GhostCam vs Fear Effect Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GhostCam
Create "fake" ghost photographs with customizable ghost elements. Adjust the number, opacity, and size of ghosts, and precisely position them to fit your scene. Save your spooky creations directly to your device's photo library.
- Create fake ghost photos
- Customize ghost number, opacity, and size
- Select ghost placement area
- Save photos to library
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By using this GhostCam, you can take "Fake" ghost photographs. [Main Features] - Enable to specify number, opacity and size of ghosts. - Enable to select the area of ghost conforming with the scene of photographies. - Enable to save your ghost photographies to your photo library.
Fear Effect Cam
Easily create unsettling horror videos with this camera app. Apply cursed video filters to your footage for a chilling effect.
- Horror video creation
- Cursed video filters
- Easy to use camera
- Footage editing
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iHorrorCamera is a camera application that can easily shoot horror videos. You can easily shoot horror videos like a cursed video.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fear Effect Cam at Free against GhostCam's $0.99. Fear Effect Cam also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 15 months). GhostCam's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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
Fear Effect Cam is free to download; GhostCam costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fear Effect Cam holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of GhostCam's written reviews are positive against 57% of Fear Effect Cam's.
GhostCam ships an update every 15 months, Fear Effect Cam monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GhostCam | Fear Effect Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tahito Aoki | Masaharu Tsukamoto |
Customer experience
GhostCam
Fear Effect Cam
In-app purchases
GhostCam
No in-app purchases
Fear Effect Cam
No in-app purchases
Questions
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