ActorDetector vs Spatialify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ActorDetector
This app uses AI-powered face recognition to identify actors and celebrities in images. Simply upload a photo, and it will tell you who is in it. It's like Shazam, but for the faces of famous people.
- AI-powered face recognition
- Actor and celebrity identification
- Image analysis
- Fast results
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ActorDetector detects actors and celebrities via face recognition, powered by AI.
Spatialify
Capture, preview, and export spatial photos and videos. Supports various viewing modes and conversion to common 3D formats for VR devices and social sharing. Create spatial media from other 3D formats.
- Capture 4K HDR spatial videos and photos
- Preview spatial media in multiple modes
- Stream to AR glasses or large screens
- Export to common 3D formats
- Create spatial media from 3D formats
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Spatialify is a utility app built around spatial photos and videos: Capture: (iPhone 15 Pro series, iPhone 16 or newer only) • Capture 4K HDR spatial videos • Capture Apple Log ProRes stereo videos with real-time LUT preview • Capture 12MP HDR spatial photos with Live Photo and Portrait Depth • Launch the camera via Camera Control, Action Button, Lock Screen, or Shortcuts Playback & Streaming: • View spatial videos and photos on your phone using parallel viewing, anaglyph glasses, wigglegram, or Cardboard • Check detailed media parameters via the "Media Info" panel • Connect to supported AR glasses or large screens to quickly browse spatial videos and photos Export & Make: • Convert spatial media into common 3D formats for viewing on other VR devices or sharing to social platforms • Create spatial videos and photos using other 3D formats
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ActorDetector at Free against Spatialify's $2.99. ActorDetector also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (401 vs 63). Spatialify's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#136 vs unranked). On review sentiment, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
ActorDetector is free to download; Spatialify costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ActorDetector holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActorDetector has 401 ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of ActorDetector's written reviews are positive against 67% of Spatialify's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActorDetector | Spatialify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (401 ratings) — better | 4.0 (63 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | 67.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 401 — better | 63 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #136 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthias Lang | 天 吴 |
Customer experience
ActorDetector
Spatialify
User reviews
ActorDetector
From 401 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Identifies actors accurately
- 👍 Useful for finding actors
- 👍 Works well for obscure actors
- 👍 Fast identification
- 👍 Great for recognizing familiar faces
Room to improve
- 😠 Ads are annoying
- 😠 Ads are too long
- 😠 Ads are unbearable
- 😠 Ads make the app unusable
- 😠 Ads are intrusive
Spatialify
From 63 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great for recording 4K spatial videos
- 👍 Allows viewing spatial photos and videos on VR/AR devices
- 👍 Useful for converting spatial media to common formats
- 👍 Provides more features than native camera app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes or doesn't work on newer devices
- 🐛 Issues with video quality and compression
- 🐛 Compatibility problems with other apps and camera modes
- 🐛 Spatial media not detected on Vision Pro
Bugs and requests
ActorDetector
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cannot use camera without storage
- Photo upload from camera roll never works
- App prompts to install other apps
- Ads cannot be skipped
- No option to remove ads
Requested features
5 requests- Paid option to remove ads
- Increase history limit
- Option to pay to stop ads
- Ability to access past actor searches
- Add more actors to the database
Spatialify
Reported bugs
4 issues- Spatial video export issues and compatibility problems
- Crashes when converting or viewing spatial media
- Blurry/distorted output on one side of spatial photos
- Spatial media not working as expected on Vision Pro
Requested features
4 requests- Add bitrate/quality selection options for exports
- Improve video stabilization and color processing
- Allow manual adjustments for spatial photos
- Add support for spatial Live Photos
In-app purchases
ActorDetector
No in-app purchases
Spatialify
No in-app purchases
Questions
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