# Smappy - Smile Therapy — Improve your mood by smiling.

> Augmented reality app to improve mood through facial recognition games and smile tracking. (iPhone/iPad app by Jake Holdom.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smappy-smile-therapy/id1521828825 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jake Holdom](https://appshunter.io/developer/885825171)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.33/5 from 3 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 52 MB
- Languages: Arabic, Armenian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German and 21 more
- Released: 2020-08-02
- Data updated: 2026-06-04
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smappy-smile-therapy/id1521828825/reviews.md

## What is Smappy?

Did you know?

Smiling produces endorphins which are the chemicals responsible for making us feel happy and reducing stress levels. Fake smiling has been shown to work as well as real smiling in producing endorphins as the brain cannot differentiate between the two. Studies have shown you can get many other benefits from smiling too such as boosted immune system, lower blood pressure, helps you stay positive to reduce anxiety and can even prolong your life.

What is Smappy?

Smappy is a first of its kind app that’s inspired by a practice called Laughing Yoga (Hasyayoga), which is an exercise involving prolonged voluntary laughter to help promote real and contagious laughter. Smappy aims to try and improve your mood by providing games and challenges controlled by your smile in an augmented reality setting using 3D characters.

Features include:

- Play games using facial recognition and AR that are designed to get you smiling.
- Each smile performed when playing games is tracked so you can see how long you have smiled for.
- Track your mood before and after playing a game to see how it changes your mood and also analyse your overall mood throughout the day/week/month or all time.
- Compete against yourself to beat your personal records for each game.
- Control the 3D character using facial tracking (Please note: Full facial tracking is currently only available on devices with a TrueDepth camera or A12 Bionic chip (with iOS 14))
- Try and complete daily challenges for a target smile time
- Collect medals by completing challenges and achievements  
- No login required!
- All data is stored on iCloud. So if you download the app on another device logged into the same iCloud it will sync overall data
- Secure your data by requiring FaceID/TouchID when opening the app
- Receive notification prompts to remind you to smile throughout the day and set how often you'd like to receive them
- Dark Mode compatible
+ Stay tuned for more games and features

Smappy Pro:

Improve your experience by upgrading to Smappy Pro, which provides unlimited access to all features and removes adverts. We offer a one-off payment for lifetime Smappy Pro or monthly/yearly auto-renewing subscription options. If you choose the subscription option then your payment will be charged to your iTunes account and automatically renewed (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off an auto-renewing subscription any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be issued for any unused portion of the term. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. If you cancel your subscription your app data will still be available as it is stored on your device. As the data is stored on your device or iCloud, we are not responsible for any data loss you may encounter on our app. For more information on our terms and conditions, please visit https://www.smappy.co.uk/terms-and-conditions or for our privacy policy visit https://www.smappy.co.uk/privacy-policy

Contact us:

If you have any questions or need any help please email us at smappyfeedback@gmail.com.

Or follow us on Twitter: @SmappyApp Instagram: @TheSmappyApp

Have fun smiling!

## Key features

- Facial recognition games in AR
- Smile duration tracking
- Mood tracking and analysis
- Personal best records
- Daily smile challenges
- Medal collection
- iCloud data sync

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Smappy Pro Monthly | $0.99 | per month |
| Smappy Pro Annually | $5.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Smappy Pro | $7.99 | one-time |



## Frequently asked questions about Smappy

### How does Smappy work?

Smappy uses facial recognition and augmented reality to create games and challenges that encourage you to smile. Each smile is tracked to help you monitor your progress and mood.

### What are the benefits of using Smappy?

Smiling, even voluntarily, can produce endorphins that reduce stress and improve mood. Smappy aims to leverage this by providing an engaging way to smile more often.

### Does Smappy have ads?

Smappy is ad-free for users who do not upgrade to Smappy Pro. The Pro version removes adverts and provides unlimited access to all features.

### What are the Smappy Pro subscription options?

Smappy Pro offers a one-time lifetime payment or monthly/yearly auto-renewing subscriptions. The monthly subscription is $0.99 and the annual subscription is $5.99.

### Can I use Smappy on multiple devices?

Yes, all your app data is stored on iCloud. If you log into another device with the same iCloud account, your data will sync automatically.

### Is my data secure with Smappy?

You can secure your data by requiring FaceID/TouchID when opening the app. Data is stored on iCloud and your device.

### What devices support full facial tracking in Smappy?

Full facial tracking is currently available on devices with a TrueDepth camera or an A12 Bionic chip running iOS 14 or later.

### How often is Smappy updated?

The app was last updated on September 16, 2020, to version 1.1. The developer plans to add more games and features in the future.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1 — 2020-09-16

Full facial tracking is now supported on all devices uses that use the A12 Bionic chip (including iPhone 8, iPhone SE) or above with iOS 14!

### 1.0.3 — 2020-08-29

We're working on making Smappy as engaging and bug-free as possible. This new version contains bug fixes and enhancements so you can carry on smiling and improving your mood without any pesky bugs getting in the way! Please get in contact if you have any issues or think up any great new features by going to the 'More' tab and clicking 'Request a feature'.

### 1.0.2 — 2020-08-15

We're working on making Smappy as engaging and bug-free as possible. This new version contains bug fixes and enhancements so you can carry on smiling and improving your mood without any pesky bugs getting in the way! 
Please get in contact if you have any issues or think up any great new features by going to the 'More' tab and clicking 'Request a feature'.

### 1.0.1 — 2020-08-09

Small bug fixes.
Fixed crash that sometimes happened on older iPads.

### 1.0 — 2020-08-02

No release notes.

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## More apps by Jake Holdom

- [Fitlock: Earn Your Screen Time](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fitlock-earn-your-screen-time/id6452840905)

All apps by Jake Holdom: https://appshunter.io/developer/885825171

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