Comparison

CamBe vs Afterglow Cam

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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 — 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. 0–3 months — Film original. Warm, grainy, alive. 3–8 months — Blues pull back. A pink-red drift sets in. Contrast softens. 8–12 months — Detail blurs. The image starts dissolving. After 1 year — Terminal state. Almost white. A faint ghost of what was there. WHAT YOU CAN DO Ā· Shoot with a built-in film look Ā· Watch your photos age over real calendar time Ā· Import photos from your camera roll — if timestamp data exists, they get sorted by when they were actually taken and rendered with the fade they've already earned Ā· Export the current faded state to your camera roll at any point Ā· 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

Afterglow Cam

Features
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Afterglow Cam is a retro photo camera focused on film, CCD, and disposable looks. Preview the style live, switch between distinct camera presets, adjust exposure, shoot with flash, import photos from your library, and save the processed result back to Photos. The app is built for quick, low-friction capture and on-device rendering so the preview stays close to the final exported image. Features: • Real-time retro camera preview • Film, CCD, and disposable-style presets • Front and back camera capture • Flash and exposure compensation • Import from Photos and reprocess existing images • Optional timestamp overlay on export • Save finished photos directly to your library Afterglow Cam is designed for people who want nostalgic color, glow, grain, and atmosphere without a heavy editing workflow.

Screenshots

CamBe4 screens
Afterglow Cam1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: CamBe at 3 against Afterglow Cam's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 4 level
CamBe versus Afterglow Cam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamBeAfterglow Cam
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMING-TA HSIEHę„  唐

In-app purchases

None

CamBe

No in-app purchases

None

Afterglow Cam

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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