Facetune
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActivePortrait retouching app with AI headshots and hair tools
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Paid options from
- $25/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free to download with a 7-day trial; continued access then needs a subscription: $25/month, $40 every 3 months or $77.99/year on the website (prices 'may vary', offers only for facetuneapp.com). App-store purchases are priced and refunded separately through Apple or Google.
Use tool ↗About Facetune
Facetune is Lightricks' portrait and selfie editor, pairing manual retouch brushes with AI features for one-tap enhancement, object and background removal, hairstyle and beard changes, outfit swaps and generated headshots, plus video retouching. It ships on iOS and Android and also runs as a browser editor. The app is free to download with a 7-day trial of every tool, after which a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription is needed to keep using it.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: Monthly $25 per month, Quarterly $40 every 3 months, Yearly $77.99 per year, each with a 7-day free trial; FAQ says continued access after the trial requires a subscription (15 October 2026)facetuneapp.com ↗
- Pricing FAQ: cancel at least 48 hours before renewal, no mid-cycle plan switching, 14-day refund for website purchases (15 October 2026)facetuneapp.com ↗
- Developer is Lightricks Ltd.; AI Retouch, AI Headshots, AI Camera and hair tools listedapps.apple.com ↗
- Lightricks was founded in 2013, is headquartered in Jerusalem, and split consumer apps from its LTX generative video unit in February 2026en.wikipedia.org ↗
Is Facetune legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Dec 2, 2012 (13 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Nov 25, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2013The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Lightricks, IsraelOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Facetune
Still the default for fast, believable portrait touch-ups on a phone. The AI additions are conveniences layered on a mature manual editor, not a reason to abandon a desktop workflow, and since continued use now needs a subscription, the yearly plan is the only one that makes sense for regular use.
Pros
- Manual brushes alongside AI presets, which most AI-only editors lack
- Backed by Lightricks, so models and features are refreshed regularly
- Usable in a browser as well as on iOS and Android
- Yearly plan at $77.99 works out far cheaper than the $25 monthly rate
Cons
- After the 7-day trial, continued access requires a subscription
- Month-to-month billing at $25 is steep for a phone editor
- Beauty defaults over-process faces if accepted wholesale
- No API or desktop app, so batch work is off the table
Best for
- Creators cleaning up selfies and reels before posting
- Passable professional headshots without booking a photographer
- Editors who want brush-level control rather than a single-shot filter
Not for
- Raw workflows, colour grading or layered compositing
- Product, landscape or event photography
- Anyone unwilling to carry a recurring mobile subscription
Watch out: The 7-day trial rolls into a paid plan unless cancelled at least 48 hours before renewal, and plans cannot be switched mid-cycle — pick the term before the trial ends. Web refunds are 14 days; App Store and Google Play purchases go through Apple or Google.
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