Three decades ago, mobile face recognition technology seemed more like something out of sci-fi movie. Since then, we’ve come too far. Today, peoplenot only usefacial recognition tech for enhancing security of their device, but also for entertainment purpose (like Animoji).
Only time can tell how this technology will be implemented in the future. For now, we are presenting some of the best face recognition apps for both iOS and Android that will surely impress you.
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12. FaceLock
Platform:Android
The app does only one thing it is made for – Lock device/application by using your face as a key. The task manager, settings and market are protected so no one can force-stop and uninstallFaceLockout of the box.
It is advisable to train theFaceLockon more images to get recognized in difficult lighting conditions. Also, there is an option to increase security by raising the security level.
11. LogMe
Platform:iOS|Android
This is a facial driven search engine based on similarity and distance. Just upload your picture from your mobile camera or gallery and the LogMe will detect and extract faces from the photos.
The apps allows you to browse similar faces based on level of resemblance or distance of the upload. Also, it is possible to send private messages to the members who uploaded the photos including faces you found. Since the app is new, it isn’t perfect, especially the Android version returns few errors.
10. IObit Applock
Platform:Android
iObitApplock protects your privacy and data security by locking system setting and private apps. It has a face look and fingerprint lock system to easily unlock apps without password. The app uses AI to recognize your face and unlock the app quickly.
If your apps are locked, you don’t have to worry about people seeing your private content from notifications, as it hides the data fromnotification centertoo.Also, it captures snooper’s picture and notify you through email.
9. Luxand FaceSDK
Platform:Android | iOS | Windows | Mac | Linux
Luxandis built for developers. It provides face recognition SDK and face detection APIs, which offer all types of featuresforapps, including predicting whatchildrenwill look like infuture, transforming faces into 3D avatars, augmented reality facial filters, and more.
More specifically, facial feature recognition lets you automate post-processing like skin tone adjustment and red-eye removal. With FaceCrop SDK, you can perform automated detection, resizing, cropping and exporting human face images from photos of arbitrary resolution size and format. Moreover, a Mirror Reality SDK library allows you to buildaugmented reality applicationbased on real-time face transforms.
8. FaceBotFacial Expression
Platform:Android
This a face analyzer app that can measure attractiveness and discover best selfie from a bunch of pictures using anonymous questions. It identifies countenance in your pictures using face recognition.
Once your facial expression is detected, you can create anonymous question and find what pictures makes you professional, attractive or intelligent. This is a fun app and to improve face analyzer, use photos in which your countenance are clearly visible.
7. AppLockFace/Voice Recognition
Platform:Android
Applockby Sensory merges facial recognition with voice recognition to completely secure the private content. You can set your own unlock phrase to access the locked apps.
It works by first registering your face and voice in a process called enrollment. As soon as AppLock’s advanced voice and face biometrics verify your voice or face (or both), your application will open instantly. It uses deep learning algorithms for facial recognition and even learns your face over time in order to perform better. That means, the more you use this app, the more reliable it gets.
6. BioIDFacial Recognition
BioIDis a cloud biometrics company with their own unique anonymous multimodal biometric authentication. The company claims they make strong, privacy-assured face and voice recognition and voice, available on all devices, to everyone, anytime and anywhere.
End users can use this app as a mobile authenticator to log in to any application or website. Developers can easily add convenient face recognition to their projects, without any deeper understating of biometrics. For now, the application supports liveness detection against image attacks, and challenge response to block video replay attacks.
5. Face2Gene
Face2Gene is a healthcare app that uses facial recognition to helpbioinformaticsand clinicians to detect specific disorders in patients. It uses a proprietary algorithm for comparing individualfaces to those with syndromes that present a similar morphology.
The app detects phenotypes and reveal relevant facial and non-facial features, and review relevant syndrome matches. Furthermore, it gives you access to the London Medical Database to search for syndromes and review photos and features.
4. EmoticonARfor Messenger
Platform:Android
This app recognizes your emotion in an image and automatically puts Emoticons at the right spotofyour face, by using Qualcomm Snapdragon processor facial recognition feature.
EmoticonARcan recognize people’s mood and place emoticon by recognizing the perfect spot for the mouth and eyes. It has built-in 10 different moods, including happy, wonderful, sad, tired, blessed and troubled. If you want, you can apply photo filters too.
3. Moments by Facebook
Platform:iOS|Android
Moments allows you to create shared photo albums and instantly send photos to your family and friends – and getphotosback. It automatically organizes the pictures and videos on mobile by location, time and people inphotos. The face detection feature can guess who is in the image.
You can organize your pictures and videos in one private place, gather all the of them taken on a trip, or event, and search to find photos of yourself, friends, places and more.
2. True Key
Platform:iOS|Android|Mac|Windows
True Key (developed by Intel Security) helps you instantly log into your favorite sites using your face. It synchronizes your smartphone, tablet and desktop to provide more control over digital identity.
The app protects your password by scrambling them with one of the strongest encryption algorithms, AES-256. It also offers Multi-factor authentication, which will always verify you twice before letting you in. You can select one of these methods or unlock things with your unique face mathematical model usingFace login.
1. Animojifor Android
Platform:Android
Since the Apple launched their iPhone X, Face recognition has really changed. They’ve added dedicated hardware to make their FaceID better than other conventional apps. It uses face-scanning features to build3D modelbased on your facial expression.
Read: 15 Efficient Face Recognition Algorithms And Techniques
However, if you don’t have an iPhone, there are a few good alternatives to do the same. One of them isLive Emojithat features more than 50emojifaces and 4 types of face morphing. The other one isEmoji makerthat lets you create liveemojiand share it in different apps. All of youremojiswill be built in high quality graphics from the scratch and will be fully customizable andresizable/movable.
