Fx Stencil vs CopyCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fx Stencil
Transform your photos into unique stencil art. Easily edit, customize colors, and apply gradients to create personalized designs for printing on various materials or sharing with loved ones.
- Create stencils from photos
- Edit and customize stencils
- Gradient stencil effects
- Save and share stencils
- Simple drawing tools
- Invert stencil option
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Fx Stencil lets you make a stencil from photo you takes or from your photo album.Very simple and quick. You can edit, share on facebook, save to your album or mail it to your friends and family. With a stencil you can use to print on the wall, clothes, fabric or make amazing gifts that imbued with your own personality. New features with version 3.3.0 - Support Dark mode - New Design UI for app - New core processing - More color for stencil - New Gradient stencil - Save your stencil - Share stencil to social networks and some action for stencil - Crop Image - Custom color - More tool - A simple drawing tools to help you edit image stencil. - Invert Stencil Wish you have fun with Fx Stencil. Sincerely!
CopyCam
Transform photos into stencils for live tracing. Overlay your chosen design onto your camera's viewfinder to guide your shots. The final image will not contain the stencil.
- Photo to stencil conversion
- Live camera overlay
- Adjustable stencil
- Stencil not in final image
- Privacy policy available
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The CopyCam app allows you to turn any photo into a stencil for further shooting. Simply upload any photo, adjust the stencil, and switch to shooting mode. The stencil will appear over your viewfinder. There will be no stencil on the final shots. Privacy Policy: https://stepanok.com/copycam/privacy-and-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fx Stencil at 4.5 against CopyCam's 3.3. Fx Stencil also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Fx Stencil sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and CopyCam sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fx Stencil holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fx Stencil has 1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fx Stencil ships an update every 2 months, CopyCam every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fx Stencil | CopyCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tien Le | Ivan Stepanok |
Customer experience
Fx Stencil
CopyCam
Bugs and requests
Fx Stencil
Reported bugs
4 issues- Only lets you do one stencil
- App closes when selecting photo
- Zooms in to one corner
- Doesn't display entire picture
Requested features
4 requests- Two-tone image options
- Ability to add more photos
- Bring back old invert option
- Allow access to photo albums
CopyCam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fx Stencil
- Remove Watermark$0.99
- Add Picker Color$0.99
- Gradient Stencil$0.99
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- Remove Advertisement$2.99
CopyCam
- Weekly$5.997 Days
- Lifetime$19.99
