Comparison

iPen Di vs PRINT DOT

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

Head to head
About

iPen Di

Create unique photo stories by combining two images with vintage-inspired filters. This app offers manual camera controls for a more artistic approach, aiming to replicate the nostalgic feel of classic half cameras.

Highlights
  • Combine two photos
  • Vintage-inspired filters
  • Manual focus
  • Manual exposure
  • Exposure compensation
  • Film photo aesthetic
Features
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> Make your story with two photos using iPen and it’s awesome filters. Do you know half cameras? They were very famous and popular tens years ago. We want to feel the emotion of them. Di means digital, this version provide many convenient features for taking photos, but photos look like film’s feeling iPen is named from the most famous half camera, I have a pen ee3 and I love it. I made many happy memories with it. We hope you make many stories with iPen. :) Here are some of the best features in iPen Di. - Make one photo with two taken photos - Manual controls : manual focus, manual exposure, exposure compensation and so on - Cool and awesome filters - Looks like film photos * If you have any question, please visit our instagram.

About

PRINT DOT

Features
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Your photo, freshly printed. PRINT DOT is a small print shop for your photos. The halftone dots you see up close, the color plates sitting slightly off register, the way ink sinks into paper: PRINT DOT rebuilds that feel on top of a picture you already have. ■ Eight dot styles Fine Dot for a delicate screen. Bold Dot for big, poppy dots. Newspaper Dot for coarse monochrome. CMYK Dot for overlapping plates and misregistration. Soft Fade Dot for a gentle bleed. Grain Dot for film-like texture. Line Screen Dot for a poster look. Mono Ink Dot for one clean ink. The same photo comes out differently in every one. ■ Choose the ink Eleven ink palettes, including Vintage Red, Café Brown, Ocean Blue and Mono Black. Quiet one- and two-color runs, or something loud and neon. ■ Choose the paper Seven paper textures: smooth, rough, matte, recycled, newsprint, kraft and aged. Each one changes how the ink settles. ■ Tune it by hand Dot size, screen angle, contrast, ink bleed, paper character. Move the sliders until it looks right, and compare against the original photo at any time. ■ Keep your prints Saved work lines up in the in-app gallery. Favorite it, export it to Photos, or share it straight from there. ■ Everything stays on your iPhone All rendering happens on your device. Your photos are never uploaded. No account, no sign-in, and it works in airplane mode. ■ What's free Four dot styles, five inks and three papers. Pick a photo, adjust it and save it without paying anything. ■ PRINT DOT Premium (one-time purchase) One purchase unlocks all of this: · All eight dot styles · All eleven ink palettes · All seven paper textures · Export at a larger size · No watermark on your work It is not a subscription. You pay once, and on the same Apple ID you can bring it back with Restore Purchases after switching devices.

Screenshots

iPen Di4 screens
PRINT DOT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PRINT DOT at every 6 days against iPen Di's every 2 months. iPen Di's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPen Di ships an update every 2 months, PRINT DOT every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iPen Di versus PRINT DOT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPen DiPRINT DOT
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeungbo Chokazunari aoki

In-app purchases

None

iPen Di

No in-app purchases

None

PRINT DOT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iPen Di free?
iPen Di is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PRINT DOT free?
PRINT DOT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iPen Di or PRINT DOT have ads?
Neither iPen Di nor PRINT DOT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iPen Di or PRINT DOT?
iPen Di ships an update every 2 months, and PRINT DOT every 6 days. Most recently, iPen Di was updated on October 2, 2026 and PRINT DOT on September 30, 2026.

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