Rainbow Video Effects vs StroboScope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rainbow Video Effects
Easily add vibrant, glowing rainbow effects and cinematic filters to short videos and photos. Create thousands of unique clips with editing and layering options, then export in various aspect ratios for social media and websites.
- Add glowing rainbow effects
- Apply cinematic light filters
- Edit and layer effects
- Supports photos and short videos
- Multiple export aspect ratios
- Unique filter library
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Rainbow Video Filters & FX for Making Colorful 30s Clips - Download free - Add glowing rainbow effects to photos or short videos (less than 30 seconds) - Ultra-simple workflow - quick & easy add filters to make your content pop! - Photo to video and video to video - 50 unique rainbow video filters you won't find anywhere else - Edit and layering options allow for 1,000's of unique clips! - Export in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1 with original audio or muted - for multi-media use - Create for websites, social media and marketplaces - Ad free In-App Purchases - 1 Day Pass - Unlimited watermark-free exports for 24 hours - Subscribe Monthly - Auto-renews. Unlimited exports for duration of subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
StroboScope
This app simulates strobe flashes and slits to create continuous photographic views of fast-moving objects. It can be used as an alternative to zoetropes and animation devices, and also allows for video recording. Adjust brightness and rotation speed to match the subject's movement.
- Continuous photographic view of fast motion
- Strobe flash and slit simulation
- Zoetrope and animation device alternative
- Video recording capability
- ISO and FPS control
- Adjustable brightness and rotation speed
- Exhibition mode with hidden controls
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StroboScopeは高速運動している物体を連続写真的に見せられるアプリです。ゾートロープやアニメーション装置のストロボフラッシュやスリットの代わりとして利用でき、ビデオ記録することもできます。 またISOやFPSの操作が可能。回転体・運動体に合わせて明るさや回転数を調整できます。二本指で画面を長押しすると全ボタンが非表示になり、展示モードに切り替わります。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rainbow Video Effects at Free against StroboScope's $4.99. Rainbow Video Effects also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 45 months) and review sentiment (63% vs 40%). StroboScope's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). 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
Rainbow Video Effects is free to download; StroboScope costs $4.99 up front. Rainbow Video Effects sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. StroboScope asks for nothing beyond the download.
StroboScope holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rainbow Video Effects has 82 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Rainbow Video Effects's written reviews are positive against 40% of StroboScope's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rainbow Video Effects ships an update every 2 months, StroboScope every 45 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Rainbow Video Effects | StroboScope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (82 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 45 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 252 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Love is All Around, LLC | Masayuki INOUE |
Customer experience
Rainbow Video Effects
StroboScope
Bugs and requests
Rainbow Video Effects
Reported bugs
38 issues- App doesn't work anymore
- Struggling to get it to work
- Many bugs
- Doesn't work
- Half of the app features aren't available
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- Doesn't even open 'art' features
- App quit working
- This app worked and now it doesn't
- Fix the bugs
- No longer working
- None of the art cards load
- Glitchy
- Can't get it to do anything
- Zero access to my camera roll
- Keeps coming up blank when attempting to add a photo
- So many glitches
- Filters got deleted
- App crashed when trying to save
- Crashes constantly
- App crashes every time I get close to finishing
- App crashing is worse now
- App is now totally rearranged and has things missing
- Crashes about 30-45 seconds after opening
- Beautiful App; Glitchy and Crashes
- Keeps shutting off
- Shuts off right in the middle of editing
- Buggy
- Can't scroll without it bugging out
- Doesn't pick up a lot of photos from camera roll
- App is totally bugged now
- If I try to use my own photo it immediately shuts down
- Still shuts down or won't even open
- Art doesn't load in certain categories
- Missing category issue
- Weird glitch
- App closes unexpectedly and project is lost
- Laggy and not very fluid
- App crashes due to editing photos
Requested features
7 requests- Update app to work on latest iOS
- Fix bugs and glitches
- Restore disappearing art options
- Allow full photo editing (not just squares)
- Add plain watercolor 'happy birthday' art pieces
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- Keep old art available
- Improve camera roll access
StroboScope
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rainbow Video Effects
- Subscribe Monthly$4.991 Month
- 1-Day Pass$0.99
- 3-Day Pass$1.99
StroboScope
No in-app purchases
Questions
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