Xiaomo Camera vs Smolcam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Xiaomo Camera
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Love selfies, better be unique; Love group photos, better do it ourselves; Xiaomo AI camera, your best personal photographer, Find new angle, record down every cherished moment for you and the ones you love. Intelligent gesture recognition Based on deep learning technology, the user’s gesture can be recognized intelligently with accuracy higher than 95%. No shutter needed, easily control the camera with one gesture, make creative poses as you want, free your hands, say goodbye to boring selfies. Smart beautify feature Smart beautify feature works in real time: whitening, wrinkle, freckles eliminate. Based on the deep learning of millions of data, the face detection algorithm could recognize every part of human face, it could make your face look smoother and whiter. Single shooting/Burst shooting/short videos/ Interval Timer Interval Timer, Single shooting, Burst shooting, Video, your call.
Smolcam
This app offers a customizable retro camera experience with a variety of color palettes and dithering options. It provides a simple, distraction-free interface for capturing and saving photos instantly to your library.
- Customizable retro aesthetic
- Multiple color palettes (3-bit to 24-bit)
- Bayer ordered dithering option
- Zoom support for all device cameras
- Instant save to photo library
- Distraction-free interface
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Smolcam transforms your iPhone into a small, lightweight camera with a customizable retro aesthetic. Features: - Completely free: no ads or in-app purchases - Choose from 8 colors (3-bit) to 16 million (24-bit) color palettes - Enable Bayer ordered dithering, or blue noise dithering for increased detail at low bit depths - Supports zooming through all the cameras your phone has - Instant save to photo library - Simple distraction-free interface that runs smoothly on any device and won't kill your battery
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Xiaomo Camera at every 2 months against Smolcam's every 8 months. Xiaomo Camera also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). 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.
Xiaomo Camera ships an update every 2 months, Smolcam every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Xiaomo Camera | Smolcam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shanghai MeetVR Tech.Co.,LTD | Jasper Morgal |
In-app purchases
Xiaomo Camera
No in-app purchases
Smolcam
No in-app purchases
