FaceIQLabs VS Hardmax.net (Honest Comparison)

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1. Price

FaceIQLabs
Monthly: 49.99$ and 24.99$ / month
Yearly: 19.99$ and 9.99$ / month

Hardmax.net
Monthly: 19.99$ and 8.99$ / month
Yearly: 10$ and 5$ / month

Hardmax.net 1-0 FaceIQLabs

2. Overall Design​

FaceIQLabs did a good job with its design making the overall feel of the website quite premium.

Hardmax.net reminds me a little of an ios style design. It feels slightly less premium than faceiqbabs while still being clean and good looking. For the overall design, I’d give this point to faceiq.

Hardmax.net 1–1 FaceIQLabs
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Functionality / Features​

Both apps offer a wide range of features including harmony ratios detailed breakdowns of each ratio, celebrity pages, morphing software, facial features, and all four pillars.

Overall I’d call this one a tie. Both websites offer roughly the same number of ratios as well as similar levels of detail regarding angularity and dimorphism.

Hardmax.net 2–2 FaceIQLabs
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Accuracy of the Ratings​

I ran several celebrity faces through both apps as well as my own face which I and other people consider to be high ltn.

According to face iq, I scored High MTN, Low HTN, MTN, and High MTN across four different photos. Since faceiqlabs doesn’t directly provide an overall rating, I estimated it using the bell curve and the corresponding ratings for each percentile.

On Hardmax.net, I scored High LTN, Low MTN, LTN, and High LTN across the same four photos.

Hardmax.net was noticeably more accurate overall.

Hardmax.net 3–2 FaceIQLabs
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Auto Mapping​

I wasn’t initially sure whether I should include this but I decided it was worth mentioning because it could be an important feature for people who don’t want to manually map everything.

Faceiqlabs auto mapping is significantly more accurate. I still found some issues with it, but the difference is night and day compared to hardmax.net.

The main reason seems to be the amount of data the model has been trained on. Hardmax.net simply can’t keep up with faceiq current database size.

So I’ll give this point to faceiqlabs, although I don’t think it deserves a full point because manual mapping is generally more accurate anyway and can also influence the final score.

Hardmax.net 3–3 FaceIQLabs

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Other Details​

Hardmax.net has a surgeon map, and I also found its interface easier to navigate, especially when accessing things like comparisons and other tools.

It also seems to recommend procedures more accurately in my experience.

Hardmax.net generally scores better for dimorphism angularity and features thats why the overall score seems to be more accurate, at least based on the faces I tested.

Final Verdict​

Hardmax.net wins

You essentially get a very similar amount of functionality for 2–3× less money, while I personally found its ratings to be more accurate and its interface easier to use.

FaceIQLabs does have some advantages especially its auto-mapping but overall I think Hardmax.net offers significantly better value for money.

Hopefully this comparison will help you decide between the two