Comparison

Draw With Me... vs Old Camera 2006CAM

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

Head to head
About

Draw With Me...

This app allows digital artists to create and share their artwork with a vibrant community. Explore various drawing tools, participate in creative challenges, and collaborate with friends. It's a platform for both quick sketches and elaborate paintings, suitable for artists of all skill levels.

Highlights
  • Multiple brush styles
  • Customizable brushes
  • Unlimited colors
  • Layers support
  • Drawing challenges
  • Collaborative drawing
  • Online draft syncing
Features
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Social drawing app where digital artists create and share art. Drawing tools: - Many brush styles: Paintbrush, pencil, Smudge (blur), felt-tip pen, eraser, etc. - Custom brushes: adjust the parameters as you like - Unlimited colors, configurable palette - Zoom & pan - Layers - Move, rotate, mirror - Eye dropper - Multi-step undo/redo Community features: - Multiple styles of challenges: -- Selfie drawings -- Finish the drawings started by others -- Tracing -- Inspiration pictures: photos, prompts -- Free Draw - Collaborations with friends - Follow your favorit artists - Add friends to share your drawings privately - Forum for public discussions - Get likes for the art you share Other features: - Draft storage - Syncing drafts online to your other devices - Search for drawings by tags Quick sketch or elaborate paintings; this app is the ideal drawing app for artists of any skill. Also a great place to learn how to draw.

About

Old Camera 2006CAM

Relive the charm of early 2000s mobile photography. This app meticulously recreates the look and feel of vintage flip phone cameras, capturing the authentic pixelation, color shifts, and processing quirks of the era. Experience the y2k aesthetic with a genuinely retro interface and controls.

Highlights
  • Authentic 2000s camera simulation
  • Retro flip phone interface
  • Pixelated image quality
  • Color shifts and flash effects
  • Real-time photo processing
  • Optional timestamp overlay
Features
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Remember that old camera quality from your flip phone? This app recreates it perfectly. 2006CAM takes you back to when phones had tiny cameras The app is based on real 2000s camera phones. We studied actual hardware from 2006 to get the look right. 2006CAM doesn't just slap a filter on your photos. It recreates how an old cam actually worked - the slow autofocus, the delay when you press the button, the pixelated preview screen. You know those y2k photos that are popular again? That's what this app does. But it also captures the whole vintage camera experience. The interface looks like a real flip phone screen. The menus work like they did on your old cam back then. Even the loading times feel authentic. This isn't like other retro camera apps that just add grain. 2006CAM simulates the actual image processing from a 2000s cam. You get the weird color shifts that happened in low light. The blown-out flash photos. The blurry motion that made every vintage cam photo look like it was taken during an earthquake. Photos from 1998 cam devices are getting popular again, just like 2000s camera aesthetics. Each era had its own look - the super pixelated 1998 cam shots, the slightly cleaner but still bad 2006 ones. This retro cam app captures that whole time period. Resolution, color depth, compression - it's all accurate to how these devices actually worked. Why does this matter? Because y2k aesthetics are back, but most apps get it wrong. They make things look old without understanding what made 2000s camera photos look the way they did. 2006CAM was built by people who actually used these phones. We know what made a vintage camera photo feel real. The interface is simple on purpose. No fancy editing tools. No beauty modes. Just the basic controls you had on a retro camera back then. Zoom that makes everything pixelated. Flash that turns everyone into ghosts. And that satisfying fake shutter sound that every 2000s camera had. Some technical stuff: the app processes photos in real-time. It doesn't just apply a filter after you take the photo. This makes the app feel more authentic than a typical retro cam app that shows you a clear preview then adds effects later. You can save photos with or without the timestamp. Pro version of 2006CAM lets you take unlimited photos. That's fantastic compared to how many photos you could store on a 1998 cam with its tiny memory card. Is this app necessary? No. But neither was carrying a flip phone with a terrible vintage cam when you already had a digital camera. People did it anyway because it was convenient. Now you can get that same low-quality convenience without buying old hardware. The app runs smooth even though it makes your photos look like garbage sometimes. That's the point. Sometimes you don't want a perfect photo. Sometimes you want something that looks like it came from a 2000s cam at a house party. Something with character. Something that feels real because it looks bad in the right way. Want that authentic retro cam look? This app gets it right. Most filters can't recreate how an old cam really worked. But this one nails the vintage camera feel because it's based on actual hardware. Taking unlimited photos requires a subscription. 2006CAM is for people who care about getting the details right. People who remember what photos actually looked like on their vintage cam. People who want that specific 1998 cam look, not just any old filter. If you miss the y2k era when every photo looked accidentally artistic because the old camera couldn't do any better, this is for you. Download this if you want authentic old camera photos. Skip it if you just want a basic filter. The whole point is getting that specific retro camera look from when phones were just phones that happened to have a camera attached. Terms and Privacy Policy: https://lekskeks.com/terms-amp.html

