Comparison

PixMaestro vs Retro Pixel Camera

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PixMaestro

Create unique images by combining existing photos, camera shots, text, and stickers. Enhance your creations with editing tools like color adjustments, filters, and background changes. Save, share, or print your masterpieces.

Highlights
  • Combine photos, text, and stickers
  • Move, scale, and rotate objects
  • Adjust color, brightness, and saturation
  • Apply vintage or black/white filters
  • Change photo background for faces
  • Save and restore editing sessions
  • Add picture frames and lines to labels
Features
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This app allows you to create amazing new pictures from any combination of your old photos, new photos taken by your device's camera, labels, app-provided stickers and/or background images. Furthermore, you may move and scale any of the aforementioned objects, change the font of text labels, and/or rotate stickers or sub-photos to design your perfect masterpiece pictures. Added to the above, the app allows you to change the contrast, brightness and saturation color of your new pictures, and you may apply a vintage or black/white filter to render your new pictures appear as old photos. Moreover, you may change the background image of any photo which depicts human face(s) as main subject. and creating a new photo from that. Once you are done creating your new pictures, you may send them to friends via emails or messages, save them to your device's photo album or print them via your printer. The unique features of the app are: 1. You may scale and place labels, stickers and sub-photos at anywhere in the new picture. 2. You may change the text color, background color, style and opacity of labels. 3. You may add a line to a label to point to any object in the new picture. 4. You may set the color, style and width of each label line. 5. You may change the shape of sub-photos. 6. You may choose from a wide selection of interesting stickers and background images to embellish your new pictures. 7. You may rotate sub-photos. 8. You may add/remove picture frame for sub-photos and the top-level picture. 9. You may save and restore your photo editing sessions. Sessions can be viewed and edited later by the app on IOS or MacOS devices. 10..You may store your saved sessions to iCloud, and access those sessions across your iPhone and iPad. 11. You may lock/unlock the location of sub-photos. text labels and stickers to make it easier to collage them. 12. You may change the background image of any photos that depict human faces, and creating new photos accordingly.

About

Retro Pixel Camera

Apply real-time retro pixel art effects to your camera feed. Adjust pixel size, use classic color palettes, or create your own. Capture and share unique pixelated photos and videos.

Highlights
  • Real-time pixelation
  • Adjustable pixel size
  • Classic retro color palettes
  • Custom palette editor
  • Photo and video recording
  • Built-in gallery
  • Seamless orientation support
Features
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Retro Pixel Camera applies real-time retro effects directly to your phone's camera feed. Adjust pixel size, apply palettes inspired by classic hardware, and edit your own custom palettes. Capture photos and videos in sweet pixel style, browse your gallery, and share your creations. Key Features: - Real-Time Pixelation: Watch your surroundings morph into pixel art live on your screen. What you see is what you capture! - Adjustable Pixel Size: Dial in the perfect look! Easily increase or decrease the pixel resolution on the fly to control the level of abstraction and detail. - Classic Retro Palettes: Instantly apply iconic color schemes inspired by legendary consoles and systems like the NES, SNES, EGA, and Game Boy. Give your creations an authentic vintage feel with a single tap. - Powerful Palette Editor: Unleash your inner artist! Modify the built-in palettes or create entirely new ones from scratch. Choose up to 16 colors, name your custom palette, and save it for later use. Your unique vision, your colors! - Photo and Video Recording: Capture stunning pixelated still photos or record full-length videos drenched in retro style. Perfect for unique social media content, artistic projects, or just having fun! - Built-In Gallery: Access all your creations directly within the app. Browse your saved images and videos, replay your pixelated movies, share your favorites with friends, or delete unwanted files easily. - Seamless Orientation Support: The app adapts to you, working in both portrait and landscape modes, with support for front and back cameras. - Easy Saving: Your pixelated photos and videos are backed up to your device's media library so you can always reach them. Unleash Your Creativity: Retro Pixel Camera isn't just a filter; it's a creative tool. Experiment with different resolutions and color palettes to find the perfect aesthetic. Capture mundane scenes and turn them into captivating, stylized art. Create unique video clips that stand out from the crowd. The possibilities are unlimited. Whether you're a retro gaming enthusiast, a digital artist, or just looking for a fun new way to capture memories, Retro Pixel Camera offers a unique and engaging experience. Reimagine Your World in 8-Bit!

Screenshots

PixMaestro4 screens
Retro Pixel Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

PixMaestro and Retro Pixel Camera both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Retro Pixel Camera's written reviews are positive against 75% of PixMaestro's. Retro Pixel Camera also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.6). PixMaestro's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PixMaestro costs $0.99 and Retro Pixel Camera $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PixMaestro against 5.0 for Retro Pixel Camera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of PixMaestro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Retro Pixel Camera's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PixMaestro versus Retro Pixel Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixMaestroRetro Pixel Camera
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDynetix Design Solutions IncCognichine

Customer experience

PixMaestro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Retro Pixel Camera

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PixMaestro

No in-app purchases

None

Retro Pixel Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PixMaestro free?
PixMaestro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retro Pixel Camera free?
Retro Pixel Camera costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PixMaestro or Retro Pixel Camera?
PixMaestro and Retro Pixel Camera are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do PixMaestro or Retro Pixel Camera have ads?
Neither PixMaestro nor Retro Pixel Camera shows ads.

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