Comparison

cAR Show vs ProductionCrate

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

Head to head
About

cAR Show

Experience your dream cars in augmented reality. Customize their color, place them in a virtual garage, and capture stunning photorealistic images to share with friends. Enhance your creations with numerous filters.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality car placement
  • Photorealistic car rendering
  • Customizable car colors
  • In-app photo filters
  • Shareable car images
Features
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Open cAR Show. Use it. Keep your jaw from dropping! ;) cAR Show brings the cars you've ever dreamed of right in front to you! Configure them with your favourite color, place them in your garage, take a picture and share with your friends: they won't believe their eyes! Here are the major features: -AR Kit: thanks to the integration of AR Kit you can bring into real world the car of your dreams, place it, configure it and take awesome pictures. -Incredible photorealism: the car really reflects what stands around it, lights adapts to the real scene for a PERFECT blending. Most people doesn't even realize it comes from your device! -Filters, filters and filters: you can customize your picture with 25 built-in filters before you share with your friends. -Premium features: you can unlock ALL the amazing features of cAR Show with an in-App purchase. This will bring 11 more cars, the chance to disable/enable car plate and picture watermarks... Get now cAR Show, be amazed!

About

ProductionCrate

Easily add superpowers, explosions, and fire effects to your videos in seconds. This mobile VFX studio uses real-time motion tracking and 3D rendering to create immersive special effects without requiring technical knowledge. Access a vast library of assets to enhance your video content.

Highlights
  • 10,000+ video FX
  • Real-time motion tracking
  • 3D rendering
  • No green screen required
  • Intuitive timing control
  • Access to all current and future special FX
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Add superpowers, explosions and fire VFX to your video instantly. While Hollywood movies take years to produce, ProductionCrate FX is the first mobile VFX studio that allows you to create exciting special effects in seconds. Built with flawless real-time motion tracking and 3D rendering, you have the power to create incredibly immersive video fx without any technical knowledge required. Simply add lightning, magic and spaceship fx into your scene, and hit record! ProductionCrate AR features: 10,000+ video FX 400+ high-quality 3D models Real-time camera tracking for your VFX Record, save and share your videos instantly Real-time foreground keying, no green screen required! Control over effect scale, rotation, brightness and more Intuitive timing control for timing your effects perfectly. Customizable trigger buttons to activate events Support for Front and Back camera Freedom to organize, delete and download new special fx. We've made high-end Hollywood effects accessible even to beginners by creating an effortless intuitive AR editing experience. You're in control of an unprecedented professional library of visual effects assets and are free to position them into augmented reality with the tap of a finger. Any video artist can use this app to compose lasers, dragons and spells with full control over its integration. ProductionCrate is constantly growing the selection of digital effects available for our community of mobile content creators. With this app, you'll have access to all current and future special fx forever. Pro ProductionCrate users will have unlimited access to everything on offer, while Free users can still access an exciting selection of effects. Inspire and stand out from the crowd by using ProductionCrate FX to build high production-value videos for your social media. You'll be able to produce short videos with incredible special effects without hours of additional work - helping you become an efficient video creator. This app will become your secret weapon to gain a competitive edge. Rapidly prototype effects for your film projects and use ProductionCrate FX as a previsualization platform. The vast selection of assets available makes this the perfect environment to plan out complex effects when working on a large project. By taking advantage of ProductionCrate FX's portability, you'll be able to collaborate and communicate ideas on-set, and instantly visualize these with your actors. Use ProductionCrate FX to learn the fundamentals of VFX. 3D tracking, blocking and lighting all become intuitive concepts to users of this app. Try placing a bright orange light source (such as a bulb, LED’s or a laptop screen) in the position of a fire effect, and you'll instantly recognise how practical lighting combined with ProductionCrate FX's digital effects work together to create a realistic image. ProductionCrate FX offers Free access to a limited range of content. Pro Membership unlocks access to the entire range of 10,000+ effects and 3D models. Payment will be charged either weekly, monthly or annually (dependant on selection) to your Apple account after upgrading to a Pro membership. You can cancel your Pro membership at any time. You will retain the features of Pro membership until the end of your current subscription period. Requires iOS 14 iPhone/iPad+ We would love to hear your feedback, ideas and questions. Contact us! Support@ProductionCrate.com TOS: https://www.productioncrate.com/legal/mobile-apps/TERMS.pdf

Screenshots

cAR Show4 screens
ProductionCrate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: cAR Show at 4.4 against ProductionCrate's 3.9. cAR Show also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). ProductionCrate's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (59% vs 42%). 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. cAR Show sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ProductionCrate sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

cAR Show holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 133 and 312 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of cAR Show's written reviews are positive against 59% of ProductionCrate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

cAR Show ships an update every 4 months, ProductionCrate monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
cAR Show versus ProductionCrate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercAR ShowProductionCrate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (133 ratings) — better3.9 (312 ratings)
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews58.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings133312 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size237 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincenzo CosentinoPRODUCTIONCRATE STUDIOS LLC

Customer experience

cAR Show

All ratings132 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative50.0%

ProductionCrate

All ratings244 ratings
Positive70.5%
Neutral6.6%
Negative23.0%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive58.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative33.9%

Bugs and requests

cAR Show

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ProductionCrate

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Download limit exceeded error even without downloads
  • Free effects are actually paid
  • Camera is extremely slow, like 1 frame per minute
  • Effects disappear when moved
  • Login issues even with paid subscription
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  • Can't use videos from camera roll

Requested features

10 requests
  • More free VFX effects
  • Vampire, werewolf, and other monster filters
  • Add sound effects
  • Allow horizontal orientation
  • More free effects, less premium content
Show 5 more
  • Add ability to record and then add effects
  • Allow editing of already filmed videos
  • Add custom sound effects
  • Improve cutout and 3D object handling
  • Add Kamehameha effect

In-app purchases

1 purchases

cAR Show

One-time1
  • Premium content$1.99
5 purchases

ProductionCrate

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 Download$0.99
  • 10 Downloads$6.99
  • 50 Downloads$24.99

Questions

Is cAR Show free?
cAR Show is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ProductionCrate free?
ProductionCrate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, cAR Show or ProductionCrate?
cAR Show is rated higher. cAR Show averages 4.4 out of 5 from 133 ratings, while ProductionCrate averages 3.9 from 312 ratings.
Do cAR Show or ProductionCrate have ads?
Neither cAR Show nor ProductionCrate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, cAR Show or ProductionCrate?
cAR Show ships an update every 4 months, and ProductionCrate monthly. Most recently, cAR Show was updated on November 3, 2026 and ProductionCrate on November 3, 2026.

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