wink vs CUBE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
wink
Enhance your photos and videos with a variety of unique and surprising visual effects. This application offers creative tools to make your content stand out and capture attention.
- Unique photo effects
- Video effects
- Creative editing tools
- Surprising visual elements
- User-friendly interface
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wink is an amazing camera & photo/video editing app. We created cool effects to make every moment more special. Each effect is a pleasant surprise, and will make you say: "Woah!" Come on, let's experience wink ;) Terms of Use: https://pegaseteam.github.io/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://pegaseteam.github.io/privacy-policy/ Our team is happy to answer your questions and hear your suggestions. If you have any questions or requests, please write to pegase.studio@gmail.com and we'll be in touch with lightning speed.
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 review sentiment: CUBE at 83% against wink's 0%. CUBE also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). wink's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. wink sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CUBE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
wink ships an update every 7 months, CUBE monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | wink | CUBE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nguyen Khai | 银凯 朱 |
Customer experience
wink
CUBE
In-app purchases
wink
- wink PREMIUM$0.99
CUBE
- Matrix Effect$1.99
- LiDAR Scanning Effect$1.99
- Liquid Metal Effect$1.99









