Umax alternative: face analysis without a rating
What to look for in a Umax alternative — no attractiveness score, an adult age limit, a stated photo-deletion schedule — and how LEVEL, Qoves and Umax compare.
By the LEVEL team · Updated
What is a good alternative to Umax?
It depends on why you are leaving. If you want a number, Umax gives one in seconds and an alternative will not do it better. If you want to know what to change — which haircut, which beard, which frames — and you would rather not be rated, look for an app that gives guidance without a score, says how confident each finding is, and states what happens to your photograph. LEVEL is built that way: seven guided photographs, a profile of hair, facial hair, brows, skin, glasses and clothing, previews of the changes on your own face, and a twelve-week plan, with no rating of any kind. Qoves is the established option for a detailed report, and is adults only.
How do Umax, Qoves and LEVEL differ?
The differences that matter most are what each one will not tell you, how old you have to be, and what happens to the photograph. These were read from each product's public sources on 17 September 2026; the full comparison, with links to the sources, is on the compare page.
- Umax
- A score from one selfie in seconds. Its App Store listing carried a 9+ age rating, and its App Privacy section declared identifiers used to track you and no face-data or photo category.
- Qoves
- Detailed reports from an established company, adults only. Its privacy policy stated no retention period and said data may be used to refine machine-learning algorithms.
- LEVEL
- No score, ranking or rating. 18+ from a recorded date of birth. Photographs destroyed after twelve months without use, never used to train a model, and every processor named.
Why would I want face analysis without a score?
Because the score is the part that does not help you change anything. A number compresses a face into a single ordering that nobody agrees on, invites comparison with other people rather than with your own earlier photographs, and turns a bounded observation about one photograph into what feels like a verdict about you. What actually changes how you look is a specific, reversible decision: a haircut, a beard line, a frame width, a colour near the face. An analysis that names those decisions and says how sure it is gives you something to do; a score gives you something to check again tomorrow.
How do I check whether a face analysis app is safe?
Four questions settle most of it. Is the photograph stored, and for how long — is there a stated deletion schedule? Is it used to train a model? Does the privacy policy mention biometric data at all, given that a face scan is biometric data in several jurisdictions? And what is the age rating: a product built on photographing faces that is rated for children is a choice the developer made. Every one of these is answerable from the App Store listing and the privacy policy, and an app that will not answer them has answered them.
Where is LEVEL the weaker choice?
If you want a rating, LEVEL will never give you one. If you want a detailed report today from a company with years of track record, Qoves has that. LEVEL is newer, has no history you can check, and its results have not yet been independently validated. Its photographs-to-plan approach also takes longer than one selfie: seven guided views, which is the price of seeing hair, hairline and beard from more than one angle.