Comparison

Poloska vs p10trancer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Slit-scan photography
  • Dynamic image creation
  • Motion and distortion effects
  • Horizontal and vertical scanning
  • Creative photo manipulation
Features
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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!

About

p10trancer

This live video instrument for visual artists features nine independent video pads, two output channels with multiple transitions, and a six-effect rack per pad. It allows for real-time manipulation of video sources, including cameras and feedback loops, with a simulated NTSC pipeline for analog artifacts.

Highlights
  • Nine independent video pads
  • Two output channels with five master transitions
  • Six-effect rack per pad
  • Two independent pad-to-pad keyers
  • Simulated composite-NTSC pipeline
  • HDMI external display support
Features
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p10trancer is an iPad-native live video instrument for VJs and visual artists, inspired by the rich lineage of video mixers and samplers. Nine pads in a 3×3 grid, two output channels, a master fader, and effects you dial in by feel. Every gesture is performed live — there is no timeline, no track view, no beat grid. Plug in, hit a pad, see what happens. WHAT'S INSIDE • Nine independent video pads. Each pad can hold a video file, a still image, the iPad's front or back camera, a USB-C UVC camera (HDMI capture box, webcam), the keyer's composite output, or the master mix as a feedback source. • Two output channels with five master-mixer transitions: blur crossfade, linear swipe, star swipe, chroma key, luma key. A position fader sweeps between channels. • A six-effect rack on every pad: blur, internal feedback, chroma distortion, YUV phaser, luma phaser, edge enhance. Effects are bypassed by default — engage what you need. • Two independent pad-to-pad keyers, each with chroma or luma keying, threshold and softness. Keyers can chain (one keyer's foreground sources from another keyer) and self-feedback. • A simulated composite-NTSC pipeline. Frames are encoded into a simulated composite waveform with 4× horizontal oversampling, glitch effects mutate the encoded composite, and the result is decoded back. Chroma boost, HSync wobble, subcarrier drift, Y/C delay, dropouts, banded noise — every artifact is the kind of thing a real analog video processor produces, because it's produced by the same kind of operations. • HDMI external display through a DP-Alt-Mode USB-C dongle, switchable between HD 720p and NTSC 4:3. • Per-pad audio mixed through AVAudioEngine. Audio follows whichever channel its pad is routed to. Master output captures to MP4.

Screenshots

Poloska4 screens
p10trancer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: p10trancer at 5.0 against Poloska's 4.1. p10trancer also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Poloska's advantage is ratings volume (76 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

p10trancer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poloska has 76 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Poloska's written reviews are positive against 100% of p10trancer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poloska ships an update every 4 months, p10trancer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Poloska versus p10trancer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoloskap10trancer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (76 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings76 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNIKITA SHANINTristan Mayshark

Customer experience

Poloska

All ratings76 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral6.6%
Negative17.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%

p10trancer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Poloska

No in-app purchases

None

p10trancer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poloska free?
Poloska is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is p10trancer free?
p10trancer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Poloska or p10trancer?
p10trancer is rated higher. Poloska averages 4.1 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while p10trancer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Poloska or p10trancer have ads?
Neither Poloska nor p10trancer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Poloska or p10trancer?
Poloska ships an update every 4 months, and p10trancer every 9 days. Most recently, Poloska was updated on November 1, 2026 and p10trancer on October 31, 2026.

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