Comparison

Doodle Mirror vs Babble

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

Head to head
About

Doodle Mirror

This app offers a real-time creative playground for transforming your face with funny distortions, masks, stickers, and voice effects. It also includes interactive games and the ability to create custom stickers for messengers. Explore endless unique looks and play with your face in hilarious ways.

Highlights
  • Real-time funny face distortion filters
  • Mix multiple filters together
  • AR masks and voice changer
  • Create custom stickers for messengers
  • Interactive face games
  • Voice-controlled meme game
Features
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Doodle Mirror is the original face filter app on the App Store. Launched in 2010 — before face filters went viral — it started a whole new way to play with your face. Today, Doodle Mirror is more than a camera. It’s a real-time creative playground where funny face distortions, masks, stickers, voice effects, and interactive games come together instantly. Funny Face Filters (Real Time) — Unique and hilarious face distortion filters — Stretch, bend, twist, and reshape faces instantly — Supports multiple faces at the same time — Fast and accurate real-time face tracking Mix Filters with Filters — Apply filters on top of other filters — Combine face distortions with masks — Create endless unique looks in real time — A powerful mixing system where every result is different Masks, AR Effects & Voice Changer — AR masks and visual effects — Random mask for each detected face — Funny voice changer effects for videos and games Create Stickers for Messengers — Turn photos into custom stickers — Create expressive sticker packs — Export stickers for WhatsApp and Telegram Filter Games — Play with Your Face — Boxing face game — Face puzzles (15-puzzle & jigsaw) using your live mirror — Guess the Celebrity quiz with distorted celebrity faces — Viral-style games inspired by TikTok and Instagram trends Brainrot Voice Game — A voice-controlled game inspired by viral Italian memes — Say the correct meme name out loud to advance — A fun challenge for meme lovers and friends For over a decade, millions of users worldwide have been laughing, creating, and playing with Doodle Mirror. Your face has never been this fun.

About

Babble

A fast-paced typing game that challenges users to type words as they appear on screen. The difficulty increases with faster word speeds and more complex vocabulary. Compete against your own high scores in this engaging entertainment app.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced word typing
  • Increasing difficulty
  • High score tracking
  • Universal app for iPhone and iPad
  • Retina graphics
Features
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Babble is a fun typing game for all ages. Babble is a Universal App with Retina graphics for both iPhone and iPad Type the words as they appear on screen. The words get harder and move faster over time. Your best score is recorded and shown as a high score.

Screenshots

Doodle Mirror4 screens
Babble3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Babble at none against Doodle Mirror's 3. Babble also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (86% vs 75%). Doodle Mirror's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 79 months) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 5). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Doodle Mirror sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Babble asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Doodle Mirror holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doodle Mirror has 3.1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Doodle Mirror's written reviews are positive against 86% of Babble's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doodle Mirror ships an update every 11 days, Babble every 79 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Doodle Mirror versus Babble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoodle MirrorBabble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.1K ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews75.5% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.1K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 79 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrend LRyan McCaffery

Customer experience

Doodle Mirror

All ratings3,059 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral6.0%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews159 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative18.9%

Babble

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Doodle Mirror

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Face filters not staying on properly
  • Camera not working for some users
  • Freezing and crashing on certain devices
  • Unlock/purchase functionality not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • More filter and effect options
  • Ability to save and share videos easily
  • Improved camera controls and stability
  • Option to remove ads or unlock all features

Babble

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Doodle Mirror

One-time3
  • Special Offer - Unlock all & remove ads$0.99
  • Remove Ad$1.99
  • Unlock All$1.99
None

Babble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Doodle Mirror free?
Doodle Mirror is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Babble free?
Babble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Doodle Mirror or Babble?
Doodle Mirror is rated higher. Doodle Mirror averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while Babble averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Doodle Mirror or Babble have ads?
Doodle Mirror shows ads; Babble does not.
Which is updated more often, Doodle Mirror or Babble?
Doodle Mirror ships an update every 11 days, and Babble every 79 months. Most recently, Doodle Mirror was updated on October 29, 2026 and Babble on October 20, 2026.

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