LIVE Face vs Rokoko Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LIVE Face
Capture facial motion in real-time using an iPhone's TrueDepth camera to animate 2D and 3D characters. Stream data wirelessly to desktop applications for live shows or recorded animation.
- Instant facial motion capture
- 2D and 3D character animation
- Real-time streaming via Wi-Fi
- iPhone TrueDepth Camera integration
- Supports Cartoon Animator and iClone
- Record animation data for editing
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LIVE FACE APP for Cartoon Animator and iClone, allows you to do instant facial motion capture on any 2D and 3D characters. With the help of an iPhone (any model with TrueDepth Camera) and a Wi-Fi connection, provide the best setup to generate live shows for YouTube, Facebook or Twitch! For 2D animation Motion Live: https://www.reallusion.com/cartoon-animator/full-body-mocap/default.html Cartoon Animator (CTA): https://www.reallusion.com/cartoon-animator/default.html FREE Cartoon Animator trial: https://www.reallusion.com/cartoon-animator/download.html For 3D animation Motion Live: https://mocap.reallusion.com/iClone-motion-live-mocap/ iClone: https://www.reallusion.com/iclone/ FREE iClone trial: https://www.reallusion.com/iclone/download.html The facial tracking capability enabled by iPhone has proven its accuracy and performance with its entertainingly impressive Animojis. Due to the built-in TrueDepth Camera, iPhone's face tracking is highly accurate under most lighting conditions, providing a solid facial motion capture data source. LIVE FACE is designed to stream the iPhone's facial tracking data to desktop clients. After launching LIVE FACE, users can connect desktop clients either through iPhone hotspots, or computers sharing the same Wi-Fi source. Just type in the IP address in the client site to enable the data feed. LIVE FACE now supports CTA and iClone for 2D and 3D animation and custom character design. After setting up the IP connection, users can animate cartoon characters’ facial features in real-time including; eyeballs, eye brows, mouth shapes, and head rotation. Besides generating real-time live shows, users can also record the animated data for further editing. In CTA and iClone, the signal level of the facial features (Eyes, Brows, Eyelids, Mouth, Head) can be further augmented or diminished via strength sliders. Allowing users to fine-tune the expression of a character during final recording. Set up application programs: 1.) Tutorials for CTA: https://courses.reallusion.com/home/cartoon-animator/motion-live-2d 2.) Tutorials for iClone: https://courses.reallusion.com/home/iclone/plug-in/motion-live/facial-mocap-live-face
Rokoko Remote
This app enables facial motion capture and remote control for Rokoko Studio. It synchronizes facial data with full body motion capture suits for a complete performance capture solution. Requires specific iPhone models with a TrueDepth camera and a compatible version of Rokoko Studio.
- Facial motion capture
- Remote control for Rokoko Studio
- Sync facial and full body motion capture
- Real-time data streaming
- Performance capture solution
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Rokoko Remote is an app that enables new features in Rokoko Studio such as facial motion capture. It also allows you to control Rokoko Studio remotely. With the Rokoko Remote app you can, not only add real-time facial capture in Rokoko Studio, but you can also sync the data with the full body motion capture suit, Smartsuit Pro, giving you a full performance capture solution. The app works with Rokoko Studio 1.13.0+versions and with iPhoneX models that have a front facing TrueDepth camera.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LIVE Face at 3.5 against Rokoko Remote's 2.8. Rokoko Remote's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LIVE Face holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 15% of LIVE Face's written reviews are positive against 20% of Rokoko Remote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LIVE Face ships an update every 13 months, Rokoko Remote every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LIVE Face | Rokoko Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (24 ratings) — better | 2.8 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.0% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reallusion Inc. | Rokoko Electronics ApS |
Customer experience
LIVE Face
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In-app purchases
LIVE Face
No in-app purchases
Rokoko Remote
No in-app purchases






