Comparison

Time vs MoodCam

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

Head to head
About

Time

Capture moments you missed with a time machine feature, allowing you to retake photos and edit them later. Apply real-time filters, adjust aspect ratios, and even convert videos into pictures. Customize controls and remove ads with in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Time Machine for retaking photos
  • Real-time filters (60+ types)
  • Video to picture conversion
  • Editable aspect ratios
  • Customizable volume button/shake gestures
  • Ad removal option
Features
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It's okay to miss a definitive moment. You can retake it until the moment you launch the application with the Time Machine function. You can change the moment of taking, zoom, filter, aspect ratio, orientation later. In the past mode, a picture can be taken with frame-advance or slow playback. Also, recorded videos can be read and turned into pictures. 60 kinds of real-time filter installed. Color change 17, effect 10, transformation 10, face recognition 12, other 11. You can edit the photographs, change the rotation,trimming,filter,deformation(10 types),color and square. Aspect ratios of three types (1: 1, 4: 3, 16: 9) can be switched. For animals and babies, who cannot communicate, you can change shutter sounds to gain their interest. ◆in-app purchases option settings ・Remove Ads Advertisement will disappear. ・volume switch and shake gesture Assign a function to the volume button and shake gesture (shutter, favorite, pause, change brightness of the screen). ・temporally save if app stop in background,temporarily save the movie automatically.You can check the video at next startup. ・Startup setting You can choose startup page with three kinds(camera,album,setting). ・Change icon Band of the icon disappears.

About

MoodCam

Features
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Shoot the feeling. MoodCam is a camera app built around mood. Every shot deserves a tone — so we made it effortless to find yours, live, before you ever press the shutter. Film-Inspired Filters, Live Choose from 7 filter styles — Fuji, Dreamy, Sakura, Twilight, Sharp, Miniature, and Leica. Each one is handcrafted with real film characteristics: grain, temperature, fade, bloom, and more. Applied in real time, so what you see is what you get. Miniature & Tilt-Shift Turn any scene into a diorama with our tilt-shift Miniature mode. A sharp center strip, soft blurred edges — the classic toy-world look, instantly. Make Your Own Filter Not finding the exact mood? Build it. Dial in exposure, contrast, saturation, temperature, grain, vignette, bloom, and more — while watching your camera preview update live. Name it, save it, and it lives right in your filter strip alongside the built-in ones. Organize Your Strip Reorder and hide filters to match how you actually shoot. Long-press any filter or tap Edit to customize. Edit After You Shoot Import any photo from your library and fine-tune it with the same tools. Adjust, apply a filter, and save. Clean. Fast. No subscription. No accounts. No watermarks. No paywalls. Just a camera that gets out of your way.

Screenshots

Time4 screens
MoodCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MoodCam at monthly against Time's every 5 months. Time's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MoodCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time ships an update every 5 months, MoodCam monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Time versus MoodCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeMoodCam
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAyumu KinoshitaYongjun Lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Time

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
1 purchases

MoodCam

One-time1
  • MoodCam Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Time free?
Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MoodCam free?
MoodCam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time or MoodCam have ads?
Both Time and MoodCam show ads.
Which is updated more often, Time or MoodCam?
Time ships an update every 5 months, and MoodCam monthly. Most recently, Time was updated on September 13, 2026 and MoodCam on September 18, 2026.

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