ThumbCamera vs Looking Glass Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThumbCamera
Capture photos and control your camera with intuitive one-finger gestures. Easily zoom, focus, change aspect ratios, and share images without needing to reach across the screen. Ideal for one-handed operation.
- One-finger gesture controls
- Zoom and focus with gestures
- Change aspect ratio via swipe
- Instant photo sharing
- Multiple aspect ratio settings
- Geotagging and EXIF data
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ThumbCamera is a gesture controlled camera app. In addition to taking photos and focusing, it lets you perform functions such as zooming and changing the aspect ratio with simple one-finger gestures. ThumbCamera lets you take photos easily with one hand, no matter how you're holding the phone. Demo Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnkspSNDwQc ●Main gesture controls (all operations below can be changed through settings) - Tap: Take photo - Double tap: Focus - Tap and hold: Exposure - Vertical swipe: Zoom in/out - Swipe right: Change aspect ratio - Swipe left: Share (*1) (*1) About sharing - You can immediately send a photo to another photo app - You can also register arbitrary URL schemes ●Other features - Four aspect ratio settings (3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1) - Three image size settings (dependent on device capabilities) - Geotagging ON/OFF - EXIF information written to photos is almost the same as the default camera app information - Silent shutter (If silent is on, image size become smaller) - Rotation lock, flash switch, grid display
Looking Glass Go
Transform your photos into holographic displays with this app, designed to work with a portable holographic device. Capture new memories or convert existing photos from your archive into immersive 3D holograms viewable over WiFi.
- Convert photos to holograms
- View photos with depth and detail
- Create holographic memories
- Stream 3D holograms over WiFi
- Works with Looking Glass Go device
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Looking Glass Go is a portable holographic display for spatial experiences and memories. This app is designed to work with your Looking Glass Go. ANY PHOTO CAN BECOME A HOLOGRAM Shoot photos with your phone and view them with incredible depth and detail as holograms. Or turn older memories from your archives into a stream of 3D holograms delivered to your Looking Glass Go over WiFi.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Looking Glass Go at Free against ThumbCamera's $0.99. Looking Glass Go also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). ThumbCamera's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On 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
Looking Glass Go is free to download; ThumbCamera costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ThumbCamera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Looking Glass Go has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ThumbCamera ships an update every 10 months, Looking Glass Go every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThumbCamera | Looking Glass Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sorakaze Inc. | Looking Glass Factory, Inc |
Customer experience
ThumbCamera
Looking Glass Go
In-app purchases
ThumbCamera
No in-app purchases
Looking Glass Go
No in-app purchases
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