Comparison

FLIM vs SBOX Camera

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

Head to head
About

FLIM

Capture and share photos with friends using a unique disposable camera experience. Photos develop together at a set time, creating a shared surprise. Enjoy a private feed focused on genuine connections.

Highlights
  • Signature film look applied at capture
  • 12-hour photo development window
  • Shared rolls with up to 50 friends
  • Private photo feed
  • Reactions, comments, and mentions
  • Invite-only access
Features
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FLIM is a disposable camera you share with your friends. Start a roll for the birthday, the trip, the night out, and everyone shoots into it. Nobody sees a frame until the whole roll reveals at once, twelve hours after it started, not even the person who took it. The waiting is what makes the reveal worth showing up for. Shots you take for yourself land in your Darkroom right away. FLIM is invite-only. You join with a code from a friend, so everyone you meet here is someone a friend chose to let in. Real film feel. Every photo gets FLIM's film look baked in at capture: warm color, fine grain where film puts it, and the soft red glow real film gives a bright window or a streetlight. No filters. No sliders. One look, applied the moment you shoot, the same for everyone. Share a photo and it goes out with the orange date stamp burned in, as a print, a story, or the full frame. Every roll you are in is yours to save, all of it. Rolls for your people. Start a shared roll with up to 50 friends and shoot into it together. Everyone's photos land in the same place, and the whole roll develops at once. Trips, parties, nights out, all revealed together. Watch a roll fill up as its reveal gets closer, with a countdown on your lock screen, then play it back one shot at a time. Near-identical shots stack, a frame that came out black or blurred is marked so the call is yours, and once you have watched a reveal it stays watched on any phone you sign into. Join with an invite code, comment on each other's photos, react with emojis. When the reveal ends, start another with the same group in one tap; everyone gets an invitation they can decline. A roll's code even gets a friend who is not on FLIM yet in, with the roll ready to shoot into. Chapters. On the first of every month, the month you shared arrives on your page as a cover. It plays like a reveal, fifteen frames picked on your phone, and ends on the month in numbers: your most reacted shot, your biggest fan, the hour you shoot at. You decide which numbers other people see. Every past month is already there, and any month can be shared as a contact sheet. A feed that's yours. Follow friends, see what they post, react and comment. Your photographs are seen by the people who follow you, and nobody else. Mention someone with @ to bring them into it. FLIM is invite-only, so everyone you see is someone a friend chose to let in. The friend who invited you is named before you join, and you follow them from the start. Find friends by who you already know: people who follow you, people in your rolls, the people your inviter brought in. No public like counts. No algorithm deciding what you look at. No strangers. FEATURES • One film look, applied at capture, no post-processing • Twelve hour development window, with a roll's shots revealing together • Shared rolls with up to 50 members, joined by invite code • A reveal that plays your roll back one shot at a time, with a lock screen countdown • Chapters: every month you shared, as a playable recap with the month in numbers • Exports with the date stamp burned in: print, story, or full frame • A private feed from the people you follow, and friend suggestions that say why • Reactions, comments, and @mentions on photos and posts • Photo tagging you can edit any time, and you can untag yourself from anything • Blocking and reporting, reviewed within 24 hours • One daily notification rounding up what friends posted, instead of one per photo • Email sign-in with a one time code, invite only • Dynamic Type up to the largest accessibility sizes, VoiceOver labels throughout You need an invite to join. If you do not have a code yet, ask the friend who sent you here.

About

SBOX Camera

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SBOX Camera helps you capture photos and videos quickly, then add a natural look to everyday moments without complicated settings. A camera screen made for capturing Switch between photo and video in one place and keep the controls you need within easy reach. Natural live filters Preview a focused selection of filters for portraits, food, scenery, and daily life before you capture. Adjust the strength to create a look that still feels like your moment. Quick camera controls Change focus, front or rear camera, flash, photo ratio, grid, and timer from one compact quick menu. Supported devices save high-resolution photos and high-quality video. SBOX Gallery and photo editing View photos and videos captured with SBOX Camera inside the app. Zoom into photos, apply filters, rotate, and save your edits. Captures are also saved to your device photo library. Available cameras and filter features may vary by device. Unsupported controls are automatically hidden or disabled.

Screenshots

FLIM4 screens
SBOX Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FLIM at every 5 days against SBOX Camera's every 6 weeks. SBOX Camera's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FLIM ships an update every 5 days, SBOX Camera every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FLIM versus SBOX Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFLIMSBOX Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB56 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJeffrey FernandezSeungHyun Lim

In-app purchases

None

FLIM

No in-app purchases

None

SBOX Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FLIM free?
FLIM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SBOX Camera free?
SBOX Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FLIM or SBOX Camera have ads?
Neither FLIM nor SBOX Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FLIM or SBOX Camera?
FLIM ships an update every 5 days, and SBOX Camera every 6 weeks. Most recently, FLIM was updated on October 31, 2026 and SBOX Camera on October 31, 2026.

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