Comparison

MoonCatcher vs Wide Conversion Lens

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

Head to head
About

MoonCatcher

Capture stunning images of the moon with advanced focus and zoom capabilities. Offers both automatic and manual modes for precise control over exposure, ISO, and white balance. Ideal for aspiring astrophotographers.

Highlights
  • Easy moon photography
  • Advanced zoom (40x)
  • Automatic focus adjustment
  • Manual focus control
  • Adjustable ISO/shutter speed
  • Multiple exposure modes
  • Night scene enhancements
Features
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This is an app that allows you to easily photograph the moon at night, including its pattern. You can also zoom easily. Usage is simple. (A) Tap the moon from the menu and tap the closest moon shape among the three. (B) Point the camera at the moon and zoom. (C) Release the shutter without moving the smartphone (tripod recommended). The shutter will fire several times, so don't let it slide until the end. If you cannot take any of the photos with the moon in focus, you can try "changing the center of focus" as many times as you like below. Tap the manual mode button (second button from the bottom right) to enter manual mode, where you can manually set focus, ISO/shutter speed, white balance, and multiple exposure parameters. ------------------------- The features of this app are (1) Fully automatic function - If you select "Moon", the exposure will be automatically darkened in response to the bright moon in the night sky, and the focus will be adjusted to the distance. Since it fires continuously while changing the focus multiple times, you can choose the best result among them. (The number of consecutive shots and the center of focus can be changed with the slider) *"Change the focus center": Tap "Moon" on the shooting screen to display the moon shape selection segment, the number of consecutive shots slider, and the focus center slider. Now you can change each value. Because the moon is far away, it is difficult to focus when zoomed in. Therefore, if you take pictures while changing the focus little by little, you can expect the moon to be in focus at some point. The focus range is from 0 (nearby) to 1 (far), but in reality, the focus is shifted by 1/5 when shooting. For example, 0.7 to 0.9 (0.8 in the center). By changing the center of focus, you can shift the focus within any range and fire continuously. - There are two types of night views. ・"Night Scene 1" brightens a dark night scene by one level. ・“Night Scene 2” brightens the image one step brighter than “Night Scene 1”. It fires continuously while changing the brightness 4 times. - If you select "HDR", multiple consecutive images with different exposures will be combined to create a pseudo-large dynamic range.  Multiple exposure 3 times. (2) Full manual function You can take photos by manually setting the focal length, exposure, white balance, photo composition method, and number of photos. ・Tap "Focus", "ISO/SS", and "WB" to select auto or manual. 
 ・Tap "Multiple Exposure" to select the multiple exposure composition method and set the number of composite images (up to 100). The synthesis methods are as following. Bright: Screen composit (Screen Blend) Normal: Comparison(light) composition (Lighten Blend) Dark: Comparison (dark) composition (Darken Blend) HDR: Special composition (Special Blend) (3) Other camera functions ・Zoom function: Achieving a zoom ratio of 40 time ・A camera position: The LCD screen side or the back camera is selectable. ・Focus position specification ・Mesh display ・Aspect selection ・Deviation correction selection (4) Filter function just after the photography To display the photograph just after photography and the following filtering are possible by slider operation. ・Purity (sharpness) ・Comparison degree (contrast) ・Luminosity (exposure) ・Display list function The photos taken in this app is stored in the camera roll and in app itself too and you can see the list of them with the shooting date and time information. ・Image processing function When you tap the image on the list, it displays the list of filters for image processing. It has about 70 filters such as 'Brightness','Contrast','Blur','Sharpening','Sepia','Monochrome','Edge detection','Sketch' and so on. *** This app include the following open sources. - GPUImage (Copyright (c) 2012, Brad Larson, Ben Cochran, Hugues Lismonde, Keitaroh Kobayashi, Alaric Cole, Matthew Clark, Jacob Gundersen, Chris Williams. All rights reserved.)

About

Wide Conversion Lens

Apply a wide-angle lens effect to your videos and photos, adjusting the distortion to your liking. You can capture new content with your device's camera or edit existing media from your camera roll. The app allows for touch-based control of the distortion center and offers various output and sharing options.

Highlights
  • Wide-angle effect adjustment
  • Touch to change distortion center
  • Camera shooting (video/photo)
  • Load from Camera Roll
  • Aspect ratio setting
  • Save and share media
Features
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It is an app that can edit videos and photos as if shot with a wide-conversion lens camera. The size of the wide-angle effect is adjustable. It supports not only videos and photos stored on your smartphone, but also cameras. [Material] - Camera shooting: video, photo - Camera Roll: Load video and photos [Settings] - Wide-angle effect setting - Aspect ratio setting - Storage resolution: 20 to 100% of the original resolution [Touch operation] Touch on the screen image to change the center position for wide angle. The further away from the center of the image, the greater the image distortion. [Output] - Save to Camera Roll: Video, Photo - Video and photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ... [Note] It just makes it look as if it was shot with a wide-angle lens. For example, shooting a tall building from a short distance cannot be used in the same way as a real wide-angle lens.

Screenshots

MoonCatcher4 screens
Wide Conversion Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MoonCatcher at 29% against Wide Conversion Lens's 17%. MoonCatcher also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On update cadence, 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

MoonCatcher costs $0.99 and Wide Conversion Lens $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MoonCatcher ships an update every 4 months, Wide Conversion Lens every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MoonCatcher versus Wide Conversion Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonCatcherWide Conversion Lens
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIROFUMI MARUOMasanori Katsuta

Customer experience

MoonCatcher

Written reviews21 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative66.7%

Wide Conversion Lens

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

In-app purchases

None

MoonCatcher

No in-app purchases

None

Wide Conversion Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MoonCatcher free?
MoonCatcher costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wide Conversion Lens free?
Wide Conversion Lens costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MoonCatcher or Wide Conversion Lens have ads?
Neither MoonCatcher nor Wide Conversion Lens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MoonCatcher or Wide Conversion Lens?
MoonCatcher ships an update every 4 months, and Wide Conversion Lens every 2 months. Most recently, MoonCatcher was updated on October 10, 2026 and Wide Conversion Lens on October 7, 2026.

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