Comparison

Record Spinner vs AaronCam

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

Head to head
About

Record Spinner

Features
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Record Spinner allows you to easily create videos to help promote your music on social platforms! Add artwork, add background videos and add beat/frequency driven visualizations. Features: - Highly customizable artwork spinner and bouncer. Including rotation speed, disc size, placement and more - Turn artwork into vinyl with tons of customizations - Add filters to your background videos - Add visualizations like scrolling wavelength, spectrum bars, grid pulse and much more - Visualizations have many color presets and are fully customizable - Export for common social media sizes - Explore safe area's for each social media site to ensure elements will be properly seen This is all free and for the music community. No in-app purchases. Use this to promote your releases and new music easily and quickly. Also available on the macOS store, which has additional features like managing DJ mixes.

About

AaronCam

This app transforms your iPhone into a vintage analog video camera, replicating the distinct visual effects of late 70s and early 80s technology. Capture footage with authentic light trails and unique damage streaks, all processed directly on your device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Simulates analog videotube camera physics
  • Recreates light trails
  • Adds purple damage streaks
  • On-device processing
  • Privacy-focused, no uploads
Features
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AaronCam turns your iPhone into a late 70's / early 80's analog videotube camera by faithfully modeling the physics of this old technology. Capture video with those gorgeous light trails and weird purple damage streaks you have seen on archival footage or may even remember from your childhood. The app runs its camera processing on device. Videos and audio are not uploaded to Aanalog servers.

Screenshots

Record Spinner4 screens
AaronCam3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AaronCam at weekly against Record Spinner's fortnightly. AaronCam also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Record Spinner's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Record Spinner ships an update fortnightly, AaronCam weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Record Spinner versus AaronCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecord SpinnerAaronCam
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSean WilsonAanalog

In-app purchases

None

Record Spinner

No in-app purchases

None

AaronCam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Record Spinner free?
Record Spinner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AaronCam free?
AaronCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Record Spinner or AaronCam have ads?
Neither Record Spinner nor AaronCam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Record Spinner or AaronCam?
Record Spinner ships an update fortnightly, and AaronCam weekly. Most recently, Record Spinner was updated on September 10, 2026 and AaronCam on September 15, 2026.

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