Comparison

CameraBag 2 vs MoodCam

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

Head to head
About

CameraBag 2

This app offers powerful photo and video editing with a vast array of high-quality styles and adjustments. Its elegant interface allows for quick style application and infinite adjustments, making professional-grade editing accessible.

Highlights
  • High-fidelity photo editing
  • Massive number of styles
  • Infinite adjustments
  • Elegant, minimal interface
  • Video filtering
  • Color grading
Features
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*** This is version 2 of CameraBag - be sure to check out the new (and free!) CameraBag Mobile 3.0 or our other full-featured photo editor, Fotograf! *** Meet the CameraBag series for Mac and iOS, bringing powerful, beloved, and highly-awarded photo and video editing to everyone: *CameraBag 2 (iOS): The world’s first hi-fi photo app, featuring a massive number of the highest-quality styles and adjustments in an elegant, minimal interface. Apply styles quickly and adjust infinitely. CameraBag Photo: awarded runner-up for Apple's Mac App of the Year, CameraBag Photo brings a whole new approach to photo editing and filtering, featuring a powerful and easy-to-use tile-based system that gives you control over everything affecting your image. CameraBag Cinema: the new, deluxe version of CameraBag includes everything in CameraBag Photo, along with incredible new video tools. You can use the same interface, and all your same looks, for both photos and video, easily performing video filtering and color grading that would normally only be possible with much more expensive software. If you're a pro, CameraBag is perfect for maintaining consistency across photo/video projects, such as weddings.

About

MoodCam

Features
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Shoot the feeling. MoodCam is a camera app built around mood. Every shot deserves a tone — so we made it effortless to find yours, live, before you ever press the shutter. Film-Inspired Filters, Live Choose from 7 filter styles — Fuji, Dreamy, Sakura, Twilight, Sharp, Miniature, and Leica. Each one is handcrafted with real film characteristics: grain, temperature, fade, bloom, and more. Applied in real time, so what you see is what you get. Miniature & Tilt-Shift Turn any scene into a diorama with our tilt-shift Miniature mode. A sharp center strip, soft blurred edges — the classic toy-world look, instantly. Make Your Own Filter Not finding the exact mood? Build it. Dial in exposure, contrast, saturation, temperature, grain, vignette, bloom, and more — while watching your camera preview update live. Name it, save it, and it lives right in your filter strip alongside the built-in ones. Organize Your Strip Reorder and hide filters to match how you actually shoot. Long-press any filter or tap Edit to customize. Edit After You Shoot Import any photo from your library and fine-tune it with the same tools. Adjust, apply a filter, and save. Clean. Fast. No subscription. No accounts. No watermarks. No paywalls. Just a camera that gets out of your way.

Screenshots

CameraBag 24 screens
MoodCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MoodCam at Free against CameraBag 2's $1.99. CameraBag 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

MoodCam is free to download; CameraBag 2 costs $1.99 up front. MoodCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CameraBag 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CameraBag 2 ships an update every 2 months, MoodCam monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CameraBag 2 versus MoodCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCameraBag 2MoodCam
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (60 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNevercenter Ltd. Co.Yongjun Lee

Bugs and requests

CameraBag 2

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes frequently during use
  • Endless scrolling through filters after photo capture
  • Unable to save images to camera roll
  • Photos won't save or save very slowly
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
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  • Filter application fails when taking photos directly
  • Screen display only half usable
  • Cropping issues with incorrect aspect ratios
  • Image quality degradation/graininess
  • White screen glitch hiding interface
  • Filter not applying to newly captured photos
  • Specific filters cause saving failures
  • Metadata deletion on save

Requested features

14 requests
  • Universal app support for iPad
  • Photo editing extension for native camera app
  • Video editing capabilities
  • Undo/revert functionality
  • Landscape orientation support
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  • Full HD/maximum resolution saving
  • Layering of filters
  • Custom filter naming and organization
  • Zoom capability during editing
  • Flickr integration
  • More filter variety
  • Fixed aspect ratio cropping options
  • Metadata preservation
  • Faster app launch speed

MoodCam

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CameraBag 2

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MoodCam

One-time1
  • MoodCam Pro$6.99

Questions

Is CameraBag 2 free?
CameraBag 2 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MoodCam free?
MoodCam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CameraBag 2 or MoodCam have ads?
MoodCam shows ads; CameraBag 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, CameraBag 2 or MoodCam?
CameraBag 2 ships an update every 2 months, and MoodCam monthly. Most recently, CameraBag 2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and MoodCam on October 5, 2026.

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