Magic mirror booth vs Ugly Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 9 customizable camera effects
- Photo and video recording
- On-screen effect controls
- Real-time preview
- Voice alteration for videos
- Social media sharing
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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
Ugly Camera
Transform your selfies into hilarious and distorted images or videos with a variety of live effects. Easily create funny faces, duplicate features, or completely transform your appearance in real-time before capturing your photo or video.
- Funny face distortion effects
- Live preview filters
- Photo creation
- Video creation
- Animated GIF creation
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Magic mirror booth at 539 against Ugly Camera's 127. Magic mirror booth also leads on iOS requirement (13.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
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.
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 — 539 and 127 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Magic mirror booth's written reviews are positive against 72% of Ugly Camera's.
Magic mirror booth ships an update every 2 months, Ugly Camera every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic mirror booth | Ugly Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (539 ratings) | 4.4 (127 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better | 72.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 539 — better | 127 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guillaume Fleury | KANAME OHARA |
Customer experience
Magic mirror booth
Ugly Camera
User reviews
Magic mirror booth
From 539 App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
Magic mirror booth
- Voice pitch effect$0.99
- Additional effects/mirrors$1.99
Ugly Camera
- All Filters(Full feature)$3.99
Questions
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