CUBE vs Cam.AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Cam.AI
This AI-powered camera app enhances your live video feed with real-time filters. It prioritizes user privacy by processing all data locally on your device, ensuring your images and videos are never sent to the cloud.
- AI-powered live filters
- On-device machine learning
- Real-time camera feed enhancement
- Privacy-focused design
- No cloud data transfer
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Cam.AI is a smart camera app powered by AI. It uses local machine learning models directly on your device to apply amazing live filters on your camera feed. It totally respects your privacy without sending your images and videos to the cloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cam.AI at none against CUBE's 3. Cam.AI also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. CUBE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Cam.AI asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cam.AI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of CUBE's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cam.AI's.
CUBE ships an update monthly, Cam.AI every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CUBE | Cam.AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 银凯 朱 | Polar Sailing LLC |
Customer experience
CUBE
Cam.AI
In-app purchases
CUBE
- Matrix Effect$1.99
- LiDAR Scanning Effect$1.99
- Liquid Metal Effect$1.99
Cam.AI
No in-app purchases









