This is less a feature comparison than a format one. Reface is a mobile app — iOS and Android — and reface.ai is now a company site for a family of apps rather than a place you can swap a face in a browser.
PhotoHero runs in a browser on any device. If you want an app on your phone, Reface is the answer and this page will not talk you out of it.
Reface details verified from their own site on . Pricing changes often — check before you buy.
| PhotoHero | Reface | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Credit packs from $4.99 (200 credits); subscriptions from $9.99/month | In-app purchases from $2.49/week; $12.99/month and $24.99/year are also listedReported by: Apple App Store listing — Apple does not label which subscription is which |
| Free tier | 100 credits on signup, no card required (~100 photo swaps, or ~50s of video) | Free use is heavily ad-supported; the exact quota is not publishedReported by: App Store user reviews |
| Watermark | No watermark on any generated result | Not stated on their site |
| Try without an account | Upload, face detection and face picking work with no account; signup is required to generate | No web face swap tool exists — reface.ai is a company/portfolio site |
| Video face swap | Yes — 2 credits per second, MP4/MOV up to 500 MB | Yes, in the app; length and resolution limits not published |
| Multiple faces | Yes — every face detected, assign each individually; 1 credit per face swapped | Not stated on their site |
| Credits expire | Credits never expire | Not stated on their site |
| Billing model | Pay-as-you-go credit packs or an optional subscription | App Store subscription (weekly / monthly / annual) |
“Not stated on their site” means we could not verify it from a reliable source, so we have not guessed. Sources: reface.ai, Reface on the App Store
Reface built a consumer mobile app around tapping a template and seeing yourself in it. PhotoHero is a browser tool built around uploading your own material and controlling the result — which face to replace, which source to use, whether to swap one person in a group or several.
If you want to make a quick funny clip on your phone, the app wins. If you are working with your own photos or footage at a desk, the browser tool wins.
reface.ai does not publish a pricing page — we checked on 2026-07-25 and it returns a 404. The only official price source is Apple's App Store listing, which lists in-app purchases from $2.49 per week up to $39.99, but does not say which subscription tier each corresponds to.
So we have quoted Apple's listing and attributed it, rather than presenting a tier structure we cannot confirm. Third-party articles state an annual price that disagrees with Apple's own listing, which is a reason to trust neither without checking.
A weekly subscription is the most expensive shape for infrequent use — it is designed for people who forget to cancel. Even at the lowest listed rate, a year of $2.49 weekly is roughly $130.
PhotoHero's $4.99 pack of 200 credits covers about 200 photo swaps and does not renew. If you swap faces a few times a month, that difference is the entire comparison.
No. As of 2026-07-25, reface.ai is a company site for a family of mobile apps and has no in-browser face swap tool. PhotoHero runs entirely in a browser.
For occasional use, almost certainly — credit packs from $4.99 that never expire, versus App Store subscriptions listed from $2.49/week. But Apple does not label which subscription is which, so compare against the current in-app price.
Not a native app. It runs in a mobile browser and can be installed to your home screen as a PWA, but if a true app matters to you, Reface has one and we do not.
Reface. It is built around a library of clips to swap into. PhotoHero expects you to supply your own photo or video.
Upload a photo and pick the faces without an account. 100 free credits when you sign up — no card required.
Try a face swap free