Comparison

Magic mirror booth vs Ugly Camera

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

Head to head
About

Magic mirror booth

Transform your photos and videos with a variety of fun camera effects. Create distorted images, monster looks, and more with real-time previews and on-screen controls. Record videos with altered voices and share your creations instantly.

Highlights
  • 9 customizable camera effects
  • Photo and video recording
  • On-screen effect controls
  • Real-time preview
  • Voice alteration for videos
  • Social media sharing
Features
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Awesome camera effect app Magic mirror booth! Take funny pictures and shoot videos of you and your friends in the magic mirror booth! 9 fully customizable effects with on screen controls. Enhance your smile, stretch your face, look like a monster, alien, monkey, dog and more! Shoot videos with altered voice for unending laughs. Share the fun with friends by email, twitter or Facebook. FEATURES - 9 fully adjustable effects (3 free, 6 in additional effects pack) - Photo and video - On-screen controls for effect customization - Real-time preview - Alter your voice when shooting videos (with voice pitch effect pack) - Front/Back camera support - Save to camera roll, share with friends by email, Twitter and Facebook EFFECTS/MIRRORS - Squeeze/Expand - Warp - Stretch - Waves - Mood - Magic glass - Monster - Ripples 1 - Ripples 2

About

Ugly Camera

Create hilarious distorted faces and funny movies with live filters. This app offers a variety of effects to transform your selfies into comical images or short videos. It's a popular choice for generating laughs and entertainment.

Highlights
  • Funny face effects
  • Live filters
  • Photo creation
  • Video creation
  • Animated GIF creation
  • Distort, duplicate, transform face
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Take funny photo ! Ugly Camera creates funny ugly face picture or movie in a very few steps. What you should do is just take photo. - Several effects that result in ugly funny faces; distort, duplicate and transform your face. - Live filters; watch the result before even taking the picture. - You can create Photo, Video and Animated GIF. Ugly Camera is million downloaded popular camera app. Try this ugly selfie camera now.

Screenshots

Magic mirror booth3 screens
Ugly Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

Magic mirror booth and Ugly Camera both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 79% of Magic mirror booth's written reviews are positive against 71% of Ugly Camera's. Magic mirror booth also leads on ratings volume (555 vs 127) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Magic mirror booth sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Ugly Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Magic mirror booth against 4.4 for Ugly Camera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 555 and 127 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Magic mirror booth's written reviews are positive against 71% of Ugly Camera's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic mirror booth ships an update every 2 months, Ugly Camera every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Magic mirror booth versus Ugly Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic mirror boothUgly Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (555 ratings)4.4 (127 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews — better70.9% of reviews
Number of ratings555 — better127
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuillaume FleuryKANAME OHARA

Customer experience

Magic mirror booth

All ratings539 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral5.2%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews154 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral7.8%
Negative13.0%

Ugly Camera

All ratings127 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral7.9%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive70.9%
Neutral10.7%
Negative18.4%

User reviews

Magic mirror booth

From 555 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😊 Fun and entertaining
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🤣 Hilarious effects
  • 💥 Great for laughs with friends/family

Room to improve

  • 🤑 Paid features required for full experience
  • 🙄 Limited free effects
  • 🔍 Difficult to discover/unlock all features

Ugly Camera

From 127 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😂 Hilarious and fun
  • 🤣 Makes users laugh
  • 🤩 Very entertaining
  • 👍 Good time passer
  • 😄 Lots of fun

Room to improve

  • 💸 Expensive filters
  • 💳 In-app purchases costly
  • 👎 Filters only paid on iOS
  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🚫 App won't open

Bugs and requests

Magic mirror booth

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Quality issues with saved images/videos

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free effects and filters
  • Ability to import photos from camera roll
  • Improved voice/audio distortion effects

Ugly Camera

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes when selecting photos from camera roll
  • App crashes on launch
  • App crashes when trying to save photos
  • Photos cannot be saved
  • App crashes when opening
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  • App crashes when trying to save

Requested features

3 requests
  • Automatic saving feature
  • Improve iOS filter pricing
  • Fix shutter sound on iPhone

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Magic mirror booth

One-time2
  • Voice pitch effect$0.99
  • Additional effects/mirrors$1.99
1 purchases

Ugly Camera

One-time1
  • All Filters(Full feature)$3.99

Questions

Is Magic mirror booth free?
Magic mirror booth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ugly Camera free?
Ugly Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic mirror booth or Ugly Camera?
Ugly Camera is rated higher. Magic mirror booth averages 4.3 out of 5 from 555 ratings, while Ugly Camera averages 4.4 from 127 ratings.
Do Magic mirror booth or Ugly Camera have ads?
Both Magic mirror booth and Ugly Camera show ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic mirror booth or Ugly Camera?
Magic mirror booth ships an update every 2 months, and Ugly Camera every 3 months. Most recently, Magic mirror booth was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ugly Camera on November 3, 2026.

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