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Ghostwheel

For filmmakers, cinematographers, and mobile photography enthusiasts seeking professional-grade control over their creative output.

Known forFotomoji
4apps4.2(20.9K)EntertainmentPhoto & Video

Snapshot

Who is Ghostwheel?

Equipping filmmakers and photographers with professional-grade visualization and editing tools for mobile workflows.

Target audience

FilmmakersCinematographersMobile photography enthusiasts seeking professional-grade control over their creative output

Active nemesis

Deep Flow Apps

Other rivals

Portfolio

Free 3
4
apps
Entertainment2
Photo & Video2

Last updated

Fotomoji

v3.0.0

8mo ago

Active

Publisher DNA

What defines Ghostwheel?

Publisher DNA

Primary focus

Professional creative tools and photo-video utilities

Scale

indie

Target audience

Filmmakers, cinematographers, and mobile photography enthusiasts seeking professional-grade control over their creative output.

Signature Patterns

  • •Focus on high-fidelity image processing and 3D spatial visualization
  • •Integration of professional industry standards like Final Draft
  • •Diverse monetization models ranging from free entertainment apps to subscription-based professional software
  • •Strong emphasis on iOS-native features like depth data and touch-based gestures
Active

Portfolio momentum

Released 8 updates across 4 apps in the last 6 months, indicating active maintenance and development of their core creative toolset.

Last release 24d agoActive apps 2Abandoned 2

Portfolio

What does Ghostwheel ship?

Apps

4 apps analysed

Social sharing creates a low-cost organic install funnel

  • Educational approach to climate change consequences provides a unique perspective for users
  • Lack of granular location data prevents users from seeing specific elevation impact

User Sentiment

How do users feel about their apps?

0

Positive apps

0

Neutral / mixed

1

Negative apps

35/100

Avg sentiment score

Rivals

Who does Ghostwheel compete with?

The rivals identified

Nemeses(2)

Deep Flow Apps

known forRetake AI: Face & Photo Editor

1 app3.8Photo & Video

Both apps target social media users seeking to improve photo quality with minimal manual effort, competing for the same user intent of enhancing candid images. They overlap in the photo editing category where users choose between background-focused bokeh effects and facial-focused AI retouching.

Earth Hero

known forEarth Hero: Climate Change

1 app4.6Entertainment

Directly addresses the climate change theme with a focus on actionable personal lifestyle changes rather than passive visualization.

Contenders(11)

Alan Cushway

known forBlur Photo Effect Background

1 app4.7Photo & Video

Both apps target mobile users seeking background blur effects, with the rival offering manual precision tools that compete directly with the automated portrait bokeh focus of the source app.

Face & Body Tune Photo Editor, Societatea cu Raspundere Limitata

known forBody Tune - Face Photo Editor

1 app4.6Photo & Video

Both apps compete for the same social media user base within the Photo and Video category, as users frequently switch between portrait enhancement and body retouching tools to improve their images.

Grey Desk SA

known forBlur Photo

1 app4.4Photo & Video

Both apps target users seeking to apply background blur to images, with FabFocus focusing on automated depth-based detection while Blur Photo emphasizes manual touch-based control.

IRONTECH

known forFacelab: Face & Body Editor

1 app4.6Photo & Video

Both apps target mobile users seeking to improve portrait photography, with Facelab offering broad AI-assisted retouching while FabFocus specializes in depth-based background blur.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

known forEarth-Now

1 app3.8Entertainment

Serves the same educational niche by providing real-time satellite data visualization of global climate indicators.

Both applications target iOS users seeking professional portrait bokeh and depth editing, competing directly for the same photography-focused user base.

Romangic Lab

known forWayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor

1 appPhoto & Video

Both apps target social media users seeking to improve photo quality without manual effort, competing for the same mobile photography workflow.

SHANTANU PTE

known forInShot - AI Video Editor

2 apps4.9Photo & Video

InShot serves the same creative audience as FabFocus but focuses on video-first editing tools for social media.

Shiho Sadamizu

known forBlur Background Photo Effect

1 app4.6Photo & Video

Both apps target users seeking to modify image backgrounds, with FabFocus providing automated depth-based portrait effects and the rival offering manual touch-based obscuration.

SUNWOONG JANG

known forBlur Photo Background

1 app4.3Photo & Video

Both apps target iPhone users seeking to modify image backgrounds, with FabFocus focusing on automated portrait effects and Blur Photo Background on manual privacy masking.

TRUESIGHT PTE

known forEvoto-AI Photo Editor&Retouch

2 apps4.9Photo & Video

Both apps target portrait photography enhancement, competing for users seeking automated image processing tools. They overlap in their core focus on subject-aware editing, though they differ in their target workflows and monetization models.

Same space(22)

Adobe

known forLightroom Photo Editor & Video

1 app4.8Photo & Video

Lightroom serves the professional segment of the FabFocus audience by providing a comprehensive, cross-device editing workflow for photographers.

Bytedance Pte

known forHypic - Photo Editor & AI Art

2 apps3.8Photo & Video

Hypic serves the same portrait-editing audience as FabFocus but focuses on aesthetic, trend-driven AI art and digicam filters.

COOL SUMMER

known forAI Photo Video Editor, Enhance

1 app4.5Photo & Video

AI Photo Video Editor, Enhance targets the same casual portrait-editing audience as FabFocus but uses viral-ready generative filters.

