Comparison

CRT Camera vs taeppl.mov

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

Head to head
About

CRT Camera

Features
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Photograph CRT televisions and monitors with fewer refresh bands. CRT Camera is an iPhone camera built specifically for CRT displays. Match the shutter duration to 50 Hz or 60 Hz, watch the result in the live preview, and fine-tune the exposure before you shoot. FEATURES • 50 Hz and 60 Hz presets • Live fine-tuning with slider and step controls • Shows the shutter duration actually applied by the camera hardware • Clear Confirmed, Approximate, and Adjusted status labels • Portrait and landscape capture • Review, save, or retake after every shot • HEIC and JPEG output • On-device processing CRT Camera helps reduce the dark bands and refresh artifacts that often appear when photographing retro televisions, arcade monitors, and other CRT screens. Results depend on the display, signal, lighting, and camera hardware, so artifacts may not disappear completely. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos stay on your iPhone. There are no accounts, ads, tracking, uploads, watermarks, or capture limits

About

taeppl.mov

This app simulates the experience of using a vintage camcorder, applying real-time tape degradation effects like tracking artifacts and wobble. It offers a unique recording method where new footage overwrites old, mimicking the constraints of physical tape.

Highlights
  • Real-time tape degradation effects
  • Tracking artifacts and wobble simulation
  • CRT playback mode
  • Overwrite recording functionality
  • Fixed recording length limits
  • No traditional editing features
Features
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taeppl.mov isn't a filter. It's a camcorder. Every recording runs through live tape-era degradation — tracking artifacts, wobble, and signal drift, happening as you shoot, not applied after the fact. Play it back through the CRT mode and it looks like it's coming off an old television, not off your phone. There's no traditional editing — no trimming, no cutting, no rearranging clips. But you can do what a real camcorder always let you do: rewind into the middle of a take and record right over it. Drop a 10-second clip into the middle of a minute-long recording and it overwrites what was there, tape-style — no undo, no safety net, just the next take living where the old one used to be. Every recording has a hard length limit, like a real tape running out. When it's done, it's done — no infinite scroll, no bottomless camera roll, just a tape that ends. taeppl.mov is the video sibling to taeppl.wav — same honesty, same constraints, same belief that limitations make something feel like a real memory instead of just more footage. Record. Overwrite. Let it be a tape.

Screenshots

CRT Camera4 screens
taeppl.mov4 screens

Verdict

The call

CRT Camera and taeppl.mov are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CRT Camera against 5.0 for taeppl.mov. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
CRT Camera versus taeppl.mov: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCRT Camerataeppl.mov
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJAVIER LUDENA MONTESAUSTIN JAMES STOUT

In-app purchases

None

CRT Camera

No in-app purchases

None

taeppl.mov

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CRT Camera free?
CRT Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is taeppl.mov free?
taeppl.mov is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CRT Camera or taeppl.mov?
CRT Camera and taeppl.mov are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do CRT Camera or taeppl.mov have ads?
Neither CRT Camera nor taeppl.mov shows ads.

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