Frankenface

Category: entertainment photography
Price: $1.99
App Store Link [Full] / No Lite Version

Review: Like it.
Replay Value: Medium
Recommendation: This app might be a little high priced for the current market; That said, Frankenface can be a lot of fun to play with friends and family; more than I initially expected it to be. But be warned, it currently only works with iPhone.

Frankenface is an entertaining app that allows users to mix 'n' match faces using photos taken from the iPhone built-in camera. The app divides photos into there segments: hair & forehead, eyes & nose, and mouth & chin. Users can then swipe to slide segments back and forth to create "Frankenfaces" of their friends and family.

On a side note: while I was intending to review this app today anyway, I found it to be a very fitting time after last night's American Idol Ford Music Video release, entitled "Top 9: Mixed Up" (Click here for the video). This video perfectly demonstrates the concept of "Frankenface." In fact, After watching the video, I think that developers might want incorporate a full body "mask" for this app.

Honestly, this app will provide you with lots of laughs in large groups of friends or family. Imagine, mom's hair with dad's nose and mustache! Or your buddy's face with his girlfriend's hair! Or if you wanna get really creative, your pet's eyes & nose on your face (not that I'll ever admit to trying that)... in any case, the app definitely got a rise in a large group of people, and with the ability to shake the phone to create a random face combination, you never have to strain to hard to be creative. Finally, while the app is a lot of fun, and I think developers should be able to charge higher prices for their hard work, It's probably a fair assessment that in the given market, this app is about a dollar more expensive than it should be.

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Developer Video

What we'd like to see in future updates: Allow users to import photos from their photo library. Yes, I see the complications with profile angling and sizing, but giving the option couldn't hurt (and as an added bonus, it could open the app up for iPod Touch users as well!); Add a body switcher into the mix (head & neck, shoulders and torso, hips & legs). Stick with the swipe and get rid of the tap (I can't tell you how many times I accidentally changed a section I didn't mean to because of the tap control--very frustrating).

~M@