Comparison

Effects Cam vs Green screen

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

Head to head
About

Effects Cam

Easily add realistic special effects like fire, explosions, and blood to your photos. Import or take pictures, then tap to add and adjust visual elements to create your own action scenes.

Highlights
  • Add realistic special effects
  • Fire, explosions, blasts, blood effects
  • Import or take photos
  • Adjust position, scale, and rotation
  • Flatten layers for editing
  • Save to library
Features
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Amazing special effects. Create Your Action Scene Now Fire,Explosions,Blasts,More Explosions! Create stunning visuals with realistic effects, fire,explosions,blast,muzzle flashes,blood its all there, create your action scene now! Import or take a picture. Tap the effects tab to open the effects Tap on effects to add them Rotate,Drag,Pinch to adjust position,scale,rotation Double tap to delete elements Flatten layers when the edit gets messy Add more elements if you wish Save to library The apps purpose is to allow you to add high quality visual effects to your pictures, therefor the number of elements is not the greatest, but we're soon going to bring in new elements in the future updates. Contact: support@unicornapps.com

About

Green screen

Effortlessly remove backgrounds from photos and videos using advanced AI. Customize your visuals with presets or unique styles, then enhance them with editing tools, filters, and text overlays. Create collages or prepare professional images for online stores.

Highlights
  • AI background removal
  • Photo and video editing
  • Customizable styles
  • Filters and effects
  • Sticker and text addition
  • Collage creation
Features
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With this app via advanced neural network technics you can easily remove background from photos and videos & change background to anything you like with just a couple of taps. Use one of dozens presets as a style guide or customize them to make it your own and express your creativity. Edit, resize, rotate and crop your images and videos, apply filters to make them more vibrant or set a mood. Add stickers, logos and text and make a beautiful collage then share it with your friends and family in chats or social networks. Or maybe you want to prepage best images for your own storefront. With this app you can do it too. Privacy policy: https://greenscreen.tech/privacy.html Terms of use: https://greenscreen.tech/terms.html

Screenshots

Effects Cam3 screens
Green screen3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Effects Cam at 82% against Green screen's 21%. Effects Cam also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 14.0). Green screen's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 11 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Effects Cam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Green screen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Effects Cam holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Effects Cam's written reviews are positive against 21% of Green screen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Effects Cam ships an update every 11 months, Green screen every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Effects Cam versus Green screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEffects CamGreen screen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (4K ratings) — better4.1 (1.4K ratings)
Positive reviews81.9% of reviews — better21.4% of reviews
Number of ratings4K — better1.4K
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.1 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB60 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRonan StarkCapti

Customer experience

Effects Cam

All ratings3,967 ratings
Positive83.7%
Neutral8.9%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews565 reviews
Positive81.9%
Neutral9.4%
Negative8.7%

Green screen

All ratings1,383 ratings
Positive77.4%
Neutral4.6%
Negative18.0%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative74.8%

User reviews

Effects Cam

From 4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good for effects
  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 💡 Great for stop motion
  • 👍 Realistic effects
  • 👍 Fun to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lots of ads
  • 🐛 Crashes/freezes
  • 🐛 Difficult to navigate
  • 🐛 Sideways photo issue
  • 🔋 Drains battery

Green screen

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Excellent green screen functionality
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Variety of background options

Room to improve

  • 💰 Requires paid subscription to save/export content
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance, issues with background detection
  • 🙄 Limited free features

Bugs and requests

Effects Cam

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ads cause app to reset
  • Difficulty placing effects
  • Incompatibility with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add video editing capabilities
  • More effect options
  • Improve layout and UI
  • Reduce ads or make them less intrusive

Green screen

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Slow video processing and loading times
  • Unexpected behavior when using green screen
  • Audio issues when editing videos

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow free saving/exporting of content
  • Improve background detection and customization options
  • Expand free feature set

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Effects Cam

One-time1
  • Remove Ads & Unlock Everything$1.99
3 purchases

Green screen

Subscriptions3
  • Full Access - 1 Week3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Green screen for video3 Days trial$11.491 Month
  • Full Access - 1 Year$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Effects Cam free?
Effects Cam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Green screen free?
Green screen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Effects Cam or Green screen?
Effects Cam is rated higher. Effects Cam averages 4.4 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while Green screen averages 4.1 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Effects Cam or Green screen have ads?
Neither Effects Cam nor Green screen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Effects Cam or Green screen?
Effects Cam ships an update every 11 months, and Green screen every 8 days. Most recently, Effects Cam was updated on October 21, 2026 and Green screen on October 19, 2026.

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