Thrivestone vs SandCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
SandCam
Capture images and watch them dynamically collapse under gravity, with dark areas behaving as empty space. Interact with falling pixels, change gravity direction, and customize the visual experience with various color sets, modes, and fall types. Save your creations as videos or load existing images to combine with new colors.
- Gravity-based image collapse
- Interactive pixel manipulation
- Adjustable gravity direction
- Painting and erasing tools
- Multiple color sets and modes
- Video saving
- Image import and combination
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Take a picture and watch it collapse by gravity. Dark areas will act like empty space. - Interact with the falling pixels by touching the screen - Turn your device to change the direction of gravity - You can paint and erase pixels - Choose between 17 different color sets with live preview - There are five different color modes you can add on the picture - Save Videos of your destruction - Load images from your iPhone Gallery and combine them with colors - Decide between three different Sand Resolutions - You can choose between four different fall types, three fade modes and three speed modes - All settings can be combined independent from each other and will allow you to experiment for a long time Have fun
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Thrivestone at 96% against SandCam's 53%. Thrivestone also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). SandCam's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Thrivestone sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and SandCam sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thrivestone holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Thrivestone's written reviews are positive against 53% of SandCam's.
Thrivestone ships an update every 3 weeks, SandCam every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thrivestone | SandCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (28 ratings) — better | 4.4 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Lemmon | Johannes Pfahler |
Customer experience
Thrivestone
SandCam
In-app purchases
Thrivestone
- Season 0: Filter Pack #1$3.99
- Season 0: Filter Pack #2$3.99
SandCam
- Save Update$0.99
- Load from Gallery$0.99
- Color Update$1.99
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- Full Version$1.99
