# PatchCam — Creative Camera Effects Rack

> Creative Camera Effects Rack (iPhone/iPad app by Jascha Suess Multimedia GmbH.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/patchcam/id6805179499 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jascha Suess Multimedia GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/6805179771)
- Category: Photo & Video, Graphics & Design
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-10
- Data updated: 2026-11-13

## What is PatchCam?

PatchCam is an effects rack for your camera. Eleven live effects, each with unique controls. Everything is processed on your phone in real time.

THE RACK

FILM — contrast, grain, halation and trails.
DIFFERENCE — frame-to-frame difference: strobe, trails, grain and dither. Movement draws, stillness fades.
BLOB TRACK — the image is thresholded and tracked live; shapes get outlines, coordinates and connecting lines.
SLIT SCAN — time slices through space: near is now, far is seconds ago. 
DEPTH HEAT — a thermal-camera look driven by real depth data.
POINT CLOUD — your scene as a navigable 3D particle field. Touch a point, orbit around it.
SCANLINES — the image redrawn as sweeping row and column segments in 3D space.
DATAMOSH — compression motion smear on demand. Hold a key frame and let the image melt.
DISPLACE — the image liquifies and warps over its own trails.
PIXEL SORT — live pixel sorting: runs of bright (or dark) pixels sorted along rows or columns.
SILHOUETTE — person segmentation on the phone: matte, outline, trails and blur.

Depth effects use the LiDAR scanner or TrueDepth camera. On devices with neither, the rest of the rack is fully available.

RECORDING

Record any effect exactly as you see it. Clips, snapshots and exports land in your Photos library. Free recordings carry a small PatchCam mark; PatchCam Create removes it.

PATCHCAM LINK: LIVE OUTPUT + REMOTE CONTROL

Send the live output to TouchDesigner, Resolume or VLC over your own network. Low latency, up to 1080p, ready for VJ sets, installations and streams. Control the whole rig over OSC, with free plugins that put every effect's controls straight into Resolume and TouchDesigner. Try it for free: the stream carries a small PatchCam mark until PatchCam Link removes it.

PRIVACY

Everything stays on your device. No data is collected, no trackers, no sign-up.

Two one-time purchases: PatchCam Create removes the watermark from everything you save. PatchCam Link removes it from the live stream too, and includes Create.

WARNING: The Strobe switch in Difference produces rapid flashing imagery that may affect people with photosensitive epilepsy.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PatchCam Link | $12.99 | one-time |
| PatchCam Create | $3.99 | one-time |


## Is PatchCam safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess PatchCam.

## Is PatchCam legit?

PatchCam has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for PatchCam is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-11-12

- Lidar effects are now correctly capped at 30fps. 
- The Download Page to PatchCam Link Touchdesigner and Resolume Plugins is now more visible in the App.

### 1.0 — 2026-11-11

No release notes.

## Related topics

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