Comparison

Camera Cube vs Portrait Play

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

Head to head
About

Camera Cube

Capture fun photos and videos with unique 3D cube effects and live filters. Kids can explore how their image transforms within morphing shapes. Save and share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • 3D cube photo capture
  • Live morphing filters
  • Interactive cube rotation and scaling
  • Front and back camera support
  • Save and share to Camera Roll
  • 12+ unique filters
Features
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Take snapshots and see how you and your friends look inside a cube! The real fun starts when you add filters and the cube morphs into different shapes. Kids will love playing with this and see how their image changes inside the cube! FEATURES 15 amazing filters, all included: • Normal • Mirror • Quadrant • Sobel • Toon • Vignette • Invert • Sepia • Sharpen • Stretch • Sketch • Polka Dot • Swirl • Heat-map • Pinch Mix All: a different filter on every face of the cube! Swipe the cube to rotate it, pinch & zoom to make it bigger/smaller! Play/pause control to tweak cube look before taking a photo! Use front or back camera! Switch between 5 different deformation effects!

About

Portrait Play

Transform your selfies into artistic masterpieces inspired by famous painters. Explore background information on renowned artists and their works. Experience art in a new, interactive way.

Highlights
  • Selfie to masterpiece transformation
  • Master painter styles
  • Artist background information
  • Interactive art experience
  • Explore art collections
Features
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With Portrait Play, magically transform a selfie into a masterpiece in the style of renowned painters. Visit The Phillips Collection’s exhibition Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks from Switzerland, The Staechelin and Im Obersteg Collections and see your selfie take on the bright colors and vivid brush strokes of paintings reminiscent of Edouard Manet’s Head of a Woman (1870) Ferdinand Hodler’s Portrait of Regina (1911) Alexej von Jawlensky’s Self-Portrait (1911) or Marc Chagall’s Self-Portrait (1914). Portrait Play also provides background information about these four major artists and their work. The portraits are on view at the Phillips from October 10, 2015, to January 10, 2106, marking the first occasion selections from the Staechelin and Im Obersteg collections are exhibited together in the United States. This app is brought to you by Switzerland and the City of Basel, where the arts are highly valued. Concept, design and technology are provided by appamics. To find out more about Switzerland and its arts scene, visit our portals Switzerland, Land of Art and Basel—Culture Unlimited. You will be surprised to discover how many of Switzerland’s artistic and architectural treasures can be found in New York, Miami, and San Francisco. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Camera Cube4 screens
Portrait Play1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Portrait Play at 5.0 against Camera Cube's 3.4. Portrait Play also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Camera Cube's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 41 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Portrait Play holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Camera Cube has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Camera Cube ships an update every 5 weeks, Portrait Play every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Camera Cube versus Portrait Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamera CubePortrait Play
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 41 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB18 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAndrea Bizzottoappamics GmbH

Customer experience

Camera Cube

All ratings9 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

Portrait Play

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

In-app purchases

None

Camera Cube

No in-app purchases

None

Portrait Play

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Camera Cube free?
Camera Cube is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Portrait Play free?
Portrait Play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Camera Cube or Portrait Play?
Portrait Play is rated higher. Camera Cube averages 3.4 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Portrait Play averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Camera Cube or Portrait Play have ads?
Neither Camera Cube nor Portrait Play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Camera Cube or Portrait Play?
Camera Cube ships an update every 5 weeks, and Portrait Play every 41 months. Most recently, Camera Cube was updated on November 6, 2026 and Portrait Play on November 2, 2026.

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