DualCamRec vs PolarGrid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DualCamRec
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Record with both cameras at the same time. DualCamRec lets you capture video from your front and back cameras simultaneously — perfect for vlogs, reactions, tutorials, and creative content. 6 recording modes: - Both: Back camera fullscreen with front camera as a floating PiP window - Inverted: Front camera fullscreen with back camera floating - Split Horizontal: Top and bottom split screen - Split Vertical: Side by side split screen - Back only: Full quality rear camera - Front only: Selfie camera Features: - Drag the floating PiP window to any corner - Record video with audio - Video stabilization (standard) - Resolution selector: 720p, 1080p, or 4K - Smooth animated transitions between modes - Saved directly to your Photos library DualCamRec Pro (one-time purchase): Unlock dual PiP, horizontal split, and vertical split modes. No watermark. Pay once, keep forever — no subscription.
PolarGrid
Easily add clean borders to photos, create collages, and design flowing carousels. This app processes all images on your device, ensuring privacy and offline functionality. Enhance your photos with various editing tools and export them in high quality.
- Adjustable white or custom photo borders
- Create multi-photo collages
- Design flowing carousels
- On-device photo processing
- Batch photo editing
- Basic photo editing tools
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PolarGrid does what photographers keep needing: a clean border around a photo, several photos laid out into one image, and carousels that flow from one post into the next — in full quality, with nothing uploaded anywhere. WHITE BORDER • Adjustable border, in white or any colour • Aspect ratios: Original, 1:1, 4:5, 5:6, 3:4, 9:16 — vertical or horizontal • Crop to fill, or show the whole photo uncropped • Rotate and flip, drag to reposition, pinch to zoom • Batch mode: set it once, export up to 5 photos together (15 with Pro) • Write a line of text under the photo, in the bottom border (Pro) • Export on a 9:16 background — a colour, or the photo itself, sharp or blurred — ready for Stories and Reels (Pro) EDIT AND RETRO • Edit each photo, free: exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, saturation, vibrance, temperature and tint • Colour mix by hue, vignette and sharpness, free • Curves and film grain (Pro) • Healing brush: paint over a small distraction and it’s filled in from around it (Pro) • Retro: eleven original film looks with adjustable intensity (Pro) • Press and hold to compare with the original CAROUSEL • A strip of 2 to 5 posts, with photos running across from one post into the next • Layouts built for the number of photos you pick, or place them freely, with a border or an instant-photo frame • Each post exports as its own photo, ready to upload in order — free • Your photo behind the whole carousel, sharp or blurred (Pro) COLLAGE • 2 to 9 photos in one image • Template grids, including creative layouts • Resize cells by dragging their edges; rotate and flip each photo • Free mode: place, resize and rotate each photo by hand • Control outer border and spacing, square or rounded cells PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every photo is processed on your device. No account, no uploads, no tracking. Works with no internet connection, on iPhone and iPad. POLARGRID PRO Free to use, with no watermark. PolarGrid Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription — that adds maximum-quality export, unlimited border colours (including any custom colour), curves, film grain, Retro, the Healing brush, text under the photo, the 9:16 background export, your photo behind carousels, and batches of up to 15 photos with one edit synced to all.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DualCamRec at daily against PolarGrid's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. DualCamRec sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PolarGrid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DualCamRec ships an update daily, PolarGrid weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DualCamRec | PolarGrid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eugenio Keller Puente | Frangell Vasquez |
In-app purchases
DualCamRec
- DualCamRec Pro$2.99
PolarGrid
- PolarGrid Pro$4.99









