Comparison

Excel Photoscape vs ShowMo

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

Head to head
About

Excel Photoscape

Enhance and edit your photos with a variety of effects, frames, and overlay images. This app allows you to crop, adjust, and apply special filters to images from your camera or gallery. Share your creations easily via email or social media.

Highlights
  • Apply photo effects and filters
  • Use overlay images with the camera
  • Crop and enhance photos
  • Add frames to images
  • Adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation
  • Share edited photos via social media
Features
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Excel Photoscape is a total collection of the photo effects that you want in your iOS device. It has lots of feature to edit , crop or enhance your photos from either camera or from your photo gallery. Excel Photoscape also provides list of the overlay images for camera. When you select any one of those, just set some one or any object with the overlay image and click the photo. The new overlay images are real fun. Share any of the images from email, Facebook or twitter. There is wide range of choices for frames to be imposed on images. Supporting all iOS versions from iOS 11.0. All iOS screen sizes and resolutions from iPhone to iPOD to iPAD. Features - Choose the overlay images to use with the camera. - Adjust the object with the overlay images. - Click the photo with the funny overlays. - Share the picture with email, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsAPP among friends. - Enhance photos like Exposure, Hue Adjust, Hi-Def. - Apply amazing effects on the gallery or camera images (e.g. RGBTone, DOT, MONO etc.) - Adjust Brightness , Contrast & Sturation - Special effects on camera.

About

ShowMo

Monitor your home and family with this interactive security system. It offers real-time video streaming, two-way audio, and instant motion alerts, ensuring you're always connected to your home.

Highlights
  • Real-time video streaming
  • Two-way audio communication
  • Video playback
  • Motion detection alerts
  • Color night vision
  • Wearable device support
Features
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The ShowMo App is an easy-to-use security system that safeguards your family through interactive home monitoring. Its advanced features include real-time video streaming, two-way audio, video playback, instant motion detection alerts, color night vision, and support for wearable devices. It covers your entire home, allowing you to stay informed about what’s happening at home around the clock. Licensed Application End User License Agreement:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Excel Photoscape4 screens
ShowMo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ShowMo at Free against Excel Photoscape's $1.99. ShowMo also leads on rating (3.3 vs 2.5) and review sentiment (33% vs 13%). Excel Photoscape's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 3). On update cadence, 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

ShowMo is free to download; Excel Photoscape costs $1.99 up front. Excel Photoscape sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and ShowMo sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShowMo holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Excel Photoscape has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Excel Photoscape's written reviews are positive against 33% of ShowMo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Excel Photoscape ships an update every 6 weeks, ShowMo monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Excel Photoscape versus ShowMo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExcel PhotoscapeShowMo
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (24 ratings)3.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB131 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHitesh RamoliyaPuwell Technology Inc.

Customer experience

Excel Photoscape

All ratings24 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative58.3%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative85.0%

ShowMo

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Excel Photoscape

One-time2
  • Save/Share Feature$1.99
  • All Frames/effects access$1.99
14 purchases

ShowMo

Subscriptions14
  • 7 days cycle 1 device1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • 7 days cycle 4 devices1 Month trial$6.991 Month
  • 30 days cycle 1 device1 Month trial$39.991 Year
Show 11 more
  • 7 days cycle 4 devices1 Month trial$69.991 Year
  • 30 days cycle 7 devices1 Month trial$179.991 Year
  • 30 days cycle 8 devices1 Month trial$199.991 Year
  • 30 days cycle 9 devices1 Month trial$219.991 Year
  • 30 days cycle 10 devices1 Month trial$239.991 Year
  • 30 days cycle 11 devices1 Month trial$259.991 Year
  • 30 days cycle 12 devices1 Month trial$279.991 Year
  • 30 days cycle 13 devices1 Month trial$299.991 Year
  • 30 days cycle 14 devices1 Month trial$319.991 Year
  • 30 days cycle 15 devices1 Month trial$339.991 Year
  • 30 days cycle 16 devices1 Month trial$359.991 Year

Questions

Is Excel Photoscape free?
Excel Photoscape costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is ShowMo free?
ShowMo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Excel Photoscape or ShowMo?
ShowMo is rated higher. Excel Photoscape averages 2.5 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while ShowMo averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Excel Photoscape or ShowMo have ads?
Neither Excel Photoscape nor ShowMo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Excel Photoscape or ShowMo?
Excel Photoscape ships an update every 6 weeks, and ShowMo monthly. Most recently, Excel Photoscape was updated on October 21, 2026 and ShowMo on October 11, 2026.

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