Caricature Me app review: have fun with caricatures

Introduction

How much fun are caricatures? Here's a way to enjoy them any time you like without having to spend money at one of those booths. The Caricature Me app can be used on your iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone and gives you nine different types of caricatures. The app lets you use your own photos either of yourself or your friends and family and then create something really fun from it. Don't worry: you don’t need to be an artist to use this app because it's all done for you.

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Fun, Cute, and Fast Caricatures

You always see those artists at fairs, events, and carnivals, sometimes even on the street corners offering to do a caricature of you. Here’s a way to enjoy the fun without having to sit on a chair for a length of time while an artist sketches you. Instead you get to be the “artist” but not to worry because it’s an automated artist experience. Just take a photo or use one from your album, go through a few simple steps, and the app will then generate a caricature that you can save and share. There are some customization tools available that you can experiment with as well.

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The app's most recent update featured a bug fix and fixes made to the stability of it. Since that update its customer rating has increased a bit and now sits at 3.5 out of five stars. As you read through the comments from customers you'll find there seems to be issues in the quality of the caricatures and the fact that it’s really hard to get it "just right."

 

The User Experience

So the idea of this app is one that is really fun and cute but judging by the comments it seems it's suffering from stability and quality issues. As mentioned you have the ability to take a photo from within the app or use an existing one in your photo album. You can choose from nine different types of caricatures and you have the ability to adjust the contrast and brightness of the photo. Other than that you aren’t getting a whole lot of tools.

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I like the fact that if you’re taking a photo from within the app there is an outline of a face so you can line up your shot. You can add a frame when you’re finished and re-do the caricature in a different style if you like.

 

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Choose from a variety of different caricature styles
• Use an existing photo or take one from within the app
• You can have the app automatically detect your face or manually do it
• It will do the caricature for you
• Adjust the brightness and contrast levels

 

Cons

• The “drawing” is slow
• There aren’t a lot of features and tools so there isn’t much you can do with the photo

 

Final Words

The Caricature Me app is a cute offering you can enjoy on your iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone. While it may not be the top quality it’s definitely good for a laugh.