STRATUM Slit Scan vs CUBE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
STRATUM Slit Scan
Create unique slit scan photos and videos using your device's camera. Adjust slice size, focus, and exposure for artistic effects. Supports external display output for live performances.
- Eight slit scan types with reverse scan
- Adjustable slice size up to 500
- Manual focus lock and exposure adjustment
- Switch between front and rear cameras
- External display output support
- Preview photos and videos within the app
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-Features- • Eight kinds of slit scans are possible with four kinds of slit patterns and reverse scan. • Tap the shutter button to take a photo. • Press and hold the shutter button or drag to the right to start recording. • Models with a high-speed camera can shoot at 240 to 1 FPS. • The slice size (number of strips) can be set up to around 500. (*1) • Manual focus lock, exposure adjustment •Use the camera flip button to switch between the inside and outside cameras. You can switch to another camera such as a triple camera by pressing and holding it. • Equipped with external display output for performance art and installation. • You can preview the taken photos and videos in the app. -Overview- Slit scan is different from the actual time when shooting with an analog camera by attaching a paper with a slit in front of the camera lens, lengthening the exposure time and moving it in the vertical direction with the slit. It is a technique to take the exposure of a single photo. Strictly speaking, STRATUM does not install a slit in front of the camera like slit scan, but it stores digitally captured data in memory, slices it in any direction, combines it for each frame and shoots in real time. Due to the remarkable development of mobile devices in recent years, STRATUM has accumulated about 500 FHD images of 240FPS (*1) high-speed camera equipped with iOS, and composites and takes 500 photos at a time at a high frame rate of 60FPS. -Spec- In Stratum, each device limits the composition rate and the size of the composite image in order to perform the most reasonable processing possible for each device. The composite rate is different from the shooting rate. Any model capable of high-speed shooting can shoot at 240 FPS. (*2) Synthesis rate of 30 FPS, 540p on iPhone 7 30FPS, 720p on iPhone XS 60FPS, 1080p on iPhone 11 or greater It is controlled by the GPU family. Record FHD 1080p, 60FPS with A13 or greater HD, 30FPS recording with A11, A12 540p, 30FPS recording with A10
CUBE
Create visually stunning videos and photos with unique, real-time effects inspired by popular movies. Apply motion trails, LiDAR-generated particles, and liquid metal transformations to your content. Easily customize and capture in Full HD.
- Motion Trail Effect
- LiDAR Scanning Effect
- Matrix Effect
- Liquid Metal Effect
- Real-time effect application
- Customizable effects
- Full HD video capture
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Motion Trail Effect: Inspired by "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners", CUBE copies the trail effect when David using the Sandevistan implant. LiDAR Scanning Effect: Sample real-time images and depth maps created by LiDAR Scanner to generate 3D particles (point clouds). Up to 3,000,000 points can be generated. Mixing the 3D particles with real-world scenes will make you feel like entering a surreal world. Matrix Effect: Inspired by Code Rain from the movie "The Matrix". This time, blue pill or red pill? Liquid Metal Effect: Take a trip back to 1991 and become the Terminator T-1000 of the movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" by James Cameron. CUBE is an app that combines the powerful capabilities of Metal and ARKit, allowing you to easily create fun videos and photos with real-time effects. Using CUBE, you can: - Instantly switch between effects - Apply effects to people, background or entire image - Customize effects with a range of options - Capture Full HD & High Bitrate Videos Body segmentation is only supported on iPhone XR/XS (A12) and above. LiDAR Scanning is supported on devices with LiDAR Scanner. Support for new features of iOS 16: - Enable HDR by default: HDR is enabled by default on devices running iOS 16, allowing photos and videos to have improved dynamic range. - Introduce 2K photo mode: Photos can be taken at a resolution of 2880 * 1620 for improved clarity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CUBE at Free against STRATUM Slit Scan's $1.99. CUBE also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 2). STRATUM Slit Scan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On review sentiment 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
CUBE is free to download; STRATUM Slit Scan costs $1.99 up front. CUBE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. STRATUM Slit Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.
STRATUM Slit Scan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CUBE has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of STRATUM Slit Scan's written reviews are positive against 83% of CUBE's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | STRATUM Slit Scan | CUBE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.7 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #172 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Narumi Inada | 银凯 朱 |
Customer experience
STRATUM Slit Scan
CUBE
In-app purchases
STRATUM Slit Scan
No in-app purchases
CUBE
- Matrix Effect$1.99
- LiDAR Scanning Effect$1.99
- Liquid Metal Effect$1.99









