Pet Camera Automatic vs Kid Snaps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pet Camera Automatic
Capture professional-looking photos of your pets with automatic detection and portrait modes. This camera app uses computer vision to snap pictures of cats and dogs when they appear, and offers background blur for stunning portraits. It also includes sound options to get your pet's attention.
- Automatic cat and dog detection
- Portrait mode with blurred background
- Adjustable shutter sound
- Attention-grabbing pet sounds
- Suitable for capturing moving subjects
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The camera specializing in shooting cats and dogs. In the automatic detection mode, computer vision automatically shoots when a cat comes in. In portrait mode, you can take a picture of a portrait effect with a blurred background. With sound switching, you can make the shutter sound quieter, or play the meow bow sounds to catch their attentions. Often used to shoot moving children.
Kid Snaps
A simple camera app designed for children, offering a streamlined interface with large buttons and a focus on privacy. Parents can set daily limits and control features, ensuring a safe and fun photography experience for kids.
- Simple interface for kids
- Parental controls for screen time
- Individual profiles for each child
- Photo and video capture
- Favorite marking
- Customizable color themes
- Optional saving to Camera Roll
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Kid Snaps is a camera app built from the ground up for kids, simple enough for a toddler and thoughtful enough for parents who care about screen time and privacy. Hand your kid a camera that's truly theirs. No social feeds. No in-app purchases. No confusing menus buried three levels deep. Just a big shutter button, a clean viewfinder, and a gallery full of memories. The interface is designed for little hands, with large tap targets, a full-screen shutter option for younger kids, and a selfie button that's always within reach. Kids can take photos, record short video clips, browse everything they've captured, mark favorites with a heart, and flip through their memories. Got more than one kid? Kid Snaps supports a profile for each child. When the app opens, your kid taps their own face to start, just like picking a profile on a streaming app. Every photo and video is tagged to whoever took it, so siblings' shots never get mixed together, and you can filter the gallery by kid with a tap. Out with just one child for the day? Kid Snaps remembers your pick so no one is asked again until you want them to be. And if you've only got one kid, nothing changes, it stays as simple as ever. You stay in control. Set a daily photo limit, now per kid, so the camera stays fun without taking over the day. Turn video on or off and set a maximum clip length. Lock settings behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a birth year PIN so kids can't change anything you've set up, including who the camera is set to. Photos are grouped by day and location automatically, with no sorting to manage. City names appear when location is on, so you always know where a photo was taken. Choose whether photos save to your Camera Roll or stay private inside the app until you're ready to export them. When you save to your Camera Roll, each kid gets their own dedicated album, like "Kid Snaps – Emma," so their photos and videos land neatly and back up with iCloud. No photos are shared anywhere without your action. Six color themes let kids pick a look that feels like them: Classic, Ocean, Candy, Forest, Sunny, and Midnight. Light mode, dark mode, or follow the system. The whole app, including the app icon, changes to match. Kid Snaps is made by a small independent developer and contains no ads, no subscriptions, and no third-party tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kid Snaps at 5.0 against Pet Camera Automatic's 1.0. Pet Camera Automatic's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 18.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kid Snaps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Pet Camera Automatic ships an update daily, Kid Snaps every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pet Camera Automatic | Kid Snaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daisuke Majima | Razorfrog Web Design |
Customer experience
Pet Camera Automatic
Kid Snaps
In-app purchases
Pet Camera Automatic
No in-app purchases
Kid Snaps
No in-app purchases
Questions
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