FaceApp Technology

known forFaceApp: Perfect Face Editor

1 app4.3Photo & Video

FaceApp competes directly with FabFocus for portrait-editing users by providing one-tap photorealistic AI transformations.

Google

known forGoogle Earth

1 app3.8Entertainment

The industry standard for global mapping, offering massive scale and sophisticated 3D rendering capabilities.

i4software

known forFast Camera

1 app4.7Photo & Video

Fast Camera serves the same photography-focused audience as FabFocus but focuses on burst-mode utility and timelapse capture.

iNaturalist

known forSeek by iNaturalist

1 app4.8Entertainment

Focuses on environmental engagement through species identification, serving a similar eco-conscious audience.

Lightricks

known forFacetune: Photo & Video Editor

1 app4.6Photo & Video

Facetune targets the same portrait-focused demographic as FabFocus but relies on generative AI headshot tools rather than simple background bokeh.

NASA

known forNASA Visualization Explorer

1 app4.3Entertainment

A high-authority educational platform that dominates the climate and space science visualization category.

PERFECT MOBILE

known forYouCam Makeup: Face Editor

4 apps4.1Photo & Video

YouCam Makeup targets the same portrait-editing audience as FabFocus but focuses on virtual beauty filters and fashion try-ons.

Pixl Concerto Technology

known forPrettyUp-Portrait Editor Video

1 app4.6Photo & Video

PrettyUp targets the same portrait-editing audience as FabFocus but specializes in video-specific retouching and 3D relighting tools.

PIXOCIAL TECHNOLOGY (SINGAPORE) PTE

known forBeautyPlus-Selfie Photo Editor

2 apps4.6Photo & Video

BeautyPlus-Selfie Photo Editor serves the same portrait-editing audience as FabFocus but leverages a massive global user base for scale.

POLYVERSE ENTERTAINMENT

known forAI Mirror: AI Photo Editor

1 app4.7Photo & Video

AI Mirror targets the same social-media-focused users as FabFocus but utilizes natural language processing for viral-ready image transformations.

Prequel

known forPrequel: Photo & Video Editor

2 apps4.7Photo & Video

Prequel overlaps with the portrait-editing user base of FabFocus by offering aesthetic-focused motion graphics and D3D depth-mapping tools.

Prisma labs

known forLensa AI: Photo Editor

1 app4.7Photo & Video

Lensa AI competes for the same portrait-editing audience as FabFocus by offering one-tap retouching and generative avatars.

Terminal Eleven

known forSkyView® Lite

1 app4.3Entertainment

An adjacent AR educational tool that demonstrates how to successfully gamify scientific observation.

Tezza App

known forTezza: Aesthetic Photo Editor

1 app4.7Photo & Video

Tezza caters to the same aesthetic-conscious creators as FabFocus but focuses on feed planning and vintage-inspired effects for visual consistency.

Visual Supply Company

known forVSCO: Photo Editor & Presets

1 app3.5Photo & Video

VSCO serves the same creative hobbyist audience as FabFocus but shifts the value from automated portrait blur to a broad library of film-emulation presets.

Vito Technology

known forStar Walk 2 Pro: Sky Map Live

1 app4.7Entertainment

A benchmark for high-quality augmented reality (AR) educational experiences in the science category.

Windyty, SE

known forWindy.com

1 app4.7Entertainment

A powerful weather visualization tool that provides the granular atmospheric data the target app attempts to simulate.

Xiamen Meitu Technology Co.

known forBeautyCam-AI Photo Editor

1 app3.9Photo & Video

BeautyCam-Digicam&Photo Editor targets the same portrait-editing audience as FabFocus but focuses on DSLR and film camera emulation.

Yu Abe

known forBlur Photo Editor & Mosaic

1 app4.7Photo & Video

Blur Photo Editor & Mosaic serves the same utility-focused audience as FabFocus but prioritizes manual censorship and pixelation over automated portrait blur.

The Analyst's Read

The bottom line on Ghostwheel

Bottom line

Ghostwheel is a focused studio that successfully bridges the gap between casual photo entertainment and professional-grade production software. Their ability to maintain high user ratings in the competitive Photo & Video category suggests a strong product-market fit for their specialized creative tools.

Frequently asked questions

How many apps does Ghostwheel publish?
Ghostwheel has 4 apps tracked by Marlvel, primarily in the Entertainment category.
What kind of apps does Ghostwheel make?
Ghostwheel's portfolio is concentrated in Entertainment and Photo & Video, with an average rating of 4.2/5 across rated apps.
What is Ghostwheel's top app?
By review volume across the portfolio, Fotomoji is Ghostwheel's best-known app tracked by Marlvel.

What fed this analysis

Apps analyzed:
4
With full intel:
0
With overview:
4
Website scraped:
yes
Social presence:
yes

Disclosure: Independent intel to help mobile builders succeed.

AI-powered analysis with automated quality gates, built from publicly available sources. Marlvel.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Ghostwheel, its developer, the app publisher, Apple, or Google Play. All trademarks, logos, and screenshots referenced remain the property of their respective owners.

Cite this report

Marlvel.ai. “Ghostwheel intelligence.” Updated 2026-05-07. https://marlvel.ai/publishers/ghostwheel

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