Overview
Gwansang is the East Asian art of reading a face — how the forehead, the nose and the jaw divide the face into three courts, which of the five elements the shape belongs to, and what each of the twelve palaces is said to govern. It is a tradition with its own vocabulary, and most apps that borrow the name skip all of it in favour of a score out of a hundred.
Gwansang does the measuring. Take a photo and the app finds the facial landmarks, takes twenty-one proportions from them, and writes the reading from what it actually measured — your three-court balance to the percent, your element and how strongly it reads, and the animal face type your geometry is closest to. Every claim in the report points back to a number you can see.
Measured, Not Guessed
21
facial proportions measured
12
palaces read
5
elements, weighted
0
photos uploaded
Key Features
The Three Courts
Forehead, midface and jaw as exact percentages of face height, drawn back onto your own photo so you can see where each boundary fell.
Your Element
Wood, fire, earth, metal or water, chosen by weighted geometry rather than a quiz — with the runner-up shown when a face genuinely sits between two.
The Twelve Palaces
Each palace anchored to a point on your face, with what the tradition reads there and what your own measurement says about it.
Animal Face Types
Twelve types across two tracks, illustrated in Korean minhwa folk painting — deer, crane, phoenix, fox, cat and more, matched on face shape rather than vibes.
Compatibility
Read two faces together through the generating-and-overcoming cycle that governs how their elements meet, not a percentage pulled from names or birthdays.
A Guided Primer
A built-in primer explains the three courts, the five elements, the palaces and the animal types before you spend anything — so the reading arrives in a vocabulary you already understand.
How It Works
Frame your face
A live guide checks distance, centring and head angle while you shoot, because a tilted or distant face makes every proportion below it wrong.
The app measures
On-device face detection finds the landmarks, and twenty-one proportions are taken from them on your phone. Nothing is uploaded.
Read your face chart
Your three-court lines, element and palaces are drawn onto your own photo — the free reading, with every figure visible.
Open what interests you
In-depth readings and compatibility open one at a time with tickets, and stay open for that photo — nothing recurring, nothing to cancel.
Your Face Stays on Your Phone
This is the part most face apps get wrong. Gwansang has no server: face detection and every measurement run on your phone through Google ML Kit’s on-device face detection, and your photos, your measurements and your readings live only in the app’s own storage on the device. Nothing is uploaded — not to us, not to anyone.
There is no account and no sign-up. Deleting a face, removing its photo, or using “erase everything” in Settings clears that data immediately, and deleting the app takes all of it with it. What we do collect is anonymous usage analytics — which screens people reach, and where the app fails them. Read the full details in our Privacy Policy.
For Entertainment
Gwansang reads a face the way a tradition reads it, and that tradition is not science. The readings are for entertainment and reflection — they are not medical, psychological, legal or financial advice, and they say nothing about anyone’s character, ability or worth. Enjoy it the way you would a well-told story about yourself.
Questions This Page Answers
- What is gwansang, and what do the three courts, five elements and twelve palaces mean?
- Is there a face reading app that measures the face instead of guessing?
- Which animal face type am I, and how is that decided?
- Can I check face compatibility between two people?
- Is there a physiognomy app that never uploads my photo?
- Does a face reading app work without an account or a subscription?