Comparison

Realtime Filter vs Chaos Camera Lab

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

Head to head
About

Realtime Filter

Instantly transform real-world colors into live photo and video filters. Point your camera at any color, capture it, and apply it as a unique aesthetic to your shots. Save favorite colors and export their values for design work.

Highlights
  • Capture colors from real life
  • Apply live photo and video filters
  • Save and reuse favorite colors
  • Export HEX and RGB color values
  • Adjust filter opacity and strength
  • No preset filters
Features
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RealTime Filer lets you capture any color from real life and instantly transform it into a live photo or video filter. Point your camera at a wall, a sunset, a shirt, a flower — any color you see can become the aesthetic of your entire shot. No presets. No generic filters. Just real-world color. Capture Color From Anything Tap anywhere on your screen to lock a color directly from your environment. That exact color becomes your live filter in real time. See it. Tap it. Use it. Photo & Video Ready Apply your captured color as a live filter while: • Taking photos • Recording videos • Creating unique visual content Your camera becomes a creative tool powered by the world around you. Save Your Favorite Colors Found the perfect shade? Save it to your personal color collection and reuse it anytime. Build your own real-world palette. Export Color Values Need the exact numbers? RealTime Filer lets you: • Export HEX values • Export RGB values Perfect for designers, creators, developers, and anyone who works with color. Intensify or Soften Your Look Take full control of your filter: • Increase or decrease opacity • Intensify the color effect • Fine-tune the strength of your overlay Subtle aesthetic? Bold statement? You decide. Why RealTime Filer? • No preset packs • No complicated editing • No fake color filters Just real color from the real world — instantly. Whether you're matching your outfit, capturing the vibe of a sunset, creating aesthetic social content, or building a design palette, RealTime Filer gives you creative control in seconds. Turn your surroundings into your style. Download RealTime Filer and start creating with color in real time!

About

Chaos Camera Lab

Transform ordinary photos into unique, collectible color worlds with unpredictable effects. Remap colors, add digital grain, and explore 16 distinct styles. Save and reuse your custom looks for future edits.

Highlights
  • 16 distinct Chaos styles
  • Color remapping and textured grain
  • Reusable recipes with shareable codes
  • Recipe Lab for custom looks
  • 4:5 camera with zoom
  • Photo Library import
Features
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Chaos Camera Lab turns ordinary scenes into unpredictable, collectible color worlds. This is not a traditional filter camera. Chaos remaps the colors inside each photo, adds tactile digital grain, and gives every image its own strange visual character. Shoot with the built-in 4:5 camera or import a photo, then explore looks ranging from soft and dreamlike to stark, graphic, spectral, and broken. Explore 16 distinct Chaos styles: Chaos, Soft, Poster, Acid, Dream, Noir, Thermal, Prism, Solar, Xerox, Signal, Infra, Ghost, Bleach, Mosaic, and Emulsion. When you discover a look worth keeping, save its recipe. Each recipe preserves the preset, palette, tuning, name, and code behind the image, so you can apply the same visual logic to a completely different scene later. Features: • A focused 4:5 camera with tap to focus and multiple zoom choices • 16 visually distinct Chaos presets • Expressive color remapping and textured grain • Photo Library import for remixing existing images • Hold the result to compare it with the original • Reusable recipes with names, palettes, and shareable codes • Recipe Lab for building custom color looks • Chaos Roll sessions and stylized contact sheets • A local gallery and Recipe Passport • High-quality image export to Photos Chaos Camera Lab is made for fast experimentation, happy accidents, and photographers who want an image to become something unexpected. Your photos and recipes stay on your device. Chaos Camera Lab does not collect personal data.

Screenshots

Realtime Filter4 screens
Chaos Camera Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chaos Camera Lab at none against Realtime Filter's 1. Chaos Camera Lab also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 15 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Realtime Filter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chaos Camera Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Realtime Filter against 5.0 for Chaos Camera Lab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Realtime Filter ships an update every 15 months, Chaos Camera Lab every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Realtime Filter versus Chaos Camera Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealtime FilterChaos Camera Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaj ShethRyan Walker

Customer experience

Realtime Filter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chaos Camera Lab

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Realtime Filter

One-time1
  • Save Colors$0.99
None

Chaos Camera Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Realtime Filter free?
Realtime Filter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chaos Camera Lab free?
Chaos Camera Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Realtime Filter or Chaos Camera Lab?
Realtime Filter and Chaos Camera Lab are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Realtime Filter or Chaos Camera Lab have ads?
Neither Realtime Filter nor Chaos Camera Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Realtime Filter or Chaos Camera Lab?
Realtime Filter ships an update every 15 months, and Chaos Camera Lab every 2 days. Most recently, Realtime Filter was updated on November 3, 2026 and Chaos Camera Lab on October 31, 2026.

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