Face Portal vs Scopework
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Face Portal
This app uses slit-scan technology to generate a 3D expansion effect for videos. Users can customize an on-screen portal and adjust the effect's speed. It offers a unique visual transformation for your face.
- Slit-scan technology
- 3D expansion effect
- Customizable portal window
- Adjustable effect speed
- Video creation
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Face Portal is a free video app that uses slit-scan technology to create a 3D expansion effect based on a customizable on-screen portal window. You can also adjust the speed of the effect with the slider.
Scopework
Transform your camera feed into mesmerizing, real-time kaleidoscope visuals. Apply various patterns and creative filters to faces, objects, or scenes for instant, unique video content. Ideal for social media, music visuals, and experimental art.
- Live kaleidoscope camera feed
- Multiple lens and pattern options
- Creative filters and color overlays
- Masking for subject integration
- Instant video creation
- Front-facing camera support
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Fracture reality with this live kaleidoscope tool. Point your camera at anything: a face, a neon sign, a flame, and you'll have mesmerizing visuals recorded live. Instant results with no post processing or editing Features: • Kaleidoscope with full camera control: Select between multiple lenses and front facing camera. • Live Photo mode to create instant short, kaleidoscope transition videos • Masking allows you to show your subject behind the kaleidoscope. • Multiple patterns including: Radial, Grid, Hex, Axis, Rings, and Spiral Creative filters (stacked with kaleidoscope) • Bloom, blur, and prism (chromatic) • Color invert • Two-color gradient overlay with a curated pastel palette and tap-to-cycle start/end colors Perfect for: • Scroll-stopping social content • Music videos, DJ, and live performances visuals • Visual mediation and loop art • Product photography • Experimental photography and cinematography
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Face Portal at Free against Scopework's $2.99. Face Portal also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Face Portal is free to download; Scopework costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Face Portal against 5.0 for Scopework. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Face Portal ships an update every 2 days, Scopework weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Face Portal | Scopework |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joey Cato | Thomas Plets |
Customer experience
Face Portal
Scopework
In-app purchases
Face Portal
No in-app purchases
Scopework
No in-app purchases
