Comparison

Sorta Glitch vs Chaos Camera Lab

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

Head to head
About

Sorta Glitch

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Turn your photos into controlled chaos. Sorta glitches your images using pixel-sorting algorithms. Adjust the effect to dial up the damage and experiment until it's as broken as you want it. HOW IT WORKS • Import a photo from your library • Apply pixel-sorting to glitch • Adjust the intensity from 0-100 to shape the result • Save or share your final image FEATURES • Real-time glitch preview • Adjustable effect intensity • No sign-up or account required Built for those who love what’s broken.

About

Chaos Camera Lab

Transform ordinary photos into unique, collectible color worlds with unpredictable effects. Remap colors, add digital grain, and explore 16 distinct styles. Save and reuse your custom looks for future edits.

Highlights
  • 16 distinct Chaos styles
  • Color remapping and textured grain
  • Reusable recipes with shareable codes
  • Recipe Lab for custom looks
  • 4:5 camera with zoom
  • Photo Library import
Features
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Chaos Camera Lab turns ordinary scenes into unpredictable, collectible color worlds. This is not a traditional filter camera. Chaos remaps the colors inside each photo, adds tactile digital grain, and gives every image its own strange visual character. Shoot with the built-in 4:5 camera or import a photo, then explore looks ranging from soft and dreamlike to stark, graphic, spectral, and broken. Explore 16 distinct Chaos styles: Chaos, Soft, Poster, Acid, Dream, Noir, Thermal, Prism, Solar, Xerox, Signal, Infra, Ghost, Bleach, Mosaic, and Emulsion. When you discover a look worth keeping, save its recipe. Each recipe preserves the preset, palette, tuning, name, and code behind the image, so you can apply the same visual logic to a completely different scene later. Features: • A focused 4:5 camera with tap to focus and multiple zoom choices • 16 visually distinct Chaos presets • Expressive color remapping and textured grain • Photo Library import for remixing existing images • Hold the result to compare it with the original • Reusable recipes with names, palettes, and shareable codes • Recipe Lab for building custom color looks • Chaos Roll sessions and stylized contact sheets • A local gallery and Recipe Passport • High-quality image export to Photos Chaos Camera Lab is made for fast experimentation, happy accidents, and photographers who want an image to become something unexpected. Your photos and recipes stay on your device. Chaos Camera Lab does not collect personal data.

Screenshots

Sorta Glitch3 screens
Chaos Camera Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sorta Glitch and Chaos Camera Lab are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sorta Glitch versus Chaos Camera Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorta GlitchChaos Camera Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChronoboost Software LLCRyan Walker

In-app purchases

None

Sorta Glitch

No in-app purchases

None

Chaos Camera Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sorta Glitch free?
Sorta Glitch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chaos Camera Lab free?
Chaos Camera Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sorta Glitch or Chaos Camera Lab have ads?
Neither Sorta Glitch nor Chaos Camera Lab shows ads.

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