Comparison

Camera Cube vs FX Cam

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

FX Cam

Transform your videos with live AR effects, filters, and tools. Create cinematic content instantly without editing, perfect for social media clips and stories. Features include 3D objects, location stamps, and live captions.

Highlights
  • Live AR 3D Objects
  • Sunrise/Sunset Scenes
  • Travel Mode with overlays
  • Live Captions
  • Pet, Baby, Face, News, Ta-Da! Studios
  • Live Widgets & Tools
Features
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161 real-time effects, live on your camera. Or on any video and photo already in your library. Nothing renders. Nothing exports. What you see in the frame is the file you get. WHAT IT DOES : : : • 161 effects across 8 cams, all running live • Point the camera - or import a video or photo from your library • Effects that move to the music, off the mic or off the clip's own track • Data burned into the frame: time, place, coordinates, timecode, spectrum • 1080 x 1920, 30 or 60 fps, with sound. No limits, no watermark DOTS : : : Dot Grid. Brick Grid. Diamond Grid. Hex Grid. Triangle Grid. Glass Drops. Glass Tiles. Circle Drop. Circle Packing. Mosaic Glass. Mosaic Round. Mosaic Glass Fine. Mosaic Blend. Shatter. Quad Blocks. Pixelate. LED Screen. Halftone. Halftone Color. Halftone Pop. Stipple. INK : : : Pencil. Ink Lines. Chalk Lines. Engraving. Woodcut. Comic. Cartoon Cel. ASCII. ASCII Color. Digital Rain. Blueprint. Yellowprint. Photocopy. Xerox Fade. Thermal. Heat Scan. Night Vision. Zombieland. Plexus Live. Plexus Glow. Plexus Neon. Spiral Yellow. Spiral Magenta. Spiral Vermilion. Waves Acid. Waves Cyan. Waves Violet. WARP : : : Kaleidoscope. Triangle Mirror. Droste. Droste Soft. Tiny Planet. Fisheye. Twirl. Tunnel. Dolly Zoom. Ripple. Liquid Chrome. Long Legs. Polar Unwrap. Mirror. Triptych. GLITCH : : : Slice Glitch. Rolling Shutter. Broken LCD. Chroma Tear. Datamosh. Chroma Bleed. Glass Ribs. Glass Slab. One Line. CRT. Shadow Mask. Phosphor Dots. Trinitron. LCD Crystals. Slot Mask. Interlace. Signal Loss. BEAT : : : 19 effects that hear sound and move with it. Spectrum Ring. Spectrum Edge. Spectrum LED. Wave Aura. Beat Blob. Sound Arcs. Waveform. Dot Ripple. Bass Zoom. Broken Beat. Glass Beat. Slab Drop. Chroma Beat. Ripple Beat. Thermal Beat. Plexus Beat. LED Beat. Flare Beat. Flare Beat Color. In silence the frame stays clean; the drop hits and the whole picture answers. Nothing to sync. Nothing to edit. Y2K : : : Direct Flash. CCD Digicam. NightShot. VHS. McBling Sparkle. Chromecore. Fisheye 2000. Date Stamp. Light Leaks. Lomo Grain. Cyber Glitch. Win98. Dreamy Glow. Vectorheart. Cool Blue. Barbiecore. 3D Wiggle. Paparazzi. Webcam 240p. Soft Club. VINTAGE : : : Portrait 400. Chrome 64. Reportage. Tungsten 800. Summer 400. Silver 400. Instant. 3-Strip. Infrared. 8mm Film. 16mm. Anamorphic. Light Leak. Soft Bloom. Toy Lens. Anaglyph 3D. Dust & Scratches. Film Grain. Sepia. Cyanotype. Every format that ever made a picture look like a memory. TONE : : : Modulation. Blue Steel. Violet Pink. Navy Green. Maroon Orange. Violet Yellow. Purple Lime. Pink Peach. Navy Sky. Green Yellow. Noir Pink. Multi Tone. Green Lines. Rainbow Lines. Color Drift. Sunset Drift. Neon Drift. Luma Pulse. Gradient Map. Radiant. Angelic. Red Lights. YOUR OWN FOOTAGE : : : Open any video or photo from your library and every effect works on it, live. Beat effects follow the clip's own soundtrack. Horizontal clips rotate to fill the frame and save out horizontal. BURN THE DATA IN : : : Time and date. City. GPS coordinates. Live mic meter. Audio spectrum. Millisecond timecode. A horizon level that stays level however you tilt the phone. A safe-frame guide with corner marks and a centre cross. Not an overlay - part of the file. It survives every re-upload. SHOOT : : : Photos while recording, and the still matches the frame exactly. Front and back camera. Split view to compare before and after. Six themes. Ten languages. Straight to your photo library. Point. Pick. Record. FX CAM PRO : : : Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Weekly - 6.99 USD per week, with a 3-day free trial. Annual - 69.99 USD per year. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://sites.google.com/view/awesome-world-app/fxcam-pp

Screenshots

Camera Cube4 screens
FX Cam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FX Cam at 4.0 against Camera Cube's 3.2. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Camera Cube sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and FX Cam sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FX Cam holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Camera Cube ships an update every 5 weeks, FX Cam monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Camera Cube versus FX Cam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamera CubeFX Cam
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (10 ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrea BizzottoSerhii Rymar

Customer experience

Camera Cube

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

FX Cam

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Camera Cube

One-time7
  • Filters Pack 1$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Sketch Filter$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Swirl Filter$0.99
  • Heatmap Filter$0.99
  • Pinch Filter$0.99
  • Polkadot Filter$0.99
3 purchases

FX Cam

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly plan FX Cam PRO$1.997 Days
  • Monthly plan FX Cam PRO$6.991 Month
  • Annual plan FX Cam PRO7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Camera Cube free?
Camera Cube is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FX Cam free?
FX Cam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Camera Cube or FX Cam?
FX Cam is rated higher. Camera Cube averages 3.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while FX Cam averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Camera Cube or FX Cam have ads?
Neither Camera Cube nor FX Cam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Camera Cube or FX Cam?
Camera Cube ships an update every 5 weeks, and FX Cam monthly. Most recently, Camera Cube was updated on October 23, 2026 and FX Cam on October 11, 2026.

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