Apple Photo Booth Alternatives

Apple's webcam app Photo Booth makes memories fun with live filters and the ability to replace backgrounds. Similar tools are commonplace now but being bundled with Macs makes this one an easy choice.

Free and open-source alternatives are abundant. Easily narrow down searches by relevant features like webcam effects and video capture. Probably the most relevant feature in Photo Booth's case would be ease of use.

Apple Photo Booth alternatives are mainly Camera Apps but may also be Instant Messengers or Screenshot Capture Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Apple Photo Booth.

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Cheese
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Linux
BSD
Flathub
Flatpak
36 Cheese alternatives
Cheese uses your webcam to take photos and videos, applies fancy special effects and lets you share the fun with others. It was written as part of Googles 2007 Summer of Code lead by Daniel G. Siegel and mentored by Raphaël Slinckx.
- - Cheese is the most popular Linux alternative to Apple Photo Booth.
- - Cheese is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Apple Photo Booth.
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Cheese Features
1. LightweightCheese consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Ad-freeCheese doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Works OfflineCheese can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
4. Dark ModeCheese supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
5. Annotate ScreenshotEdit and annotate a screenshot with various editing tools and options.
6. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Cheese without registration.
7. Support for Multiple MonitorsCheese supports the use of multiple displays.
Photobooth
Webcam recording
Capture Video
Webcam Effects
Custom Backgrounds
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Webcamoid
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Recorder
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
BSD
Flathub
37 Webcamoid alternatives
Webcamoid is a full featured and multiplatform webcam suite.
- - Webcamoid is the most popular Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Apple Photo Booth.
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Webcamoid Features
1. Chroma Key / Green ScreenWebcamoid supports chroma key to replace the background with an image or video backdrop.
2. PortableWebcamoid can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Virtual camera outputUse the output from Webcamoid as your webcam's primary video source.
Virtual Webcam
No installation required
Image Correction
IP camera
Webcam recording
Webcam Effects
Record videos
Multiple languages
Special effects
Capture Video
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Most users think Webcamoid is a great Apple Photo Booth alternative.
GTK+ UVC Viewer
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Free • Open Source
Linux
20 GTK+ UVC Viewer alternatives
guvcview is a video viewer and capture software for the linux UVC driver. It is based in luvcview (http://mxhaard.free.fr), but all controls are done with GTK, allowing for a more user friendly GUI.
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GTK+ UVC Viewer Features
Capture Video
Webcam recording
Kamoso
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Free • Open Source
Linux
31 Kamoso alternatives
Kamoso is a simple and friendly program to use your camera.
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Kamoso Features
1. LightweightKamoso consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Webcam Effects
Special effects
Webcam recording
Record videos
Megapixels
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Free • Open Source
Camera App
Linux
Linux Mobile
GTK+
32 Megapixels alternatives
Megapixels is a GTK-based camera app using the Linux media request API. It includes a fully configurable post-processing pipeline and QR code scanner.
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Camera capturing
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Chatzy
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Free • Proprietary
Instant Messenger
Online
72 Chatzy alternatives
Chatzy is a free private chat service which you can use to communicate with people you already know or people who visits your blog or website. With Chatzy you can create a chatroom and send out email invitations very quickly and easily. No registration is required.
- - Chatzy is the most popular Web-based alternative to Apple Photo Booth.
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Chatzy Features
1. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Chatzy without registration.
2. Ad-freeChatzy doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
No installation
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wxCam
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Free • Open Source
Linux
15 wxCam alternatives
wxCam is a webcam application for linux. It supports video recording (in an avi uncompressed and Xvid format), snapshot taking, and some special commands for philips webcams, so you can also use the program for astronomy purposes.
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wxCam Features
Webcam recording
Record videos
Motion Detection
CamStar
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Freemium • Proprietary
Photo Sharing App
iPhone
iPad
19 CamStar alternatives
CamStar is a Photo Booth of your mobile camera, featuring 45 Live Effects and counting!
- - CamStar is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Apple Photo Booth.
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CamStar Features
Photo effects
Glitzycam
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Paid • Proprietary
Photo Sharing App
Mac
Windows
15 Glitzycam alternatives
GlitzyCam is a truly DIY photobooth with powerful features that are so easy to use, anyone with a computer and a webcam can do it! Customize your photo layout, background design and even the number of photo slots with our template editor!
- - Glitzycam is the most popular commercial alternative to Apple Photo Booth.
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Glitzycam Features
Photobooth
Discontinued
Official website unavailabe.
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Cameroid
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Free • Proprietary
Online
18 Cameroid alternatives
Just like Photo Booth - exept is online. Have fun with your webcam. Apply text and funny effects.
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Cameroid Features
Infinite canvas
Photo effects
Webcam Effects
Sparkbooth
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
15 Sparkbooth alternatives
Sparkbooth is a social media enabled photo booth. Sparkbooth simulates a classic photo booth with the ability to upload photos to Twitter photo sharing services, or Facebook.
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Sparkbooth Features
Photobooth
Camorama
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Free • Open Source
Linux
15 Camorama alternatives
Camorama is a small utility to view and save images from a webcam or any other Video4Linux device. It can apply a number of image filters and make remote captures.
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