Comparison

EdgeDetectionCamera vs Values at Play

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

Head to head
About

EdgeDetectionCamera

Easily transform photos and camera feeds into manga-style line drawings. Adjust line thickness and transparency for custom backgrounds. Export your creations to share with other applications.

Highlights
  • Extract line drawings from photos
  • Real-time line drawing from camera
  • Adjustable line thickness
  • Make white areas transparent
  • Export and share images
Features
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Must-see for manga makers! Landscape images from photos and cameras as manga backgrounds! It is an application that can easily extract line drawings. [How to use] Photo selection You can select a photo and make it a line drawing. You can adjust the thickness of the tip with the slider. You can also make the white part transparent. Camera image Line drawing is extracted in real time from the camera image. It can be adjusted and made transparent with the slider. share You can export images and transfer them to each application. It is an application that can easily extract line drawings. [How to use] Photo selection You can select a photo and make it a line drawing. You can adjust the thickness of the tip with the slider. You can also make the white part transparent. Camera image Line drawing is extracted in real time from the camera image. It can be adjusted and made transparent with the slider. share You can export images and transfer them to each application.

About

Values at Play

This app helps users practice identifying and analyzing values in art. It offers tools to create value studies, inspect specific color values, and find areas matching a chosen value. Users can import their own images for practice.

Highlights
  • Create value studies from images
  • Import custom images
  • Inspect Denman Ross and RGB values
  • Find points matching selected values
  • Colorized value studies
  • Full-screen value study viewing
Features
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Use "Values at Play" to practice seeing values in art. Practice with one of the images included in the app or import your own image. Values at Play includes: VALUE STUDY Create a Value Study for any image. Choose the number of values to include in the study, and the value study will be created within seconds! View the value study full-screen, and easily toggle between it and the original image. Create "colorized" value studies. IMAGE INSPECTOR Use Image Inspector to find the Denman Ross Value and RGB value of any point on an image. VALUE FINDER Find all the points on an image with the value you've selected. VALUES-TAC-TOE Drag the cross hair to a precise location on the image you've selected. Do you know the value at that point? If so, you're on your way to a "Values-Tac-Toe." If not, keep practicing.

Screenshots

EdgeDetectionCamera4 screens
Values at Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Values at Play at 100% against EdgeDetectionCamera's 47%. Values at Play also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and ads (none vs shown). EdgeDetectionCamera's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EdgeDetectionCamera sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Values at Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Values at Play holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of EdgeDetectionCamera's written reviews are positive against 100% of Values at Play's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EdgeDetectionCamera ships an update every 3 months, Values at Play every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EdgeDetectionCamera versus Values at Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEdgeDetectionCameraValues at Play
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (17 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMitsuhiro HashimotoNeil Daly

Customer experience

EdgeDetectionCamera

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral15.8%
Negative36.8%

Values at Play

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

EdgeDetectionCamera

Subscriptions1
  • Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
1 purchases

Values at Play

One-time1
  • Values at Play Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is EdgeDetectionCamera free?
EdgeDetectionCamera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Values at Play free?
Values at Play is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EdgeDetectionCamera or Values at Play?
Values at Play is rated higher. EdgeDetectionCamera averages 4.4 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Values at Play averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do EdgeDetectionCamera or Values at Play have ads?
EdgeDetectionCamera shows ads; Values at Play does not.
Which is updated more often, EdgeDetectionCamera or Values at Play?
EdgeDetectionCamera ships an update every 3 months, and Values at Play every 5 months. Most recently, EdgeDetectionCamera was updated on August 28, 2026 and Values at Play on September 16, 2026.

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