Prookie: Hair Style Face Shape

Review by eFreeware

Prookie is a free beauty app from Lucky Puzzle Team, and it covers three related jobs in one place: previewing hair changes, working out your face shape, and turning ordinary selfies into something more stylized. The hair tools are the reason most people will look at it. Instead of guessing how a cut or color will land, you can see an approximation on your own photo first.

It sits in the Beauty category on Google Play, has passed a million installs, and holds a 4.0 average from more than 19,000 ratings. Those numbers suggest a steady stream of people trying it out, which is what you would expect from an app built around quick visual experiments rather than long-term use.

The rest of the app leans into the same idea of fast transformation. Cartoon filters and AI-generated photo styles give it a second life beyond hair, so a single install covers both practical curiosity and playful editing.

Who will get the most from it

The clearest audience is anyone standing at a decision point about their hair. If you are weighing a big color change or a cut that is a departure from what you normally wear, previewing it on your own face is a low-stakes way to narrow the options before you sit in a chair.

It also suits people who enjoy editing photos for social sharing. The cartoon effects and photo styles are made for producing something eye-catching quickly, with an emphasis on selfies that stand out on social networks.

The hair challenge feature is set up for comparing transformations with friends, which points to a casual, group-oriented use rather than a solo utility.

Trying hairstyles and colors before you commit

The hairstyle try-on covers a broad set of options: long, short, curly, straight and bangs. The pitch is that you upload a photo and see a different style on it almost immediately, without a salon appointment. The developer describes this as a one-click process, and that framing is central to how the feature is presented.

The color changer works along similar lines. Pink, brown and gradient shades are among the options, and the idea is to convert your hair to a popular color and judge whether it suits you. For anyone who has spent weeks deliberating over a shade, having a set of candidates to flip through is the useful part.

Hair snap is for capturing and comparing different transformations, and the hair challenge turns styling into something you can do with friends.

The face shape finder and what it feeds into

The face shape finder sorts you into one of six categories: round, diamond, square, long, heart or oval. That is a familiar framework, and the app's purpose for it is practical rather than cosmetic for its own sake. Once you know the shape, the recommendation is a hairstyle and color that flatter it.

Rather than browsing styles at random, you get a starting point based on your own proportions, which makes the try-on feature more directed.

I would treat the result as a useful prompt rather than a verdict. Face shape categories are broad, and two people in the same group can carry the same haircut very differently. As a way to shortlist styles worth previewing, though, it does the job.

Cartoon filters and AI photo styles

Beyond hair, Prookie offers a set of cartoon effects for selfies. The developer lists cartoon photos, cartoon sketch, oil paintings, clay and ceramic among the art effects, plus Disney cartoon style and American comic style. These are the playful end of the app, aimed at producing a striking image rather than a realistic one.

The AI photo section moves in a different direction. Retro disco, sports, graduation and wedding are among the styles you can generate, each with a single tap. These are themed portraits rather than filters, so the appeal is closer to a novelty photo booth than to an editing tool.

The AI yearbook feature is the most specific of the set. It recreates American graduation photos with a 1990s theme, which is a narrow idea but an appealing one if that aesthetic means something to you. It is the kind of feature people try once and share, and it fits the app's overall emphasis on quick, shareable results.

What it costs and what comes with it

Prookie is free to download, and it carries ads. It also offers in-app purchases, so some form of paid content sits alongside the free experience.

The presence of ads and purchases is normal for this category, where the tools are visual and the output is easy to monetize. I would go in expecting the free version to be the starting point rather than the whole picture, without assuming anything specific about what the paid side contains.

Alternatives worth weighing against it

The closest comparison is a dedicated hair color or hairstyle preview tool. Those tend to do one thing and do it in more depth, which can matter if hair is your only interest and you want the widest possible set of options. Prookie spreads its attention across hair, face shape, cartoons and AI portraits instead.

On the editing side, a general-purpose photo editor or a cartoon filter app covers similar ground. The difference is that those tools usually assume you want to edit an image rather than answer a question about how you would look with a different cut. Prookie's hair and face shape features are the reason to choose it over a straightforward editor.

There is also the option of doing nothing at all and asking a stylist. That costs more and takes an appointment, but it comes with professional judgment the app cannot replicate. Prookie is best seen as preparation for that conversation, not a replacement for it.

A worthwhile download for the indecisive

Prookie earns a recommendation for a specific kind of user: someone who wants to see hair options on their own face before making a change, and who will enjoy the cartoon and AI photo features as a bonus. The face shape finder gives the try-on tools a sensible starting point, and the whole thing is free to pick up.

The caveats are the usual ones for a free app in this category. Ads are present, purchases are offered, and the results are previews rather than guarantees. The 4.0 average from over 19,000 ratings suggests most people find it useful enough, without it being universally loved.

If you are weighing a color or cut and want a quick visual before you commit, this is a reasonable place to start. If your interest is serious photo editing, a dedicated editor will serve you better. For the curious and the undecided, it does what it sets out to do.

What's new in version 1.1.0

[Face Shape Test] Do you know what kind of face shape you have? Come and take the test! [Hair Color Change] Still hesitating about what color to change your hair to? Here are a variety of hair colors for you to try! [Get a new hairstyle] Just upload a photo and instantly experience a different hairstyle style [Photos Cartoonish] Create cartoonish selfies with one click to make your photos popular on social networks