Face Effect HD vs Hot Me
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Hot Me
Transform your photos by adding your face to humorous or attractive images. Enhance pictures with fun additions, text, and frames before sharing them on social media.
- Face swapping onto pre-designed images
- Add fun graphics and goodies
- In-app caption tool
- Over 40 frame options
- Multi-touch editing controls
- Color adjustment tools
- Direct sharing to social media
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Want to stick your face on a girl in bikini? Always wondering what you would look like with giant muscles? Do you want to be hot? Now you can look like a meathead or a bombshell with Hot Me! Everything you need to be super hot all in one great app! 200 hot sexy pics for you to stick your face on! Add awesome captions! Or fun goodies! and stick it all in a frame Then share via facebook, twitter, instagram, e-mail, sms, etc....... Make you profile picture really stand out! And if you like it please come back and give it a review. Includes all of these packs! 1. Hot Pack!! 200 awesome photos for you to stick your face in! 2. Goodies pack! 216 images of fun stuff to stick to your picture! 3. Caption tool! Write stuff on your pictures! 4. Frames pack! Put your finished picture in one of over 40 great frames! - Quick Instructions Download it, then open it! - Click a picture - Then either take a photo or choose one from your photo album. - If you're using IOS 5 and above the app should find your face and place it in the hole. - Use Multi-touch to move and resize your photo until it's perfect! ( Click "Flip" if you wanna flip the pic ) - Click "Color" to adjust the colors of your image to make it match the pic! - When your done click on the goodies tab to add fun stuff to your pic! - Then click frames to add a classic frame to your picture! - Or at any time click the share button in the bottom right and.. - Then you can save it, put it on facebook, twitter, Instagram, SMS, e-mail, or even save it to a contact.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Face Effect HD at 71% against Hot Me's 20%. Face Effect HD also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (298 vs 11). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Face Effect HD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hot Me sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Face Effect HD holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Face Effect HD has 298 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Face Effect HD's written reviews are positive against 20% of Hot Me's.
Face Effect HD ships an update every 6 months, Hot Me every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Face Effect HD | Hot Me |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (298 ratings) — better | 3.9 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.2% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 298 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 柳 王 | The Ritz Acme Ltd Liability Company |
Customer experience
Face Effect HD
Hot Me
Bugs and requests
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
Hot Me
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Face Effect HD
- Pro Version$0.99
Hot Me
- Go Pro! Unlock all of the images in the entire app! No ads$0.99
Questions
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