Effectify for Messenger vs AR Zombie Face Tracking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Effectify for Messenger
Transform your selfies with fun face effects and send them to friends via Messenger. Explore aging, beards, monsters, and more. Mix and match effects for unique results.
- Apply face effects like aging, beards, and monsters
- Send transformed photos via Facebook Messenger
- Mix and combine multiple effects
- Access effects from other "__ify" apps
- Real-time preview of transformations
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Effectify is simple. Take a selfie, select a face effect, then send your image to your friends via Facebook Messenger. See yourself OLD, get CHUNKY, grow BEARDS & MOUSTACHES, and even become a WEREWOLF, ZOMBIE or VAMPIRE! Note: If you already have any of our "__ify" face-effect apps it's effect will automatically be available in Effectify. You'll never have to re-purchase! Available Face Effects: - Beards - Chunky - Mustaches - Noses - Old age ($ or get Oldify 2) - Zombie ($ or get Zombify) - Vampire ($ or get Vampify) - Werewolf (available when you get Wolfify) - Baldness ($ or get Baldify) - Sketch (available when you get Sketchify) - Eyebrows (free or get Browify) - Robot ($) Also MIX mix effects to make hilarious old / bald / fat combos! Your face will never be the same.
AR Zombie Face Tracking
Transform yourself into a terrifying zombie from a horror film using augmented reality. Control your zombie's facial expressions and movements in real-time with your own. Record and share videos of your animated undead creations interacting with the real world.
- Real-time face tracking for zombie animation
- Control facial expressions and movements
- Augmented reality placement in the real world
- Record and share zombie videos
- Horror movie-inspired zombie effects
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Turn yourself into a scary zombie coming right from a horror movie! Control your zombie's face and expressions with your own face. Make them talk, smile, blink, stick their tongue out... Place your zombies in the real world using augmented reality to make them look even more scary! Record and share videos of your talking zombies!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AR Zombie Face Tracking at 4.4 against Effectify for Messenger's 2.7. Effectify for Messenger's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Effectify for Messenger sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and AR Zombie Face Tracking sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AR Zombie Face Tracking holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 75 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Effectify for Messenger's written reviews are positive against 41% of AR Zombie Face Tracking's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Effectify for Messenger ships an update every 5 weeks, AR Zombie Face Tracking every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Effectify for Messenger | AR Zombie Face Tracking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (27 ratings) | 4.4 (75 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better | 41.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Apptly LLC | Gil Nakache |
Customer experience
Effectify for Messenger
AR Zombie Face Tracking
Bugs and requests
Effectify for Messenger
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- App does not open after update
- Purchased features not available
- Effects don't line up properly
- In-app purchases not working
Requested features
3 requests- More free filters/effects
- Ability to use existing photos
- More options for drawing
AR Zombie Face Tracking
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Effectify for Messenger
- Unibrow effectFree
- Pencil sketch effectFree
- Werewolf face effectFree
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- Old age face effect$0.99
- Bald head effect$0.99
- More mustache effect$0.99
- More beard effects$0.99
- Vampire face effect$0.99
- More fat effects$0.99
- Zombie face effect$2.99
AR Zombie Face Tracking
- Zombie Old crone$0.99
- Zombie brute$0.99
- Zombie Nerd$0.99
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- Zombie fisherman$0.99
- Zombie skeleton$0.99
- Zombie graybeard$0.99
- All zombies$2.99
Questions
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