SCN vs Collage Paint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SCN
Easily distort your photos with unique scanning effects. Explore various scan modes, gyroscope control, and color options to create visually striking images. Use live mode to apply distortions to your real-time camera view.
- Multiple scan modes (SYNC, SEQUENCE, OFFSET)
- Live camera distortion
- Gyroscope control for movement
- Adjustable image position, rotation, and scale
- Customizable aspect ratio and background
- Scan duration and smoothing options
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SCN lets you distort your pictures in a cool and simple way! Use SCN like a traditional copier or scanner that creates cool effects by moving an image while scanning it. Create stunning distortion effects by combining various settings, including different scan modes, gyroscope control, colors and formats. Choose LIVE mode to distort your current view on the world! Features: -3 different scan modes: SYNC for natural color output, just like a real scanner. SEQUENCE for an individual scan of each of the RGB channels. OFFSET for a custom distance between the RGB channels. -LIVE-mode to get the actual live-view from the camera -move, rotate and scale the placed image or the live-view on the scanning plate -move and rotate with the iPhone’s gyroscope -change the aspect ratio for full flexibility -set the scan duration -change the background color or even remove it -set the start position for the scan -enable 'smoothing' for a smoother movement of the image
Collage Paint
Create custom collages by cropping and tracing videos with your finger. Scale, rotate, and layer elements, then add freehand drawings. Share your creations to social media.
- Crop video by tracing with finger
- Scale and rotate collage elements
- Layer management
- Freehand paint tool
- SNS posting
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This app cut out the image being captured by the camera in the desired form You can create a collage work - Crop the video being shot by camera and traced with a finger - Collage of scaling rotation - Layer change of collage - Free drawing of a paint tool - Post to SNS Collage that can be created in the free version is up to 20. By purchasing the full package version, is no longer collage limit on the number of that can be created
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SCN at 3.4 against Collage Paint's 1.0. SCN also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (27 vs 1). Collage Paint's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 68 months). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Collage Paint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SCN asks for nothing beyond the download.
SCN holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SCN has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of SCN's written reviews are positive against 67% of Collage Paint's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SCN ships an update every 68 months, Collage Paint every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SCN | Collage Paint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (27 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 68 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominik Seibold | Kouichi INAFUKU |
Customer experience
SCN
Collage Paint
In-app purchases
SCN
No in-app purchases
Collage Paint
- Full Package$1.99
