Formulas vs Ghost Picture Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Formulas
Apply unique, multilayered photo effects and custom frames to your images. Features include vintage emulations, artistic styles, and textured finishes. An intuitive interface and one-tap auto adjust make professional editing easy.
- Custom multilayered photo effects
- Vintage film emulations
- Textured and artistic styles
- Dozens of custom frames
- One-tap auto adjust tool
- Intuitive UI
- Photo editing extension
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*** App Store Best of 2015 *** MIAN FEATURES: Dozens of custom, multilayered photo effects unlike anything available on the App Store, ranging from basic color and tonal to authentic vintage film emulations, textured finishes, and painterly and artistic styles. Built with scientific precision by some of the most talented artists in the mobile photography community, these effects truly deserve the “Formula” accolade. Each is meticulously constructed from components that are expertly-crafted by renowned photographer Dirk Wuestenhagen and that themselves are fully-fledged effects in the traditional sense including textures, filters, gradients, adjustments, and much more. Each formula goes through a vigorous testing process to ensure compatibility with a wide range of scenes, subjects, and editing styles from landscapes and cityscapes to street photography and portraits. Dozens of custom frames expertly-crafted by renowned photographer Dirk Wuestenhagen, which include high quality scans of vintage paper, worn fabric, weathered stone, and a multitude of other materials and substrates that are then refined, blended, and fine-tuned to perfection in an arduous post-processing regimen aimed at exposing naturally occurring character lines, blemishes, and impurities. Moreover, a great deal of attention is given to specific color tones within an overall limited spectrum of earthy hues that are deemed to work best with images. One-tap Auto Adjust tool that automatically analyzes color and tonal levels in an image and makes adjustments accordingly, thereby producing professional results with no effort whatsoever. Beautifully designed and streamlined UI that is intuitive and easy to navigate. A lot of thought and effort went into making the UI appealing to and accessible by users of all skill levels. PHOTO EDITING EXTENSION: Edit your photos right from within your photo library with a fully-fledged photo editing extension that not only provides access to the full functionality of the main app, but also preserves your sessions, allowing you to pick up right where you left off the next time you edit the image. STACKABLES: Think you’ve got what it takes to create your own formulas? Download Stackables from the App Store and start experimenting today. TECHNICAL INFO: High resolution support up to 16MP (4,000 x 4,000 px) on newer devices (iPhone 5 and later, iPad 3 and later). Support for JPEG, lossless PNG, and lossless TIFF formats. URL Scheme "formulas://". SUPPORT: Experiencing issues? Have comments or suggestions for future updates? Please contact us at support@formulasapp.co.
Ghost Picture Camera
Add realistic ghost stickers to your photos with over 60 designs. Easily resize and rotate them to fit any image, then share your spooky creations with friends.
- Over 60 ghost stickers
- Realistic ghost designs
- Resize and rotate stickers
- Use existing or new photos
- Share to social media and email
- Save to photo library
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Bring ghosts to your photos and surprise your friends! Enjoy more than 60 ghost stickers. Just a few taps, super-realistic ghosts are displayed on your photos. All the ghost stickers are designed to blend well into photo backgrounds and objects. By resizing and rotating the sticker, it nicely fit into any picture. The app includes many ghosts and monsters such as Phantom, Death, Skeleton, Zombie, bat, Mummy, Vampire etc. Of course, you can share photos on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. And also you can send photos to your friends by email. How to use: Step1. Capture or import a photo Step2. Choose ghosts Step3. Rotate and resize ghosts to fit Step4. Save or share! Features: -> Professionally designed ghosts -> Rotate -> Resize -> More than 60 ghosts -> Use existing photo or take a new shot -> Share your photos -> Save to photo library HAVE A FUN!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Formulas at 72% against Ghost Picture Camera's 0%. Formulas also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Ghost Picture Camera's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On 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
Ghost Picture Camera is free to download; Formulas costs $2.99 up front. Ghost Picture Camera sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Formulas asks for nothing beyond the download.
Formulas holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 114 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Formulas's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ghost Picture Camera's.
Formulas ships an update every 3 weeks, Ghost Picture Camera every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Formulas | Ghost Picture Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (114 ratings) — better | 3.7 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 114 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 262 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tinkerworks Apps | Quantis, Inc. |
Customer experience
Formulas
Ghost Picture Camera
Bugs and requests
Formulas
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes on iPhone iOS 26
- Crashes when tapping camera icon
- Cannot save to camera roll
- Crashes frequently during use
- Non-functional icons marked as forbidden
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- App won't run on iPad Pro despite optimization claim
- Photos extension not working properly
- Broken external links (App Store, Instagram, websites)
- In-app purchase system not connecting to App Store
- Lost access to previously purchased add-ons after update
- Stackables app crashes repeatedly
Requested features
11 requests- Update app for current iOS versions
- Add landscape mode support
- Increase number of filter options
- Separate color and texture controls
- Adjust opacity independently for colors and textures
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- Add more texture options (peeling paint, fresco, plaster)
- Improve Photos extension functionality
- Restore Stackables app availability
- Add layering/stacking capabilities
- Include tutorial videos
- Add brightness and contrast adjustment controls
Ghost Picture Camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Formulas
No in-app purchases
Ghost Picture Camera
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Buy more items$4.99
Questions
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