPhone and iPad are always much lower resolution and quality than the rear camera. FrontHDR is a great app that allows you to enable HDR while using the front facing camera to improve your Selfie Photo.

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range imaging to make your pictures look better, is a method that aims to add more "dynamic range" to photographs, where dynamic range is the ratio of light to dark in a photograph. Instead of just taking one photo, HDR uses three photos, taken at different exposures. FrontHDR app to put those three images together and highlight the best parts of each photo. The result is something that should look more like what your eyes see, rather than what your camera sees.

When You Should Use HDR

As we said, HDR is designed to help you take better-looking photos, especially in certain situations. Here's where you should try using HDR:
Landscapes: Big landscape photos usually have a lot of contrast between the sky and land, which is difficult for your camera to deal with in just one photo. With HDR, you can capture the sky's detail without making the land look too dark, and vice versa.
Portraits in Sunlight: We all know that lighting is one of the most important aspects of a good photo, but too much lighting on someone's face—like harsh sunlight—can cause dark shadows, bright glare, and other unflattering characteristics. HDR can even that all out and make your subject look better.
Low-Light and Backlit Scenes: If your photo is looking a little too dark—which often happens if your scene has too much backlight—HDR can brighten up the foreground without washing out the well-lit portions of your photo.

## Key features

- Enable HDR for front-facing camera
- Improve selfie photo quality
- Combine multiple exposures
- Better detail in challenging lighting
- Enhance portraits in sunlight
- Improve low-light and backlit scenes

## Recent user reviews (10 of 12)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/front-hdr-upgrade-facing-camera-for-beauty-portrait/id990869830/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work at all

*2019-07-25, version 1.3*

Doesn’t work at all

### 1/5 — The app doesn’t work

*2019-07-22*

Downloaded it and it doesn’t link to my camera, so it just takes pictures of a black screen

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2018-12-20, version 1.3*

Crashes every time I open it

### 2/5 — Airbrush, etc

*2018-11-10, version 1.3*

This worked and I found out it wasn't just HDR but also does manipulation; not Asian style but fairly extreme Western. I didn't need that so I off-loaded until needed lipstick photos (appreciate lipstick models since not just anyone can do it) and it crashed & crashed & … It's probably the version of iOS and whatever is on my phone that's beyond this but look no further than the dozens of Korean, Japanese, Chinese and who knows who else kawaii apps to find choices

### 1/5 — Nuisance

*2017-12-19*

Too much ad in every reset.

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2017-11-20, version 1.3*

Opened it & crashes every time I try to open it.

### 5/5 — 5 star and request update

*2016-12-21, version 1.3*

This app is great. When I was chubby they made me a bit thin. Now I'm diet and physically and they made me more skinny.

Also, an update to improve is a must because this app don't work now unless you are connected to internet. If you are outside and no internet you cannot use the camera when you tap it open it closes Back! Need update the bug

### 1/5 — Need to fix

*2016-10-26, version 1.3*

Pls fix your app! It isn't working properly

### 3/5 — Good but

*2016-10-24, version 1.3*

I really liked the camera except that I already have big eyes and they made them even bigger. But now the app will not even open, just keeps crashing.

### 1/5 — Pathetic app

*2016-07-09, version 1.3*

Seriously, if you think blurring a photo means you have improved it, then you are a fool. 

As if you could improve the quality of the original Apple Cam app. 

I compared the original Apple app and this one and the Apple app wins by a country mile. 

Don't waste your time downloading it.

## Frequently asked questions about Front HDR

### What is Front HDR?

Front HDR is an application designed to enhance the quality of selfies taken with your device's front-facing camera by utilizing High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging techniques.

### How does Front HDR improve selfies?

It achieves this by capturing multiple photos at different exposures and combining them to create a single image with a wider range of light and dark details, resulting in more balanced and lifelike photos.

### When should I use Front HDR?

Front HDR is particularly useful for portraits taken in bright sunlight to reduce harsh shadows and glare, and for low-light or backlit scenes to brighten the foreground without overexposing well-lit areas.

### Is Front HDR available on Android?

Based on the provided information, Front HDR is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

### What is the rating for Front HDR?

Front HDR has a rating of 2.6 stars based on 9 user ratings.

### Is Front HDR free to use?

Yes, Front HDR is available for free.

### How often is Front HDR updated?

The latest version of Front HDR is 1.3, and it was last updated on June 9, 2015.

### Does Front HDR have ads?

No, the application does not contain advertisements.

## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2015-06-09

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

faster

### 1.2 — 2015-05-28

faster

### 1.1 — 2015-05-27

faster

### 1.0 — 2015-05-12

No release notes.

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