Subtilizer vs yuCamera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subtilizer
This application allows users to apply subtle image processing effects like posterization, detail filtering, and edge enhancement. It transforms images into a more refined aesthetic. The tool is designed for creative image manipulation.
- Posterization effect
- Detail filtering
- Edge enhancement
- Subtle image conversion
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Posterization, filtering detail and edge enhance and convert to a little subtle image. Subtilizer is such an application.
yuCamera
Transform your photos into unique cartoon and comic styles. Adjust tones, brightness, and color levels to create artistic images. All processed pictures are securely saved to your device's photo library.
- Cartoon photo creation
- Comic style filters
- Monochrome 4-tone styles
- Adjustable brightness
- Tone and color level control
- Save to Photos library
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Take a picture in cartoon format, and create cartoon pictures from your photos. Totally free! - Make a monochrome comic picture in 4 tone styles. - Make beautiful cartoon pictures. - You can change brightness. - You can change tones, a tone level, a gradation level and a color level. - Pictures are stored into Photos. You will find hidden beauty of the world around you. I recommend to take ordinal items around you. This app is made in Japan. Any information about your picture are never sent anywhere. Totally secure.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: yuCamera at every 2 months against Subtilizer's every 22 months. yuCamera also leads on iOS requirement (11.4 vs 16.4). Subtilizer's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Subtilizer against 5.0 for yuCamera. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subtilizer has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Subtilizer ships an update every 22 months, yuCamera every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subtilizer | yuCamera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Itoh Tomoaki | Yu Software LLC |
Customer experience
Subtilizer
yuCamera
In-app purchases
Subtilizer
No in-app purchases
yuCamera
No in-app purchases
