Emotiface vs GATE CAM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emotiface
Transform your photos into hilarious comics with animated effects and speech bubbles. Express your emotions in a fun, automatic way and share your creations with friends. It's an easy and entertaining way to make original selfies.
- Automatic animated effects
- Speech bubble customization
- Multiple feeling effects
- Photo import and editing
- Instant funny picture creation
- Preview effects before capture
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Emotiface turns your photos into funny comics that will make you laugh like crazy! Taking original and cool selfies has never been so easy and fun. Using face detection, Emotiface makes it easy to add animated effects and speech bubbles with the tap of a button. Through the use of custom made art and funny animations, the effects were created to let you express what you feel in the most original way. Whether you are in love, feeling creative, sleepy, confused, bored, or maybe mad at someone, Emotiface has something for you. You can share the Emotiface photos you create with your friends instead of emojis. Unlike “photo editor” apps, which require many steps to create a cool photo, the whole process with Emotiface is automatic. Just pick how you are feeling in this moment, and the app will take care of the rest. Emotiface makes creating cool comic photos as simple as taking a regular photo. You just need to share your photo with your friends. Features: - Take funny pictures of you or your friends instantly! - Preview the effects even before you take your picture! - Effects are previewed with cool and funny animations. We dare you not to laugh!! - Sixteen original feeling effects: Cool, Love, Hungry, Music, Angel, Creative, Geek, Sleepy, Sick, Confused, Crying, Bored, Stressed, Angry, Sports Fan and SportsFan+! - Effects are applied automatically. - Hand selected emojis and phrases to go with each effect. - Speech bubbles are automatically inserted and oriented towards your mouth. - Choose your own bubble shape: Regular, Shouting, Cool, Dreaming... - Write your own phrases in the bubble. - Use a funny phrase from the suggested phrases menu. - Fully customize your speech bubble with fonts and font colors. - Insert photos from your Photo Album in the speech bubble. - Import photos from your library and apply effects to them. - Share on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and more. Emotiface - Let the world know how you feel!
GATE CAM
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GATE CAM is a cinema camera app that takes you from Open Gate capture to color grading, frame finishing, and social-ready export — all on iPhone. Requires iPhone 15 Pro or later Pro models (Apple Log capable). Not available on other iPhone models or iPad. Don't stop at just recording and saving. Shape the color, texture, and space of a single shot or a whole set of clips, and finish them into complete films right on your iPhone. Record in 4:3 Open Gate, using more of the sensor. Keep a wider view and more room than regular video, and capture the whole feel of the moment. Record in ProRes with Apple Log to keep the tonal range, so you can build your own look after the shoot. SLOW capture is built in. Match a 24 / 25 / 30 fps playback base and shoot SLOW at up to 60 fps. Everyday motion becomes cinematic and dramatic in slow motion. ■ FEATURES ▶ Shoot wide with Open Gate Record in 4:3 Open Gate. Use more of the sensor and fill the frame edge to edge. Keep people, light, background, and the sense of space in a single shot. ProRes and Apple Log keep the tonal range, so you can shape the color afterward. ▶ SLOW capture Supports 24 / 25 / 30 fps playback bases. Shoot SLOW at up to 60 fps, matched to the base you choose. Clips play back in slow motion automatically inside GATE CAM. Turn small everyday moments into cinematic, dramatic shots. (Free: up to 10 takes. Unlimited with GATE CAM+.) ▶ From capture to finish in CLIPS Your footage is saved to CLIPS inside GATE CAM. Spot SLOW and graded clips at a glance, then review, pick, and finish right after shooting. Rotate footage inside CLIPS. Export only the finished pieces to your Camera Roll. Raw footage and finished work stay separate, so your Camera Roll doesn't fill up while you work. ▶ Turn Log into your look Choose a Base LUT and a Creative LUT, then adjust exposure, highlights, shadows, contrast, temperature, tint, and saturation. Add Mist, Grain, Fade, and vignette to take plain footage to the color you want to show. ▶ Keep your go-to look Save the grade for each clip. Store the settings you use most as presets and get the same mood every time. ▶ One look across many clips Pick two or more clips and match their color and frames to finish them together. Give the cuts from a trip or a vlog the same tone in one pass. (Exporting them together requires GATE CAM+.) ▶ Finish like a piece of work Frames with metadata, rounded corners, still capture, and video export — all inside GATE CAM. Turn your footage from a plain file into a still or a clip you want to share. ■ SUPPORTED FEATURES ・4:3 Open Gate capture ・ProRes recording (LT / 422 / HQ) ・Apple Log capture ・SLOW capture (1.5x / 2x / 2.5x) ・LUT preview ・Histogram ・EV / WB / SS / ISO controls ・Lens switching ・Base LUT / Creative LUT ・Mist / Grain / Fade / Vignette ・Grade saving / Preset saving ・Rotate footage in CLIPS ・Finish multiple clips together ・Frames / Metadata display ・Video export / Still capture ・Standard HEVC 8-bit export ■ GATE CAM+ (ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION) Capture, grading, and frame finishing are free. GATE CAM+ adds: ・Unlimited SLOW capture (free: up to 10 takes) ・ProRes 422 / HQ recording (free: ProRes LT) ・Recording to an external SSD ・Saving directly to your Camera Roll ・Exporting multiple clips together ・Unlimited presets ・Frame export without the logo ・High-quality export (HEVC 10-bit, 50 Mbps) - Available features vary by device, lens, resolution, and selected format. - For iPhone 15 Pro or later Pro models (Apple Log capable) only. - On iPhone 18 Pro (iOS 27), recording ProRes to the iPhone requires reserving Pro Video Storage in iPhone Settings (GATE CAM guides you). Not needed when recording to an external SSD.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emotiface at none against GATE CAM's 1. Emotiface also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. GATE CAM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Emotiface asks for nothing beyond the download.
Emotiface ships an update every 3 weeks, GATE CAM every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emotiface | GATE CAM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Samir Shaker | Takayuki Aoki |
In-app purchases
Emotiface
No in-app purchases
GATE CAM
- Gate Cam+$9.99









