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Reface: Face Swap Videos

By Ana Beltran, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 14+

Create videos and GIFs featuring you -- and edgy stuff.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Free Entertainment
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Privacy Rating Warning

  • Unclear whether personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
  • Unclear whether personal information are shared for third-party marketing.
  • Personalised advertising is displayed.
  • Data are collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
  • Unclear whether this product uses a user's information 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?

Teens and adults can swap faces with their favorite celebrities or characters to make realistic videos or GIFs using REFACE: FACE SWAP VIDEOS. Powered by artificial intelligence, the app embeds users' faces into videos and GIFs where it recognizes facial structure. All you need to start swapping faces is a selfie. The home screen features a collection of music video clips, movie clips, and celebrity videos that you can use for face swap. Collections of video clips and GIFs are organized by categories, such as Game of Thrones, Victoria's Secret, WWE, Hot GIFs, Marvel Heroes, Girl Power, and Love. Users can also use the search function or browse trending searches or trending GIFs. Not all trending or searchable GIFs lend themselves to face recognition and face swap. The app offers the option to upload your own GIFs but requires a subscription upgrade. Users have the option to save their face-swap creations to their device or share results via text, WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram stories, and more. The user profile houses a collection of clips marked as favorites, a collection of selfies, and setting options where users can access terms of use, privacy policy, and in-app purchases.

Is It Any Good?

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

This is a fun way to spruce up familiar videos and GIFs with a personalized touch, but it's not for little kids, and check the privacy policy. Sharing GIFs and videos is an entertaining and lively way of conveying ideas and thoughts when plain text just won't cut it. Seamlessly create and share high-quality, realistic face-swap GIFs and videos with friends. The app doesn't just substitute your face on someone else's body. Instead, it seems to blend your facial features with those found in videos or GIFs. Some face swaps are better than others, with users' facial features more prominent and recognizable. Others are less obvious. Creating and sharing on Reface: Face Swap Videos is extremely user friendly. Simply browse all the available clips, and tap on the Reface tab to start the process. It even lends itself to fun with friends, accommodating clips with more than one face in them. The app offers a large collection of video clips and GIFs, ensuring something for everyone. Since some content on the app makes reference to mature themes, it's more appropriate for teens and adults. Overall, Reface: Face Swap Videos is perfect for a good laugh, but it's always good to check privacy policies on apps that collect selfies and track facial structure to see if and how developers share that information.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about meme culture when using Reface: Face Swap Videos. Video clips, GIFs, and memes are a fun way to express thoughts and feelings and can be great for a good laugh, but they can also be offensive, reinforce racist attitudes, exploit stereotypes, and spread misinformation. Open discussion could help prepare teens to be conscious consumers and creators of media.

  • Talk about some of the mature elements that can be found in the app and discuss expectations for sharing. Are there some videos or GIFs that aren't OK for face swap and sharing?

  • Since the app lends itself to social networking and encourages sharing to social media platforms, families can discuss guidelines for engaging with others responsibly.

App Details

  • Devices: iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
  • Pricing structure: Free (offers optional in-app purchase options ranging from $2.49 - $24.99)
  • Release date: September 3, 2020
  • Category: Entertainment
  • Publisher: NEOCORTEXT, INC.
  • Version: 1.3.21
  • Minimum software requirements: iOS 12.0 or later; Android 5.0 and up
  • Last updated: September 9, 2021

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