Comparison

Effectum vs Tapework

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

Head to head
About

Effectum

This photo editing app offers a wide range of effects, light textures, and adjustment options to enhance your images. Easily create double exposures and add text or artwork to personalize your photos.

Highlights
  • 156 effects across 8 groups
  • 128 light textures with blend modes
  • 22 advanced adjustment options
  • Double exposure tools
  • Add text and artwork
Features
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Simplest photo editor application. - 156 effects of 8 group (Original, digital film, seasons, dawned, retro, black&white, magic color, distors. - 128 light texture of 7 groups (Original, lens flare, light leak, dot, grunge, snow, rain). 16 blend modes to fine tune. - 22 advance adjust options. - Double exposure tools with brush. - Deco your photo by text and artwork.

About

Tapework

Features
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Tapework turns the video you already have into authentic analog footage — the way it really looked on VHS tape, an 8mm home projector, or a snowy off-air TV. No stickers, no fake overlays: every effect is physically modeled from how the actual hardware degraded the signal. Pick a look, watch it apply to your clip in real time, and export the result with the effect baked permanently into the file — ready for Reels, TikTok, or your camera roll. 11 HAND-MODELED PRESETS • VHS Classic — original VHS SP: head-switching, chroma loss, dropout noise • VHS Long (LP) — degraded chroma, heavier compression artifacts • VHS EP — the heaviest tape degradation, barely-watchable and proud of it • Broadcast Snow — off-air analog TV with snow and ghosting • Broadcast Clean — cable-composite look, minimal artifacts • B-Movie 16mm — heavy film grain with a warm cast • B-Movie 8mm — 8mm projector: extra grain, golden warmth • Hi-Fi VHS — clean luma, only subtle chroma artifacts • Camcorder — 1990s consumer VHS-C, green-tinted and soft • Home Video '70s — early-70s broadcast with prominent scanlines • Home Video '80s — magenta-leaning, oversaturated home tape REAL-TIME, NOT A FILTER SLIDER Everything renders live on the GPU as you scrub. Dial the master Intensity, or open Tweaking to control the individual signal physics — chroma shift and delay, scanlines, head-switching jitter, grain, ringing, vignette, hue and saturation. Save your own combinations as custom presets. EXPORT THAT KEEPS THE LOOK Export up to 4K with the analog effect written into every frame at full quality, with your original audio intact. What you preview is exactly what you get. FREE TO START Use three presets and standard export for free. Upgrade to Pro for all 11 presets, 4K export, no watermark, and every future preset included. WHY IT LOOKS RIGHT Most "VHS" apps paste a semi-transparent PNG over your video. Tapework instead reproduces the analog signal chain — luma/chroma separation, timing errors, tape noise and dropouts — so highlights bloom, colors bleed sideways, and the picture breathes the way real tape does. — Tapework Pro subscription details: • Tapework Pro (Annual) — auto-renewing subscription, $9.99/year • Tapework Pro (Lifetime) — one-time purchase, $19.99 Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://arturayupov.github.io/tapework-web/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://arturayupov.github.io/tapework-web/privacy.html

Screenshots

Effectum4 screens
Tapework4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Effectum at 11.4 against Tapework's 15.1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Effectum sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Tapework sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Effectum versus Tapework: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEffectumTapework
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuy PhanArtur Aiupov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Effectum

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Buy Full Version$1.99
2 purchases

Tapework

Subscriptions1
  • Tapework Pro — Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tapework Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Effectum free?
Effectum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tapework free?
Tapework is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Effectum or Tapework have ads?
Neither Effectum nor Tapework shows ads.

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