Comparison

ThumbVideo vs Face Story Pro

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

Head to head
About

ThumbVideo

This video player is designed for one-handed control on large screens. It offers intuitive gesture-based playback, including flicking, drawing circles, and long presses for fast forwarding. Supports various video file sources and offers remote control capabilities.

Highlights
  • One-handed control for large screens
  • Gesture-based playback (flick, circle draw, long press)
  • Vertical time slider on edges
  • Supports various video file sources
  • AirPlay and Bluetooth headset controls
  • Secret folder with Touch ID unlock
Features
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ThumbVideo is a video player forcused on thumb manipulation holding your device with one hand. Recent iPhone with large size screen has difficulty to control playback of video with one hand. But, you can do it with this App!! More specifically: 1. Horizontal flick on the movie pane is available to forward or backward the video for some pre-set seconds. 2. Time slider (which is normally shown on the top or bottom of the screen horizontally) is shown at the left or right edge _vertically_!! 3. Drawing a circle gesture works as a jog dial like FF/REW control. 4. Long press at any point results 10x FF. ■How to play You are able to play any of the following video files: 1. files copied via iTunes File Sharing. 2. files linked from any web page shown by in-app browser. *1 3. video captured with built-in camera 4. Movie, TV program, music video, video podcast, iTunesU contents from iTunes store (without DRM) 5. Video passed through "Open In..." feature from other App. 6. files linked with "thumbvideo://" scheme from Safari or other Apps. ■Other features -With AirPlay or Apple Digital AV adopter, you can use iOS device as flick enabled remote controller while watching video on TV/Projector. -You can play/pause/skip forward & backward with control buttons on ear-phones of Bluetooth headsets. -The last timecode(played point) is synced through iCloud. - The time to forward or backward by flicking can be set individually. -Your secret video can be hidden in "Secret Folder" (can unlock with touchID) -Bluetooth hadware keyboard Support. Some Tips are available at out support blog (basically in Japanese, sometime in English). Please check it to enjoy this app. Comments in any languages are welcomed. A tiny PHP script which render the HTML list of your video files has released. It will turns your PC/Mac or PHP enabled NAS into the server for this app. Please check my support URL.

About

Face Story Pro

Transform your photos and videos by morphing faces with ease. Create fun slideshows and "growing up" movies, turning yourself into celebrities or friends into animals. Share your unique face stories instantly on social media.

Highlights
  • Automatic face detection
  • Intelligent face feature extraction
  • Easy face morphing
  • Real-time preview
  • Shareable face story videos
  • Create growing up movies
Features
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Turn yourself into Kelly Brook, your best friend into a dog, and make your growing up movie from a baby. Get and tell your face story NOW! - Automatic detect human face. - Intelligent face feature extraction. - Morph between faces with ease. - Share face story video on facebook, instagram, vine and more. - Preview and play final effects in real time.

Screenshots

ThumbVideo4 screens
Face Story Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ThumbVideo at Free against Face Story Pro's $3.99. ThumbVideo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Face Story Pro's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ThumbVideo is free to download; Face Story Pro costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ThumbVideo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Face Story Pro has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ThumbVideo's written reviews are positive against 86% of Face Story Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThumbVideo ships an update monthly, Face Story Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ThumbVideo versus Face Story Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThumbVideoFace Story Pro
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.8 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.5% of reviews
Number of ratings237 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.2 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB182 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKAZUYOSHI FURUTA丽譞 牛

Customer experience

ThumbVideo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Face Story Pro

All ratings37 ratings
Positive70.3%
Neutral2.7%
Negative27.0%
Written reviews373 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral8.8%
Negative5.6%

Bugs and requests

ThumbVideo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Face Story Pro

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Cannot import photos from camera roll or photo library
  • App crashes when accessing photo folders
  • Face detection hangs and freezes during processing
  • App incompatible with iOS 11.2.5 and older iPhone models
  • Incorrect billing - charging for free version
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  • Face detection fails on non-frontal facing photos
  • Poor performance with multiple faces in single image

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to import photos from iCloud photo share
  • Reorder photos within a project without deleting
  • Support for horizontal/landscape orientation
  • Select individual faces when multiple faces present in one photo
  • Batch photo selection from albums
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  • Remove mandatory review requirement before feature access

In-app purchases

None

ThumbVideo

No in-app purchases

None

Face Story Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThumbVideo free?
ThumbVideo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Face Story Pro free?
Face Story Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ThumbVideo or Face Story Pro?
ThumbVideo is rated higher. ThumbVideo averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Face Story Pro averages 3.8 from 37 ratings.
Do ThumbVideo or Face Story Pro have ads?
Neither ThumbVideo nor Face Story Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ThumbVideo or Face Story Pro?
ThumbVideo ships an update monthly, and Face Story Pro every 3 months. Most recently, ThumbVideo was updated on October 3, 2026 and Face Story Pro on October 17, 2026.

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