FX Halftone Stencil vs CopyCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FX Halftone Stencil
Easily create artistic images with halftone and stencil effects. This app helps you generate unique pictures for gifts or personal expression, transforming your photos into art.
- Halftone effects
- Stencil effects
- Artistic picture creation
- Easy to use
- Photo editing
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FX Halftone Stencil is a simple application which help you easily and fastly create pictures with halftone effects. Haftone combines with Stencil will generate great artistic pictures. You can use FX Halftone Stencil to make simple gift for family, relatives or friends... or even turn you into an artist. Have fun!
CopyCam
Transform photos into stencils for live tracing. Overlay your chosen design onto your camera's viewfinder to guide your shots. The final image will not contain the stencil.
- Photo to stencil conversion
- Live camera overlay
- Adjustable stencil
- Stencil not in final image
- Privacy policy available
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The CopyCam app allows you to turn any photo into a stencil for further shooting. Simply upload any photo, adjust the stencil, and switch to shooting mode. The stencil will appear over your viewfinder. There will be no stencil on the final shots. Privacy Policy: https://stepanok.com/copycam/privacy-and-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FX Halftone Stencil at 4.1 against CopyCam's 3.3. FX Halftone Stencil also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. FX Halftone Stencil sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CopyCam sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FX Halftone Stencil holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FX Halftone Stencil has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FX Halftone Stencil ships an update every 3 weeks, CopyCam every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FX Halftone Stencil | CopyCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (22 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tien Le | Ivan Stepanok |
Customer experience
FX Halftone Stencil
CopyCam
In-app purchases
FX Halftone Stencil
- Remove Advertisement$1.99
CopyCam
- Weekly$5.997 Days
- Lifetime$19.99
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