Engraver handmade etching vs SAM CAM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Engraver handmade etching
Transform any photo into a realistic hand-drawn engraving with this app. It offers a powerful engine and curated presets to achieve professional-looking results with ease, making it more than just a toy.
- Create hand-drawn engraving effects
- Turn any picture into an engraving
- Powerful image processing engine
- Curated parameter presets
- Intuitive interface
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This app is so much fun to play with, but it's much more than a toy. With it, you can create images resembling the hand-made works of a true master who spent painstaking hours over a work of art. The Engraver app lets you turn any picture into an impressive old-style engraving that looks hand-drawn. A powerful, extremely qualitative engine and carefully selected presets of parameters let you choose a wide variety of engraving effects without any extra effort or special knowledge. Features: - The power and productivity of AlphaPlugins EngraverIII pro tool. - The best sets of parameters, specially chosen for you. - Elegant and easy-to use intuitive interface. - 20 years of image processing experience in your hands. Just enjoy with creating!
SAM CAM
This application records content displayed on a screen, making it suitable for product demonstrations and everyday use. It offers a humane and technologically advanced approach to recording.
- Screen recording
- Product design demos
- Daily life recording
- Humane interface
- Technologically advanced
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SAM CAM is on a display screen recorder of product design, the APP can make the demo recorder and suitable for the user's daily life, is a very humane and scientific and technological content of products.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Engraver handmade etching at 90% against SAM CAM's 0%. Engraver handmade etching also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (66 vs 4). SAM CAM's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On update cadence, 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
SAM CAM is free to download; Engraver handmade etching costs $2.99 up front. Engraver handmade etching sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SAM CAM asks for nothing beyond the download.
Engraver handmade etching holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Engraver handmade etching has 66 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Engraver handmade etching's written reviews are positive against 0% of SAM CAM's.
Engraver handmade etching ships an update every 2 months, SAM CAM every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Engraver handmade etching | SAM CAM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (66 ratings) — better | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maxim Chernousov | 树 贝 |
Customer experience
Engraver handmade etching
SAM CAM
In-app purchases
Engraver handmade etching
- Engraver Advanced Set$0.99
- Engraver Profiled Set$0.99
SAM CAM
No in-app purchases
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