Comparison

ShotText vs MotionVideoCamera

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

Head to head
About

ShotText

Easily add text, shapes, and overlay effects to your photos. Customize colors, sizes, and rotation for a unique look. Share your creations directly to social media or save them to your device.

Highlights
  • Add text and shapes
  • Adjustable text/shape size
  • Customizable colors
  • Rotation for text/shapes
  • Overlay effects
  • Direct social sharing
Features
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ShotText is a photo editor that does everything on your iPhone. No accounts. No cloud uploads. No analytics. Your photos never leave your device. EVERYTHING IS ON-DEVICE Every filter, every AI feature, every export happens locally using Apple's Core Image, Vision, and Core ML frameworks. Edit in airplane mode if you want — it all just works. AI THAT RUNS OFFLINE • Background removal — one tap to isolate a person and drop in a new background • Auto-enhance — smart correction for exposure, color, and sharpness • Style transfer — turn any photo into Mosaic, Starry Night, Cuphead, Anime, Cartoon, or White Box style with adjustable intensity • Object erase — paint over what you want gone 38+ FILTERS IN 9 CATEGORIES Film looks (Noir, Chrome, Fade, Instant), 11 cinematic LUTs, art styles, lighting effects (Bloom, Gloom, Thermal, X-Ray), pencil sketch, tone mapping, and more — with a global intensity slider on every one. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU EXPECT • Crop with aspect ratio presets, rotation, and flip • Adjustments for brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, and sharpness • 73 stickers across 5 packs (emoji, hearts, suns, eyes, directions) • Editable text with font, color, background, and shadow controls • 8 overlay packs (grunge, colors, nature, patterns, wood, bubbles) • 6 vignette presets with start/end controls • PencilKit drawing with pressure-sensitive brushes and eraser EXPORT YOUR WAY HEIC, JPEG, or PNG with adjustable quality. One-tap export to a 9:16 Story format with a blurred background — perfect for Instagram, TikTok, or anywhere vertical. Saved photos go to your library and a dedicated "ShotText" album. DESIGNED FOR THE LONG SESSION • 20-level undo and redo • Long-press the canvas to compare before and after • Pick up exactly where you left off — sessions persist across app restarts • Optimized for iPad with a side-by-side editing layout • Haptic feedback on every action PRIVACY ShotText collects nothing. There are no servers, no accounts, no third-party SDKs. Read the full policy at turkdogan.dev/shottext/privacy.

About

MotionVideoCamera

Easily add captivating afterimage effects to your videos, whether recorded live or from your camera roll. Adjust the intensity and decay rate of the effect to create unique visuals. Save individual frames as still images or share your creations directly.

Highlights
  • Add afterimage effects to videos
  • Record video with afterimage effect
  • Load videos from camera roll
  • Adjust afterimage depth and decay
  • Save frames as still images
  • Share videos and photos
Features
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This is an app that can add “afterimage effect” to videos. It supports not only videos stored on smartphones but also video recording with cameras. Please enjoy watching TV programs and movie scenes with your smartphone and adding afterimages. You can save any frame as a still image. [Video source] - Camera shooting - Camera roll: Loading video [Settings] - Afterimage depth: Adjust with slider control - Afterimage decay rate: Adjust with slider control - Storage resolution: 20-100% of original resolution [output] - Save to camera roll: video, photo - Video and photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...

Screenshots

ShotText4 screens
MotionVideoCamera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ShotText at Free against MotionVideoCamera's $0.99. ShotText also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 50%). MotionVideoCamera's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#165 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

ShotText is free to download; MotionVideoCamera costs $0.99 up front. ShotText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MotionVideoCamera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShotText ships an update every 2 weeks, MotionVideoCamera every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
ShotText versus MotionVideoCamera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShotTextMotionVideoCamera
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#165 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTurkdogan TasdelenMasanori Katsuta

Customer experience

ShotText

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral13.6%
Negative13.6%

MotionVideoCamera

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ShotText

One-time1
  • ShotText Pro$5.99
None

MotionVideoCamera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShotText free?
ShotText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MotionVideoCamera free?
MotionVideoCamera costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShotText or MotionVideoCamera have ads?
Neither ShotText nor MotionVideoCamera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShotText or MotionVideoCamera?
ShotText ships an update every 2 weeks, and MotionVideoCamera every 11 days. Most recently, ShotText was updated on September 9, 2026 and MotionVideoCamera on September 20, 2026.

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