Comparison

Face Swap vs FaceMagic

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

FaceMagic

Transform your photos into unique artistic styles using AI. Create meta cosmic effects, animations, 3D visuals, and cartoon portraits with a variety of digital art filters and backgrounds. Easy to use for creating personalized images.

Highlights
  • AI photo editing
  • Artistic style transformations
  • Meta cosmic effects
  • Animation and cartoon portraits
  • 3D visual effects
  • Over 500 height filters
  • Easy to operate
Features
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FaceMagic is a powerful and interesting application for AI photo editing. Turn your photos into various artistic styles. FaceMagic application uses artificial intelligence algorithms to transform human portraits into artistic portraits, posters, spectral art, double explosion vision, 3D and animation cartoons based on meta cosmic effects. At the same time, it is equipped with a unique background for each effect to produce a unique meta cosmic visual effect. If you like meta universe, spectrum art, 3D and cartoon portrait effects, this image editor will be your new friend. It has a variety of digital art filters. More than 500 height filters Photo Editor Portrait vision: through the analysis of portraits, the combination of painting, design and photography technology, combined with different styles of background, so as to form a new artistic style, so that your photos have a unique artistic personality. Animation and cartoon: through intelligent analysis of photos, turn your portrait into a cartoon character, and then planarize the cartoon character, combined with colorful background, patterns and decorative background pictures, turn your photos into a fashionable cartoon portrait with modern artistic style; 3D vision: through the combination of visual computing and image processing, turn your portrait into a three-dimensional cartoon image, add neon, street and mechanical scenes, and combine three-dimensional space with strong visual light to turn your photos into works with strong visual impact. Easy to operate Take a picture, click on the filter and edit the picture to make it look like artistic portrait, 3D or cartoon art. For your children, you can use this free image editor as a meta cosmic image application! FaceMagic provides a variety of functions to transform images into a meta cosmic style If you want to find an application that can easily design the visual style of meta universe, FaceMagic is a good choice! [FaceMagic VIP Service Statement] 1. Service name: - Monthly FaceMagic VIP; - Weekly FaceMagic VIP; - Yearly FaceMagic VIP; Hereinafter referred to as VIP. 2. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.After successful deduction, Photo Art will be automatically extended for one subscription period. To cancel renewal, manually turn off automatic renewals in iTunes/ApplelD setup 24 hours before the current subscription period expires. 3. You can suspend or terminate this service by: Automatic renewal for Apple In App Payments (IAP payments, in-app purchases): Goto iPhone "Settings" —> Enter "iTunes Store and App Store" —> tap "Apple ID", select "View Apple ID", enter "Account Settings" page, tap "Subscribe", and select MagicPhoto VIP to cancel the subscription. 4. Terms of Use: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/meta-face-f79e7.appspot.com/o/Meta%20Face%20Terms%20of%20Use%20Agreement.html?alt=media&token=70b1f8ab-f19b-455e-86be-363561a0776b 5. Privacy Policy: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/meta-face-f79e7.appspot.com/o/Meta%20Face%20Privacy%20Policy.html?alt=media&token=4f2a0066-a840-4d8b-8167-508565ecd926

Screenshots

Face Swap4 screens
FaceMagic4 screens

Verdict

The call

Face Swap and FaceMagic both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 49% of Face Swap's written reviews are positive against 0% of FaceMagic's. Face Swap also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 10). FaceMagic's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and FaceMagic sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Face Swap against 4.3 for FaceMagic. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Face Swap has 1.8K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 49% of Face Swap's written reviews are positive against 0% of FaceMagic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Face Swap ships an update every 5 weeks, FaceMagic every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Face Swap versus FaceMagic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFace SwapFaceMagic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.8K ratings)4.3 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K — better10
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.5
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB62 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAI Tools Apps SRL华 刘

Customer experience

Face Swap

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

FaceMagic

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

FaceMagic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Face Swap

Subscriptions6
  • 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 premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly premium$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • Unlimited Video & Photos$0.99
  • 500 Search Tokens$0.99
  • 2000 search tokens$2.99
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  • Premium$2.99
3 purchases

FaceMagic

Subscriptions3
  • Meta Face VIP Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Meta Face VIP Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Meta Face VIP Annual3 Days trial$27.991 Year

Questions

Is Face Swap free?
Face Swap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FaceMagic free?
FaceMagic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Face Swap or FaceMagic?
FaceMagic is rated higher. Face Swap averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while FaceMagic averages 4.3 from 10 ratings.
Do Face Swap or FaceMagic have ads?
Face Swap shows ads; FaceMagic does not.
Which is updated more often, Face Swap or FaceMagic?
Face Swap ships an update every 5 weeks, and FaceMagic every 6 days. Most recently, Face Swap was updated on November 2, 2026 and FaceMagic on November 3, 2026.

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