“I did not want this app nor did I want to purchase it. There is no opt out that I could find. Google play had a pay card it automatically hooked up and charged with no way out of the so called free trial .”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 962 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.0 ★4,244,124 ratings
100M+Downloads
9+Age rating
255 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
*All images on this page were enhanced with AI
Your go-to face editor and makeup app for natural results. Retouch photos with makeup, face, and body editor, hairstyle try-on, and hair color changer. From daily looks to red-carpet glam, YouCam Makeup is the all-in-one selfie editor and beauty cam.
Top Features:
AI Agent: Chat-based Beauty & Editing Assistant (Subscription required) • AI Agent: Talk or type for tailored beauty advice and faster, smarter editing. • Live Makeup Virtual Try On: Get beauty recommendations and try makeup looks on live camera or with a photo. • Endless Photo & Video Creations: Power your imagination with top AI models to create viral photos and reels. • NEW Photo Collage: Combine up to 9 photos into a unique, aesthetic photo collage with a reference image or let AI generate the vibe with text prompts.
Makeup Editor & Beauty Cam (Incl.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 6.47.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 6.47.0, updated 2026-09-23.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 5.70.4 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version VARY, updated 2026-10-01.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 5.70.4, scanned 2026-09-17.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
6 or more requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Sells a subscription in-app but ships no cancel or manage-subscription text of its own, leaving the store's settings as the only exit
Reported by users: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Raised by 47 distinct reviewers — 9.0% of the 521 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 5
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 521 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Progress itself is for sale: "Buy Coins"
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 15 distinct reviewers (2.9% of 521 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports of unexpected charges
A large number of reviewers report being charged when they did not expect it — including being charged after cancelling during a free trial, or when a trial turned into a paid plan without warning. We cannot see anyone's billing, so this is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Surprise charges: raised by 28 distinct reviewers (5.4% of 521 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Trial terms not stated in the app's own text
The app's own screens offer a free trial without stating, beside it, what happens when the trial ends. Read this as context rather than as a charge: renewal terms are normally shown on the store's purchase sheet instead, which we cannot see, and we can only observe one kind of evidence for this — so it is shown, but never counted as a charge.
What we saw: Offers a free trial ("Free Trial") with no renewal price, renewal date or auto-renew notice anywhere in the app's own text
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Scam — They forced me to subscribe the annual version and I really didnt want it. They also refuse to dispute the charge although I never used the app agter free trial. The ads were misleading suggesting even after the free trial it will…”
“SCAM — I downloaded this app and it didn’t even deliver on the feature that I promised. I canceled two days into my seven day free trial and it’s still charged me $79.99. It has been a nightmare dealing with it. Do not download unless you…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 6.47.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$5.99
Highest$79.99
Premium Version (Monthly)$5.99
Premium Version (Monthly)$9.99
Premium Version (Monthly)$8.99
Pro Monthly Offer$19.99
Premium Version (Yearly)$32.99
Show 5 more purchases
Premium Version (Yearly)$39.99
Pro Yearly Offer$79.99
Premium Version (Yearly)$31.99
Pro Yearly Offer with Free Trial$79.99
Pro Year Offer with Pro Features$79.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.