Comparison

Sparrow Capture vs Chaos Camera Lab

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

Head to head
About

Sparrow Capture

Capture photos and videos remotely using AI gestures like a thumbs-up for photos or a peace sign for videos. Pro users can record longer videos with palm gestures to stop recording.

Highlights
  • Gesture-controlled photo capture
  • Thumbs-up to start countdown
  • Gesture-controlled video recording
  • Peace sign to start video
  • Palm gesture to stop video
  • Pro mode for longer videos
Features
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TAKE PHOTOS FROM A DISTANCE Give your phone a thumbs up to trigger a countdown to take a photo. No more walking back and forth to your phone to get the perfect shot. UNLOCK PRO MODE Pro Users can take videos up to 30 seconds. Use a peace sign to start the video and hold up your palm to stop. SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK Love Sparrow Capture? Give us a review in the App Store!

About

Chaos Camera Lab

Transform ordinary photos into unique, collectible color worlds with unpredictable effects. Remap colors, add digital grain, and explore 16 distinct styles. Save and reuse your custom looks for future edits.

Highlights
  • 16 distinct Chaos styles
  • Color remapping and textured grain
  • Reusable recipes with shareable codes
  • Recipe Lab for custom looks
  • 4:5 camera with zoom
  • Photo Library import
Features
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Chaos Camera Lab turns ordinary scenes into unpredictable, collectible color worlds. This is not a traditional filter camera. Chaos remaps the colors inside each photo, adds tactile digital grain, and gives every image its own strange visual character. Shoot with the built-in 4:5 camera or import a photo, then explore looks ranging from soft and dreamlike to stark, graphic, spectral, and broken. Explore 16 distinct Chaos styles: Chaos, Soft, Poster, Acid, Dream, Noir, Thermal, Prism, Solar, Xerox, Signal, Infra, Ghost, Bleach, Mosaic, and Emulsion. When you discover a look worth keeping, save its recipe. Each recipe preserves the preset, palette, tuning, name, and code behind the image, so you can apply the same visual logic to a completely different scene later. Features: • A focused 4:5 camera with tap to focus and multiple zoom choices • 16 visually distinct Chaos presets • Expressive color remapping and textured grain • Photo Library import for remixing existing images • Hold the result to compare it with the original • Reusable recipes with names, palettes, and shareable codes • Recipe Lab for building custom color looks • Chaos Roll sessions and stylized contact sheets • A local gallery and Recipe Passport • High-quality image export to Photos Chaos Camera Lab is made for fast experimentation, happy accidents, and photographers who want an image to become something unexpected. Your photos and recipes stay on your device. Chaos Camera Lab does not collect personal data.

Screenshots

Sparrow Capture3 screens
Chaos Camera Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chaos Camera Lab at 5.0 against Sparrow Capture's 4.0. Chaos Camera Lab also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). Sparrow Capture's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sparrow Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chaos Camera Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chaos Camera Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sparrow Capture ships an update every 5 weeks, Chaos Camera Lab every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Sparrow Capture versus Chaos Camera Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSparrow CaptureChaos Camera Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size266 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSparrow Vision, Inc.Ryan Walker

Customer experience

Sparrow Capture

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Chaos Camera Lab

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sparrow Capture

One-time1
  • Sparrow Capture Pro User$0.99
None

Chaos Camera Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sparrow Capture free?
Sparrow Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chaos Camera Lab free?
Chaos Camera Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sparrow Capture or Chaos Camera Lab?
Chaos Camera Lab is rated higher. Sparrow Capture averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Chaos Camera Lab averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sparrow Capture or Chaos Camera Lab have ads?
Neither Sparrow Capture nor Chaos Camera Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sparrow Capture or Chaos Camera Lab?
Sparrow Capture ships an update every 5 weeks, and Chaos Camera Lab every 2 days. Most recently, Sparrow Capture was updated on October 24, 2026 and Chaos Camera Lab on October 10, 2026.

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