Social media is full of memes and parodies, it’s a big part of what makes it entertaining to use. Memes are a great way to represent ideas and conversations in a light-hearted way.
Whether you’re trying to troll a friend or making some parody videos for social media, we’ve put together some useful and easy-to-use meme apps for Android that you probably did not know about.
1. MadLipz
With more than 10 million downloads in the Play Store, MadLipz has managed to create a community among meme creators. It is an ingenious attempt to create a social community around memes and parodies.
The app’s core functionality is centered around dubbing and lip-syncing of popular video content. After signing up, you have access to a rich gallery of video excerpts. From speeches by US presidents to scenes from popular movies, there is a lot of content to work with. Once you have selected a video, you can voice the scenes with your own dialog.
MadLipz’s lip sync tool is pretty impressive. You can retune virtually any video content and make it perfectly synchronized. The tool gives you leeway to make sure every word you copy into a video looks like it actually comes from the original video character.
Think of all the funny Mr. Bean and Lion King videos you wish you could dub. Yes, MadLipz can help you with that.
While the video manipulation tools are impressive, MadLipz is struggling to establish itself as a social media community. You can download or share the memes you make on other social media platforms or with other users on the app. If you choose to share on the app, you can even get a few likes and comments.
However, do not expect your typical Instagram or Facebook engagement, no matter how fun your video dub may be.
Fetch: MadLipz (free, in-app purchases available)
2. Wombo
Wombo is an AI-powered image-morphing and lip-syncing tool. Its working principle is quite simple. You give a clear selfie, then choose from a list of pop culture characters to which your photos should be converted, or choose from a list of popular songs that you would like your selfie to lip-sync. If you are struggling to take good pictures, here are some tips on how to take better pictures of yourself.
If you’ve ever had a fantasy about what you would look like if you were Shrek, Megan Fox, Zuckerberg or Kanye West, Wombo can let you live that fantasy. You will find a long list of pop culture characters to choose from.
Unlike most apps of this kind, Wombo does not just place your face on the body of a celebrity. Instead, it uses a complex AI algorithm to blend your face with the face of your chosen character.
As a result, you can get a character that is similar to you, but that has a striking resemblance to the celebrity character you have chosen. If you get your fingers in a friend’s selfie, there’s plenty of room for funny memes.
However, Wombo is not just about image-morphing, the app can turn your static selfie into an animated character that lip-syncs any popular song of your choice.
The lip sync tool animates your eyebrows, mouth, tongue, eyes and neck in sync with the rhythm and wording of a song to create the impression that you are actually singing. Because selfies are one-dimensional, the resulting videos are not always the best quality, but they are typically enough to have fun.
Fetch: Wombo (free, subscription available)
3. FaceApp
With over 100 million downloads and a rating of 4.6 stars in the Play Store, FaceApp is both popular and highly rated. It’s a potential goldmine for meme creators once you know your way around the app.
Although FaceApp grew its popularity by offering users a tool to simulate an old version of itself, it can do so much more. You can make a baby have a beard, a woman look more masculine or a man more feminine. You can make pictures of a younger or older version of yourself or pictures of a fatter, slimmer or more balanced version of yourself.
One of FaceApp’s biggest selling points is its impressive accuracy. The results are not just randomly generated computer graphics. FaceApp uses cloud-based AI technologies to generate its estimates of what you would look like, taking into account your current physical characteristics.
You can also apply some image manipulation features to videos. For example, you can make a video of your girlfriend into a video of her with a beard, all with impressive accuracy. You can clean up the resulting video using Android apps that add cool special effects to videos. With FaceApp, the potential for memes is endless.
Fetch: FaceApp (free, subscription available)
4. Reface
Reface is like an all-in-one tool for creating meme. Although best known for its face-swapping feature, it offers a few other handy meme tools that you will find useful. It comes with a re-voice feature that lets you dub popular video scenes with your voice or pre-recorded audio. Maybe you could take a scene from a football game and dub it with your own comment.
Reface also has an “Animate Face” feature that lets you bring your static selfies to life. The app allows you to animate selfies by mimicking popular video content. For example, you could make a video of yourself imitating one of Mr. Beans funny facial expressions. You do not need any special skills to use it, just take a selfie and the app will do the rest.
Finally, Reface also has a “Place Face” feature that lets you blend or place your face on both animated and inanimate objects. Have you ever wanted to troll your friend by placing their face on a pineapple or maybe a beer mug? Yes? Well, ReFace can help you with anything in that ballpark.
Fetch: Reface (free, subscription available)
Creating and sharing memes and parodies is a fun way to interact with friends. Unfortunately, even seemingly harmless meme-creation tools can create problems if used in the wrong way. Some apps on this list (like FaceApp) can produce compelling deep forgeries that can be used to spread misinformation.
Yes, it’s a good idea to show the lighter, more personal side of you. But use the apps on this list responsibly. If possible, avoid creating images or videos around sensitive topics or topics. The creation or dissemination of altered content with the intent to mislead is a criminal offense under certain jurisdictions.
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