AR Lightning vs 8bit Boy's Pocket Game Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AR Lightning
Create realistic lightning effects from your fingertips using augmented reality. Control the direction and intensity of the lightning in real-time by changing your hand pose. Save your creations as videos or photos and share them.
- AR hand pose recognition
- Real-time lightning control
- Customizable ray color and power
- Save as video or photo
- Share to social media
- Select photos from camera roll
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●This app recognizes the pose of the hand captured by the AR camera and emits a flashy force lightning ray from the finger. ●Apple's human body image recognition technology is used to recognize hand pose images. ●By changing the pose of the hand, you can freely control the direction and on / off of the light beam in real time. In Star Wars, Sith's Dark Sidious and Count Dooku were fighting the Jedi Knights with this Force Lightning as a weapon. The rays of light emitted from the fingers in the camera are amazing just by looking at them. You can enjoy this Force Lightning effect on the AR screen that is displayed in real time. You can also save the powerful image in a video or photo or share it on SNS. You can even select a photo stored in your camera roll and save it to a video or photo. Let's enjoy the feeling of Star Wars. [Image Selection] - AR camera - Camera shooting: Photograph - Camera roll: Photo [Settings] - Selection of light emitting fingers (common to both hands) - Ray color setting (RGBA slider) - Background brightness - Ray power - Sound effect switch - Video length (5-30 seconds) - Save resolution [output] - Save to camera roll: videos, photos - Video / Photo Sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...
8bit Boy's Pocket Game Camera
Apply real-time retro game console screen effects to your photos and videos. Capture your moments with a nostalgic, pixelated aesthetic.
- Real-time retro game console screen effects
- Apply effects to photos
- Apply effects to videos
- Nostalgic pixelated aesthetic
- iOS screen recording integration
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PocketGameCamera is an effect camera application that reflects retro pocket game console-like screen effects in real time. To record video, please use the standard iOS screen recording function. https://support.apple.com/HT207935
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 8bit Boy's Pocket Game Camera at Free against AR Lightning's $1.99. 8bit Boy's Pocket Game Camera also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.3). AR Lightning's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
8bit Boy's Pocket Game Camera is free to download; AR Lightning costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
8bit Boy's Pocket Game Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively.
AR Lightning ships an update weekly, 8bit Boy's Pocket Game Camera every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | AR Lightning | 8bit Boy's Pocket Game Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masanori Katsuta | Masaharu Tsukamoto |
Customer experience
AR Lightning
8bit Boy's Pocket Game Camera
In-app purchases
AR Lightning
No in-app purchases
8bit Boy's Pocket Game Camera
No in-app purchases
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