Comparison

Thrivestone 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

Thrivestone

Explore a universe of interactive camera filters that tap into abstract and chaotic visual realms. This application generates unique, dynamic imagery for your photos and videos. Be aware of potential photosensitive warnings due to light flashes.

Highlights
  • Interactive camera filters
  • Chaos-inspired visuals
  • Dynamic photo effects
  • Unique video generation
  • Photosensitive warning
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Interactive camera filters that draw from the great seas of chaos. Photosensitive warning: This app creates flashes of light that could trigger seizures for people with visual sensitivities.

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

Thrivestone4 screens
Chaos Camera Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chaos Camera Lab at none against Thrivestone's 2. Chaos Camera Lab also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Thrivestone's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Thrivestone sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 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 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thrivestone has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thrivestone ships an update every 3 weeks, Chaos Camera Lab every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Thrivestone versus Chaos Camera Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThrivestoneChaos Camera Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (28 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael LemmonRyan Walker

Customer experience

Thrivestone

All ratings26 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative0.0%

Chaos Camera Lab

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Thrivestone

One-time2
  • Season 0: Filter Pack #1$3.99
  • Season 0: Filter Pack #2$3.99
None

Chaos Camera Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thrivestone free?
Thrivestone 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, Thrivestone or Chaos Camera Lab?
Chaos Camera Lab is rated higher. Thrivestone averages 4.8 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Chaos Camera Lab averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Thrivestone or Chaos Camera Lab have ads?
Neither Thrivestone nor Chaos Camera Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thrivestone or Chaos Camera Lab?
Thrivestone ships an update every 3 weeks, and Chaos Camera Lab every 2 days. Most recently, Thrivestone was updated on October 21, 2026 and Chaos Camera Lab on October 10, 2026.

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