PsyCam vs ARK Infrared
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PsyCam
Record videos with unique camera filters and out-of-this-world vibrant colors. Enhance your footage with blur effects and apply audio effects that can be toggled on or off during recording. Supports front/back cameras, zoom, and flash.
- Fluorescent camera filters
- Audio effects for video
- Switchable filters during recording
- Front and back camera support
- Zoom and camera light functionality
- Photo and video recording
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Camera filters effects app with audio effect for video recording. Make impressive visuals with vibrant colours out of this world, blurt effects and huge audio effect. The audio effect can be switched on and off and is applied on the recorded videos. The app supports both front and back cameras, landscape and portrait mode, zoom and camera lights. There are 6 camera filter modes and you can change them while recording video. You can also switch the cameras and the audio effect while recording without interrupting the video. Both photo and video are supported.
ARK Infrared
Transform ordinary photos into striking infrared images with realistic film simulations. Explore various infrared effects, from black-and-white to false color, and apply them to both photos and videos. Features an interactive deck for live adjustments and educational content on infrared photography.
- Infrared film simulations
- Photo and video editing
- Adjustable filter wavelengths
- False color effects
- Day-to-night conversion
- Interactive editing deck
- Educational content
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ARK Infrared turns ordinary photos into infrared photographs, the way they would look on infrared film behind a real filter. The app reads the colours in your photo for the things infrared responds to: chlorophyll in leaves, blue light in the sky, the heat of tungsten lamps. From those it rebuilds the picture as infrared film would have recorded it. Leaves turn white and skies turn dark because of what is in the scene. EIGHT FILMS BW. Black-and-white infrared from 590 to 850 nm, in the manner of Kodak HIE: white foliage, dark skies, a soft glow around bright areas. The dial sets the filter wavelength. AERO. Kodak Aerochrome false colour. Vegetation turns red and neutral tones stay neutral. The dial moves through the Wratten filters photographers used with the real film, #12 to #25. NIGHT. Infrared at night. Tungsten lights blaze and foliage turns red against a black sky. The dial sets how far into red the film goes, and the app adjusts to each photo's white balance. MOON. Day for night. A daylight photo becomes a moonlit one, following how the eye sees in the dark: reds fade first, colour drains and the daytime sky turns to night. The dial sets how deep the night goes. NEG. The exposure before development: the scene as a camera sensor records it behind a deep red filter. Press and hold to develop the print. SAFELIGHT. The darkroom lamp. Warm surfaces glow red and everything else falls into blue dark. CYANO. The cyanotype, John Herschel's iron-blue print from 1842, in a blue measured from real prints. The dial sets the printing time. Hold the print to tone it to sepia and back to the original photo. COPPER TONE. The copper-toned print after Kodak's 1918 Tone A: a red image on white paper. The dial sets the toning time. Hold the print to see the silver print under the toner. VIDEO Load a clip and tune the film on its first frame. One key renders the whole clip through the same film. THE DECK An aluminium deck with a tuning ruler, an exposure dial and one red key, rendering live while you drag. Swipe the film name to change films. Tap the nameplate to read how infrared light works, with a chapter on each film and Herschel's experiment from 1800 that you can repeat with your finger. Exports are 10-bit HEIF up to 19 megapixels and keep the date, place and camera of the original. There is no account and no network access. Your photos stay on the device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ARK Infrared at Free against PsyCam's $2.99. ARK Infrared also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 30 months). PsyCam's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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
ARK Infrared is free to download; PsyCam costs $2.99 up front. ARK Infrared sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PsyCam asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PsyCam against 5.0 for ARK Infrared. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
PsyCam ships an update every 30 months, ARK Infrared every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PsyCam | ARK Infrared |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SCANGINE | ARK ICELAND LLC |
Customer experience
PsyCam
ARK Infrared
In-app purchases
PsyCam
No in-app purchases
ARK Infrared
- IR-01 Full$6.99









