ThrashCam vs xelka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThrashCam
Create animated sketch-like time-lapse videos and GIFs. Customize capture rates, apply filters, and choose output formats and orientations. Supports multiple cameras for versatile creative control.
- Time-lapse video creation
- GIF animation
- Sketch-like visual style
- Adjustable capture rate
- Filter application
- Output format selection
- Orientation control
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ThrashCam allows you to create time-lapse videos or GIFs which look like animated sketches. ThrashCam allows you to change the capture rate, filters, output format, orientation, and cameras.
xelka
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Turn any photo into gorgeous, hand-crafted pixel art. xelka is a pixel-art camera built on a real quantization + dithering engine — not a cheap overlay filter. Point it at the world for a live pixel viewfinder, or import any photo and watch it snap into a limited retro palette. • 11 iconic styles — retro handheld greens, vibrant fantasy-console palettes, home-computer 16-color, CRT phosphor, 1-bit ink, Sweetie 16, Modern Clean and more • Real-time pixel-art camera preview (front & back) • Record pixel-art video and export animated GIFs • Fine-tune contrast, saturation, brightness and pixel size • Ordered & Floyd–Steinberg dithering for authentic texture • One-tap share to any app; save to your library • Fully on-device — no account, no ads, no tracking Unlock xelka Pro once to remove the watermark and open every style plus video & GIF export. One-time purchase, no subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ThrashCam at every 3 weeks against xelka's every 2 months. ThrashCam also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. ThrashCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and xelka sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ThrashCam ships an update every 3 weeks, xelka every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThrashCam | xelka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | zakk hoyt | Jaemin Kim |
In-app purchases
ThrashCam
- Remove Watermark$0.99
xelka
- xelka Pro$0.99
