Bricolage vs Depth Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bricolage
Create professional visual effects for photos and videos using a node-based compositing system. Chain over 150 effects to achieve unique looks, from subtle color correction to complex distortions and animations. Supports HD video processing and real-time playback.
- Node-based compositing
- Over 150 effects
- Video and photo processing
- Real-time playback
- Customizable templates
- Face recognition integration
- Bezier curve shape cutting
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Bricolage is a powerful special-effects toolbox for tricking out your photos and movies like the Hollywood pros do. Pipe your video through a chain of basic effects, each processing the picture in a different way. With over 150 to choose from it is easy to create completely unique looks and effects. And now its mature 3DTV tools shine with the perfect stereo of the Vision Pro. Mix multiple images and animate special effects to give your videos the finishing touches they need, from subtle regional color correction or exposure adjustment, to wild cartoon colors or funhouse-mirror distortions. Just bring in a video (or photo!) and drop effects between the input and the output. Bricolage takes advantage of the powerful graphics hardware in your iPad or iPhone to deliver smooth playback and responsive controls. You can even zoom into your video while it's playing. And when you've built a great effect, you can save it for reuse with other projects. Bricolage uses the industry-standard technique known as 'node-based compositing' to build complex effects from a chain of simple building blocks. You'll combine different layers using photoshop-style blending modes or black & white masks. Make different versions of an image and combine them back together to blur or darken the edges of an image, or selectively recolor the sky or ground. Use animated transitions to switch video streams or overlay text and graphics. Cut out shapes from pictures using Bezier curves. Apply image distortions and move them around the video, or use Apple's Face Recognition technology to mark or cover faces detected in your video. Place, scale and animate video overlays or shapes and gradients. Process your shots to look like a desert, or add film grain and a vintage photo process. You can even add titles or overlay time code on your movies. Bricolage uses custom Metal programs to process HD video in real time directly on the graphics processor. If you have an older device, don't worry, Bricolage offers half- and quarter-resolution 'proxy' modes, so you can get a preview of most effects with responsive controls even at HD, while still producing a full-resolution movie. Despite its great power, Bricolage is quite simple to use. Just build a chain of effects for your images to flow through from the inputs to the output. Drag effect nodes to 'kiss' the output of one to the input of another to form a connection. Or press and hold a link to insert a new node in the middle. With a zooming, scrolling canvas, you can organize your flows the way you like. Immediate feedback in the nodes makes it easy to experiment, while the full-screen node editor lets you perfect a single effect with enhanced tools. Features: Process still images or videos, pick stills from video Combined preview and node editing lets you create with live feedback Pre-built templates to make advanced effects easy to give you a head start on your own awesome creations. Save your node flows as templates and import them into other projects Built-in help with inline descriptions of nodes and their parameters Infinite undos, and for the indecisive, re-dos. Playback proxies at reduced resolution for more responsive editing on older devices Zoom and pan photos and videos, even while playing Multiple output resolutions Over 127 standard Core Image Effects Many more custom effects including: Map Generator Path Move Recolor Tilt Shift Edge Outlines Lens Distortion 360° Spherical VR Unwrap Stipple Semantic Segmentation Node Saliency Detector Bricks pattern Radial Grid Four-Up node ASCII Art Green Screen Remover* Fractal Noise* Film Grain* Text* Face Mask Relative Crop Fade Over Switcher Multi-mixer Color Bands Depth Key, Fog, Mix, Blur HSL/YUV/HWB Convert Time Code Overlay Red-Blue and Split-Screen Stereoscopic composite Primary, Secondary, 3D LUT Color Correction Flipbook/Sprite Atlas player *Fully functional effect, in-app purchase removes watermark
Depth Cam
Capture photos with real-time depth previews on compatible devices. Edit depth maps with professional tools, including cropping, rotation, and face detection. Visualize depth data in 3D.
- Capture photos with Depth API
- Real-time depth preview
- Edit raw depth data
- Import/Export depth data
- Face Detection
- 3D depth viewer
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DepthCam is the ultimate camera for capturing depth. See the real-time preview of depth as you capture photos (for compatible devices). DepthCam includes a suite of professional tools for editing depth maps. Load any Portrait Mode photo and view/edit the depth data. You can crop and rotate your photos while keeping the depth data perfectly aligned. With the new Face Detection, you can create a depth map for any photo. Includes 3D viewer of depth data. Features - Capture photos with the Depth API - Real-time preview of depth - Edit raw depth data - Import/Export depth data - Face Detection Even if you don't have a two camera device, you can still load and edit photos with depth data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bricolage at 3.6 against Depth Cam's 2.9. Bricolage also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 29%). Depth Cam's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Bricolage costs $6.99 and Depth Cam $4.99 up front. Bricolage sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Depth Cam asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bricolage holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Bricolage's written reviews are positive against 29% of Depth Cam's.
Bricolage ships an update every 4 months, Depth Cam every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Bricolage | Depth Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (16 ratings) — better | 2.9 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PixelSplincher | James Grote |
Customer experience
Bricolage
Depth Cam
In-app purchases
Bricolage
- Noise Pack$0.99
- Greenscreen Remover$1.99
- Shapes$1.99
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- Cutouts$1.99
- Title Pack$1.99
Depth Cam
No in-app purchases









