MocaDeco vs Sparkle Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MocaDeco
Transform your photos with a vast array of creative tools. Apply dramatic filters, unique overlays, and artistic text to craft stunning visuals. Enhance your images with detailed adjustments and manual camera controls for professional-quality results.
- Over 200 overlays in 16 themes
- Over 140 unique filters in 12 themes
- 700+ artworks and 150+ fonts
- Advanced image adjustments (HSL, blur, vignette)
- Manual camera controls (exposure, ISO, white balance)
- Layer-based editing and project saving
- Blank canvas creation for social media
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You can be creative with MocaDeco! Apply dramatic filters, cool effects, add eye-catching typography and artworks to your photos. Overlays • Over 200 overlays in 16 themes. • Make your ordinary photos look like vintage film with our various overlays. • Add a variety of overlays to your images, including rainbows, skies, analog light leaks, grainy film textures and emotional bokeh light effects. Filters • Over 140 unique filters in 12 themes. • Capture poetic and surreal photos with our 12 digital infrared filters. • Deliver bold and striking messages with 21 duotone filters. Artworks & Fonts • Select from over 700 artworks & over 150 fonts. • Fill with glitter and different lovely textures, including gold foils, holographic gradients, marbles and more. • Adjust the font size, color, line height, letter spacing, alignment and more. • Make it stand out with drop shadows. Image Adjustments & More • Enhance the mood & atmosphere of your photos by applying colored vignettes. • Brightness, Contrast, Highlight, Shadow, Saturation, Fade, Temperature, Hue, Color Fringe, Prism, Sharpen, Grain. • The HSL tool gives you control to adjust the Hue, Saturation and Lightness of a specific color in the image. • Blur images to convey feelings and apply tilt-shift to panoramic shots to make them look like miniatures. • Crop to 18 different ratios, flip or rotate your photo. • Correct horizontal and vertical lines as well lens distortions. Camera • Manual controls such as exposure, ISO, shutter speed, and white balance. • Apply all filters in live camera mode, allowing you to see your final product before you even tap the shutter button. • Shoot like a pro using 5 photo composition guide. Layer and Project Based Editing • Rearrange the order by long-tapping and dragging to the desired position. • Lock or hide layers for easier editing. • Save your work as an editable projects. Blank Canvas • Choose from 21 sizes of blank canvases optimized for social media images. • Add various textures or custom colors. Don't forget tag your gorgeous edits on Instagram with #mocadeco Have any questions? Contact us. We welcome your feedback. Email us at support@mocadeco.com or visit www.mocadeco.com/support
Sparkle Cam
Enhance your photos and videos with real-time sparkling lens flares and glitter effects. Choose from various shapes, sizes, and colors to add a magical touch. You can also manually add or remove these effects and save your creations as photos or short videos.
- Real-time sparkling lens flares
- Add glitter objects to photos/videos
- Multiple shape options
- Adjustable size and color
- Load from photo album
- Save as mini video
- Manual object placement/removal
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Sparkle Cam adds sparkling lens flares in your camera in realtime. And you can also add glitter objects to your photos and videos in your photo album. You can take photos and videos with several kinds of stars which shine and sparkle everything. And, you can choose not only star shaped, but also snow, flower, tree and so on. In addition, you can add/remove objects where you want manually. Features: - Add a lot of sparkling lens flares in your camera. - Take photo and video with these sparkling lens flares. - Several kinds of shape you can choose. - Select sizes of sparking lens flares. - Select colors of sparking lens flares. - You can load photos or videos from your photo album with right bottom button. And you can save them after added stars. - You can save photo as 3 seconds mini video. - Zoom in and out with pinch gesture or swipe the zoom button. - Turn on flash. - Switch front and back camera. - Swipe screen to change the speed of sparkling - Switch high-resolution photo and standard photo with settings menu. - Choose square aspect ratio for photos and videos. Painting Tools: - Using "brush" icon at the right side, you can add glitter objects where you want. Tracing screen with a finger, objects are added. - Using "eraser" icon at the right side, you can remove glitter objects where you want. Tracing screen with a finger, objects are removed. And, you can also mask screen then any glitter objects will not be generated on the mask. - Using "Trash" icon, you can clear all objects and mask. Free Access: - Using realtime camera only. - 3 shapes. - All sizes. - All colors. Unlimited Access (with In-App charge): - Using photos and videos from the photo album in addition to realtime camera. - All shapes. - All sizes. - All colors.
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Verdict
MocaDeco and Sparkle Cam both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of MocaDeco's written reviews are positive against 19% of Sparkle Cam's. Sparkle Cam's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. MocaDeco sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Sparkle Cam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for MocaDeco against 4.3 for Sparkle Cam. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 470 and 457 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of MocaDeco's written reviews are positive against 19% of Sparkle Cam's.
MocaDeco ships an update every 3 weeks, Sparkle Cam every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | MocaDeco | Sparkle Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (470 ratings) — better | 4.3 (457 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better | 19.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 470 — better | 457 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 176 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seohyeon Lee | Tomohiko Sugimoto |
Customer experience
MocaDeco
Sparkle Cam
User reviews
MocaDeco
From 470 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Quick response to issues
- 💕 Love the app and have been using it for years
- ✨ Great filters and overlays
- 🎨 Allows for creative photo editing
- 📱 Easy to use and intuitive
Room to improve
- 🙄 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs after updates
- 🤔 Lack of advanced editing features
- 📏 Difficulty with precise positioning and scaling
- 🔒 Paid content locked behind paywall
Sparkle Cam
From 457 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Variety of sparkle shapes, sizes, and colors
- 🎥 High-quality video without degradation
- 📸 Real-time sparkle effects on camera
- ⚡ Simple and easy to use interface
- 💰 Affordable one-time purchase option
Room to improve
- 💸 Paywall required to save photos/videos
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- 📉 Video quality degradation after saving
- 🔧 Lack of user controls and customization
- 📱 Photos upload sideways/orientation issues
Bugs and requests
MocaDeco
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on launch
- Paid content not unlocking properly
- Filters and overlays not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add undo/redo functionality
- Implement landscape mode support
- Expand free content library
- Add masking/erase tools
- Improve organization and navigation
Sparkle Cam
Reported bugs
9 issues- Cannot save edited photos from gallery
- App crashes during video processing
- Save functionality fails despite paid upgrade
- Video glitches and lags after saving
- App freezes when processing
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- Photos load sideways/incorrect orientation
- Sparkle effect stops working after updates
- App crashes when editing videos
- Paid features don't work as advertised
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to move and place sparkles manually
- Adjustable sparkle speed control
- Adjustable video length control
- More sparkle shape options in free version
- Apply effects to existing photos from camera roll
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- Better help/tutorial documentation
- Animated sparkles instead of static ones
- Export to social media directly
In-app purchases
MocaDeco
- Vintage Label Deco Pack$0.99
- Botanic Garden Deco Pack$0.99
- Love Letters Deco Pack$0.99
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- Welcome Summer Deco Pack$0.99
- Halloween Party Deco Pack$0.99
- Season's Greetings Deco Pack$0.99
- Coffee & Tea Decorations$0.99
- Type Talk Deco Pack$0.99
- Sacred Geometry Deco Pack$0.99
- The Infrared Series$1.99
- MocaDeco Pro$9.99
Sparkle Cam
- Unlimited Access$0.99
Questions
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