Charmleon vs Spectacular Rec
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charmleon
Create and share unique photo filters by combining your favorites. Users can vote on public filters, with popular ones gaining visibility and disliked ones being removed. Features include a built-in camera, style transfer, and extensive integration with iOS devices.
- Create custom filter combinations
- Share and vote on public filters
- Built-in camera with smile detector
- Transfer painting styles to photos
- iOS search integration (Spotlights)
- Photo editing extension
- Apple Watch remote control
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Welcome to Charmleon The Chameleon Charm in your shared filters A new way to edit your photos and make them unique. Combine your favorite filters and save them as custom filters to use them again later or to share them with other Charmleon users. Every user can use your public filters, vote on them or leave a comment. Each filter that will reach 5 like will gain more visibility by entering the Top Rated category. But careful.... when your filter reaches 5 Unlike it will be permanently deleted from the public database. Give your best and create unique custom filters. Charmleon is a complete and rich app with many features: - built-in camera for great photos (also in RAW or livePhoto format) Use the smile detector to take pictures that are always smiling: -) - thanks to CoreML you can transfer the style of some famous paintings to your photos - with 3D touch, you can quickly access your databases or to edit the filters (only on iPhone 6S and 6 S Plus or later). - open the app from shortcuts to directly access the databases (only on iPhone 6S and 6 S Plus or later) - Spotlights will allow you to search for private, public or more voted filters directly from the iOS search and many extensions.... - use Siri to search for your photos for a specific date or location - photoediting extension allows you to edit your photos directly from the Photo app - use the app on Apple Watch with remote control for your shots (Zoom with digital crown) - send your CharmSelfie directly from iMessage -check out the Charmleon Podium widget in the notification center to know which users have received the most likes - and the Charmleon Top Rated widget in the Notification Center to view the public filter with more like Charmleon uses CloudKit - to save your filters on iCloud and make them always synchronized on your devices - to send you notifications for each new filter added to the public database, when your filter reaches topRated, will be deleted or if you receive an answer to your comment Just start experimenting Create your own filters and.... Share them, vote, comment and share them again!! More we are and more fun Now it's up to you! Good Fun Thanks to unsplash. com for wonderful shared images And to all betatesters for their valuable advice and support Son of a Rocket Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Spectacular Rec
This application captures video and sensor data for 3D reconstruction. The recorded data must be uploaded to a computer for processing using specialized AI tools. Powerful GPUs are required for generating NeRFs and Gaussian Splatting reconstructions.
- Video recording
- IMU sensor data capture
- Data export for post-processing
- 3D reconstruction preparation
- AI tool integration
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This app records video and IMU sensor data in a format that can be later post-processed by Spectacular AI tools to create 3D reconstructions. Please note that the App itself only records data and you will need to upload it to a computer to do actual reconstructions. NeRFs and Gaussian Splatting reconstructions require a capable GPU to process.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spectacular Rec at 50% against Charmleon's 0%. Spectacular Rec also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Charmleon's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Charmleon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spectacular Rec asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spectacular Rec holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Charmleon's written reviews are positive against 50% of Spectacular Rec's.
Charmleon ships an update every 9 months, Spectacular Rec every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Charmleon | Spectacular Rec |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ragazzetto Project | Spectacular AI Oy |
Customer experience
Charmleon
Spectacular Rec
In-app purchases
Charmleon
- Charmleon Community$0.99
Spectacular Rec
No in-app purchases
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