Masanori Katsuta
For casual mobile users and social media creators seeking specific, stylized visual overlays and real-time camera filters.
Snapshot
Who is Masanori Katsuta?
Providing specialized, single-purpose visual effects and camera utilities for social media creators and mobile photographers.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 11Last updated
Floating Crystal Ball
v1.16.2
1.1y ago
Publisher DNA
What defines Masanori Katsuta?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
Niche photo and video effects utilities
Scale
scale-up
Target audience
Casual mobile users and social media creators seeking specific, stylized visual overlays and real-time camera filters.
Signature Patterns
- •Focus on single-purpose AR and camera lens utilities rather than all-in-one editors.
- •Consistent use of real-time camera overlays for both video and photo capture.
- •High-frequency release cycle targeting specific aesthetic trends like kaleidoscopes and glitter effects.
- •High abandonment rate for experimental titles that fail to gain immediate market traction.
Portfolio momentum
Released 12 updates in the last 6 months, indicating a recent shift toward active development despite a large legacy catalog of abandoned apps.
Portfolio
What does Masanori Katsuta ship?
Apps
Tightly focused on 2 markets (Japan, United States).
Based on 2 of 92 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
Americas (1)
- United States2 / 2
Asia-Pacific (1)
- Japan2 / 2
Core markets (2/2 apps)
User Sentiment
How do users feel about their apps?
0
Positive apps
0
Neutral / mixed
1
Negative apps
10/100
Avg sentiment score
Rivals
Who does Masanori Katsuta compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
known for
Individual Face - extreme distortion filters & effects for selfie camera -
Both apps compete for space in the Photo and Video category, targeting users seeking image manipulation tools on mobile devices.
Contenders(6)
Both apps target the same utility niche of correcting photo perspective at an identical 0.99 dollar price point.
Both applications target perspective correction for photographs, creating direct feature overlap for users digitizing physical surfaces or architectural shots.
Both applications target users requiring perspective correction for documents and flat surfaces, creating direct competition for the same utility-focused audience.
Both apps target users needing to correct perspective distortion in photos, with GridFix offering live-correction features that directly compete with the post-processing focus of Adjust Perspective.
Both apps target users seeking to rectify perspective distortion in captured images, competing directly for the same utility-focused audience.
Both apps target users needing to correct geometric distortion in images, with overlapping functionality for rectifying skewed captures into rectangular formats.
Same space(3)
This app expands on the core perspective correction utility by adding OCR and e-signature features for document workflows.
This app targets the same niche as the source by focusing on simple perspective correction without external cloud dependencies.
It provides a broader document management system by adding folder organization and manual image adjustment tools to the scanning process.
The Analyst's Read
The bottom line on Masanori Katsuta
Bottom line
Masanori Katsuta is a niche-focused developer utilizing a high-volume, experimental approach to the Photo & Video category. Their strategy of releasing single-purpose AR filters allows them to capture specific aesthetic trends, though the long-term sustainability of such a fragmented portfolio remains a key point of observation.
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 89
- With full intel:
- 0
- With overview:
- 89
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- no