Comparison

CamBe vs Sam's Cam

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

Head to head
About

CamBe

Features
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Every photo you take is rendered with an 80s film look โ€” warm tones, lifted blacks, soft grain, gentle vignette. But the moment you press the shutter, it starts fading. Slowly. Irreversibly. HOW IT WORKS Photos live only inside CamBe. Each time you open your album, the app calculates exactly how much time has passed since each shot was taken and renders the current fade state in real time. 0โ€“3 months โ€” Film original. Warm, grainy, alive. 3โ€“8 months โ€” Blues pull back. A pink-red drift sets in. Contrast softens. 8โ€“12 months โ€” Detail blurs. The image starts dissolving. After 1 year โ€” Terminal state. Almost white. A faint ghost of what was there. WHAT YOU CAN DO ยท Shoot with a built-in film look ยท Watch your photos age over real calendar time ยท Import photos from your camera roll โ€” if timestamp data exists, they get sorted by when they were actually taken and rendered with the fade they've already earned ยท Export the current faded state to your camera roll at any point ยท Delete a photo permanently WHAT YOU CAN'T DO Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ You can't slow it down. You can't speed it up. You can't restore the original. That's the point. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sam's Cam

Features
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Shoot film, pick a look. 16 analog filters. No settings. No subscriptions.

Screenshots

CamBe4 screens
Sam's Cam3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sam's Cam at 13.0 against CamBe's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

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

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
CamBe versus Sam's Cam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamBeSam's Cam
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size34 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMING-TA HSIEHSHUAI Wang

In-app purchases

None

CamBe

No in-app purchases

None

Sam's Cam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CamBe free?
CamBe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sam's Cam free?
Sam's Cam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CamBe or Sam's Cam have ads?
Neither CamBe nor Sam's Cam shows ads.

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