YouCam Video

YouCam Video—developed by Perfect Corp—is a mobile-first AI-powered video editing and generator app tailored for creators, influencers, and social media enthusiasts. It enables users to animate still images using text prompts or themed templates and enhance video quality with AI tools like smoothing, background editing, face reshaping, and auto-captions. Launched to complement the YouCam suite of beauty and editing apps, it’s available on both iOS and Android platforms.

Though not pinpointed with an exact launch date in available sources, YouCam Video follows the YouCam family legacy—YouCam Makeup began in 2014 with AR and AI beauty tech—and offers similarly advanced touch-ups for video content. Today, it stands out for its intuitive interface and powerful AI features, making creating polished short-form videos like TikTok Reels or Instagram Shorts both accessible and creative.

Features & Functionality

• AI Image-to-Video: Turns photos into dynamic animations using popular templates (e.g., kiss, hug, dance) or custom text prompts.

• Text-to-Video Generator: Transforms written prompts directly into animated clips.

• AI Video Enhancements: Enhances quality, stabilises shaky footage, denoises video, and improves lighting, colour, and clarity with a tap.

• Face Retouching & Makeup Filters: Includes virtual makeup (lips, eyes, blush), skin smoothing, face slimming, reshaping, and AR effects like the Mermaid filter.

• Background Editing & Face Swap: Offers background removal or change, plus creative face-swapping, cartoon filters, and body reshaping.

• Auto-Captions & Voice-Friendly Tools: Adds captions automatically and includes AI music generation.

• Templates & Trendy Animations: Offers 20+ dynamic templates—hug, kiss, dance, and many more—to spark engagement and creativity.

Pros & Cons Table

Overall Rating

4.5 out of 5

This rating reflects its wide feature set, ease of use, and creative capabilities—especially impressive for a mobile-first tool. Minor issues like subscription frustrations and desktop limitations prevent a perfect score.

Reviews & Sources

Expert & Hands-On Reviews

• Perfect Corp’s “15 Best AI Video Generators for 2025”: Names YouCam Video “Best Overall App” for mobile users, highlighting its intuitive design and robust feature list – Perfect Corp.

• JustUseApp (user feedback): Notes significant issues around subscription restoration—some users struggled to repurchase or restore premium access after trial—JustUseApp.

• HitPaw Review (2024): Offers a full breakdown of its features, pricing, and usability, situating it among leading mobile video editors – HitPaw.

• MobileAppDaily: Highlights its natural-looking AR and AI beauty effects, making video selfies quick and polished – Mobile App Daily.

User Sentiments

• A 2021 App Store reviewer praises: “The best video editing app EVER!… Features are endless… way better than Facetune…” Apple.

Additional Insights

• Shoots.video: Emphasises the AI video enhancer’s ability to transform ordinary clips into professional-quality content with minimal effort – shoots.video

• Scottmax.com: Notes real-time virtual makeup and AR beauty effects that elevate video capture quality – Scottmax.com

Summary

• Description & History: Mobile-based AI video editor & generator, part of YouCam suite.

• Features: Image-to-video, text-to-video, beautification, video enhancement, auto-captions, templates, and face filters.

• Pros: Easy to use, rich features, trendy templates, mobile optimised.

• Cons: No robust desktop app; subscription hiccups reported.

• Overall Rating: 4.5/5.

• Reviews: Positive expert recognition and user enthusiasm, tempered by some subscription issues.