Pixla vs ca
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixla
Transform your photos into unique pixel art with this camera application. Easily create and share your stylized images with friends and family. Enjoy a simple yet creative way to capture and edit your memories.
- Create pixellated photos
- Easy sharing
- Camera functionality
- Photo editing
- Fun visual effects
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Pixla is a camera app which allows you to create fun pixellated photos and easily share them with your friends.
ca
This app transforms your camera's live feed into unique, black and white pixelated images using a cellular automaton. Customize the output by adjusting automaton direction, resolution, brightness, and fidelity. Unlock advanced features through optional ad viewing.
- Cellular automaton image generation
- Black and white pixelated output
- Adjustable automaton direction
- Customizable resolution
- Control input brightness
- Adjust input fidelity
- Selfie mode
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Probably the nerdiest camera app ever made, ca-mera uses a cellular automaton to interpret the brightness values of your camera stream. The resulting images are black/white and pixelated, and contain unique patterns created by the cellular automaton (Wolfram rule 126). This app provides a "selfie" mode, and lets you change the appearance of the pictures by controlling the automaton application direction, the resolution, the input brightness, and the input fidelity (i.e. to which extent the cellular automaton is allowed to run freely). Furthermore, features from the more advanced ca-mera+ app can be unlocked inside ca-mera by tapping the "+" button and watching our handcrafted ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Pixla at free against ca's free with in-app purchases. Pixla also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). ca's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixla holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ca has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pixla's written reviews are positive against 91% of ca's.
| Parameter | Pixla | ca |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 90.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 58 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Macdonald | Fritz Menzer |
Customer experience
Pixla
ca
Bugs and requests
Pixla
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ca
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes on launch with iOS 14 (iPhone XS)
- Black screen on startup (some devices)
- Crashes on iPhone X
- Display issues on iPhone 6s with iOS 12.1
- Incompatibility with older iOS versions
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- Inconsistent filter performance
Requested features
12 requests- Video recording functionality
- Import and process photos from camera roll
- Remove watermark option (premium feature)
- Post-processing for existing images and videos
- Auto mode for quicker photo capture
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- Automatic album organization for saved photos
- Old OS window border frame option
- Additional color options (RGB palette)
- API access for personal projects
- Clearer/higher quality output
- More language support
- iPhone X/XS Max interface optimization
In-app purchases
Pixla
No in-app purchases
ca
No in-app purchases
