Parents' Guide to

Gradient Photo Editor

By Debbie Gorrell, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 14+

Photo editing tool promotes vanity, has privacy concerns.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Free to try Entertainment
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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age 13+

Based on 2 parent reviews

Hugohugo
Hugohugo Adult
March 27, 2020
age 18+

Good

sarasreviews
sarasreviews Adult
October 26, 2019
age 8+

A waste

I don’t know why I even thought about upgrading to premium because there’s barley any difference. Many filters but they all look alike and I wasted 20 dollars for A MONTH of nothing. Filters take forever to load. Id day the instagram filters do just as well. I don’t recommend but the app itself is free if you’d like to try it out.
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Privacy Rating Warning

  • Personal information is not sold or rented to third parties.
  • Personal information is shared for third-party marketing.
  • Personalised advertising is displayed.
  • Data are collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
  • User's information is used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • Unclear whether this product creates and uses data profiles for personalised advertisements.
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What’s It About?

GRADIENT PHOTO EDITOR is an app that lets kids take new selfies or upload existing ones to find a celebrity lookalike. The result is displayed as a story, which is a progressive set of photos that gradually shows the similarities between the selfie and the celebrity photo. Kids can also create customized self-portraits by adding different hair colors, resizing eyes and lips, and adjusting skin tone. Younger kids will likely have fun with additional tools that allow them to add emojis and text to their photos. Stories and photos can be shared directly from the app. According to the developer, new tools, textures, and filters are added every week. In order to try the app for free, users must sign up for a three-day trial using some form of payment method such as Apple Pay.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say: (2 ):
Kids say: Not yet rated

While the app may be amusing at first, concerns about its shallow message and privacy issues are reasons to give pause. Getting matched with a celebrity lookalike can generate some laughs, but the match is not very accurate and should not be taken too seriously. Different photos of the same person typically result in different matches. And the wording in the terms of use is somewhat unclear. A message within the app about the importance of embracing all forms of beauty, along with more clarity about the privacy and ownership of user photos, could go a long way.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about why someone might want to alter their photos on Gradient Photo Editor by resizing their facial features and changing their skin tone. While it might be fun to see edited versions of selfies, it's important for kids to celebrate their own inner and outer beauty.

  • Talk about the importance of privacy and appropriateness in terms of photos. What's OK to share?

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