GIO: AI Headshot Generator Pro 12+

I decided to give this app a shot to see if it could give me a a decent LinkedIn headshot before I take a professional one. It does a pretty good job of editing you into a shot. There is a fair amount of templates to try too. It's about as good as I could've done on my own with Photoshop but it only takes about 20 seconds per photo and there's absolutely no effort on your end. Just pick a photo to wedge yourself into and the AI does all the work.

The reason I give it three stars is because, no surprises here, it doesn't work with Black people's hair. There's no option to ignore certain areas of your headshot. No matter what you do, it's going to "dress up" your hair and that means you're getting a perm! It does figure out what colors will look most "natural," and goes on from there. For example, I sometimes forget I have natural highlights in my hair. The app clearly picked up on this. I was given a White men's hairstyle that did actually "look right" on my head... impressive, but no! Social norms dictate this still may be a useful tool for Black women, but Black men should definitely save their money. I paid seven dollars so you won't have to. DO NOT buy this app if you are a Black man. It's a complete waste of your time and energy. (unless you already have a perm 😂😂)

Hi, sorry for the inconvenience caused. We know about the hair issues and we're working hard to fix them as soon as possible. It affects all kind of short hair and bald people, no matter of race, gender and age.
A solution will be implemented soon. Also, we would be grateful, if you could share some before&after examples with us. Users’ examples help us a lot to improve the product. You may contact us from the app's Settings menu -> Help -> Send feedback or at support@gioapp.ai.

I bought the annual subscription as I was super thrilled at the potential of this applications. It’s been a solid three weeks since I first bought it. The upside: it really makes some sharp looking pictures that you can use for a social media profile! The down sides: I’m bald, and for some reason it keeps on trying to add hair which makes me retake the same picture 3-4 times before I get one that is acceptable. Additionally I wish it had a little more selection of clothes themed that weren’t as dressy. I don’t always want to be wearing a suit after all. Last, due to the number of retakes I have to do because of it adding hair the daily limit comes up pretty quick. I don’t really like how I bought a annual subscription but can’t use it but a certain number of times per day. Overall I’m keeping it but the app programming does need a little more work.

Hi! Information about the limits is available on the offer screen (the one you see before the purchase). Now we've have increased the limits up to 50 edits every 24 hours.
If you notice that the limits don't work correctly, please message us from Gio's Settings menu -> Help -> Send feedback. This way, we get your user ID, and will be able to check on your account.

UPDATE: My concern is that there is malware in the metadata behind the images. It was too coincidental how quickly my FB profile was hacked after posting the photo. Soon afterwards, I had fraudulent charges showing up from FB in my business accounts.
Most Facebook users don’t have credit cards on file connected to business accounts and Meta advertising like we did. Everything was gone, deleted and permanently lost within just a couple hours of posting one of these photos. A highly suspicious coincidence! So, consumer beware.

ORIGINAL: My 12 yr old personal FB acct was hacked and permanently deleted within hours of changing my profile pic to one of these photos. It was a VERY sus coincidence. The hackers got my biz acct credit cards and charged a lot of money too. Luckily the bank put a swift end to it. But I originally clicked on this app from FB so be careful. As for the tech, it was fun, not perfect by any means. A few pics were decent. Another thing is even when you pay the absurdly high $6.99/week, they only allow a certain amount of generated pics per 24 hrs.

Hi! It is technically not possible to add malware in an image, since it is not a link, not a file that you can activate. Also, Apple checks every app update that we (and other companies) release on App Store thoroughly. It is not possible to release any malware apps on App Store due to this. Apple's managers run a lot of tests and check the whole customers' journey as well (they do the same edits as our users and check them).
We'd like to ensure you that Gio doesn't have any access to your bank details or any other payment information. App is being distributed via App Store. Customers enter their payment details in their Apple ID account settings, not in Gio. Also, Apple doesn't grant access app developers any access to any of the payment details of the customers, as well as their email addresses (Apple ID email) or any other personal information.
All charges are processed by Apple ("Apple/bill" in your bank statements), invoices are provided by Apple as well.
We'd appreciate a lot, if you could change the rating, if you don't have any technical issues with the app itself. If you need any assistance with Gio, please contact us at suppprt@gioapp.ai.