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24 alternatives to Shuggie

Animate emoji over your pictures

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shuggie launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1IB
   I built the most over-engineered Deal With It emoji generator▲832

   Hi, all! Author here. What started as a small tool I built for a job interview, became "The Most Over-engineered Deal With It Emoji Generator": - All operations done fully client-side - no backend, no private data leaves your browser. - Uses machine learning models (MediaPipe Face Detector task) to automatically scale and position glasses on the detected faces. - Extensive customization options for glasses: - Placement of glasses anywhere on the input image (including slightly going outside it). - Change the size of glasses. - No limit on the number of glasses. - Flip the glasses vertically…

   2024 · emoji.build · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Emogify▲123

   Create GIFs with emojis

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Emojer▲103

   Animate yourself! Turn any photo into an animated emoji.

   2018 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Riffsy GIF Keyboard▲180

   Sometimes emojis just don’t cut it.

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Askey▲97

   Turn your drawings into text & emoji on iOS!

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Emoji Brush▲104

   Draw with emoji

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Qwerky▲81

   An iOS keyboard that speeds up emoji typing

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Image2Emoji▲97

   Turn any image into a collage of emojis

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Emojiface▲92

   Turn your face into an emoji

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    imoji▲345

    Turn selfies or any photo into stickers you can text

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11TA
    Turn a source image into an animated party emoji▲63

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Real Emoji▲56

    Bringing life to emoticons!

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Fotomoji▲146

    Turn your photos (and selfies) into an emoji explosion 😂

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14AH
    An HTML/CSS/JS toggle switch with happy and sad emojis▲202

    2017 · codepen.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Emojify▲114

    Filters are boring. Add emoji to your photos. 😀 😉 😎

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Shrugster▲160

    A free iPhone keyboard for shruggies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Emojify▲108

    Convert photo into an emoji artwork

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Memoji Keyboard▲109

    Send animated emojis of yourself

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    EMOJIZ▲131

    Animated 3D emoji set with source files

    2021 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Emojination▲211

    Create fun engaging graphics using emojis 😎

    2021 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Demoji▲100

    Say less, express more, create animated emojis

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    InstaEmoji▲86

    Replace your friend's face with emoji 😹

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Emojifs▲191

    Create animated GIFs from Emojis right in your browser

    2018 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Snapmoji▲87

    Re-enact your favorite emojis (in a GIF!)

    2015 · its alternatives →

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