Comparison

Depth Map Extractor vs ZPTH

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

Head to head
About

Depth Map Extractor

Generate detailed depth maps from your photos and videos using on-device AI. Explore depth with visual filters and create depth-aware renders. Export your creations as images or videos for various creative and technical projects.

Highlights
  • On-device AI depth map generation
  • Supports multiple AI models
  • Cloud-free processing
  • Depth map visualization with filters
  • Depth-aware render creation
  • Export as images and videos
Features
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MAGMA turns photos and videos into detailed depth maps with powerful on-device AI models, including ZipDepth, Depth Anything V1 and V2, MiDaS Small, and Apple’s built-in Depth Data. Create depth maps without uploading your media to the cloud. Import photos and videos from your library, capture new content with the camera, or open files from the Files app. Compare the original media with its depth map, then explore depth with color maps, gradients, and visual filters. Go beyond depth maps: combine the original image with depth data to create and preview depth-aware renders. Export your results as images or videos for creative and technical workflows. MAGMA is made for developers, creators, filmmakers, photographers, and visual artists working with depth and spatial media—all on your iPhone or iPad. By using this app, you agree to Apple’s standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ZPTH

This app transforms your camera feed into dynamic visual effects by reading depth information. Explore numerous artistic filters, from contour lines and plasma to paper cutouts, or create your own unique visual styles. Capture photos and videos directly or stream live previews to your computer.

Highlights
  • Real-time depth-based visual effects
  • Core ML depth inference for all iPhones
  • TrueDepth and LiDAR camera support
  • Customizable 'Creator Mode' for effects
  • Photo and video capture to Photos library
  • NDI streaming for desktop integration
Features
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ZPTH reads the depth in front of you and paints it in real time. Point it at a face, a room, or your hand and watch it become light, contour lines, plasma, chrome, cut paper, or a drifting cloud of dust. Capture a photo or record video straight to Photos — or stream the live preview to your computer over NDI. Fifteen of the modes need no depth sensor at all: a Core ML model running on your device infers depth from a single camera, so they run on both the front and rear camera of any iPhone ZPTH installs on. The other thirty read the front TrueDepth camera, or the rear LiDAR scanner on Pro models. FIFTEEN MODES, NO DEPTH SENSOR NEEDED • Parallax — the camera orbits the scene from one still viewpoint. • Anaglyph — real red/cyan 3D from one lens, plus a glasses-free wiggle. • Aperture — a cinema lens: shaped bokeh, iris blades, a focus puller. • Vertigo — Hitchcock's dolly zoom, live. • Nebula — a cloud that wraps behind people rather than over them. • Motes — dust, snow and embers drifting in the air in front of the scene. • Godlight — sun shafts your hand casts a real shadow through. • Aerial — true atmospheric perspective: haze, distance, a warm sun glow. • Woodblock — an engraving whose hatch lines curve around every surface. • Stipple — ink dots sized by curvature and spaced like a Seurat. • Papercut — the scene as up to 20 torn paper plates, each shadowing the next. • Riso — a risograph print in misregistered spot-colour plates. • Lattice — a scan plane leaves a glowing wireframe mesh in its wake. • Hologram — scanlines, chromatic fringing, a projection cone from below. • Datamosh — codec smear, with depth deciding what tears and what holds. THIRTY DEPTH-CAMERA MODES Environment, Face, Raw, Plasma, Organic, Data, Contour, Hillshade, Chrome, Oil Slick, Pulsar, Sonar, Pin Screen, Voxel, Facets, Light Trails, Miniature, Iron Filings, Dither, Juicy, Aerochrome, Heat Ghost, Solarise, Cymatic, Aquarelle, Tessera, Chemigram, Ripplefield, Ferrofluid and Lichtenberg — from topographic isolines and liquid chrome to false-colour infrared, wet watercolour, Roman mosaic, a vibrating Chladni sand plate, and forking lightning. Pulsar and Cymatic can move to live sound. CREATOR MODE (Pro) Build your own mode. Start from an empty depth field and stack effect layers grouped by function — texture, lighting, lines, edge, colour, bloom. Each layer has its own controls, opacity and blend mode. Shape how they fall through near and far depth, import a photo as a depth-projected tileset, then save it as a named mode. CAPTURE • Tap the shutter for a photo; hold and swipe up to record video. • Everything saves straight to your Photos library. • Double-tap to toggle 3:4 and full-screen 9:16. • Cut to the plain camera and back, even mid-recording. NDI STREAMING (Pro) Broadcast the live preview to OBS, TouchDesigner, vMix and other NDI receivers on your local network, turning your iPhone into a depth-camera source for your desktop. A second optional stream carries the raw camera alongside the effect. Off by default; Wired mode over USB-C lowers latency. PRO ZPTH Pro is a one-time $2 purchase — no subscription. It unlocks the fifteen monocular modes, every other mode's settings, the colour maps, all presets, Creator Mode and NDI streaming. The thirty depth-camera modes are free to explore on their first preset; the monocular modes need Pro. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no servers, no analytics, no tracking. Camera frames are processed on the device and never leave it — unless you save a photo or video, or turn on NDI to reach your own computer on your own network. The microphone is used only by Pulsar and Cymatic, is off by default, and is never recorded or transmitted. REQUIREMENTS iPhone only. The monocular modes run on any supported iPhone. The rest need a front TrueDepth camera (iPhone X or later) or a rear LiDAR scanner (Pro models).

Screenshots

Depth Map Extractor4 screens
ZPTH4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ZPTH at 50% against Depth Map Extractor's 0%. ZPTH also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Depth Map Extractor's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). 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. Depth Map Extractor sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and ZPTH sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Depth Map Extractor holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Depth Map Extractor's written reviews are positive against 50% of ZPTH's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Depth Map Extractor ships an update monthly, ZPTH every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Depth Map Extractor versus ZPTH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDepth Map ExtractorZPTH
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNelson Cruzari lintzeris

Customer experience

Depth Map Extractor

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

ZPTH

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Depth Map Extractor

Subscriptions3
  • Maga PRO weekly$2.997 Days
  • Maga PRO monthly$5.991 Month
  • Magma PRO yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
1 purchases

ZPTH

One-time1
  • ZPTH Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Depth Map Extractor free?
Depth Map Extractor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZPTH free?
ZPTH is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Depth Map Extractor or ZPTH?
Depth Map Extractor is rated higher. Depth Map Extractor averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while ZPTH averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Depth Map Extractor or ZPTH have ads?
Neither Depth Map Extractor nor ZPTH shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Depth Map Extractor or ZPTH?
Depth Map Extractor ships an update monthly, and ZPTH every 2 weeks. Most recently, Depth Map Extractor was updated on November 4, 2026 and ZPTH on November 5, 2026.

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