FACEinHOLE® vs Face Effect HD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FACEinHOLE®
Easily place your face into thousands of pre-made scenarios or create your own. This app lets you transform yourself into a model, actor, or rock star to entertain friends and family. Explore a vast library of options and even create custom video e-cards.
- Thousands of pre-made scenarios
- Multiple person scenarios
- Create your own scenarios
- Video e-cards
- Record custom videos
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Put your face in the hole of thousands of scenarios we have for you and impress your friends and family! --------------------------------------------------------- • Over 200.000 scenarios • Multiple person scenarios • In-app purchases available: video e-cards, create your own scenarios and record your videos --------------------------------------------------------- Haven't you ever wanted to see what you'd look like a model, an actor or a rock star? Well now you can with FACEinHOLE®! Embarrass your coworkers, make yourself look cool and make your friends look like dweebs.
Face Effect HD
Easily place your face into a variety of humorous pre-designed photo templates. Choose from five categories to create funny pictures for yourself and your friends. Save and share your creations directly from the app.
- Place face in photo hole
- Variety of funny photos
- 5 different categories
- Use built-in camera or upload photos
- Adjust photo size for realism
- Save and share creations
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Face Effect is a great app for having fun with photos. You can place your face on variety of funny photos. # Place your face on funny amazing photo - AND HAVE ENDLESS FUN!! # Lots of funny photos to stick on your picture!! # 5 different categories!! # Make really funny pics for you and your friends!! ## Quick Instructions ## - Select scenario from five different categories. - Take picture with your built in camera or upload it from your photo albums. - Place your face behind selected scenario. - Adjust you photo size to give more realistic look to created photo. - Save to your photo album. - Share your created photo to your friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Face Effect HD at Free against FACEinHOLE®'s $2.99. Face Effect HD also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). FACEinHOLE®'s advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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
Face Effect HD is free to download; FACEinHOLE® costs $2.99 up front. FACEinHOLE® sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Face Effect HD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FACEinHOLE® holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FACEinHOLE® has 14K ratings behind it against 297, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of FACEinHOLE®'s written reviews are positive against 71% of Face Effect HD's.
FACEinHOLE® ships an update every 4 months, Face Effect HD every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FACEinHOLE® | Face Effect HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (14K ratings) — better | 4.3 (297 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews — better | 71.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 297 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #62 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lisbon Labs | 柳 王 |
Customer experience
FACEinHOLE®
Face Effect HD
User reviews
FACEinHOLE®
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app
- 🤣 Funny and entertaining
- 💡 Lots of fun options
- 🎨 Ability to create your own designs
- 🎉 Hours of fun with friends and family
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes or issues with recent updates
- 🔒 Restricted features behind paywall
- 🎨 Limited customization options
- 🎨 Difficulty matching skin tones
Face Effect HD
From 297 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 😄 Funny and entertaining
- 🤩 Great for laughs
- 🎨 Fun photo effects
- 🎉 Enjoyable for the whole family
Room to improve
- 🤔 Limited photo options
- 🤯 Frequent ads
- 🙄 Glitchy performance
- 😒 Needs more customization
- 🙃 Confusing interface
Bugs and requests
FACEinHOLE®
Reported bugs
3 issues- Eraser tool not working as expected
- Crashes when trying to save images
- Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- More designs and templates
- Ability to save and continue editing
- Improved skin tone matching
- Support for GIFs and videos
Face Effect HD
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes frequently
- Difficulty uploading photos
- Compatibility issues with older devices
- Inability to access certain features
Requested features
5 requests- More photo templates and characters
- Ability to use own photos
- Improved stability and fewer crashes
- Option to remove ads
- Better customization tools
In-app purchases
FACEinHOLE®
- Sumo$0.99
- Space Warrior$0.99
- Jungle Man$0.99
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- Rapper$0.99
- Hula Dancer$0.99
- Man with coat$0.99
- Boxeur$0.99
- Video Recording$0.99
- Belly Dance$0.99
- Create Your Own Scenarios$1.99
Face Effect HD
- Pro Version$0.99
Questions
Is FACEinHOLE® free?
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