Comparison

Arcane Camera vs MVTube

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

Head to head
About

Arcane Camera

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Perfect for street and landscapes photography. It features a built-in black and white filter for a timeless aesthetic and a framing indicator that ensures your shot is perfectly aligned vertically, horizontally, or both, guaranteeing flawless composition every time. Save both the raw and edited versions of your photos for the flexibility to make adjustments later. Designed for those who see the world differently.

About

MVTube

Easily transform your Apple Spatial Videos into YouTube-ready 3D content. This app re-encodes spatial videos into a compatible format, preserving HDR color and adding necessary metadata for 3D playback on various devices. Convert multiple videos in batches directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Converts MV-HEVC to side-by-side 3D MP4
  • Preserves 10-bit HDR color
  • Injects YouTube 3D metadata
  • Batch conversion
  • Saves to Photos library
  • Direct sharing to YouTube
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MVTube converts your Apple Spatial Videos into YouTube-compatible 3D videos with a single tap. Spatial videos recorded on iPhone and Apple Vision Pro are stored in Apple's MV-HEVC format, which YouTube doesn't support for 3D playback. MVTube re-encodes them as side-by-side HEVC HDR with YouTube's required st3d metadata, so your spatial memories play back in full 3D on any VR headset, 3D TV, or the YouTube app on Apple Vision Pro. What MVTube does: - Converts MV-HEVC spatial video to side by side 3D MP4 - Preserves 10-bit HDR color (HLG BT.2020) through the entire pipeline - Injects st3d stereoscopic metadata for YouTube 3D recognition - Batch convert multiple videos at once - Saves converted videos directly to your Photos library - Import from Photos app - Share converted files directly to YouTube or any app No subscription. No watermark. No upload to external servers. All conversion happens on your device.

Screenshots

Arcane Camera4 screens
MVTube4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MVTube at $1.99 against Arcane Camera's $4.99. MVTube also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Arcane Camera's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Arcane Camera costs $4.99 and MVTube $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arcane Camera ships an update fortnightly, MVTube every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Arcane Camera versus MVTube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcane CameraMVTube
Price$4.99$1.99 โ€” better
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyFortnightly โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Paid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeriqobi, LLCMatthew Fisher

In-app purchases

None

Arcane Camera

No in-app purchases

None

MVTube

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arcane Camera free?
Arcane Camera costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MVTube free?
MVTube costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arcane Camera or MVTube have ads?
Neither Arcane Camera nor MVTube shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arcane Camera or MVTube?
Arcane Camera ships an update fortnightly, and MVTube every 3 weeks. Most recently, Arcane Camera was updated on September 21, 2026 and MVTube on August 27, 2026.

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