Comparison

Depth Map estimation vs FaceDepth

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

Head to head
About

Depth Map estimation

This tool uses on-device AI to generate depth maps from your photos and videos. Visualize, edit, and combine images with their depth data, then export for creative projects. Processing is done locally for privacy and speed.

Highlights
  • Generate depth maps from images and videos
  • On-device AI processing
  • Visualize and edit depth data
  • Apply color filters and gradients
  • Export results for creative workflows
  • Local processing for privacy
Features
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MAGMA is a professional tool for extracting depth maps as images and working directly with depth data on your iPhone or iPad. It uses advanced on-device AI models to generate accurate depth maps and clean mattes from photos and videos. Visualize, edit, and combine the original image with its depth map, adjust the visual interpretation using color filters and gradients, and export results ready for creative and technical workflows. All processing runs locally for maximum privacy and speed. Ideal for developers, creators, filmmakers, and visual artists. 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

FaceDepth

Features
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FaceDepth turns your camera into a depth camera. Point it at a face and the shape of that face appears as a live, colour-mapped depth image — at around 30 frames a second, computed entirely on your iPhone. There is no server. There is no account. There is no upload. The neural network ships inside the app and runs on the device's own GPU, so FaceDepth works in aeroplane mode, in a basement, and on the day the internet is having a bad time. LIVE CAMERA • Real-time depth from every lens your iPhone has — front, ultra-wide, wide and telephoto • Face-priority autofocus keeps the subject sharp instead of the wall behind them • Capture stills or record video with the depth look baked in • Photos and videos save straight to your library with correct focal length, exposure and capture date • Grid, self-timer and flash, where the hardware supports it IMPORT AND PROCESS • Run any video or photo from your library, iCloud Drive or Files through the same model • Progress continues on the Lock Screen while you do something else • Output is written at full source resolution with the original audio intact CONTROLS Swipe the selector beside the shutter to reach every setting without leaving the viewfinder: • Seven colour maps — inferno, magma, turbo, viridis, plasma, bone and grey • Near and far clipping, to spend the whole colour range on the part of the scene you care about • Gamma, for how sharply depth falls off • Range and depth smoothing, to trade temporal stability against motion blur • Invert, and a side-by-side view showing the source next to its depth BUILT FOR THE HARDWARE FaceDepth measures your device rather than assuming. A setting times the model across CPU, GPU and Neural Engine and picks whichever is genuinely fastest on your iPhone — which is not always the one you would expect. The camera also asks for exactly the frame rate the pipeline can sustain, so it does not waste power capturing frames it would only throw away. PRIVACY FaceDepth collects nothing. No analytics, no crash telemetry, no advertising identifier, no accounts. Camera and microphone access are used only to produce the image and video you are looking at. Photo library access is used only to read the file you choose and to save the result you asked for. Requires iOS 26.

Screenshots

Depth Map estimation4 screens
FaceDepth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Depth Map estimation at Free against FaceDepth's $0.99. Depth Map estimation also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). FaceDepth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On ads 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

Depth Map estimation is free to download; FaceDepth costs $0.99 up front. Depth Map estimation sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. FaceDepth asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Depth Map estimation versus FaceDepth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDepth Map estimationFaceDepth
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank—#200 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNelson Cruzari lintzeris

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Depth Map estimation

Subscriptions3
  • Maga PRO weekly$1.997 Days
  • Maga PRO monthly$3.991 Month
  • Magma PRO yearly$9.991 Year
None

FaceDepth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Depth Map estimation free?
Depth Map estimation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FaceDepth free?
FaceDepth costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Depth Map estimation or FaceDepth have ads?
Neither Depth Map estimation nor FaceDepth shows ads.

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