Avatar vs Genies Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avatar
This app uses facial recognition to animate your portrait, bringing ACGN characters to life. Record videos with voice and change backgrounds to customize your creations.
- Facial emotion recognition
- Body recognition
- ACGN character animation
- Background image customization
- Screen recording with video and voice
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# Awards App Store - Top 10 in Entertainment paid apps history Pocket iOS - Recommendation # Introduction Avatar, a cute portrait application with facial recognition technique to make your avatar alive. # Features - ACGN characters - Change background images - Front camera with facial emotion recognition - Front camera with body recognition - Screen recording with video and voice # Important Make sure the device front camera has face recognition feature, including iPhone X A11 processor and above, also iPad Pro A12Z and above, before download this application. # Feedback Any feedback and recommendation please click Email icon in about page.
Genies Camera
Create mixed reality content by integrating a personalized digital avatar into your real-world environment. Capture dynamic performances with your avatar mimicking your movements and facial expressions.
- Integrate digital avatars into real-world scenes
- Avatar mimics user's facial expressions
- Capture mixed reality images and videos
- Avatar performs actions like running and posing
- Demonstration of Genies XR Tools
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Genies Camera is an XR iOS application that enables users to integrate their Genie into the real-world landscape. Genies can run, jump, pose, and mimic the user's facial expressions— enabling creators to design and capture a mixed reality image or video performance starring their Genie. This application is a demonstration of what can be achieved using Genies XR Tools, available to our developer community on GitHub. For more information, please reach devrelations@genies.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Genies Camera at 100% against Avatar's 50%. Genies Camera also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (4.5 vs 2.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Genies Camera is free to download; Avatar costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Genies Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Genies Camera has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Avatar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Genies Camera's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avatar | Genies Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 417 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 涛 吴 | Genies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Avatar
Genies Camera
In-app purchases
Avatar
No in-app purchases
Genies Camera
No in-app purchases
