Comparison

Scopework vs Tapework

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

Head to head
About

Scopework

Transform your camera feed into mesmerizing, real-time kaleidoscope visuals. Apply various patterns and creative filters to faces, objects, or scenes for instant, unique video content. Ideal for social media, music visuals, and experimental art.

Highlights
  • Live kaleidoscope camera feed
  • Multiple lens and pattern options
  • Creative filters and color overlays
  • Masking for subject integration
  • Instant video creation
  • Front-facing camera support
Features
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Fracture reality with this live kaleidoscope tool. Point your camera at anything: a face, a neon sign, a flame, and you'll have mesmerizing visuals recorded live. Instant results with no post processing or editing Features: • Kaleidoscope with full camera control: Select between multiple lenses and front facing camera. • Live Photo mode to create instant short, kaleidoscope transition videos • Masking allows you to show your subject behind the kaleidoscope. • Multiple patterns including: Radial, Grid, Hex, Axis, Rings, and Spiral Creative filters (stacked with kaleidoscope) • Bloom, blur, and prism (chromatic) • Color invert • Two-color gradient overlay with a curated pastel palette and tap-to-cycle start/end colors Perfect for: • Scroll-stopping social content • Music videos, DJ, and live performances visuals • Visual mediation and loop art • Product photography • Experimental photography and cinematography

About

Tapework

Features
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Tapework turns the video you already have into authentic analog footage — the way it really looked on VHS tape, an 8mm home projector, or a snowy off-air TV. No stickers, no fake overlays: every effect is physically modeled from how the actual hardware degraded the signal. Pick a look, watch it apply to your clip in real time, and export the result with the effect baked permanently into the file — ready for Reels, TikTok, or your camera roll. 11 HAND-MODELED PRESETS • VHS Classic — original VHS SP: head-switching, chroma loss, dropout noise • VHS Long (LP) — degraded chroma, heavier compression artifacts • VHS EP — the heaviest tape degradation, barely-watchable and proud of it • Broadcast Snow — off-air analog TV with snow and ghosting • Broadcast Clean — cable-composite look, minimal artifacts • B-Movie 16mm — heavy film grain with a warm cast • B-Movie 8mm — 8mm projector: extra grain, golden warmth • Hi-Fi VHS — clean luma, only subtle chroma artifacts • Camcorder — 1990s consumer VHS-C, green-tinted and soft • Home Video '70s — early-70s broadcast with prominent scanlines • Home Video '80s — magenta-leaning, oversaturated home tape REAL-TIME, NOT A FILTER SLIDER Everything renders live on the GPU as you scrub. Dial the master Intensity, or open Tweaking to control the individual signal physics — chroma shift and delay, scanlines, head-switching jitter, grain, ringing, vignette, hue and saturation. Save your own combinations as custom presets. EXPORT THAT KEEPS THE LOOK Export up to 4K with the analog effect written into every frame at full quality, with your original audio intact. What you preview is exactly what you get. FREE TO START Use three presets and standard export for free. Upgrade to Pro for all 11 presets, 4K export, no watermark, and every future preset included. WHY IT LOOKS RIGHT Most "VHS" apps paste a semi-transparent PNG over your video. Tapework instead reproduces the analog signal chain — luma/chroma separation, timing errors, tape noise and dropouts — so highlights bloom, colors bleed sideways, and the picture breathes the way real tape does. — Tapework Pro subscription details: • Tapework Pro (Annual) — auto-renewing subscription, $9.99/year • Tapework Pro (Lifetime) — one-time purchase, $19.99 Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://arturayupov.github.io/tapework-web/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://arturayupov.github.io/tapework-web/privacy.html

Screenshots

Scopework4 screens
Tapework4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tapework at Free against Scopework's $2.99. Tapework also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). Scopework's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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

Tapework is free to download; Scopework costs $2.99 up front. Tapework sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Scopework asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Scopework versus Tapework: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScopeworkTapework
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas PletsArtur Aiupov

In-app purchases

None

Scopework

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Tapework

Subscriptions1
  • Tapework Pro — Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tapework Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Scopework free?
Scopework costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tapework free?
Tapework is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scopework or Tapework have ads?
Neither Scopework nor Tapework shows ads.

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