Comparison

PoiCam vs CUBE

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

Head to head
About

PoiCam

This camera app offers manual controls for light artists, featuring long exposure and light trail effects. Capture photos and videos with advanced settings like shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and manual focus. It supports RAW, TIFF, and JPEG formats for professional-grade results.

Highlights
  • Manual exposure controls (shutter speed, ISO, white balance)
  • Manual focus
  • Light trail effects
  • Long exposure capabilities
  • RAW, TIFF, JPEG photo capture
  • Video recording with manual controls
  • Torch control
Features
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Easy to use camera app made with light artists in the mind. Manual controls, long exposure, light trails, simple and quick access to the controls was priority. I love hearing from you. If you have any feedback or ideas please email me at support@sevenfoots.com or DM on Instagram @poicamapp. Video Features: • Full manual exposure controls including shutter speed, ISO and white balance • Manual focus • Trails effects (Color, Luma) allow you make your exposure even longer • Photos while capture (JPEG, TIFF, PNG) • Quick format and FPS control • Torch control Photo Features: • Full manual exposure controls including shutter speed, ISO and white balance • Manual focus • Captures RAW, TIFF, JPG

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

PoiCam2 screens
CUBE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CUBE at Free against PoiCam's $5.99. CUBE also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). PoiCam's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and iOS requirement 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

CUBE is free to download; PoiCam costs $5.99 up front. CUBE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PoiCam asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CUBE holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. 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 point the same way: 75% of PoiCam's written reviews are positive against 83% of CUBE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PoiCam ships an update every 5 months, CUBE monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
PoiCam versus CUBE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoiCamCUBE
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.7 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings216 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro Denys银凯 朱

Customer experience

PoiCam

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

CUBE

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

PoiCam

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

CUBE

One-time3
  • Matrix Effect$1.99
  • LiDAR Scanning Effect$1.99
  • Liquid Metal Effect$1.99

Questions

Is PoiCam free?
PoiCam costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CUBE free?
CUBE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PoiCam or CUBE?
CUBE is rated higher. PoiCam averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while CUBE averages 4.7 from 16 ratings.
Do PoiCam or CUBE have ads?
Neither PoiCam nor CUBE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PoiCam or CUBE?
PoiCam ships an update every 5 months, and CUBE monthly. Most recently, PoiCam was updated on October 20, 2026 and CUBE on October 24, 2026.

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