Cloakyy vs MapCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cloakyy
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Protect faces, hands, and sensitive text before you share a photo or video. Cloakyy works on iPhone and iPad: • Detect areas to protect automatically, then review them or add manual masks. • In video, follow faces frame by frame and choose Blur or an opaque Black Box. • Optionally transform voices while keeping speech understandable. • Remove private metadata from photos and videos, including mixed batches, while leaving the originals untouched. • Track long video exports with a Live Activity and save the cleaned copy to Photos. Processing happens on your device. Cloakyy does not upload your media and includes no advertising or analytics SDK. One protected photo or video is included; a monthly Cloakyy Pro subscription unlocks unlimited protection. Always review the full result before sharing. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MapCam
This app lets you add location details and map outlines to your photos, simulating the look of vintage film. It offers various film and focal length presets, with options to customize and save your edited images.
- Location name and coordinate stamping
- Country/state map outline overlay
- 16 film simulations
- 3 prime focal lengths
- Polaroid framing with custom text
- Import photos from library
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MapCam is a travel camera that burns the place name, coordinates, and a country/state map outline into your photos. 16 simulations and 3 prime focal lengths. Turn the dial on the shooting screen and the look changes right in the preview - what you see is what gets saved. - 11 FILMS STANDARD / VIVID / SOFT / CLASSIC / NEG. STD / NEG. HI / NOSTALGIC / CINEMA / MONO / MONO+R / SEPIA - METAL SERIES (5) Presets for metallic subjects - tools, watches, cars, motorcycles. STEEL / TITANIUM / CHROME / GUNMETAL / COPPER - 3 PRIME FOCAL LENGTHS 28mm / 52mm / 120mm (35mm equiv.) with one tap. On devices with a telephoto lens, 120mm uses the real lens. - MAPS & PLACE NAMES (the heart of MapCam) Burn the place name, coordinates, date, and map outline into your photos (each can be toggled; off by default). Prefecture/state-level maps with pinch zoom. Nearby spot names can be burned in too. - POLAROID FRAMING Square photo with a white border; place name, comment, and date printed in the bottom band. - AND MORE Press and hold the preview for Before/After. Comments up to 10 lines. Import photos from your library. GPS recorded in EXIF. - PRICING STANDARD / VIVID / SOFT / MONO / TITANIUM are free. The other 11 filters can be tried in the preview and unlocked for saving with one-time purchases (individually or as a bundle). - PRIVACY The app collects no data. Photos and location are processed on your device (coordinates are sent to Apple / the OpenPOI API only for place-name lookup and nearby-spot search). * All simulation names are original to this app and are not affiliated with any film manufacturer or product.
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Verdict
Cloakyy and MapCam are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Cloakyy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MapCam sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cloakyy ships an update every 11 days, MapCam every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cloakyy | MapCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eloi Carrelet | Daisaku Harasaki |
In-app purchases
Cloakyy
- Unlock Cloakyy$7.99
MapCam
- CLASSIC フィルタ$0.49
- NEG. HI フィルタ$0.49
- MONO+R フィルタ$0.49
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- SEPIA filter$0.49
- CINEMA フィルタ$0.49
- CHROME フィルタ$0.49
- STEEL フィルタ$0.49
- GUNMETAL フィルタ$0.49
- COPPER フィルタ$0.49
- 全フィルタパック$3.99









