Poloska vs CUBE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poloska
This app transforms your phone into a slit-scan camera, capturing continuous slices of time to create surreal and dynamic images. Explore motion, distortion, and unique visual effects to unleash your creativity in photography.
- Slit-scan photography
- Dynamic image creation
- Motion and distortion effects
- Horizontal and vertical scanning
- Creative photo manipulation
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Experience time in a whole new way! Poloska transforms your iPhone into a slit-scan camera, letting you take surreal and mesmerizing pictures like never before. Rather than taking a single snapshot, Poloska records continuous slices of time, creating dynamic images that reveal motion, distortion, and unique visual effects. Unleash your creativity and have fun with photography! How it works: - Slit-scan magic: Poloska captures hundreds of frames per second, extracting a narrow slice from each frame and merging them into one flowing image. The longer you shoot, the wider your final image will be. - Unleash your creativity: Capture images of stretched cars, melting landscapes, or warped portraits—your imagination is the limit. - Customizable viewport: Choose between horizontal or vertical scanning to shape your shot just the way you want. - Pro tip: For the best results, use a tripod to stabilize your shots and unlock even more incredible effects. Download Poloska today and start bending time with your photos!
CUBE
Create visually stunning videos and photos with unique, real-time effects inspired by popular movies. Apply motion trails, LiDAR-generated particles, and liquid metal transformations to your content. Easily customize and capture in Full HD.
- Motion Trail Effect
- LiDAR Scanning Effect
- Matrix Effect
- Liquid Metal Effect
- Real-time effect application
- Customizable effects
- Full HD video capture
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Motion Trail Effect: Inspired by "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners", CUBE copies the trail effect when David using the Sandevistan implant. LiDAR Scanning Effect: Sample real-time images and depth maps created by LiDAR Scanner to generate 3D particles (point clouds). Up to 3,000,000 points can be generated. Mixing the 3D particles with real-world scenes will make you feel like entering a surreal world. Matrix Effect: Inspired by Code Rain from the movie "The Matrix". This time, blue pill or red pill? Liquid Metal Effect: Take a trip back to 1991 and become the Terminator T-1000 of the movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" by James Cameron. CUBE is an app that combines the powerful capabilities of Metal and ARKit, allowing you to easily create fun videos and photos with real-time effects. Using CUBE, you can: - Instantly switch between effects - Apply effects to people, background or entire image - Customize effects with a range of options - Capture Full HD & High Bitrate Videos Body segmentation is only supported on iPhone XR/XS (A12) and above. LiDAR Scanning is supported on devices with LiDAR Scanner. Support for new features of iOS 16: - Enable HDR by default: HDR is enabled by default on devices running iOS 16, allowing photos and videos to have improved dynamic range. - Introduce 2K photo mode: Photos can be taken at a resolution of 2880 * 1620 for improved clarity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CUBE at 4.7 against Poloska's 4.1. CUBE also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 73%). Poloska's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (76 vs 16). On price, 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
Both are free to download. CUBE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Poloska asks for nothing beyond the download.
CUBE holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Poloska's written reviews are positive against 83% of CUBE's.
Poloska ships an update every 4 months, CUBE monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poloska | CUBE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (76 ratings) | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — 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 | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NIKITA SHANIN | 银凯 朱 |
Customer experience
Poloska
CUBE
In-app purchases
Poloska
No in-app purchases
CUBE
- Matrix Effect$1.99
- LiDAR Scanning Effect$1.99
- Liquid Metal Effect$1.99








