App & tool guide · Creative & image
Facetune
ParentMode's take
14+ with parental awareness; 12+ only if parent co-uses and discusses image editing literacy.
Facetune is a powerful photo-editing tool designed to normalize heavy facial and body alteration. Even at 12+, the app's core function—smoothing skin, reshaping features, and altering appearance—means users engage with image editing during developmentally sensitive years. Parents may want to discuss how edited images differ from reality and support healthy media literacy.
On the App Store
- Apple age rating
- 12+
- Developer
- Lightricks Ltd.
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Average rating
- 4.6 ★
- Last updated
- 2026-07-09
Source: Apple App Store, retrieved 2026-07-10. View the current listing →
What a parent can do
Data & privacy
Check the App Store privacy label for data collection practices; assume any exported images or user-generated content may be retained, and review what permissions the app requests (camera, photos, contacts).
Controls
Use device-level Screen Time (iOS) or Family Link (Android) to set app limits and review photo library access, and check Facetune's own settings for sharing and cloud sync options.
A cautious next step
If the goal is creative photo editing, explore tools that emphasize digital art and composition over appearance alteration, and discuss with your teen how edited images differ from reality.
The age rating, developer, and advisories above are Apple App Store facts. The guidance is ParentMode's own protective, conservative editorial — general parenting guidance, not clinical, legal, or diagnostic advice, and not an endorsement or a warning from Apple or Lightricks Ltd.. Apps change; always check the current listing.