Comparison

Scopework vs (d)effect

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

(d)effect

This camera app applies unique, real-time visual effects directly to your photos and videos as you capture them. It offers a variety of artistic filters, allowing for live previews and immediate saving without any post-processing steps. All processing is done on-device, ensuring your content remains private.

Highlights
  • Live filter rendering on viewfinder
  • Real-time photo and video capture
  • Stackable and adjustable filters
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Variety of unique artistic filters
  • Random effect generation
Features
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(d)effect is a camera that shows you the effect before you take the shot. Every filter renders live on the viewfinder at full frame rate — no preview, no "apply" step, no waiting. What you frame is what gets saved. THE FILTERS • Riso Print — RGB plate misregistration and grain, like a badly aligned risograph • Dither — 4×4 Bayer ordered dithering, the look of a 1-bit screen • ASCII — the frame rebuilt from coloured glyphs on black • False Color — channel crushing and hue cycling • Halation — the bloom that film gets around highlights • Posterize — hard tonal banding • Exclusion — a solid hue blended straight through the image • Low Res — chunky pixellation that scales with the shot • Slow Shutter — a real exposure change on the camera, so the motion blur is genuine rather than faked Stack them. Adjust contrast, brightness and saturation on anything. Hit Random when you want the machine to decide. PHOTO AND VIDEO Shoot stills or record video with the same effects, with audio, in 4:5. What the viewfinder showed is what lands in your library — filters that are sized in pixels scale with the image, so the saved file matches the preview. YOUR SHOTS STAY YOURS Everything is processed on your iPhone using Metal and Core Image. Nothing is uploaded, stored on a server, or looked at by anyone. There is no cloud gallery and no server-side processing — captures go straight to your own Photos library, into a "(d)effect" album the in-app gallery reads back. We hold one piece of personal data: the email address attached to your sign-in. You can delete your account, and it, from inside the app. — (d)effect is free while in active development — every filter unlocked, no ads, no subscription. If something breaks, tell us at support@d-effect.com and we'll fix it.

Screenshots

Scopework4 screens
(d)effect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scopework at 100% against (d)effect's 0%. Scopework also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). (d)effect's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

(d)effect is free to download; Scopework costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scopework holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Scopework's written reviews are positive against 0% of (d)effect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scopework ships an update weekly, (d)effect every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Scopework versus (d)effect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScopework(d)effect
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#195 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas PletsJoao Campagnolo

Customer experience

Scopework

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

(d)effect

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scopework

No in-app purchases

None

(d)effect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scopework free?
Scopework costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is (d)effect free?
(d)effect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scopework or (d)effect?
Scopework is rated higher. Scopework averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while (d)effect averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Scopework or (d)effect have ads?
Neither Scopework nor (d)effect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scopework or (d)effect?
Scopework ships an update weekly, and (d)effect every 2 weeks. Most recently, Scopework was updated on October 2, 2026 and (d)effect on October 2, 2026.

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