YouCam Makeup vs Prequel

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R3] YouCam Makeup 3/5 · US Great but used to be free.: This app has always had features that you could pay to use but now it’s almost everything which really stinks because it’s a great and easy to use app.
2. [R7] YouCam Makeup 1/5 · US Very disappointed.: I used to use this app all the time to touch up photos like make simple, subtle enhancements like plump up eye lashes, remove wrinkles and dark circles, that kind of thing and it was great. Now none of those basic features are available without a premium subscription which I think is total BS. I understand making some features premium, but this app is useless now and I will be
3. [R63] Prequel 3/5 · US The credit system is Sucks: One of the best photo editing apps I’ve used is perfect, but I have a minor issue with the AI feature. When you use the AI on your pictures, you need to have credits. Initially, we didn’t have these credits, which I understand. It costs to use AI for the app, but I don’t understand why the prices for the credits have increased. They’re now between 30 and 50, and I hate
4. [R64] Prequel 1/5 · US Borderline Criminal Behavior: Bait and Switch: So yeah, the app is cool but they’re using the most disgustingly unethical marketing tactics. They present the features and prompt you to purchase a full subscription, and as soon as you do, you’re informed about AI credits (over 80% of the platform uses AI credits). Now every generation that you create consumes anywhere from 20 to 60 credits. And get
5. [R2] YouCam Makeup 4/5 · US Wowza: It’s the perfect app to see what look are great in you! I don’t like the part where you need premium to do some features but it makes it ok that you can have a couple freee try’s! I love it!
6. [R5] YouCam Makeup 5/5 · US Excellent: Nice App
7. [R105] Prequel 3/5 · GB New layout is confusing: I had this app for 3-4 years and was happily using it with no issues. But then someone decided to start messing with the user interface, and with each update it’s getting more and more confusing. For example all my saved presets are in some weird separate window across half of the screen, that makes the preview of the photo smaller and harder to see, second, you can’t edit
8. [R120] Prequel 3/5 · GB a little frustrating…: I still really like this app and use it all the time but it’s very frustrating when filters i’ve used one day are suddenly pro filters and now i’m not able to use presets i’ve made because it’s behind a paywall. I find this very unfair and annoying which is where my frustration is because like i said i really do like this app but it was just so much better before.
9. [R6] YouCam Makeup 3/5 · US I want to like it but payment feels buggy/untrustworthy to me: I upgraded the pro for this app and now every single single time I login it tries to recharge me for pro despite having already paid for it and it conveniently has issues restoring my purchases every time. Features are so dope but honestly with this issue I’ve been going between Adobe Photoshop and just using the free version of this w
10. [R61] Prequel 1/5 · US Extremely Buggy!: I cannot edit videos easily, I cannot trim, move, delete videos properly, sequencing is lost, buggy
11. [R112] Prequel 1/5 · US So slow and crashes.: Literally can’t hardly do anything in the app because it crashes or loads so slow when trying to do any edits to videos. Will not be continuing after the trial for sure
12. [R28] YouCam Makeup 2/5 · US Great app but…: There are too many premium features that you have to pay for now It wasn’t that way when I signed up years ago . Features and app easy to use just $$$ if all you want is to whiten your teeth or debag your eyes :$
13. [R30] YouCam Makeup 3/5 · GB Too expensive: This app was great until it went up to £79 pounds a year
14. [R79] Prequel 1/5 · US Scam: I wouldn't suggest using this app. I paid for a year-long membership, but every time I want to edit a photo, I have to buy coins. What's the point of the membership then? It's a scam, stay clear of it and look for a more trustworthy app.
15. [R106] Prequel 1/5 · US just a bad app: you need a subscription to use any of the filters at all, not only that but the subscription is $6/WEEK the biggest scam ever
16. [R1] YouCam Makeup 2/5 · US Not What I Expected: I signed up today to evaluate this app, but I decided to cancel the same day because it did not include the features that were promoted. Despite canceling well within the free trial; I was still charged $21.64. This fee should not occur during a trial and I am requesting a refund. Update: On a positive note, I do appreciate the support team reaching out to explain the refun
17. [R70] Prequel 1/5 · US Horrible app it’s a scam: App makes you sign up for trial not telling you they will bill you immediately and then block any refund. They scammed me and each photo generated AI slop when you use it.
18. [R118] Prequel 1/5 · US They scam you!!!: For the good filters on top of the membership for a year, they charge you more money for “credits” to use some filters