Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera vs PsyCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera
Transform your everyday scenes into a mesmerizing light show with real-time video effects. Explore elastic color and shape, and use the back camera for a funhouse mirror experience.
- Eight real-time video effects
- Elastic color and shape manipulation
- Transforms everyday scenes
- Funhouse mirror effect
- Back camera integration
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Turn your world—or any photo in your library—into surreal art in real time. Liquid Lens is a playful effects camera with 17 animated looks: liquid silver, shimmering soap film, a glowing wireframe that tracks your face, cosmic color, comic-book ink, VHS, glitch, pixel art, sketch, ghost trails, and more. Swipe between effects or search for one by name, then add left–right, top–bottom, four-way, kaleidoscope, or Droste symmetry—which spirals the frame into itself—plus animated warp. CREATE YOUR WAY • Use the front or back camera • Import photos from your library • Capture exactly what you see • Record video with sound or muted audio FREE TO EXPLORE • All 17 effects • Real-time, on-device rendering • No account, ads, or subscription • No data linked to you Saved photos include a small Liquid Lens mark. Video capture and watermark-free photos are available as separate one-time upgrades. Point. Swipe. Bend reality.
PsyCam
Record videos with unique camera filters and out-of-this-world vibrant colors. Enhance your footage with blur effects and apply audio effects that can be toggled on or off during recording. Supports front/back cameras, zoom, and flash.
- Fluorescent camera filters
- Audio effects for video
- Switchable filters during recording
- Front and back camera support
- Zoom and camera light functionality
- Photo and video recording
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Camera filters effects app with audio effect for video recording. Make impressive visuals with vibrant colours out of this world, blurt effects and huge audio effect. The audio effect can be switched on and off and is applied on the recorded videos. The app supports both front and back cameras, landscape and portrait mode, zoom and camera lights. There are 6 camera filter modes and you can change them while recording video. You can also switch the cameras and the audio effect while recording without interrupting the video. Both photo and video are supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera at Free against PsyCam's $2.99. Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (218 vs 1). PsyCam's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads 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
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera is free to download; PsyCam costs $2.99 up front. Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PsyCam asks for nothing beyond the download.
PsyCam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera has 218 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera ships an update every 6 weeks, PsyCam every 30 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera | PsyCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (218 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 218 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Miles Egan | SCANGINE |
Customer experience
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera
PsyCam
Bugs and requests
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera
Reported bugs
10 issues- App doesn't save videos
- App crashes constantly
- Won't film video in panorama
- Won't save videos over half the tries
- Video function is useless
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- App not compatible with older devices
- Video feature has no sound
- App doesn't let me take pictures from library
- Entering password doesn't work
- Won't allow user to pick own photo
Requested features
7 requests- Restore password button
- Fix video saving
- Add flash
- More controls for effects (speed, palettes)
- Allow microphone input for visualizer
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- Ability to record video with no effect
- Ability to record video with kaleidoscope feature
PsyCam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera
- Remove Watermark$1.99
- Enable Video Recording$1.99
PsyCam
No in-app purchases
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