# Paignion: Pixel Camera — Shoot 8-Bit. Live Preview.

> Shoot 8-Bit. Live Preview. (iPhone/iPad app by Jaehoon Lee.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paignion-pixel-camera/id6806715462 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jaehoon Lee](https://appshunter.io/developer/1889076539)
- Category: Photo & Video, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean
- Released: 2026-09-15
- Data updated: 2026-10-05
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paignion-pixel-camera/id6806715462/reviews.md

## What is Paignion?

Retro palettes and pixel patterns, rendered live. No editing after
the shot — what you see in the viewfinder is what gets saved.

LIVE PIXEL RENDERING

Paignion runs a real Metal pixel-effect pipeline on every frame of
the live camera feed — palette quantization, pattern, and dithering
all happen before you tap the shutter, not as a filter applied
afterward.

5 ICONIC PALETTES

* Game Boy — the classic 4-shade green handheld display
* NES — the 64-color palette from the original console's PPU
* PICO-8 — the 16-color fantasy-console system palette
* C64 — the Commodore 64's Pepto palette
* CGA — the 16-color RGBI palette from early PC graphics

Palettes work on their own, or paired with any pattern.

3 PATTERNS + REAL BAYER DITHERING

* Mosaic — chunky, blocky pixelation
* Dot Screen — a single-channel dot grid
* Halftone — a true CMY halftone rosette (three independently
  rotated ink-channel dot grids), full color or on a palette
* Authentic ordered (Bayer) dithering, not a random-noise
  approximation — works with any palette, and it's never gated

SCREEN FX

Two screen finishes that turn the viewfinder into a tiny console
display: CRT-style scanlines, and an LCD pixel-grid bezel overlay.

FREE TO START

Shoot with the Original (no filter), Game Boy Cam, and Mosaic Only
presets at no cost — Bayer dithering is included free with every
palette, always. Full Unlock adds the NES, PICO-8, C64, and CGA
palettes, the Dot Screen and Halftone patterns, and both Screen FX
finishes — a single one-time purchase, not a subscription.

EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'D EXPECT

* Pinch to zoom, tap to focus
* HEIF capture, saved straight to a dedicated "Paignion" album in
  your Photos library — no separate account, no cloud
* In-app gallery to browse, share, and delete your shots
* The preset you shot with is written into every photo's own EXIF

No ads. No tracking.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Unlock | $3.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-10-02

Paignion now speaks Japanese and Korean.

• Full Japanese and Korean localization across the app, including
  permission prompts and in-app purchase details

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-16

Introducing the Gallery — plus sharper patterns and more accurate colors.

• Gallery — browse every shot you've taken with Paignion, right in the
  app, without hopping over to Photos
• Swipe through full-screen with pinch-to-zoom, and see the preset,
  ISO, and shutter speed behind each photo
• Share or delete photos individually, or select multiple at once
• More accurate color matching across every palette
• Fixed a bug where the Dot Screen pattern showed dark subjects as
  blank white instead of a dot pattern
• Smoother edges on patterns and screen effects
• Bug fixes and polish

### 1.0.0 — 2026-09-15

No release notes.

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All apps by Jaehoon Lee: https://appshunter.io/developer/1889076539

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