Looksmaxxing apps compared

We did not install every app and score our own faces; a number from one rater cannot be compared with a number from another. We compared what each app states about itself. On 2026-09-06 we read each app's App Store and Google Play listing, its website where it has one, and its privacy policy, and recorded seven facts: platform, price model, what is free, score scale, whether citations are shown, photo retention, and age policy. Where a fact is not on those pages, the table says so rather than guessing.

• Prices are quoted only where a store listing shows them, in the listing's currency, and may differ by country or change without notice.
• No user counts, ratings, reviews or revenue figures appear here. They are not verifiable from the source and are not a measure of whether the rating is honest.

Because a score is a rubric plus a calibration, and every app has its own. One app may weight the jaw heavily, another the skin; one may put an average person at 50, another at 70. Neither Umax nor LooksMax AI states its scale on its own pages, so we do not describe them. BecomeTen publishes its rubric: five weighted areas, an average, healthy, groomed person around 50–60, above 80 reserved for striking structure, and a fixed mapping to the community's 1–8 ladder explained on the PSL score page.

The photo is the second reason. Lighting, angle, lens distance and expression change what any rater sees, so the same face can score differently between two selfies a minute apart. BecomeTen grades every photo for light, angle and sharpness before scoring it and shows a difference within two points as noise.

Umax is a native app on iOS and Android from Improvement Tech LLC, rated 18+ on the App Store with an 18+ requirement in its terms. The listing is explicit that analysis results require a subscription and that additional scans require an additional purchase. Listed in-app purchases start from $3.99 a week on the US App Store, with several weekly and monthly tiers and one-off add-ons, and its terms describe a 3-day free trial that then charges the chosen plan. Its privacy policy states that face scans are kept for up to one year unless the law requires otherwise, and its terms say people under 18 may not use the app. Score scale, citations and how potential is defined are not stated on their site. The single-app page is BecomeTen vs Umax.

LooksMax AI is a native iPhone app from Mnkybrain Labs, rated 13+ on the App Store; its Google Play listing was no longer reachable on 2026-10-25. It is free to download with in-app purchases; the App Store lists a weekly purchase at $3.99, a Pro purchase at $3.99, and boost and content packs from $0.99. Its privacy policy states that face data is retained for 30 days and then automatically deleted, collected only to analyse attractiveness, and not shared or sold unless required by law. No minimum age appears in its policy or terms. Score scale, citations and potential caps are not stated on their site. The single-app page is BecomeTen vs LooksMax AI.

Alongside the store apps there is a category of browser tools that measure symmetry or a golden-ratio score from an uploaded photo, often free and often without an account. Their limits are structural. A single 2D photo cannot support a millimetre or degree reading, so a decimal-place symmetry percentage is precision the input does not contain. Most give no advice, so there is nothing to cite; those that do rarely show a source. Retention policies vary widely and are often absent. Individual tools are checked on their own dated pages: PrettyScale, PinkMirror, FaceRate.ai and The Face Report.

BecomeTen is from Appinara s. r. o. in Slovakia, 18+, English only, on the web, the App Store and Google Play. One photo returns a score out of 100, one of eight tiers and a share card free, one scan per device per day, no sign-up. The full report is €6.99 once: visible traits across harmony, eye area, jaw and chin, skin and hair, each as a band; a non-surgical potential capped per area at harmony +6, eye area +10, jaw and chin +14, skin +25, hair +20; weak points tagged workable or structural; and a plan whose every step carries an evidence level and cites only a curated PubMed-verified library. A re-scan is €4.99. PRO is €9.99 a month or €59.99 a year for 20 scans per rolling 30 days, at most three a day, with a potential photo on each and progress tracking.

The photo from a free scan is deleted right after scoring. A paid scan is stored encrypted in the EU until you delete it or your account, and no photo is used to train a model. The full rules are on the methodology page and the test itself is described on AI face rating.

• You want a native phone app and are 18 or over: Umax, on the terms in its listing.
• You want a native phone app with small purchases and a short retention window: LooksMax AI.
• You want a free, instant symmetry read and no advice: a browser symmetry calculator, treating any decimal precision as decoration.
• You want the score before paying, one payment, evidence levels on every step, a capped potential and an EU photo policy in plain words: BecomeTen.

• BecomeTen vs Umax: weekly subscription against a one-time report, and what each states about photos and age.
• BecomeTen vs LooksMax AI: in-app purchases against one payment, and the 30-day retention window.
• Umax vs LooksMax AI: the two phone apps side by side, with BecomeTen as the third column.
• Umax alternatives and LooksMax AI alternatives: free and one-time options, checked against their own pages.
• Best AI face rating apps, free face rating with no paywall and free vs paid face raters: the roundups.
• Single-product pages: HiFace, FaceRate.ai, PrettyScale, PinkMirror, The Face Report, MOGGED, Photofeeler and QOVES.
• AI face rating: what a face score can and cannot measure from one photo.
• Methodology: calibration, potential caps, evidence levels and what BecomeTen refuses to do.