Hair Color Changer is a photo editing app used for digitally changing your hair and eye color in photos. I found it on Google Play a few months ago when I wanted to try out a new look without committing to dye. It's been around for a few years, and you can download it for free on both Google Play and the App Store. It has over 10 million installs, which shows a lot of people use it. You don't need to register or create an account to start using it, which I really like for privacy. The app is free to download and install, but it does show ads. There are also in-app purchases if you want to remove the ads or unlock some premium hair color filters and tools. It's a straightforward tool for anyone curious about a different hair color or eye shade.

Using the app is simple. After you download and install it, you just open a photo from your gallery or take a new one. The main tool lets you select the hair area with a brush; you can adjust the brush size for precision around the edges. Then, you choose from a wide palette of colors—from natural browns and blondes to wild blues and pinks. For eyes, the process is similar: tap the eye color tool, select the iris, and pick a new shade. A tip from my experience: use the 'undo' button freely if the color doesn't look right, and zoom in for detailed areas like eyelashes. The color blending can sometimes look artificial, so I often lower the opacity slider for a more natural, translucent effect. It's fun to play with and gives you a quick preview of a potential new look.

Compared to other similar apps like FaceApp or YouCam Perfect, Hair Color Changer is much more focused. Those other apps have many features for retouching skin, changing backgrounds, or applying makeup, which can be overwhelming. I chose this app because I specifically wanted to experiment with hair and eye color without navigating a complex interface. It loads faster and is simpler for this one job. While apps like Perfect365 might have more advanced AI for realistic edits, they often require subscriptions. For a free, quick, and dedicated tool, this app does the trick. It's not for professional edits, but for casual fun and sharing with friends, it's perfect.

• 🎨 Dedicated Color Changing: The app focuses solely on altering hair and eye color, offering a simple, uncluttered interface compared to bloated photo editors. This makes the process faster and less confusing.
• 🎨 One-Tap Previews: You can see a new hair color on your photo almost instantly after selecting it, which is great for experimenting. Similar apps often make you go through more steps for a preview.
• 🎨 Detailed Brush Tools: The adjustable brush for selecting hair strands allows for precise editing, letting you color only the tips or specific sections, a level of control some broader apps lack.
• 🎨 Vivid Color Palette: It provides a huge range of shades, from natural to fantasy colors, often more extensive in the free version than what you get with competitors like YouCam Makeup.

• 👍 Super Easy for Beginners: Its single-purpose design makes it incredibly easy to pick up and use immediately, unlike complex suites like Adobe Photoshop Express.
• 👍 Fast Processing: The app applies color changes quickly without long loading times, which is smoother than some heavier AI-powered alternatives.
• 👍 Fun and Instant Results: It delivers on the promise of instant transformation for social media fun, which is its core strength compared to more serious editing tools.

• ⚠️ Can Look Unnatural: The color blending isn't always perfect and can look obviously edited, whereas apps like FaceApp sometimes produce more realistic AI-generated hair color changes.
• ⚠️ Ad Interruptions: The frequent ads can be disruptive to the editing flow, a common downside in free apps that isn't as aggressively managed in some other free editors.