Photo Taking
On DailyMugshot(DMS) the interface is pretty simple. The interface gives you 2 landmarks that allows you to align your eyes to everyday you take a photo, which is a handy feature. Once ready you are given a 3 second countdown before the picture is taken. You then can adjust how the photo is cropped, add a caption and save the file. Pretty straight forward.

DailyBooth(DB) handles things a little differently. There are no landmarks to align your photos from day to day, but it does something that DMS doesn’t which is flip the webcam image. This is a pretty key feature because if you are wearing a t-shirt, or have something readable in the frame it will appear correctly instead of backwards. There is also 2 options for how the item is shot, an instant snap and a 3 second countdown like DMS. After the photo is taken you can add a caption, then save. Both sites allow for local upload, so you’re not just constrained to your webcam.
Winner: DailyBooth; even though it had less features the flipped webcam image is the deal maker.

Viewing your snapshots
The whole point of DMS is creating your “mugshow”, which is a flash embed that shows your pictures in a rapidfire slideshow. Many people have created slideshows where they create animations and do some pretty clever stuff. Mine is essentially a hodgepodge of randomness. You can also view it in a simple gallery mode. The part I don’t like about the mugshow is how the speed of the playback can’t be configured, which is kind of a pain in the butt. Ideally being able to set the speed, as well as the size of the playback would be quite handy.

DB takes tries to employ the Twitter stream of updates as the way it displays your information. It’s pretty linear and is hard to get a broader view of all the photos someone has taken. This is probably part of the reason why there is no landmarks for pictures, as it’s just meant as a random picture of the day concept.
Winner: DailyMugshot; The mug show really makes the difference.

Community
DMS is a little rough around the edges with the community aspect. You can always see in the left sidebar who has taken the latest photo and view that persons mug show, as well as add that person as a favourite. Other then that there doesn’t seem to be a way to delve into the community and see a large cross section of the user base without just poking through user profiles and see who has that person favourited.

DB is built for community. As I mentioned previously, the site employs a Twitter like concept, right down to following users. You can view a live feed of the latest updates, a Google Maps mashup showing where the latest photos were posted geographically and a suggested user function to find people. A thing I like about DB is how there is actually a fair amount of community interaction, with people commenting on others photos, which simply doesn’t happen that much on DMS.
Winner: DailyBooth; it’s just so much easier to navigate and find interesting people

Sharing
This is where DMS really shines. The site allows you to share your most recent photos onto your Facebook profile, organizing them in monthly folders for easy browsing. You can also tweet your latest photos to your Twitter profile. The mug show flash slideshow can be embedded onto your website, as I have done in my sidebar. There is also RSS functionality, which allows people to subscribe to your latest photos.

From what I can tell DB allows you to tweet your latest photo and that’s about it.
Winner: DailyMugshot; it wins by a landslide in this category.

Miscellaneous functionality
DMS manages to cram a few more additional bonus functions too. There is an iPhone app that allows you to take a photo from your phone, then upload it to the site. There is also various reminder functions, one being a daily email, and the second being an application that pops up on your PC or Mac at a specific time to remind you to take your photo. Another cool thing the site offers is a flipbook of your mug show. For $8.99 you can get a custom book printed with all your photos, which seems like an interesting concept.

DB allows you to email photos to the site while on the go. It also has daily reminders, along with notifications for various events, like new comments or new followers.
Winner: DailyMugshot; just has much more additional functionality

Overall Winner: DailyMugshot

DailyMugshot just seems to be the more mature of the 2 applications. I know myself when I use a service I look for ways it can integrate into my online lifestream of information. I run a blog, use Facebook and Twitter and find that the service meshes pretty well with my needs. DailyBooth is a good service, but I the lack of external integration is the killer. I find after looking closely at how both these apps function they would almost be better if they somehow merged. Their strengths would actually be quite complimentary to each other.