Screenshots

Draw With Me...4 screens
Old Camera 2006CAM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Old Camera 2006CAM at none against Draw With Me...'s shown. Old Camera 2006CAM also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Draw With Me...'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Draw With Me... sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Old Camera 2006CAM sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Draw With Me... against 4.2 for Old Camera 2006CAM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 253 and 336 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Draw With Me...'s written reviews are positive against 68% of Old Camera 2006CAM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draw With Me... ships an update every 2 months, Old Camera 2006CAM every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Draw With Me... versus Old Camera 2006CAM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraw With Me...Old Camera 2006CAM
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (253 ratings) — better4.2 (336 ratings)
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews68.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings253336 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB23 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperVoxeloid Kft.Alexey Primechaev

Customer experience

Draw With Me...

All ratings251 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral12.0%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral15.2%
Negative21.2%

Old Camera 2006CAM

All ratings336 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral11.7%
Negative20.0%

User reviews

Draw With Me...

From 253 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great community and friends
  • 🎨 Good for drawing and creativity
  • ✨ Special features like extra brushes
  • 🌟 Premium features available (fill bucket, lasso, eyedropper, custom brushes)
  • 💖 Fun and enjoyable to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
  • 🤔 Controls are hard to get used to
  • 🔞 Inappropriate content and users
  • 🚫 No age restriction, issues with younger users
  • 📉 Lacks features compared to other apps

Old Camera 2006CAM

From 336 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Authentic 2000s aesthetic
  • 📸 Great old filter camera
  • 🤩 Nostalgic feel
  • 👍 3D UI is genius
  • 💯 Perfectly executed basic app

Room to improve

  • 💸 Aggressive premium subscription push
  • 💰 Money hungry app
  • 😩 Limited free usage
  • 😭 Expensive premium
  • 👎 Ads are terrible

Bugs and requests

Draw With Me...

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App is glitchy
  • App is buffering
  • App kicks users out
  • Art flagged for words
  • Inspiration section not showing content
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  • Delayed strokes when drawing
  • Art submission not showing up
  • Premium features not accessible for purchase
  • App crashes sometimes
  • Drawing on iPad requires hard pressure

Requested features

9 requests
  • Fill bucket (premium)
  • Lasso tool (premium)
  • Eyedropper tool (premium)
  • Custom brushes (premium)
  • Text feature
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  • More colors
  • Tutorial for new users
  • Search bar
  • Pencil touch interactivity

Old Camera 2006CAM

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Recording function doesn't work after purchase
  • Crashes on iPad
  • Can't purchase to unlock all features

Requested features

9 requests
  • Fully remove video time limit
  • Allow importing existing media
  • Add flash option
  • Increase video recording quality to 480p
  • Bring back selfie mood/mini camera
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  • Make viewfinder larger
  • Option to adjust desired file size
  • Add video recording feature for true aesthetic
  • Option to bump up resolution a bit (e.g., 2008)

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Draw With Me...

One-time1
  • 1 year premium membership$2.99
4 purchases

Old Camera 2006CAM

Subscriptions2
  • 2006 Camera3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • 2006 Camera3 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time2
  • 2006 Unlock$4.99
  • 2006 Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Draw With Me... free?
Draw With Me... is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Old Camera 2006CAM free?
Old Camera 2006CAM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Draw With Me... or Old Camera 2006CAM?
Draw With Me... is rated higher. Draw With Me... averages 4.2 out of 5 from 253 ratings, while Old Camera 2006CAM averages 4.2 from 336 ratings.
Do Draw With Me... or Old Camera 2006CAM have ads?
Draw With Me... shows ads; Old Camera 2006CAM does not.
Which is updated more often, Draw With Me... or Old Camera 2006CAM?
Draw With Me... ships an update every 2 months, and Old Camera 2006CAM every 3 weeks. Most recently, Draw With Me... was updated on October 24, 2026 and Old Camera 2006CAM on October 28, 2026.

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