Comparison

RuinFilter vs FILCA

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

Head to head
About

RuinFilter

Features
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Pick a photo. Watch buildings crumble into ruins. 6 filters turn everyday scenery into post-apocalyptic wastelands, ancient ruins, or haunted sites. Shoot with your camera and process on the spot. - Abandoned: Sepia tones, faded time-stopped atmosphere - Overgrown: Nature reclaiming civilization - Post-Apocalypse: High contrast, cinematic devastation - Ancient Ruin: Warm stone, weathered by centuries - Haunted: Cold blue, spine-chilling darkness - Industrial: Rust and dust, decayed factory memories Long press to compare before/after. Save and share with one tap.

About

FILCA

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FILCA is not a filter app โ€” it's a whole 2000s digital camera in your pocket. Silver body, black-bezel LCD, engraved buttons, a D-pad, and that motor sound when the lens barrel slides out. Press the on-screen shutter and it fires like the real thing. โ–  20 FILM LOOKS From the core four โ€” DAY OUT, DAY IN, NIGHT OUT, NIGHT IN โ€” measured from real film photos, to MONO, an old-TV broadcast look, a faded travel negative, and a 13-film collection of pastels, golden hour, cafรฉ tones, blue hour, wine-bar evenings and Y2K digicam. Pick your film for the light you're in. โ–  EVERY FILM IS A DIFFERENT CAMERA Each film has its own lens and darkroom character โ€” not just color. Corners that sink into black, dreamy pro-mist glow, purple fringing and a flash hotspot, CRT scanlines, toy-lens edge blur, coarse silver grain. Two films never feel like the same machine. โ–  EVERY SHOT IS DEVELOPED, NOT FILTERED Each photo goes through a full darkroom pipeline: lens distortion, halation glow around lights, film grain, vignette, dust, and the occasional light leak. Exposure and color drift a little on every frame โ€” no two photos ever come out the same. โ–  A REAL CAMERA, NOT A CAMERA UI - Shooting modes: Auto, Program, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, High Sensitivity - Self-timer, burst shooting, zoom rocker - Brightness dial, hand-shake simulation for that honest 2000s blur - Date stamp โ€” or engrave your own message - On-screen OSD menu straight out of a 2005 compact camera โ–  10 FREE SHOTS Your first roll is on us. Shoot 10 photos free, then subscribe for unlimited developing. No account. No ads. Your photos never leave your phone. โ–  SUBSCRIPTION FILCA Monthly โ€” $0.49 per month, auto-renewable. It lifts the 10-shot limit so you can shoot and develop without a count, on all 20 film stocks and in every shooting mode. There is no free trial. The subscription renews at the same price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and you can manage or cancel it anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://monttecarlo.com/filca/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

RuinFilter3 screens
FILCA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RuinFilter at none against FILCA's 1. RuinFilter also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). FILCA's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. FILCA sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month. RuinFilter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RuinFilter ships an update every 2 days, FILCA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
RuinFilter versus FILCA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRuinFilterFILCA
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersatoshi amasakiMONTECARLO

In-app purchases

None

RuinFilter

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

FILCA

Subscriptions1
  • FILCA Monthly$0.491 Month

Questions

Is RuinFilter free?
RuinFilter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FILCA free?
FILCA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RuinFilter or FILCA have ads?
RuinFilter shows ads; FILCA does not.
Which is updated more often, RuinFilter or FILCA?
RuinFilter ships an update every 2 days, and FILCA every 3 weeks. Most recently, RuinFilter was updated on November 9, 2026 and FILCA on October 31, 2026.

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