Comparison

Sketch Camera! vs Sketch Photo Maker

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

Head to head
About

Sketch Camera!

Transform your surroundings into a sketch in real-time with various artistic filters. Capture and save your creations, or share them with friends. Upgrade to remove limits and ads for unlimited use.

Highlights
  • Real-time sketch effect preview
  • 8 artistic filters
  • Save photos to iPhone Photo Album
  • Share creations with friends
  • Remove limits and ads with PRO upgrade
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*** Best iPhone image real-time processing app! *** Sketch Camera! is an awesome application which turns the world around you into a sketch! Pick up your favorite filter and see how all things around transforms in a real time. 8 filters available: sketch filter, greyscale, negative, horizontal and vertical mirrors, x-ray, sepia and thermal. You can take 5 free photos daily and save the best shots in iPhone Photo Album and share them with your friends. Upgrade to PRO to remove all limits and ads. Application takes iPhone camera preview and process it with a chosen effect in real time, so you can see the effects before taking a photo, opposite to other applications, which apply the effect after taking the photo. Feel free to leave your requests in comments and I will add them in the update of the Sketch Camera! Enjoy!

About

Sketch Photo Maker

Transform your photos into artistic sketches with various effects. Add custom text and stickers to personalize your images before sharing them with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Convert photos to sketch effects
  • Load images from gallery or camera
  • Add adjustable stickers
  • Add customized texts
  • Apply filters
  • Save creations to gallery
  • Share to social media
Features
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Photo Sketch Convert your picture in to sketch effects. -Get artistic, have fun, and share your picture with friends and family with the Photo Sketch app. Start coloring with randomly selected colors and bring your drawings to life. Try Color by Number to fill illustrations with the correct colors step by step. Discover your creativity with a variety of coloring styles and artistic possibilities. Create colorful artwork while enjoying a simple and engaging experience. Personalize your drawings and experiment with different color combinations. Features of the application: Photo Sketch -Load photo image from the gallery. -Take photo with your camera. - Edit your photo with the effects. -Add adjustable stickers and customized texts. Quickly add texts on photos, easy to create quotes, memes, photo captions or creative typography design. - Add text to photo and rotate the text. - Set best position to text on photo. - Change the color of text. - Choose between a lot of font styles. - Change font's size of the text. Enhance your pictures by applying filters Save your creativity to gallery. Share your beautiful styled photos with friends in Instagram, Facebook, mail etc.

Screenshots

Sketch Camera!3 screens
Sketch Photo Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sketch Photo Maker at 75% against Sketch Camera!'s 13%. Sketch Photo Maker also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). Sketch Camera!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 17 months). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Sketch Camera! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sketch Photo Maker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sketch Photo Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sketch Photo Maker has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Sketch Camera!'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Sketch Photo Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sketch Camera! ships an update every 3 weeks, Sketch Photo Maker every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sketch Camera! versus Sketch Photo Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketch Camera!Sketch Photo Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings)4.6 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings316 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB333 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDariusz NiklewiczHimanshu Yadav

Customer experience

Sketch Camera!

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative83.3%

Sketch Photo Maker

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sketch Camera!

One-time1
  • PRO Functionality$0.99
5 purchases

Sketch Photo Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Quarterly Subscription$3.993 Months
  • Yearly Subscription$8.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Sketch Filters$3.99
  • Disable Ads$3.99
  • 1Time Purchase$11.99

Questions

Is Sketch Camera! free?
Sketch Camera! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sketch Photo Maker free?
Sketch Photo Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sketch Camera! or Sketch Photo Maker?
Sketch Photo Maker is rated higher. Sketch Camera! averages 1.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Sketch Photo Maker averages 4.6 from 16 ratings.
Do Sketch Camera! or Sketch Photo Maker have ads?
Sketch Photo Maker shows ads; Sketch Camera! does not.
Which is updated more often, Sketch Camera! or Sketch Photo Maker?
Sketch Camera! ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sketch Photo Maker every 17 months. Most recently, Sketch Camera! was updated on October 20, 2026 and Sketch Photo Maker on October 24, 2026.

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