j Camera 02 vs MoodCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
j Camera 02
This app applies a natural color film texture with subtle grain, cool shadows, and natural highlights to your photos. It offers a unique aesthetic inspired by poetic themes. Enhance your images with a vintage, artistic feel.
- Color film texture
- Subtle grain effect
- Natural highlights
- Cool shadow tones
- Artistic photo enhancement
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Color film like texture with a bit of grain. Highlights are natural and shadows slightly cold. A Poem, How To Not Be a Perfectionist— People are vivid and small and don’t live very long— - Molly Brodak Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MoodCam
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: j Camera 02 at none against MoodCam's shown. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. j Camera 02 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.95 per month and MoodCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
j Camera 02 ships an update every 4 weeks, MoodCam monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | j Camera 02 | MoodCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeff Hodsdon | Yongjun Lee |
In-app purchases
j Camera 02
- Unlimited Captures$0.951 Month
- Unlimited Captures$1.951 Year
- Unlimited Captures$9.90
MoodCam
- MoodCam Pro$6.99









