Comparison

ATOMxGALAXIES vs (d)effect

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

Head to head
About

ATOMxGALAXIES

Features
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ATOMxGALAXIES analyzes live camera footage to bring thousands of spheres to life, dancing dynamically across your screen.

About

(d)effect

This camera app applies unique, real-time visual effects directly to your photos and videos as you capture them. It offers a variety of artistic filters, allowing for live previews and immediate saving without any post-processing steps. All processing is done on-device, ensuring your content remains private.

Highlights
  • Live filter rendering on viewfinder
  • Real-time photo and video capture
  • Stackable and adjustable filters
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Variety of unique artistic filters
  • Random effect generation
Features
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(d)effect is a camera that shows you the effect before you take the shot. Every filter renders live on the viewfinder at full frame rate — no preview, no "apply" step, no waiting. What you frame is what gets saved. THE FILTERS • Riso Print — RGB plate misregistration and grain, like a badly aligned risograph • Dither — 4×4 Bayer ordered dithering, the look of a 1-bit screen • ASCII — the frame rebuilt from coloured glyphs on black • False Color — channel crushing and hue cycling • Halation — the bloom that film gets around highlights • Posterize — hard tonal banding • Exclusion — a solid hue blended straight through the image • Low Res — chunky pixellation that scales with the shot • Slow Shutter — a real exposure change on the camera, so the motion blur is genuine rather than faked Stack them. Adjust contrast, brightness and saturation on anything. Hit Random when you want the machine to decide. PHOTO AND VIDEO Shoot stills or record video with the same effects, with audio, in 4:5. What the viewfinder showed is what lands in your library — filters that are sized in pixels scale with the image, so the saved file matches the preview. YOUR SHOTS STAY YOURS Everything is processed on your iPhone using Metal and Core Image. Nothing is uploaded, stored on a server, or looked at by anyone. There is no cloud gallery and no server-side processing — captures go straight to your own Photos library, into a "(d)effect" album the in-app gallery reads back. We hold one piece of personal data: the email address attached to your sign-in. You can delete your account, and it, from inside the app. — (d)effect is free while in active development — every filter unlocked, no ads, no subscription. If something breaks, tell us at support@d-effect.com and we'll fix it.

Screenshots

ATOMxGALAXIES4 screens
(d)effect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: (d)effect at none against ATOMxGALAXIES's 1. (d)effect also leads on ads (none vs shown). ATOMxGALAXIES's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence 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. ATOMxGALAXIES sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. (d)effect asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ATOMxGALAXIES ships an update monthly, (d)effect every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ATOMxGALAXIES versus (d)effect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterATOMxGALAXIES(d)effect
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasayuki AkamatsuJoao Campagnolo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ATOMxGALAXIES

One-time1
  • RemoveAds$4.99
None

(d)effect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ATOMxGALAXIES free?
ATOMxGALAXIES is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is (d)effect free?
(d)effect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ATOMxGALAXIES or (d)effect have ads?
ATOMxGALAXIES shows ads; (d)effect does not.
Which is updated more often, ATOMxGALAXIES or (d)effect?
ATOMxGALAXIES ships an update monthly, and (d)effect every 2 weeks. Most recently, ATOMxGALAXIES was updated on October 2, 2026 and (d)effect on October 2, 2026.

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