Comparison

The Frame Camera vs Crowbox

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

Head to head
About

The Frame Camera

Enhance your photos with a wide variety of frames and effects. Customize frame transparency, hue, and brightness. Supports dual and triple cameras with zoom functionality.

Highlights
  • Over 100 frame types
  • Customizable frames
  • Add filters & effects
  • Dual/triple camera support
  • 10x zoom
  • Grid lines
  • Instant capture
  • Easy social sharing
Features
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Now you can capture your photo with fun, elegant, attractive and amazing. The Frame Camera got all beautiful frames for capture the moment. FEATURES: • Over 100 frames with types: General, Antique, Fame, Fun, Heart, Flower, Kid, Christmas, Halloween, Diamond and Gold • Use your own custom frames • Customizable frame transparent, hue color, saturation, and brightness • Add filters & effects on your photo • Supoort dual and triple camera lens devices • Zoomable on both front and rear camera up to 10x • Center your photo with grid line • Instantly capture with touch to capture • Easy sharing to social network

About

Crowbox

Easily share your photos directly to friends' iPhones without uploading to the cloud. Control the slideshow experience while others view on their own devices, perfect for sharing moments without cluttering their phones or requiring internet access.

Highlights
  • Show photos on others' iPhones
  • Direct device-to-device sharing
  • No internet or cloud required
  • User controls the slideshow
  • No account or login needed
  • Safe and secure photo sharing
Features
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You have some photos to show. You're all together - appropriately distanced of course. Crowbox lets you show YOUR photos on THEIR iPhones. You control the show - but they see it on their devices. So obvious, and easy, and smooth. Like an old-fashioned slideshow, except everyone has their own personal screen. You show your pics, they watch. Crow your photos with Crowbox! That was an amazing meal/hike/moose/sunset! Now you’re socializing with a few of your friend and you want to show them! You could hand them your phone (Yuck, nooooo!) and tell them to swipe left, hoping they don’t swipe right. You could send them all the photos, but they don’t really want to clutter up their device with your pics. You could send them all to social media, but Morgan doesn’t have an account, and you don't really want Pat to see them. Nothing else works like Crowbox! Did we mention that Crowbox is completely safe and secure! YOUR photos play directly on THEIR screens - there is no server, or cloud. And that means it works anywhere you have a group of iOS devices together - a driveway, a park, a mountaintop, a restaurant. No internet required. No account required. No wifi router required. No username and password required. Start Crowing!

Screenshots

The Frame Camera4 screens
Crowbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crowbox at 5.0 against The Frame Camera's 3.9. Crowbox also leads on ads (none vs shown). The Frame Camera's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 22 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. The Frame Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Crowbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crowbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 15 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Frame Camera ships an update every 4 months, Crowbox every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The Frame Camera versus Crowbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Frame CameraCrowbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (15 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1515
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 22 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRatha SouCyan, Inc

Customer experience

The Frame Camera

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Crowbox

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Frame Camera

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
1 purchases

Crowbox

One-time1
  • Album option$1.99

Questions

Is The Frame Camera free?
The Frame Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crowbox free?
Crowbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Frame Camera or Crowbox?
Crowbox is rated higher. The Frame Camera averages 3.9 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Crowbox averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do The Frame Camera or Crowbox have ads?
The Frame Camera shows ads; Crowbox does not.
Which is updated more often, The Frame Camera or Crowbox?
The Frame Camera ships an update every 4 months, and Crowbox every 22 months. Most recently, The Frame Camera was updated on November 1, 2026 and Crowbox on November 3, 2026.

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