AKASO vs reFaced
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AKASO
Control your action camera, preview footage in real-time, and access official guides. Edit and share your videos easily with friends and on social media. Currently supports Snapx models.
- Real-time camera preview
- Official usage instructions
- Video editing tools
- Direct social media sharing
- Camera control
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AKASO is an exclusive application for AKASO action camera equipment. It accurately controls the action camera, previews the shooting images in real time, and provides official usage instructions. Edit videos and share them with friends and major social platforms. (Currently only supports Snapx models)
reFaced
This app automatically modifies your facial features to prevent algorithmic recognition and data scraping. All processing occurs on your device, ensuring your facial data remains private and secure. No information is ever shared externally.
- Automatic facial alterations
- Prevents algorithmic recognition
- On-device processing
- Safeguards facial data
- No data leaves device
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When taking a photo of a person, the app automatically applies slight alterations to your face that prevent unwanted recognition by algorithms that scrape images from the web. It does so entirely on-device so as to safeguard the user's face data. No data leaves the device. The premium version can protect fingerprints as well. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: reFaced at 5.0 against AKASO's 4.4. reFaced also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). AKASO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (196 vs 2). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. reFaced sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. AKASO asks for nothing beyond the download.
reFaced holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AKASO has 196 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AKASO ships an update every 5 weeks, reFaced fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AKASO | reFaced |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (196 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 196 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 332 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proexpress Distributor LLC | LAMBERT JAN HOGENHOUT |
Customer experience
AKASO
reFaced
In-app purchases
AKASO
No in-app purchases
reFaced
- Monthly$9.991 Month
- Yearly$59.991 Year
