Slit vs CUBE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slit
Create unique slit-scan photos and videos with various modes for distortion and surreal effects. Capture self-portraits with a timer and share your creations with friends. Optimized for modern devices for higher resolutions and frame rates.
- Slit-scan photo creation
- Moving Slit Mode for distortion
- Still Slit Mode for surreal photos
- 5-second timer for self-portraits
- High resolution and FPS options
- Share creations with friends
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Create awesome slit-scan photos on your device! • Up to 1920x1080* Slit-Scans at 240 FPS**! • Use the Moving Slit Mode to make a moving thing seem distorted! • Use the Still Slit Mode to create surrealistic photos! • Use the 5 Seconds Timer to capture a photo of yourself! • Share your awesome Slit-Scan images with your friends! For best quality it's recommended to use stand or tripod. See our website for some examples: http://demax.ru/slit-scan-maker/ * To get 1920x1080 resolution images use modern devices (iPhone 6S and later, iPad Pro). 1280x720 resolution is used on older devices. 120 FPS supported on iPhone 5S and later. ** To get 240 FPS capturing use modern devices (iPhone 7/7+ or later). This is optional experimental feature, you can enable or disable it in app settings.
CUBE
Create visually stunning videos and photos with unique, real-time effects inspired by popular movies. Apply motion trails, LiDAR-generated particles, and liquid metal transformations to your content. Easily customize and capture in Full HD.
- Motion Trail Effect
- LiDAR Scanning Effect
- Matrix Effect
- Liquid Metal Effect
- Real-time effect application
- Customizable effects
- Full HD video capture
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Motion Trail Effect: Inspired by "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners", CUBE copies the trail effect when David using the Sandevistan implant. LiDAR Scanning Effect: Sample real-time images and depth maps created by LiDAR Scanner to generate 3D particles (point clouds). Up to 3,000,000 points can be generated. Mixing the 3D particles with real-world scenes will make you feel like entering a surreal world. Matrix Effect: Inspired by Code Rain from the movie "The Matrix". This time, blue pill or red pill? Liquid Metal Effect: Take a trip back to 1991 and become the Terminator T-1000 of the movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" by James Cameron. CUBE is an app that combines the powerful capabilities of Metal and ARKit, allowing you to easily create fun videos and photos with real-time effects. Using CUBE, you can: - Instantly switch between effects - Apply effects to people, background or entire image - Customize effects with a range of options - Capture Full HD & High Bitrate Videos Body segmentation is only supported on iPhone XR/XS (A12) and above. LiDAR Scanning is supported on devices with LiDAR Scanner. Support for new features of iOS 16: - Enable HDR by default: HDR is enabled by default on devices running iOS 16, allowing photos and videos to have improved dynamic range. - Introduce 2K photo mode: Photos can be taken at a resolution of 2880 * 1620 for improved clarity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CUBE at 83% against Slit's 45%. CUBE also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Slit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (64 vs 16). On price, update cadence and ads 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. CUBE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Slit asks for nothing beyond the download.
CUBE holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Slit's written reviews are positive against 83% of CUBE's.
Slit ships an update every 3 weeks, CUBE monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slit | CUBE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (64 ratings) | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denis Frolov | 银凯 朱 |
Customer experience
Slit
CUBE
In-app purchases
Slit
No in-app purchases
CUBE
- Matrix Effect$1.99
- LiDAR Scanning Effect$1.99
- Liquid Metal Effect$1.99








