Easy hairstyles step by step

Review by eFreeware

If you have long hair and you keep cycling through the same two or three styles, a library of short video tutorials is an easy thing to want. Easy Hairstyles Step by Step is exactly that: a free Android app from True Fun Apps that gathers step-by-step clips for ponytails, braids and buns, grouped so you can find something for a school morning, a wedding, or a quiet weekend when you feel like trying something new.

It has been installed more than a million times and holds a 3.7 average from 2,284 ratings, which suggests a useful tool with a mixed reception rather than a polished showpiece. The developer describes it as a collection for girls, ladies and women of all ages, and the styles on offer lean toward long hair throughout.

What interests me most is the range of occasions it tries to cover. A single app that moves from a basic ponytail before work to prom and wedding ideas is doing two jobs at once, and for anyone who braids their own hair at home, that combination is the main reason to consider it.

Who gets the most from this collection

The clearest fit is someone with long hair who does their own styling and wants ideas rather than a course. The developer pitches the tutorials as detailed enough to repeat, and the everyday and school categories are built around quick looks that do not take much time. If you are getting yourself ready in the morning and want a variation on a ponytail or a simple braid, that is the section you would live in.

Parents styling a child's hair are also covered, since the app includes styles for kids alongside those for adult women. The anime category, with its bright colors, ears, ponytails and voluminous buns, reads like it was made with younger users and costume days in mind, while the Korean section leans on smoother, more groomed looks with bangs, a crab clip, a voluminous elastic band or a satin ribbon.

Then there is the special-occasion crowd. The developer has put together a holiday collection with accent strands and techniques for creating waves without irons or curling irons, and points anyone facing prom or a wedding toward the same library. That is a sensible overlap, because the person doing their own hair for a formal event usually wants several options to compare before committing.

The common thread is long hair and self-styling. Short cuts, barbering and salon technique sit outside what this app is built for, so the value depends on whether long styles are what you actually wear.

Everyday, school and Korean looks

The everyday category is the practical core: basic ideas that the developer says are easy to do yourself before school or work and do not take long. These are the styles you would reach for on a normal weekday, and having them collected in one place saves the usual search through scattered clips.

The school section overlaps but aims at variety, with quick ideas meant to change up a routine look and pair with everyday clothing. For a teenager who wants something a little different from the rest of the class, this is the part of the app that would get the most repeat visits.

Korean styling gets its own group, and it keeps growing in popularity, with many people wanting to try the looks associated with Korean pop performers. Most of them read as romantic rather than dramatic, which makes them a reasonable bridge between the school and holiday categories.

Braids, buns and ponytails in detail

The bulk of the content is organized around three families of long-hair styles. Ponytails cover the plain version, a voluminous tail and a low tail, which gives you a small progression from the simplest possible style to something with more shape.

Braids get the widest treatment. The app promises to teach braiding across a range that includes the French braid, the Russian braid, the waterfall braid and the fishtail. Those four alone represent quite different levels of effort, from a straightforward three-strand variation to the looser, more decorative waterfall, so there is room to work up from easier styles as your hands get used to the movements.

Buns are the third group, and the selection is playful: a lazy, slightly messy bun, a braid at the back of the head, a bun of curls, a rose shape, and one built with a scarf. The scarf bun in particular suggests the app is comfortable with accessory-based styles rather than only hair alone.

Each style comes with a tutorial that is detailed and easy to repeat. That claim is the one to weigh against the 3.7 rating, because video instruction lives or dies on how clearly each step is shown.

Holiday and anime styles

The holiday collection is where the app moves away from the everyday. The app covers bright accent strands and techniques for making waves without heat tools, which is a specific and useful promise for anyone who wants a dressed-up look without damaging their hair or buying extra equipment.

The anime category is the most distinctive part of the library. It is built around cartoon-style hair: vivid colors, ears, ponytails and large buns, all echoing characters from screens. This is costume and party territory rather than something you would wear to the office, and it gives the app a second life at Halloween, conventions and themed events.

Between the two, the app covers both ends of the spectrum, from a formal evening to a playful character look, without either section needing to be elaborate. For a free collection, that breadth is the strongest argument in its favor.

What it costs and how it runs

The app is free to download, with no paid content inside it. There are no in-app purchases, so nothing in the library sits behind a payment. Ads are present.

On the practical side, the app works without an internet connection, so the tutorials are available offline. That matters for anyone who styles their hair in a bedroom or bathroom away from reliable Wi-Fi, and it also means the app is usable on a trip or in a place with poor signal.

Two small conveniences round out the feature set. Styles are sorted into categories rather than presented as one long list, and you can add individual looks to a favorites list, which is the sensible way to keep the handful you actually repeat close at hand. The app was released in July 2023 and last updated in October 2025.

How it compares with the alternatives

The obvious comparison is a general video platform, where hairstyle tutorials exist in enormous numbers. What a dedicated app offers instead is structure: categories for everyday, school, Korean, holiday and anime looks, plus a favorites list, so you are not rebuilding a watch history every time you want the same braid. What you give up is the breadth and the community around those general platforms.

A second alternative is paying a stylist or watching a professional course. Those bring feedback and correction, which a video cannot, but they cost money and require an appointment. This app is aimed at the person who wants to try a style at home first and see whether it works before spending anything.

Printed guides and hairstyle books are the third option, and they have the advantage of being easy to prop open. Video, though, is simply better suited to braiding, where the direction of each strand matters more than a static diagram can show. For long-hair styling specifically, moving footage is the more natural format.

None of these alternatives is strictly better. The app makes sense if you want a free, offline, organized starting point.

A useful free library for long hair

The category structure, the favorites list and offline access make it more convenient than searching for clips one at a time, and the spread from a plain ponytail to wedding and anime looks means most occasions are covered somewhere in the library.

The caveats are straightforward. Ads are part of the experience, the rating sits at a middling 3.7, and the content is built around long hair and self-styling rather than salon technique. If you keep your hair short, or you want instruction with feedback rather than video to copy, this is not the tool for the job.

For a teenager building a school routine, a parent braiding a child's hair, or anyone preparing for a prom or wedding and weighing options, it is a low-risk download. It costs nothing, it works without a connection, and the styles it teaches are ones you can realistically reproduce in front of a mirror.