Comparison

Cartoon Creative Camera vs Photo Markup

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cartoon Creative Camera

Transform your photos into unique cartoon-style images in real-time with a variety of artistic filters. Easily adjust filter intensity and switch between cameras for creative selfies and everyday shots.

Highlights
  • Real-time cartoon filters
  • 13 unique artistic filters
  • Adjustable filter intensity
  • Front and rear camera support
  • Silent shutter option
  • Versatile aspect ratios
Features
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Unleash your creativity with Cartoon Camera, the ultimate app for transforming your photos into stunning cartoon-style images in real-time. Whether you're looking to capture a fun moment, create a unique selfie, or add an artistic touch to your everyday photos, Cartoon Camera has got you covered. With a wide range of filters and intuitive controls, turning your photos into masterpieces has never been easier. --- Features and Highlights --- Real-Time Cartoon Filters: Cartoon Camera offers a variety of real-time filters that instantly convert your photos into cartoon-style images. Simply point your camera, choose your filter, and watch as your world transforms into a vibrant cartoon! Diverse Range of Filters: Beyond the classic cartoon comic style, Cartoon Camera comes equipped with 13 unique filters, each designed to bring a different artistic touch to your photos: - Cartoon Comic: Capture the essence of comic books with bold outlines and vibrant colors. - Black and White Line Art: Turn your photos into elegant black and white sketches. - Sketch Drawing: Create detailed and intricate sketch-style images. - Smooth Cartoon: Achieve a soft and polished cartoon look. - Swirl Effect: Add a dynamic twist to your photos with a swirling effect. - Pixel Art: Bring a retro feel to your images with pixelation. - Dot Art: Turn your photos into unique dot-style art. - Emboss: Add a textured, embossed look to your images. - Poster Effect: Give your photos a bold, poster-like appearance. - CGA Effect: Relive the early computer graphics era with the CGA effect. - Grid: Overlay a grid pattern onto your photos for a structured look. - Crosshatch: Create a crosshatched drawing effect. - Faded Effect: Add a nostalgic touch with a faded color filter. Intuitive Controls: Cartoon Camera is designed for ease of use. With intuitive controls, you can seamlessly navigate through the app and apply filters with just a few taps. Adjustable Filter Intensity: Each real-time filter comes with a slider, allowing you to adjust the intensity of the effect to perfectly match your vision. Whether you want a subtle touch or a bold transformation, the choice is yours. Front and Rear Camera Support: Switch effortlessly between the front and rear cameras to capture the perfect shot. Cartoon Camera is perfect for both selfies and regular photos. Flashlight Control: Enable or disable the flashlight to ensure your photos are well-lit, even in low-light conditions. Capture stunning images no matter where you are. Silent Shutter: Turn off the shutter sound for those moments when silence is golden. Whether you're photographing wildlife or a sleeping baby, you can do so discreetly without disturbing your subject. Versatile Aspect Ratios: Capture photos in various aspect ratios to suit your needs. Whether you're posting on social media or printing your photos, Cartoon Camera has the right aspect ratio for you. With Cartoon Camera, you can transform ordinary photos into extraordinary works of art. Whether you're an amateur photographer or a seasoned pro, this app offers endless possibilities for creativity and fun. Download Cartoon Camera today and start creating your cartoon masterpieces!

About

Photo Markup

Enhance images and screenshots by adding text, drawings, highlights, and over 300 emojis. Express your messages more clearly with handwritten notes and annotations. Easily explain details or point out important elements in any picture.

Highlights
  • Add text and handwritten notes
  • Draw lines, rectangles, and circles
  • Highlight and underline areas
  • Insert over 300 smileys and emojis
  • Undo and redo drawing actions
  • Customize drawing color and thickness
Features
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Add notes, highlight, draw lines, circle an object, add smileys, emojis and many more. The application supports more than 300 smileys and emojis to enhance the images. Smileys and emojis also help to show expression making the photos better and more expressive. You could also directly draw on the images. You could write using your fingers or Apple Pencil to show your messages in more expressive way. Handwritten messages or text adds more meaning to the images. You could take a screenshot on the phone and edit it in the application. In the application, you could write text on screenshots, add emojis and smileys, draw using your fingers, highlight using rectangle or circle and underline text as well. Using the image markup, you could easily explain things on the screenshots or the images to the other people. Using the image markup, you could easily point to important things in an image. For example, you could highlight yourself in a group of people. The application also comes with various other tools. For example : Using eraser, the drawn content could be deleted. The application has the undo and redo options. The application also comes with options to change the drawing color and thickness of the borders of the drawn objects. Using the application you could draw randomly on the screen, draw a line, rectangle or circle, write text on the screen and highlight an area . When you write the text, you could change the Font, Size and colour as well.

Screenshots

Cartoon Creative Camera4 screens
Photo Markup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cartoon Creative Camera at 4.2 against Photo Markup's 3.5. Cartoon Creative Camera also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 28 months) and ratings volume (88 vs 6). Photo Markup's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cartoon Creative Camera costs $4.99 and Photo Markup $2.99 up front. Cartoon Creative Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Photo Markup asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cartoon Creative Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cartoon Creative Camera has 88 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Cartoon Creative Camera's written reviews are positive against 57% of Photo Markup's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cartoon Creative Camera ships an update every 6 months, Photo Markup every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Cartoon Creative Camera versus Photo Markup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCartoon Creative CameraPhoto Markup
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.2 (88 ratings) — better3.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings88 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 28 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuantis,Inc.Nikhil Anshuman

Customer experience

Cartoon Creative Camera

All ratings89 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Photo Markup

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cartoon Creative Camera

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

Photo Markup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cartoon Creative Camera free?
Cartoon Creative Camera costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Photo Markup free?
Photo Markup costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cartoon Creative Camera or Photo Markup?
Cartoon Creative Camera is rated higher. Cartoon Creative Camera averages 4.2 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while Photo Markup averages 3.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Cartoon Creative Camera or Photo Markup have ads?
Cartoon Creative Camera shows ads; Photo Markup does not.
Which is updated more often, Cartoon Creative Camera or Photo Markup?
Cartoon Creative Camera ships an update every 6 months, and Photo Markup every 28 months. Most recently, Cartoon Creative Camera was updated on November 2, 2026 and Photo Markup on November 6, 2026.

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