Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera vs 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera
Capture and edit photos with over 50 live retro filters and frames inspired by classic video games and computers. Enhance your images with pixel art, text, sprites, and custom frames for a nostalgic 8-bit aesthetic.
- 50+ live retro filters and frames
- Pixel art drawing module
- 8-bit text and fonts
- +350 retro sprites/stickers
- Custom retro frames
- iOS Native Share
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Back in Time with Famicam 64: the Ultimate Gaming Camera! With +50 LIVE Filters and Frames inspired by the look of the most iconic Computers and video games, Famicam 64 allows you to capture the most amazing 8-bit pictures ever. ...and it's not only a camera app... It's an entire 8bit Photo Editing Suite with a set of modules to enhance your photos including: 1. DRAW: to pixel-sketch on your photo with different colors, effects, and retro brushes 2. TEXT: to add captions with awesome 8-bit and retro fonts 3. SPRITES: with +350 retro-inspired stickers 4. FRAMES: to turn your photos into old game covers, vintage CRT screen or even a screenshot straight from Minecraft or Pokémon! If you grew up blowing into cartridges, or loading games from floppies (...or even through a tape recorder) and you're feeling nostalgic... or just love the fantastic pixelated aesthetics and colors of the era, this is the app you can't miss. FEATURES: 1. More than 50 non-destructive LIVE filters, with fully adjustable custom parameters, inspired by the most iconic retro computers, consoles, and video games... From "Tennis for Two" oscilloscope experiments and text-based adventures to the last home computers and handheld consoles (and much more!). 2. Drawing module to pixel-sketch your photo with different colors, effects, retro brushes, color selector and picker. 3. +350 8-bit Sprites, divided into categories (emoticons, monsters, weapons, objects, etc.) to enhance your image and create awesome retro-gaming visual stories to share with your friends. 4. Awesome Custom Frames simulating retro game covers, magazines, floppy, cartridges or CRT screens. 5. Pixelated and nostalgic fonts and styles to caption your moments 6. iOS Native Share to instantly send your creation to any app you use (Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Tumblr and... Wherever else you like!) Be proud of the origins of computing... Get Famicam 64 Today and re-start the 8bit revolution! ----==WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT US==---- “...Instagram gave us the notion that filters are cool, but Zuck's photo app nowhere near as cool as the Famicam64 app. ... Famicam 64 allows you to easily capture great looking 8-bit pictures.” -8bit Central “The Famicam64 ultimately is a fun alternative to Instagram for the retro gamer, wanting to send pictures which reflect the era of gaming they love, with lots of built in winks and nods to classic gaming, and plenty of options which allow you to give all of your snaps a fun, geeky overlay. If you’re a gamer, what are you waiting for?” - Flickering Myth “The Ultimate 8-bit Retro Camera...Forget about looking for the latest and greatest camera app for your smartphone, as you can now have a cool 8-bit retro camera suite with real-time effects, pixel art editor, and sprites!” -AUS RetroGamer --------------------------- Famicam Pixel Guy by Kostic Milos “Pixel adventures”. Music by Marcelo Fernandez (http://www.marcelofernandezmusic.com). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
2
Recreate vintage 2-bit photographic styles with this app. It allows you to capture images with a retro aesthetic reminiscent of older technologies, no extra hardware required.
- 2-bit image capture
- Vintage photo recreation
- No adapters needed
- Simple interface
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Shoot 2-bit images like in the olden times. 2-Bit Camera gives you the power to recreate the photos of your youth without any adapters. Batteries neither included nor necessary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 2 at 4.5 against Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera's 4.0. 2 also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 68%). Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 2 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera's written reviews are positive against 88% of 2's.
Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera ships an update fortnightly, 2 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (26 ratings) | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ruben Frosali | Enie Weiss |
Customer experience
Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera
2
In-app purchases
Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera
- Famicam PLUS +$2.99
2
- Video Clips$0.99
- Photo Import$0.99








