Guerrilla Filmmaker vs Snow Effect Video
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guerrilla Filmmaker
This app provides advanced video recording capabilities for filmmakers and content creators. It offers manual control over focus, exposure, and white balance, with unique automation features for hands-free operation. Create custom aspect ratios and utilize gesture shortcuts for efficient workflow.
- Automated focus, exposure, white balance, and zoom
- Customizable aspect ratios
- Gesture shortcuts for quick control
- Manual focus and exposure controls
- Support for various video codecs and resolutions
- Focus peaking and false color tools
- External microphone support
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** Featured in App Store “Best New Apps” and “Make Great Videos” ** Guerrilla Filmmaker is the go-to video camera app used by professional and aspiring filmmakers, documentary makers, vloggers and anyone wanting to get the most out of the camera in their pocket. --- 5 STAR REVIEWS FOR GUERRILLA FILMMAKER --- "Love it, gotta have it" "The best, hands down, 4K video camera app!!!" "This app has some serious caliber... Automation is the most amazing part in this app." -- EXTENSIVE BUILT IN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS -- Guerrilla Filmmaker has features that no other video recording app has. We also designed the interface for quick control using touch gestures. To help you get the most out of Guerrilla Filmmaker, every feature is demonstrated through an extensive set of in-app instructional videos. --- ONE OF A KIND AUTOMATION FEATURES --- Guerrilla Filmmaker is the only video camera app that lets you automate any camera function (focus, exposure, white balance, zoom) so that you can plan your shot, playback your automation sequence and record hands free. Take full control by setting exact focus, exposure, white balance and zoom points and dial in the timing. Set up a pull focus sequence from one subject to another. Automate changing exposure as you track from indoors to outdoors. Create any automation sequence you can imagine. --- CREATE CUSTOM ASPECT RATIOS --- Use one of the built in aspect ratios including Moondog anamorphic or create your very own. Support for image flip, rotation and anamorphic squeeze to allow building aspect ratios for any custom external lens. --- GESTURE SHORTCUTS --- • Swipe to quickly change between focus, zoom, white balance and exposure • Long press to focus or expose at image point • Long press to bring up magnified inspection window for precise focus adjustment • Double tap to lock all functions to manual mode • Double tap to reset all functions to auto mode • Double tap to quickly zoom in to a predefined magnification • Swipe to remove interface elements for a clean viewfinder • Start recording right from the iOS home screen by long pressing the Guerrilla Filmmaker icon and selecting a preset setting --- VIDEO RECORDING FEATURES --- • More fine grained settings than any other video recorder app • Manual focus, exposure, white balance and zoom • Auto mode • 4K resolution (device dependent) • All device resolutions available • Video bit rates up to 150Mbps (device dependent) • 48.0kHz or 44.1kHz audio sample rate • Custom frame rates up to 240fps (device and resolution dependent) • Choose any frame rate, not just predefined frame rates • Built in aspect ratios (HD, 4:3, CinemaScope, Moondog lens, etc) • Custom aspect ratios (build your own) • Focus peaking tool • False color tool • ProRes, HEVC and H264 video codecs • Gray card calibration • Video stabilization • Support for external microphones • Headphone monitoring • Inbuilt microphone polar pattern selection • Audio meter --- CUSTOM PRESETS --- • Save your settings as a named preset • Add the preset as a home screen shortcut • Long press the Guerrilla Filmmaker app icon and select a preset shortcut to begin recording immediately from the home screen with the desired settings --- BEAUTIFUL FILM LIBRARY --- • Share your clips via AirDrop or lightning cable connected via Finder app • Share via iOS share-capable apps such as CapCut, Facebook, WhatsApp, iMovie etc • Playback with adjustable frame rate to view in slow motion or fast speed • Meta data displayed is read from the recorded file so you can be sure that what you have is what you expected --- FEEDBACK & SUPPORT --- If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know via in-app feedback or email us at feedback@guerrilla-apps.com Keep those feature requests coming and if you’re enjoying Guerrilla Filmmaker please consider leaving a review on the App Store.
Snow Effect Video
Add realistic snow effects to your videos and photos. Customize snowfall amount, crystal size, falling speed, and wind direction to create a wintery atmosphere. Save your creations as videos or still images.
- Add snow effects to videos
- Add snow effects to photos
- Customize snowfall amount
- Adjust crystal size and falling speed
- Control wind direction
- Save as video or photo
- Use existing camera roll media
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Snow falls on your videos and photos! This app gives a fantastic snow world to videos and photos. You can set the amount of snowfall, crystal size, falling speed, wind direction and so on freely. Adjusting the crystal size and falling speed etc. will dynamically change the atmosphere and reality. Let's enjoy the feeling of midwinter, ski resort and Christmas by this app. Give snow effects to videos taken with your device's camera or videos already stored on the camera roll. Snow effect corresponds not only to video but also to still images. You can also save still images from a video. [How to use] (1) Select Camera or Photo Library. (Camera icon on Toolbar) (2) If you select Camera, shoot a video or a photo with the device camera and select it. If you select Photo Library, select a video or a photo from the camera roll etc. (3) Use the following slider control to set the effect of snow. · Snowfall amount · Crystal size · Falling speed · Wind direction · Video frame image preview · Resolution of video and photo (4) Save and share as video and photo. (Save icon and share icon on toolbar)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Guerrilla Filmmaker at 85% against Snow Effect Video's 22%. Guerrilla Filmmaker also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). Snow Effect Video's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $8.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Guerrilla Filmmaker costs $8.99 and Snow Effect Video $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Guerrilla Filmmaker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guerrilla Filmmaker has 56 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Guerrilla Filmmaker's written reviews are positive against 22% of Snow Effect Video's.
Guerrilla Filmmaker ships an update every 2 months, Snow Effect Video every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guerrilla Filmmaker | Snow Effect Video |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (56 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guerrilla Apps Ltd | Masanori Katsuta |
Customer experience
Guerrilla Filmmaker
Snow Effect Video
In-app purchases
Guerrilla Filmmaker
No in-app purchases
Snow Effect Video
No in-app purchases
Questions
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