Comparison

Face Swap vs Live Cutter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Face Swap

Swap faces with friends or photos in real-time using your camera's video feed. Record videos or take photos with hilarious face swaps, including celebrity, pet, or meme faces. Explore a library of built-in effects and search the web for endless face-swapping fun.

Highlights
  • Real-time face swapping
  • Built-in face filters & FX
  • Web face search
  • Face editor
  • Record videos and photos
Features
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Experience real-time face swapping with Face Swap: Switch filter tool! Discover the ultimate live face swapping experience with Face Swap: Switch filter tool, the app that lets you swap faces in real-time using your camera. Whether you're creating fun videos with friends, experimenting with hilarious face swaps, or adding entertaining filters to your live stream, this app makes everything instant and effortless. Simply point your camera, select who to swap with, and watch as faces switch in real-time with smooth, responsive performance. Key features: - Real-Time On-Device Face Swapping: Advanced technology enables instant face swapping through your live camera feed with zero delay - Swap Two Faces Live: Seamlessly exchange faces between two people in real-time during video recording or streaming - Fun Filters & Effects: Apply entertaining filters and effects alongside face swaps to enhance your creative content - Smooth Performance: Optimized for responsive, lag-free face swapping even during continuous live use - Easy Controls: Intuitive interface makes selecting faces and applying swaps quick and accessible for everyone How It Works: 1. Open the live camera mode in the app 2. Point your camera at yourself or multiple people 3. Tap to select the faces you want to swap 4. Watch the real-time face swap happen instantly and record or share your creation Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: - Length: weekly, yearly. - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Live Cutter

Easily extract still photos and videos from Live Photos. This app helps you save storage space by converting Live Photos into standard image or video files, preserving original quality and metadata.

Highlights
  • Extract still photos from Live Photos
  • Extract videos from Live Photos
  • Preserves image quality and metadata
  • Saves storage space
  • Handles edited Live Photos
  • Playback and mute controls
Features
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Convert a live photo into a photo and/or a video. Live Photos™ is an interesting feature of iOS. Because it is a fusion of a photo and a video, it has larger file size than a photo. Live Cutter can extract a photo and/or a video from a live photo. Therefore, you can convert a live photo into a photo by extracting a photo from that live photo and delete it. You can save storage space. ► You can see each file size of a still image and a video within a live photo ► You can get a image from a live photo ► You can get a video from a live photo ► You can get the original image/video from an edited live photo. ► No image quality loss. Image information such as date taken is also kept. ► Playback button allow you to play/stop the live effect easily. Mute switch is also available. ► Easy to compare two live photos when disable the auto playback of the live effect. ► Good view quality. You can check each pixels. ► Dynamic Type compatible. ► Free. Additionally, Live Cutter can find a photo which was taken as a live photo, but edited to disable the live effect. This former live photo is like a photo, but it keeps an unused video inside. You can delete this video with Live Cutter. Now, you are free to worry about the live icon status when you take a picture. Always take a live photo, and convert it to a photo if the live effect is not necessary. Note: Deleted images are kept in "Recently Deleted" album in Photos. If you want to get more storage space immediately, follow procedures below. Open Photos app, select "Albums" tab multiple times until album list is shown, select "Recently Deleted" album, choose "select" button, and select "Delete All".

Screenshots

Face Swap4 screens
Live Cutter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live Cutter at 100% against Face Swap's 49%. Live Cutter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). Face Swap's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 4). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Face Swap sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Live Cutter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Live Cutter holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Face Swap has 1.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Face Swap's written reviews are positive against 100% of Live Cutter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Face Swap ships an update every 5 weeks, Live Cutter weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Face Swap versus Live Cutter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFace SwapLive Cutter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.8K ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAI Tools Apps SRLYu Software LLC

Customer experience

Face Swap

All ratings1,719 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews636 reviews
Positive49.1%
Neutral6.6%
Negative44.3%

Live Cutter

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Face Swap

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Facial recognition issues
  • Inability to access camera roll
  • Paid features not unlocking properly
  • Constant ads and pop-ups

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free face swap options
  • Ability to search and swap faces without paying
  • Improved stability and reliability
  • Additional filter and editing options

Live Cutter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Face Swap

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly premium$4.997 Days
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  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly premium$29.991 Year
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly premium$49.991 Year
One-time5
  • Unlimited Video & Photos$0.99
  • Unlimited Internet Search$0.99
  • 500 Search Tokens$0.99
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  • 2000 search tokens$2.99
  • Premium$2.99
None

Live Cutter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Face Swap free?
Face Swap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live Cutter free?
Live Cutter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Face Swap or Live Cutter?
Live Cutter is rated higher. Face Swap averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Live Cutter averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Face Swap or Live Cutter have ads?
Face Swap shows ads; Live Cutter does not.
Which is updated more often, Face Swap or Live Cutter?
Face Swap ships an update every 5 weeks, and Live Cutter weekly. Most recently, Face Swap was updated on October 24, 2026 and Live Cutter on September 28, 2026.

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