Comparison

Prettier vs CastSurf

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

Head to head
About

Prettier

Capture moments with a variety of vintage, film, and cinematic moods. This camera app intelligently reads scenes to apply the perfect aesthetic look in real-time, ensuring your photos, Live Photos, and videos have a consistent style without complex editing.

Highlights
  • 92 signature aesthetic looks
  • Smart scene-reading auto-adjustments
  • Real-time filter preview
  • Supports photos, Live Photos, and videos
  • Non-destructive editing
  • Vintage, film, and cinematic moods
Features
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It reads the scene before you even shoot. Prettier is an aesthetic camera that reads the scene — portraits, landscapes, sunsets, backlight — then captures each moment at its prettiest. No complicated editing — choose a look for the moment, press the shutter, and your photos, Live Photos, and videos come out with vintage, film, and cinematic moods. ■ 92 signature looks Whatever the moment, there's a look made for it. • Cities — Bangkok · Paris · London · Tokyo · Seoul… 20 in all: shoot in the colors of the city you're in • Portraits — Main Character: glowing skin, calmer backgrounds. Today's main character is you • Film portraits — Peachy · Pastel: from warm peachy skin to bright airy pastel, faces the way film remembered them • Food — Nom Nom: warmer tones that make every dish look tastier • Cloudy days — Sunnier Side: bright, airy shots even under gray skies • Backlight — Counter Light: brings faces back from the shadows • Night — Night Owl: crisp city lights, clean dark tones • Sky — Sky Gazer: deeper blues, sharper clouds • Travel — Tropics · Surfer · Tree Hugger: beaches and getaways in their most vivid colors • Summer — Summer Break · That Summer: dazzling midsummer film colors and faded blue-green summer air • Street snaps — Street: the mood of the city, bold contrast and restrained color • iPhone nostalgia — iPhone SE · iPhone 6S · iPhone XS: yellow retro, cool pink matte, and soft selfie moods from older phone cameras • Memories — Memory Lane · Instant · Toy Camera · Date Stamp · VHS '90s · Camcorder Diary · Playback · Y2K Digicam: faded film, instant prints, camcorders and digicams — just like you remember • Cinematic — Cinema Film · Hollywood · Movie Scene · Quiet Cinema · Broken Light · Rainy Day · Dim Room: everyday moments, straight out of a movie • Film mood — Prettier · Priceless · Film Chrome · Soft Film · Daydream · Squint · Old Album · City Walk · Vivid · B&W Feels · Crisp Day · Calm Day · Cool Film · Watercolor · Youth Film: the deep, soft colors only film can give, each with its own mood • Portrait lighting — Reflector · Flash · Shadow Eraser • Bright & airy — Bloom · Vanilla · Tidy Room · Clear Morning · Lemon Cream: as fresh and open as a sunlit room • Sunset — Golden Hour • Film looks — Butter Film · Gold • Fun effects — Fisheye · Pixel Art · Pixel& Me · Pixel& Friends · Ghost& Me · Ghost& Friends · Symbol · Emoji · Emoji Mask ■ Smart auto-adjust Your filter reads the scene — portraits, landscapes, sunsets, backlight — then fine-tunes the look to fit that exact moment. The same look, always at its best. ■ Real-time filter camera See it before you shoot it. Frame your shot with the look applied live — press the shutter, and what you see is what gets saved. ■ Photos, Live Photos, and videos Apply the same look to photos, Live Photos, and videos. Keep your whole feed in one consistent color. ■ Your originals stay safe Editing never destroys the original. Undo anytime, so edit without hesitation. Fully compatible with "Revert to Original" in the Photos app. [Subscription & purchase details] • Premium is available as a Monthly Premium (1 month) or Yearly Premium (1 year) auto-renewable subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. • Lifetime is a one-time purchase, not a subscription — it never renews. Terms of Use: https://lifeup-soft.lovable.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://dongwooha.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-2fafa9b1f0bb81558636c7b260e90e63 Even an ordinary day becomes your best shot — with Prettier. Point. Shoot. Pretty.

About

CastSurf

Features
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CastSurf sends what's on your iPhone — and what you're watching on the web — to your TV. Connect to any Google Cast device and share in three ways. ■ Full screen mirroring Your entire screen, audio included, shown on the TV. It keeps going when you leave the app for the home screen or another app. Delay is around one second, and rotating your phone fills the TV in landscape. ■ Extract video from a page Open a site in the built-in browser and CastSurf finds the video that's playing. It sends the video's address rather than a recording of your screen, so you get the original quality while your phone stays cool and saves battery. Tap the star to keep the sites you visit often. ■ Photos and files Pick photos and videos, build a playlist, and send it to the TV. Photos cross-fade every five seconds; videos play through and move on. Turn on repeat to start over at the end. ■ Also · Reconnects automatically to the device you used last · Light, dark, and system themes · Eight languages, switchable inside the app · A guided tour on first launch ■ Premium · No ads at all · Background playback — casting continues with the screen off · Monthly or yearly, with the yearly plan 28% cheaper Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://chamomile.dev/apps/castsurf/privacy ■ Good to know · Your iPhone and the Cast device must be on the same Wi-Fi network. · Screen mirroring encodes continuously, so the phone warms up and uses battery. · Please only cast content you have the right to view. Google Cast and Chromecast are trademarks of Google LLC. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

Screenshots

Prettier4 screens
CastSurf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Prettier at none against CastSurf's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Prettier sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and CastSurf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Prettier versus CastSurf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrettierCastSurf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB12 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDongwoo HaYoungbeen Jo

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Prettier

Subscriptions3
  • pretteir_week$0.997 Days
  • Prettier Month$1.991 Month
  • Prettier Year$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Prettier Lifetime$9.99
2 purchases

CastSurf

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$11.991 Year

Questions

Is Prettier free?
Prettier is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CastSurf free?
CastSurf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Prettier or CastSurf have ads?
CastSurf shows ads; Prettier does not.

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