Comparison

GhostFrame vs Shadow Camera

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

Head to head
About

GhostFrame

Capture daily progress with a unique timelapse feature that overlays past photos onto your live camera view. Easily align your shots with intelligent guides and automated capture. Create stunning visual stories of your growth, projects, or memories.

Highlights
  • Daily photo timelapse creation
  • Live ghost guide for alignment
  • Automated photo capture
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Multiple export formats
  • Privacy-focused, on-device processing
Features
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GhostFrame turns one photo a day into a timelapse that actually holds still. Pick a subject — your face, a bump, a baby, a plant, a room mid-renovation — and the camera fades yesterday's shot over the live view. New in 2.0, GhostFrame reads the ghost and the live picture on your iPhone and guides you in: when you're lined up it locks with a tap you can feel, and Auto can take the photo for you. WHAT'S NEW IN 2.0 • Live ghost guide: face tracking for selfie-style projects, scene alignment for everything else, a match score, one plain hint, and a haptic lock. • Auto-shoot and a level line. • Apple Watch: today's frames and streaks, Then vs Now on the Digital Crown, and a remote shutter for the iPhone camera. • Home Screen widget: your streak and latest frame for the project that still needs today's photo — tap to shoot. • Then vs Now: wipe, fade, flicker or side by side between any two frames, plus a share card. • Memory Lane: the photo from a month, 100 days or a year ago today. • Insights: streaks, a calendar of every day you showed up, milestones, your usual shooting time, your ghost-match score. • Export studio: a live storyboard of your video, auto-align steadies every frame; opening title and closing stats; 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 16:9, 4K and GIF. • A living home where every project plays its own timelapse, a new icon and a new animated tour. ALSO INCLUDED Templates for Face, Bump (week cards), Baby (month cards), Fitness (front/side/back), Plant, Renovation and Anything; import photos you already have on their real dates; ghost from the previous, first or a pinned frame; outline mode; 0.5×/1×/2× lenses; reminders with quiet days that open straight into the camera; zip backups; captions for any video, transcribed on device. PRIVACY Photos and projects stay on your device; alignment runs on device. No account. Anonymous usage stats (never photos or names) can be turned off in Settings. Every feature is included. No subscription, no ads.

About

Shadow Camera

Features
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Shadow Camera helps you recreate any photo pose, perfectly — no guessing, no ten retakes. Pick a reference photo and it appears as a see-through guide right on your live camera. Drag it into place, pinch to resize and line up your pose — a live match score turns the frame green when you've got it. Then shoot. HOW IT WORKS • Choose any photo or video from your gallery, or browse Pose Ideas • It floats over your live camera as a translucent, movable guide • Match the pose — the live percentage shows how close you are • Capture — every shot saves in full quality FEATURES • Live match score with a green "got it" frame • Pose Ideas: browse a library of poses by category • Video references that play in sync with your recording • Silhouette and Outline guides from any reference (Pro) • Precision opacity and color tint for the guide (Pro) • Dual camera: front and back at once, for photos and video (on supported iPhones) • Picture layer: place a product or logo on screen and it's saved into your shot • Photo styles: six looks, from Warm & Vivid to B&W • AI-generated references with Apple's Image Playground (on supported devices) • Camera controls you know: grid, timer, flash, 4:3 and 16:9, zoom, tap to focus and exposure, 60 fps video, volume-button shutter and QuickTake • Share side by side: the reference and your shot in one image PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account needed. Your reference photos and captures stay on your device. Pose Ideas searches photos through Pexels, and crash diagnostics and subscription status are handled by Sentry and RevenueCat. FREE TO USE The camera and gallery-based pose matching are always free. Pose Ideas, AI references and video references can be used a few times a day for free; Shadow Camera Pro unlocks them without limits, together with the Pro guides and controls. Whether you're recreating a friend's pose for a couples photo, matching a pro shot for your content or nailing that one angle — Shadow Camera makes it effortless. EULA (Terms & Conditions): https://digitalsmo.com/eula/

Screenshots

GhostFrame4 screens
Shadow Camera3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GhostFrame at none against Shadow Camera's 2. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shadow Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. GhostFrame asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GhostFrame ships an update fortnightly, Shadow Camera every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
GhostFrame versus Shadow Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhostFrameShadow Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAll Things AI, IncSamet Sarial

In-app purchases

None

GhostFrame

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Shadow Camera

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly pro$3.991 Month
  • Shadow Camera Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is GhostFrame free?
GhostFrame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shadow Camera free?
Shadow Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GhostFrame or Shadow Camera have ads?
Neither GhostFrame nor Shadow Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GhostFrame or Shadow Camera?
GhostFrame ships an update fortnightly, and Shadow Camera every 2 weeks. Most recently, GhostFrame was updated on November 5, 2026 and Shadow Camera on November 13, 2026.

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