What is SODA?
SODA - Natural Beauty Camera is a beauty camera and photo editor built around one-touch preset combinations that layer makeup and filters together, so you skip the usual back-and-forth between enhancement menus.
You capture selfies through a live preview that applies skin smoothing and blemish removal before you press the shutter. The presets pair a makeup style with a matching filter, which saves time when you want a cohesive look instead of assembling one piece by piece. After you shoot, the portrait tool lets you tap any part of the frame to shift focus and blur the background. High resolution mode captures at a higher pixel count for sharper results, though it takes slightly longer to process.
The filter library is organized by skin tone and mood rather than abstract names, which makes browsing faster when you know the vibe you're chasing. In-app purchases range from $9.99 to $59.99 and unlock premium filter packs and makeup collections. The app has passed 44 million installs and holds a 4.2-star rating across 180,000 reviews.
What stands out:
- Live beauty effects smooth skin and remove blemishes while you frame the shot, so no post-edit cleanup is needed for simple selfies.
- Preset combinations apply a full makeup-and-filter style with one tap, cutting out the usual trial-and-error between separate menus.
- Portrait mode lets you tap any area to adjust focus and depth after you capture the photo.
- Filters are grouped by skin tone and mood, which narrows the browse list when you're working toward a specific aesthetic.
- High resolution capture mode increases image quality at the cost of slightly longer processing time.
Real-time preview and filter organization
The camera preview applies every effect live, which means you see the final result before you commit. That matters most for lighting and skin tone adjustments, where the difference between preview and final output usually forces a reshoot. The filter categories (warm, cool, pastel, dramatic) are labeled by tone rather than arbitrary names, so you spend less time guessing what "sunset" or "vintage" will actually do to your shot.
Other beauty camera apps
B612 leans on AR stickers and music-synced video tools, which makes it stronger for short-form content creation than pure photo enhancement. BeautyPlus focuses on manual retouching with height adjustment and body reshaping controls, while SODA - Natural Beauty Camera skips that level of granular editing in favor of preset speed. If you want one-touch cohesive styles over detailed manual work, SODA - Natural Beauty Camera fits. If you need full control over every edit parameter or plan to layer AR effects into video clips, the other two offer more.
The app suits casual shooters who want polished selfies without working through multi-step edits. The $9.99 to $59.99 purchase range for premium content means the free tier gives you a working set of filters, but the trendy presets the marketing highlights sit behind a paywall.
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