SFX Movie Camera vs Glassy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SFX Movie Camera
Create videos with real-time special effects directly from your camera. Enhance scenes from buildings and landscapes, or use your photo library as a background. Share your creations instantly to social media or save them locally.
- Real-time special effects
- Use camera or library backgrounds
- Instant preview
- Adjustable brightness
- Share to social media
- Save to photo library
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"SFX Movie Camera" is an app that allows you to create videos with special effects just by shooting from your camera You can create great scenes from buildings and natural landscapes It will also let you play your preview in real time wihout the hassle of having to edit the video! You can use the camera's background as well as the movies backround saved in your photolibrary! Enjoy creating many cool videos! You can share your the videos Youtube, Facebook and Twitter Nevertheless you can also save them in your photo library! When you want to watch some fun videos just go to "everyone's video" and you will be able to watch to see other videos shared by everyone --------------------------------- Operation Manual (Camera) --------------------------------- - Recording camera will display after operning the app. Special effects will appear from this poing - If you want to switch the desired special effects just tap on the mode button located on the bottom right. It will switch to blue, white, black and green modes depending on the place being shoot - If you want to change the brightness just do a long tap on the place where you want to adjust the brightness. To undo just do it with a single tap. When you think you can get a good scene just tap on the shutter and it will start recording! --------------------------------- Operation Manual (Landscapes) --------------------------------- - To change the landscape by tapping on the button placed on the bottom left corner * Landscapes might change from time to time. For this please allow push notifications - To choose a video from your library go to the top right from the scroll view and tap on the "+" sign *after tapping on the "+" will take take a couple minutes. --------------------------------- Operation Manual(Shooting) --------------------------------- - For more adjusting/calibrating options tap on the top left button While looking at the preview adjust the settings of your preference by using the sliders --------------------------------- Operation Manual(After Shooting) --------------------------------- - After shooting, give the app few seconds to create the video - Video will be saved in your photo library after tapping on the byutton "Finish!" If you liked your video please don't forget to upload it to Facebook, Twitter or Youtube! --------------------------------- Operation Manual(General Settings) --------------------------------- - SNS Linking Settings - Location, Weather Information and Camera Mode Settings - Troubleshooting Manual - App Introduction - Official Site's Link etc
Glassy
Create stunning photo carousels, seamless panoramas, and animated collages. Enhance your images with translucent layers, real-time data stickers, and cross-slide elements for a dynamic visual experience. Offers a robust toolkit for various creative projects.
- Liquid Glass translucent layers
- Real data stickers (weather, workouts, music)
- Cross-slide image and text layers
- Motion export for Live Photos
- Object removal tool
- Comprehensive editing toolkit
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Glassy is a carousel maker for seamless carousels, photo dumps, and panorama posts. Photos become collages and scrolling videos that flow across every slide. • Liquid Glass: translucent layers with tint, blur, and depth, and the content underneath still shows through. • Real Data Stickers: with your permission, bring weather, workouts, routes, time, location, music, lyrics, and movie details into a design. • Cross-Slide Layers: run images, text, stickers, and frames across several slides for a seamless swipe. • Motion: preview and export while Live Photos and animated elements keep moving. • Erase and Remove: erase part of a photo, bring it back, or remove an unwanted object right on your iPhone, free. • A full toolkit: photos, text, widgets, stickers, frames, grids, drawings, gradients, and textures, starting from a template or a blank canvas. Make photo dumps, travel journals, lyric cards, workout recaps, mood boards, and posters. Free tools and materials cover everyday creation and still-image export. Anyone can add videos and Live Photos, and the first three motion exports are free with a small Glassy mark. Glassy Plus unlocks Plus templates, premium materials, and unlimited motion exports without the mark. Exporting a design that contains premium content also requires Plus. Terms of Use: Apple's standard end-user license agreement applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SFX Movie Camera at none against Glassy's 2. SFX Movie Camera also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). Glassy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 22 months). 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. Glassy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. SFX Movie Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SFX Movie Camera against 5.0 for Glassy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
SFX Movie Camera ships an update every 22 months, Glassy weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SFX Movie Camera | Glassy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 19.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Supersoftware | 伟滔 黄 |
Customer experience
SFX Movie Camera
Glassy
In-app purchases
SFX Movie Camera
No in-app purchases
Glassy
- Glassy Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- Glassy Plus Yearly$19.991 Year
Questions
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