SliceTimeCam vs Render
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SliceTimeCam
Capture unique, artistic videos with a slit-scan effect. Control the movement of the scan line and apply various filters to create mesmerizing visuals of people, animals, or objects. Experiment with settings like countdown, resolution, and slit size for personalized creations.
- Slit-scan video capture
- Adjustable slice line movement
- Filter selection
- Countdown timer
- Customizable slit size
- Resolution settings
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SliceTimeCam is a camera app that allows you to shoot slit-scan video. Operate the SliceLine, hold the device steady and shoot, and enjoy the artistic changes. You can set the filter, countdown, resolution, and slit size. (Flick left or right to change filters). Take pictures of people, animals, cars, or anything else you like, control SliceLine, and take pictures like you've never seen before. This app is inspired by francois.vogel's slitscan expression.
Render
Create complex video compositions with layered media, effects, and keyframe animation. Import various media types, including 3D spatial photos and video, and apply a wide range of visual effects and blending modes. Offers advanced features like expressions and LUT import for professional-grade results.
- Layered video, image, and audio composition
- Keyframe animation with bezier curves
- Extensive visual effects and blending modes
- Import/export 3D spatial photos and video
- Support for expressions and LUTs
- Pixel-level inspection and high color depth
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Render compositions with layered videos, images, audio, visuals and effects. Import and export 3D spatial photos and video. Import media (images, videos, GIFs, SVGs, image sequences and RAW footage) from Photos and Files. A sequence is defined by a folder of images, each image is a frame of a video. Visuals: shapes (rectangle, circle, capsule, star, polygon, arc, line) and solids (color, noise, gradient). Create an adjustment layer to apply effects to all underlying layers. Effects: levels (brightness, contrast, invert), color shift (hue, saturation), blur, transform, kaleidoscope, corner pin, chroma key (green screen). Effect packs: funny mirror, glitch, CRT, smoke, vignette. Mask, displace or luma blur a layer with another layer. Blending modes: add, subtract, multiply, divide, screen, lighten, darken, minimum, maximum, gamma, power and difference. Timeline features: - Snapping of layers while dragging. - Keyframe properties with bezier curves. - Motion blur with blending modes. - Pre-compose layers. - Split layers. - Time remap. Zoom in to pixel level to inspect your graphics. Write expressions for any property. Import and export LUTs in the .cube format. There are rendered previews of visuals, blending modes, effects and samples. Samples is a way to visualize what the composition will look like for a property at different values. The render engine caches all played frames, so re-playing is quicker. Caches frames are indicated by a green bar in the top of the timeline. Render out a still frame as image, render a region or the full composition as a video or image sequence. Projects are saved in Files and media is bundled in the project file. XDR display support. Create graphics in high color depth (16bit & 32bit). Export video in h264 and ProRes on supported devices. Audio is supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SliceTimeCam at Free against Render's $9.99. SliceTimeCam also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Render's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On update cadence, ads 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
SliceTimeCam is free to download; Render costs $9.99 up front. SliceTimeCam sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Render asks for nothing beyond the download.
SliceTimeCam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Render has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SliceTimeCam ships an update weekly, Render every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | SliceTimeCam | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.1 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reflection through Design Studio | Anton Heestand |
In-app purchases
SliceTimeCam
- Remove Watermark$6.99
- Support for the Creator$7.99
Render
No in-app purchases








