FabFocus vs Depth Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FabFocus
Create professional-looking portrait photos with adjustable background blur and bokeh effects. This app uses advanced image recognition to automatically detect faces and apply artistic enhancements, even without multiple cameras. Refine your portraits with various editing tools for a polished look.
- Automatic face detection
- Intelligent background blur
- Customizable bokeh shapes
- Foreground/background color adjustments
- Manual selection refinement
- Built-in camera interface
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FabFocus is everything you need to capture and create stunning portrait photos. And the best part is, you don’t need multiple cameras to do it! FabFocus works on all devices running iOS 12 and forward and uses advanced image recognition to detect people, and intelligently blurring the background, applying beautiful bokeh effects. ———— The Big 2.0 Update FabFocus 2.0 is a complete rewrite and redesign, with the goal of making it as fast and simple as possible to make stunning portraits. Every last detail has been considered and refined to streamline the experience. We hope you love it as much as we do. ———— Features FabFocus has a lot of different features. Here’s a quick overview. ———— Face Detection FabFocus will automatically detect faces in your photos, use a little computer magic to work out what’s in the foreground and then intelligently blur the background. If a photo contains depth information, that is used that for even faster performance. ———— Camera FabFocus has its own camera interface, that automatically configures itself for portrait capture on supported devices. ———— Editing Tools FabFocus has a whole bunch of tools to help you refine your portraits. • Adjust the amount of blur applied to the background • Chose the shape of bokeh (even set it to love hearts or stars!) • Change the brightness and saturation of the foreground and background independently. • You can also draw to refine the selection of what’s in the foreground, great for tricky situations, or creating portraits of a wide variety of subjects, like pets, plants and more! While editing, you can quickly undo and redo your adjustments, and there are buttons to share and save your photos right away. ———— Take your portraits to the next level with FabFocus ———— For support, please contact hello@ghostwheel.org
Depth Cam
Capture photos with real-time depth previews on compatible devices. Edit depth maps with professional tools, including cropping, rotation, and face detection. Visualize depth data in 3D.
- Capture photos with Depth API
- Real-time depth preview
- Edit raw depth data
- Import/Export depth data
- Face Detection
- 3D depth viewer
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DepthCam is the ultimate camera for capturing depth. See the real-time preview of depth as you capture photos (for compatible devices). DepthCam includes a suite of professional tools for editing depth maps. Load any Portrait Mode photo and view/edit the depth data. You can crop and rotate your photos while keeping the depth data perfectly aligned. With the new Face Detection, you can create a depth map for any photo. Includes 3D viewer of depth data. Features - Capture photos with the Depth API - Real-time preview of depth - Edit raw depth data - Import/Export depth data - Face Detection Even if you don't have a two camera device, you can still load and edit photos with depth data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FabFocus at 4.7 against Depth Cam's 2.9. FabFocus also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 29%) and ratings volume (6K vs 55). Depth Cam's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
FabFocus costs $3.99 and Depth Cam $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FabFocus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FabFocus has 6K ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of FabFocus's written reviews are positive against 29% of Depth Cam's.
FabFocus ships an update every 3 weeks, Depth Cam every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | FabFocus | Depth Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (6K ratings) — better | 2.9 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6K — better | 55 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ghostwheel | James Grote |
Customer experience
FabFocus
Depth Cam
Bugs and requests
FabFocus
Reported bugs
5 issues- The app selected her face but was unable to accurately select her hair
- Couldn't save the edited photos
- Doesn't recognize animal faces
- Crashes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
8 requests- Old Version Please
- Newest changes
- Zoom feature
- Zoom
- Black and white addition
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- Live view for the effects
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Depth Cam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FabFocus
No in-app purchases
Depth Cam
No in-app purchases









