Luxand Face Recognition vs similar faces
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luxand Face Recognition
This application identifies and remembers faces from your device's camera. Assign names to detected individuals for future recognition. It's designed for users to easily manage and identify people in photos and videos.
- Face detection
- Face memorization
- Name assignment
- Multi-view learning
- Multiple person recognition
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Just tap any detected face and give it a name. The app will memorize the face and recognize it further. For best results, hold the device at arm's length. You may slowly rotate the head (or slowly change your location) for the app to memorize you at multiple views. The app can memorize several persons. If a face is not recognized, tap and name it again. The SDK is available for mobile developers: www.luxand.com/facesdk
similar faces
This app analyzes how alike human faces are in photos. It offers modes to find the best matching pairs, compare one face against all others, and supports zooming and moving within the review scene. Results can be shared to social media platforms.
- Face similarity evaluation
- Multiple comparison modes (1 pair, 2 pairs, 1 vs all)
- Zoom and move in review scene
- Share results to social media
- Offline data processing
- Local data storage
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Evaluating how much human faces look alike together in a photo. Modes: - 1 pair: Find the best similar faces pair. - 2 pairs: Find the two best similar faces pairs. - 1 vs all: Compare one selected face with the others. In this mode, users can TOUCH on a face to compare it with the others. Support zooming and moving in the review scene. Support sharing the result image to Facebook, Twitter, etc. Privacy Policy: - The app processes data entirely offline. User data (including faces and photos) is only used to check similarity locally, stored on user's local device, and not sent anywhere else. Users can delete this app's data anytime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: similar faces at 4.2 against Luxand Face Recognition's 3.1. similar faces also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (351 vs 16). Luxand Face Recognition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. similar faces sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Luxand Face Recognition asks for nothing beyond the download.
similar faces holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: similar faces has 351 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Luxand Face Recognition's written reviews are positive against 58% of similar faces's.
Luxand Face Recognition ships an update every 7 months, similar faces every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Luxand Face Recognition | similar faces |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (16 ratings) | 4.2 (351 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews | 57.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 351 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luxand, Inc. | Anh Nguyen |
Customer experience
Luxand Face Recognition
similar faces
Bugs and requests
Luxand Face Recognition
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
similar faces
Reported bugs
10 issues- Crashes
- Doesn’t actually work
- Not Good at recognizing faces
- Always said 19% for me
- Seems like every pic 19%
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- Always the same number for the rate
- Not correct when looking at two same faces
- Takes all of the info from your phone, uploads it to their server and still doesn’t work
- Cannot get pictures loaded
- It takes 15 minutes to download to take your photos and doesn’t even work
Requested features
4 requests- Library option to add all photos
- Compare all photos at once
- Option to pre-select specific photos
- AI comparison details
In-app purchases
Luxand Face Recognition
No in-app purchases
similar faces
- Remove Ads$9.99
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