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A Facetune alternative for natural retouching on iPhone

PhotoTune is a narrower app than Facetune. It edits photos on iPhone, keeps skin texture when it smooths, never reshapes a face on its own, and runs its retouching on the phone. If you want those things, it is an alternative. If you want Android, video or a free tier, it is not, and the table says so.

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PhotoTune vs Facetune

PhotoTuneFacetune
Platforms iPhone only. No Android, web or desktop version. iPhone, Android and a web version.
Video editing No. Photos only. Yes, photos and videos.
Free use No free tier. Subscriptions from $19.99 a month; the annual plan starts with a 3-day free trial of everything. Free features plus a VIP subscription, with a one-week free trial.
Watermark None on any export, including during the trial. Watermark-free editing for VIP users.
Face and body shape No one-tap shape controls. Only a manual Reshape brush that moves what you drag. Includes face slimmer and AI photo reshape tools.
Skin smoothing Returns at least 35% of fine skin detail at full strength, enforced in code. Smoothing and retouch tools; no texture floor stated.
Where photos are processed Retouching on the iPhone. 10 AI tools send a photo when tapped; it is not stored. Facial data may be processed on the device or temporarily in their cloud servers.

Facetune details are from facetuneapp.com, checked 14 September 2026. Facetune is a trademark of Lightricks; PhotoTune is not affiliated with it.

Why people look for a Facetune alternative

The usual reasons are that edits look obviously edited, that a smoothing slider erases pores along with blemishes, or that one-tap slimming and reshaping change what a person looks like. PhotoTune is built around avoiding those: smoothing separates fine detail from tone and puts the detail back, and the only tool that can move a shape is a brush you drag by hand.

Where Facetune is the better choice

Facetune runs on Android and the web as well as iPhone, edits video, and has a much larger set of tools, including AI features PhotoTune does not have. It also has free features (what is free in Facetune, and what it costs). If any of those matter, Facetune fits and this app does not.

What PhotoTune does that is different

Presets save a whole edit — skin, whitening, lighting and colour — against facial landmarks, so the same edit applies to the next photo from a different angle or of a different person. Retouching, face detection and export run on the phone with no connection, and a recorded session sent no image data. The 10 AI tools, such as headshots, backdrops and hairstyles, are the exception: they send a photo when you tap one, and it is not stored.

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What is a good Facetune alternative for natural-looking edits?

PhotoTune is built for that: smoothing always keeps at least 35% of fine skin detail, and there are no one-tap face-shape controls. It is iPhone only, on the App Store.

Is PhotoTune free like Facetune?

No. PhotoTune has no free tier: every plan is a subscription that includes every tool, and the annual plan starts with a 3-day free trial, charged when it ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. Facetune offers free features alongside its VIP subscription.

Can PhotoTune slim a face like Facetune?

Not with a one-tap slider. The only shape tool is the manual Reshape brush, which moves exactly what you drag and is never saved into a Preset.

Does PhotoTune work on Android or edit videos?

No to both. It is an iPhone photo editor. If you need Android, the web or video editing, Facetune covers those and this app does not.

Can I reuse an edit on other photos in PhotoTune?

Yes. Save an edit as a Preset and apply it to the next photo. It is stored against facial landmarks, so it fits a different angle or a different person.

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