The Frame Camera vs KaleidoScope FilterCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Over 100 frame types
- Customizable frames
- Add filters & effects
- Dual/triple camera support
- 10x zoom
- Grid lines
- Instant capture
- Easy social sharing
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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
KaleidoScope FilterCam
Capture stunning photos with a unique kaleidoscope effect and 27 artistic filters. Adjust focus, exposure, and filter strength for personalized images. Save and share your creations instantly.
- Kaleidoscope filter
- 27 art filters
- Adjustable focus and exposure
- Filter strength adjustment
- Pinch-to-zoom
- High/medium/low resolution options
- Instant and timer shutter
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This app allows you to take photos using the kaleidoscope filter and 27 types of art filters. ・When launched, the demo screens of various filters are split into 4 screens and displayed. ・Tapping the numbers 1 to 4 on the navigation bar will display the demo screens of each filter. ・Tapping the small filter screen will launch the camera using that filter. You can see the scenery you normally see through the kaleidoscope filter as if you were looking through a kaleidoscope. Tapping the shutter will take a picture of the beautiful kaleidoscope screen at that time. The other functions of the 27 types of camera are as follows. ・You can determine the focus and exposure positions by tapping the preview screen. ・Two markers, one for focus and one for exposure, are displayed at the tapped position. ・The markers can be dragged to separate positions. ・Depending on the type of filter, parameters such as filter strength can be adjusted. ・Use the pinch gesture to zoom. ・You can select high, medium, or low resolution. ・You can select the back camera or the face camera. (Only for models with face cameras) -Instant shutter and 2-second timer shutter are available. -Photos taken are stored in the camera roll and within the app. -Displays a list of photos taken. -Approximately 60 filters can be used to process images, including brightness adjustment, contrast, blur, sharpening, sepia, monochrome, edge detection, sketch, etc. -Photos taken can be posted to Facebook and X. *** This app uses GPUImage (Copyright (c) 2012, Brad Larson, Ben Cochran, Hugues Lismonde, Keitaroh Kobayashi, Alaric Cole, Matthew Clark, Jacob Gundersen, Chris Williams. All rights reserved.) as an open source. [Caution] This app does not provide any warranty for any reason.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Frame Camera at Free against KaleidoScope FilterCam's $1.99. The Frame Camera also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). KaleidoScope FilterCam's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
The Frame Camera is free to download; KaleidoScope FilterCam costs $1.99 up front. The Frame Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. KaleidoScope FilterCam asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Frame Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Frame Camera has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Frame Camera ships an update every 4 months, KaleidoScope FilterCam every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Frame Camera | KaleidoScope FilterCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (15 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ratha Sou | HIROFUMI MARUO |
Customer experience
The Frame Camera
KaleidoScope FilterCam
In-app purchases
The Frame Camera
- Remove Ads$1.99
KaleidoScope FilterCam
No in-app purchases
Questions
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