FaceApp Alternatives (2026): Hair, Age and Face Edit Apps Compared

How we compared them

People use FaceApp for three jobs: aging, gender swap, and hair and face edits. We picked apps that do at least one of them and publish enough to compare. Face-swap apps are left out, since they put your face on someone else rather than edit your photo. We copied only what each company's own pages and its US App Store and Google Play listings say; where a page is silent, we say so. Store prices vary by region, and we don't add billing periods a listing leaves out.

FaceApp alternatives at a glance

FaceApp: what you'd be replacing

FaceApp is a phone editor for realistic face changes. Its US App Store listing offers new hair colors and hairstyles, a beard, makeup filters, blemish removal, wrinkle smoothing and bigger or smaller facial features. The Google Play listing adds Old and Young filters and Gender Swap, and the FAQ says the aging filters work in the free version as well as Pro. In the women's interface, a Transfer filter adapts a hairstyle from a reference photo. Pro opens all filters and tools and removes watermarks; the pricing FAQ mentions monthly and annual plans but shows no prices and points to the PRO section in the app. FaceApp runs on iPhone, iPad and Android, with no web version on its site. Its FAQ says edited photos are cached in the cloud, encrypted, and deleted within 24 to 48 hours of your last edit.

YouCam Makeup: aging, 250+ hairstyles and face shaping

YouCam Makeup puts aging, hair and face edits in one app. AI Age shows past and future looks with 6 filters. Hair tools include 250+ preset hairstyles, a try-on from a reference photo that can keep your natural hair color, and a hair color changer; face tools include Face Shaper, Skin Smoother, AI Facelift and Face Symmetry, plus makeup filters. Content is part free, part paid. Google Play marks the app as containing ads, the App Store's age rating lists Advertising, and Premium promises ad-free editing. A browser hairstyle generator from the same company has 200+ styles and takes a reference photo: new accounts get 5 free credits, enough for 2 full previews, with no card. Its FAQ says a style costs 2 credits; its how-to says one per pick. Pick it for aging, hair and face shaping in one phone app.

FaceLab: aging, gender swap and hair filters

FaceLab, from Lyrebird Studio, does FaceApp's fun-filter jobs. Its App Store listing leads with getting old, changing gender and editing your hair and beard, and adds a young filter, buzz cut, bald, long hair and blonde filters, bangs and a face shape detector. PRO removes ads and opens all filters; on Google Play, where it's marked as containing ads, premium also removes the watermark. The billing terms don't match: the description says billed monthly or annually, but the US in-app list labels most items Weekly. It's designed for iPhone, also runs on Apple-silicon Macs without being verified for macOS, and has an Android app; we found no web version. Lyrebird's privacy policy says originals and face data are deleted after generation, which may take four days, and that generated photos stay until you delete them. Pick it if aging and gender swap are what you used FaceApp for.

Facetune: retouching, hair and beards on any device

Facetune, from Lightricks, is a retouching editor with hair and beard try-ons. The App Store listing offers 20+ hairstyles, beards such as stubble, goatee and long beard, and virtual makeup, and the hair page adds custom prompts and hair color. No aging or gender-swap filter is listed on its store pages or the site's tool menu; the closest is an AI Wrinkle Remover. It runs in any browser on a PC, Mac, tablet or phone, and as iPhone, iPad and Android apps; the Google Play version is marked as containing ads. The FAQ calls it freemium, with free-tool saves up to a weekly limit, while the pricing page says access after the 7-day trial needs a subscription and offers a full refund on request within 14 days of a first web purchase. Pick it for retouching plus hair, beards and makeup on any device.

Fotor: age progression and hairstyles in the browser

Fotor's AI Age Progression runs in the browser and shows you as a Child, Teenager, Adult, Middle Aged or Elderly, one photo at a time. The page title says free, but the tool uses credits, new users get none by default (you can earn some in a Rewards Center), and the credits per image aren't listed. Fotor calls the result an AI visualization, not an exact prediction. The AI Hairstyle Changer takes presets or a typed description, and the face editor smooths skin, removes blemishes, slims the face and adds makeup. The Basic plan is free forever with limited credits; on paid plans, the pricing page says unused credits roll over for up to 5 months. The iPhone app lists AI Hairstyle but not aging, and the Android app is marked as containing ads. Pick it for aging in a browser with nothing to install.

Snapchat Lenses: aging and hairstyles in the camera

Snapchat makes official Lenses for two of FaceApp's jobs: an Aging Lens and a Trendy Hairstyle Lens. Lenses are effects you use while you create a Snap in the camera; that help page doesn't describe applying them to an older photo. The app is free with in-app purchases; Google Play marks it as containing ads, the App Store's age rating lists Advertising, and neither lens page states a price. Snapchat runs on iPhone, iPad and Android, and Snap's help says Lenses also work on a computer through Snapchat for Web; we didn't check for these two Lenses there. Pick it for a quick look at an older you if you already use the free Snapchat app.

Outwow: hair, beard and makeup try-on posters, no aging

We make this one, so read it with that in mind. Outwow (outwow.app) runs in a phone or computer browser and has no aging, gender-swap or face-reshaping tool, so it doesn't replace FaceApp's fun filters. Hairstyle Try-On turns one selfie into 1 poster of 6 haircuts on your own face, in women's or men's cuts with the length and color you choose; nothing is scored. A run costs 1 photo on the Basic plan ($19.99 a month). It takes no reference photo and no typed description. New accounts get 3 free photos once, watermarked: they cover the templates below, not the hair tool. There's no iPhone or Android app, which every other app here has. Uploads are deleted within 24 hours; results stay for your plan's history window or until you delete them.

• Hair Color Match: Six hair colors on your own face, with the best fit marked.
• Beard Match: Which beard shape fits your jaw, shown on you.
• Makeup for Your Color Type: Poster from your photo: color type, palette, makeup match and how-to.
• 10 Haircuts on You: Ten haircuts tried on your face, each with a benefit and a verdict.
• Each costs 1 photo a run on every plan, Free included.

Unlike the tool, these posters mark a best match or what to skip; that's a suggestion from one photo, not a stylist's assessment.

Which FaceApp alternative to pick

• Aging on your phone: YouCam Makeup or FaceLab. In a browser: Fotor, if you're fine earning or buying credits.
• Gender swap: FaceLab.
• A quick look in the camera, in a free app: Snapchat's Aging or Trendy Hairstyle Lens.
• The most preset hairstyles by stated count, or a try-on from a reference photo: YouCam Makeup.
• Retouching plus hair, beards and makeup on any device: Facetune.
• Hair, beard and makeup posters for your stylist or barber, with no app: Outwow (templates on every plan, Hairstyle Try-On from Basic).

Before you upload your face, check how long the app keeps it (FAQ below) and read our privacy checklist. More hair apps are in our hairstyle try-on comparison, and avatar apps in Lensa alternatives.