Asciilizer vs 0.3MP Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asciilizer
Transform your photos into unique text-based art. Choose from various detail levels to create custom ASCII images from your camera or existing pictures. Save and share your creations easily.
- Generate ASCII art from photos
- Six fineness modes
- Save art as image
- Clip art as text
- Share to social media
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Asciilizer is an ascii art generator which makes your photo into text. ◇ Generate Ascii Arts - Take a camera or load a photo, then the photo will be an amazing ascii art. - Select the fineness of ascii art from 6 modes, light, lighter, normal, detailed, complicated and super. ◇ Save & Clip Ascii Arts - Save generated ascii arts into the camera roll as image. - Clip the ascii arts as text ◇ Share Ascii Arts - Share the asciilized image with your friends. - Support Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LINE and Weibo.
0.3MP Camera
Relive the charm of early 2000s mobile photography with this app that emulates the look and feel of old button phone cameras. It recreates the unique artifacts of vintage CMOS sensors and offers a simple, familiar interface for capturing or processing images.
- Emulates 2000s button phone camera
- Recreates vintage CMOS sensor artifacts
- Includes Bayer filter, noise, and blooming effects
- Simple three-button interface
- Digital zoom for reduced quality
- Video recording
- Import and process existing photos
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The 0.3MP Camera is a tribute to the button phone cameras from '00s, in those days, we had enough 0.3 megapixels and 640x480 resolution to capture the best moments. Now so many years later, those pictures seem so dreamy, so I've tried to recreate all aspects of making it. Processing The camera recreates all the artifacts inherent in the old CMOS sensors of mid-range phones, like bayer filter artifacts, dark and banding noises, blooming etc. You can pinch to zoom to make it more visible, the digital zoom will reduce the quality of the photo just like on an old phone. Interface The interface will be recognized by all who had an any Nokia with Series 40 or Symbian S60, all control is done with three buttons at the bottom. You can shoot on camera, record video or import your own photos for processing. Nothing extra. P.S. This is the first (released 20 Jan 2023) and best app on the AppStore (over 58,000 five-star reviews worldwide) that emulates the mobile phone camera from the 2000s. All others (even the big and popular apps) mimic this one. Beware of fakes! Instagram: @0.3mp_camera
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 0.3MP Camera at 4.8 against Asciilizer's 3.0. 0.3MP Camera also leads on ratings volume (9.4K vs 4). Asciilizer's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Asciilizer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 0.3MP Camera sells 23 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
0.3MP Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 0.3MP Camera has 9.4K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Asciilizer's written reviews are positive against 80% of 0.3MP Camera's.
Asciilizer ships an update every 5 weeks, 0.3MP Camera monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Asciilizer | 0.3MP Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (9.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 9.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nooon LLC | Dmitry Shatilov |
Customer experience
Asciilizer
0.3MP Camera
Bugs and requests
Asciilizer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
0.3MP Camera
Reported bugs
2 issues- Subscription issues when offline
- Inconsistent behavior when deleting photos
Requested features
5 requests- Add VHS-style camera effect
- Implement front-facing camera support
- Allow importing multiple images at once
- Add flash and other camera settings
- Provide a one-time purchase option
In-app purchases
Asciilizer
- Super Mode$1.99
0.3MP Camera
- 0.3MP Camera membership$1.991 Year
- Discs theme$1.99
- Creatures theme$1.99
- Critters theme$1.99
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- Palm theme$1.99
- Flowers theme$1.99
- Butterflies theme$1.99
- Bronze theme$1.99
- Markers theme$1.99
- Elements theme$1.99
- Black theme$1.99
- Nokia theme$1.99
- Dandelion theme$1.99
- Nokia Original theme$1.99
- Moon trees theme$1.99
- Morph theme$1.99
- Velvet theme$1.99
- Orbit theme$1.99
- Silver theme$1.99
- Subway theme$1.99
- Waves theme$1.99
- Techno Clouds theme$1.99
- All themes pack (+imported)$23.99
Questions
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