CUBE vs Metamer
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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UBE brings real-time AR video effects to your iPhone camera. Built on Metal and ARKit, it lets you shoot eye-catching videos and photos with effects applied live as you film. LIDAR SCANNING CUBE combines the live camera image with the depth map from the LiDAR Scanner to build a 3D particle cloud of up to 3,000,000 points. Blend it with the real world and step into a surreal version of your surroundings. LIQUID METAL CAMOUFLAGE Go back to 1991 and become the T-1000 from James Cameron's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day". Your body turns into shimmering, see-through liquid metal that blends into the scene behind you. CODE RAIN Inspired by the falling code from "The Matrix". Blue pill or red pill? MOTION TRAIL Inspired by "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners", CUBE recreates the afterimage trail David leaves behind when he activates his Sandevistan. SLIT SCAN Stretch and bend time by capturing the scene one slice at a time. WITH CUBE YOU CAN - Switch between effects instantly - Apply effects to people, the background or the whole frame - Fine-tune each effect with its own settings - Record Full HD video at a high bitrate - Take high-resolution photos at 2880 × 1620 COMPATIBILITY - Body segmentation requires iPhone XS / XR (A12 Bionic) or later. - LiDAR Scanning requires a device with a LiDAR Scanner.
Metamer
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Metamer points your camera at the world and shows it through different color vision. Live simulation of protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia, and achromatopsia lets people with typical color vision experience what friends, family, and audiences see. Daltonize filters do the inverse: they boost color separation so people with color vision deficiency can tell confusing colors apart. —— LIVE COLOR VISION CAMERA —— Pick from seven simulation and daltonize filters and watch the world change in real time. A severity slider tunes every filter for color weakness, and each filter remembers its own last setting. Flashlight, front/back flip, and a zoom control that speaks the same 0.5x / 1x / telephoto language as the system Camera. —— TRUE COLOR NAMING —— A movable reticle names the real color under it, even while a filter is active: a carefully chosen palette of everyday names, the measured swatch, and the exact hex value. Freeze the frame to inspect a moment, move the points, and switch filters on the held still. Add a second point to compare two colors and get a plain-language verdict on how different they really look. —— FILTER YOUR PHOTOS —— Pick any photo and compare original and filtered side by side with synced zoom and pan. Tune the filter strength, then share the result as JPEG or HEIC with full metadata preserved. —— ISHIHARA PLATE GENERATOR —— Build custom color vision test plates: digits, short text, or arrows, with confusion-line colors for each CVD type and adjustable difficulty. Export print-grade PNG or PDF at 300 DPI. —— KNOW YOUR TYPE —— An optional quick check at first launch suggests a starting filter, with graded follow-up plates that estimate how strong it should be. Already know your type? Skip straight to it. It is a quick check, not a medical diagnosis. —— ACCESSIBLE & PRIVATE —— Every screen works with VoiceOver, including an optional spoken color readout. Everything runs on your device: no images ever leave it, no accounts, no tracking, no data collection. Metamer is for designers checking their work, teachers and presenters building accessible materials, families understanding how a loved one sees, and anyone with color vision deficiency who wants colors named and separated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Metamer at none against CUBE's 3. CUBE's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Metamer asks for nothing beyond the download.
CUBE ships an update monthly, Metamer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CUBE | Metamer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 银凯 朱 | Chunhou Li |
In-app purchases
CUBE
- Matrix Effect$1.99
- LiDAR Scanning Effect$1.99
- Liquid Metal Effect$1.99
Metamer
No in-app purchases









