Comparison

Hipstamatic® Analog Camera vs Dig Pic

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

Head to head
About

Hipstamatic® Analog Camera

This app simulates shooting with a vintage analog film camera, applying effects like lenses and films before you take the photo. Explore over a thousand unique analog combinations and connect with a community of photographers without algorithms or ads.

Highlights
  • Analog film camera simulation
  • Pre-shoot effect application
  • 1000+ lens and film combinations
  • Chronological community feed
  • No ads or algorithms
  • Photo challenges and stamps
Features
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Your iPhone takes perfect photos. Hipstamatic® doesn't. That's the point. Hipstamatic is not a photo editor. It's a camera... the original analog film camera for iPhone, made since 2009. —— SHOOT FIRST. EDIT NEVER. Pick a lens. Pick a film. Shoot. Hipstamatic® applies the analog look before you press the shutter — exactly the way a real film camera works. No editing. No tweaking. No second-guessing. The photo is finished the moment you take it. —— 200+ LENSES. 200+ FILMS. EVERY ONE A REAL CAMERA. Over 1,000 analog combinations across TinType, Instant, Classic Toy and more. Each one gives you grain, color shifts, light leaks and vignettes you can't fake and can't replicate anywhere else. None of them perfect. All of them honest. Don't want to choose? Shuffle, and let the camera surprise you. —— NO ADS. NO TRACKING. NO ALGORITHM. EVER. Hipstamatic® runs on members, not advertisers. No VC funding. No data harvesting. No feed deciding what you should look at. When you join, you're keeping an independent camera alive… One that's been here since before Instagram existed. —— A SMALL, QUIET ROOM. If you want it, there's a community of people who shoot the way you do. Chronological. No algorithm. No brand accounts. No promoted posts. No follower math. Just photographs people actually meant to make. And it's opt-in — if you only ever want a private camera, that's the whole app too. —— FREE TO START. MORE LOOKS WITH MEMBERSHIP. The camera is free. Join the Hipstamatic® Camera Club to open the whole shelf. Every lens, every film, every camera we've made in 15+ years and go as deep as you want to go. Your first month is on us. —— P.S. Hipstamatic was Apple's very first App of the Year (2010). We just never stopped pointing the camera at something.

About

Dig Pic

Transfer photos wirelessly from older digital cameras directly to your iPhone. It also offers advanced photo development tools inspired by real film characteristics, including grain, halation, and custom looks. Supports import via SD card for cameras without Wi-Fi.

Highlights
  • Wireless Wi-Fi photo import
  • Real film development engine
  • Dozens of hand-built film looks
  • GPU-computed film grain
  • Halation and bloom effects
  • SD card import for any camera
  • Private, no cloud storage
Features
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Your old camera is full of photos you never pulled off it. The cable's gone, the card reader's lost, and the original app died years ago. Dig Pic brings them back. Wi-Fi import, no cable. Turn on your camera's Wi-Fi, point Dig Pic at its screen, and it reads the network name and password for you. Every shot flows straight onto your iPhone at full resolution — EXIF intact, no SD reader, no desktop. A real film darkroom. Dig Pic isn't a one-tap filter. It develops your photos with a colour engine built on real film characteristics: • Dozens of hand-built film looks — colour negative, slide, black & white, lomo and creative • Real film grain computed on the GPU, not a texture slapped on top • Halation (the red glow film leaves around highlights) and bloom • Crop with a straighten ruler, lens character, vignette, light effects • Date stamp like a 90s point-and-shoot Any camera ever made — via SD card. No Wi-Fi on that body? Pop the card into any reader, pick the DCIM folder, and Dig Pic imports straight from it — JPEG and RAW alike. The honest path that always works. Officially tested with the Leica C (Typ 112) and Sony RX100 VII. Other Wi-Fi-era Leica (D-Lux / C-Lux / V-Lux), Wi-Fi-era Panasonic Lumix (the Image App generation) and Sony "Send to Smartphone" bodies use the same radio and are expected to work — we're expanding tested models with each update, and the SD card path covers everything else. Private by design. Everything happens on your iPhone. No accounts, no tracking, no cloud — your photos never leave the device. One-time purchase. No subscription. Dig Pic is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by Leica Camera AG, Panasonic or Sony. "Leica", "Lumix" and "Sony" are trademarks of their respective owners, used only to indicate camera compatibility.

Screenshots

Hipstamatic® Analog Camera4 screens
Dig Pic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dig Pic at 100% against Hipstamatic® Analog Camera's 40%. Dig Pic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Hipstamatic® Analog Camera's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 1). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Hipstamatic® Analog Camera is free to download; Dig Pic costs $4.99 up front. Hipstamatic® Analog Camera sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Dig Pic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dig Pic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hipstamatic® Analog Camera has 2.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Hipstamatic® Analog Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dig Pic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hipstamatic® Analog Camera ships an update monthly, Dig Pic weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Hipstamatic® Analog Camera versus Dig Pic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHipstamatic® Analog CameraDig Pic
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (2.7K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.7K — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB32 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHipstamatic, LLCIVAN SMETANIN

Customer experience

Hipstamatic® Analog Camera

All ratings2,745 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews377 reviews
Positive39.5%
Neutral12.2%
Negative48.3%

Dig Pic

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Hipstamatic® Analog Camera

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to save custom camera presets
  • Inconsistent behavior when editing photos
  • Syncing issues with photo library and cloud storage

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to import photos from camera roll
  • Option to change aspect ratio beyond square format
  • Restore previous purchases and customizations
  • Improved search and organization for lenses/films

Dig Pic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hipstamatic® Analog Camera

Subscriptions3
  • Hipstamatic Camera Club$7.991 Month
  • Hipstamatic Camera Club3 Months trial$19.996 Months
  • Hipstamatic Camera Club1 Month trial$29.991 Year
None

Dig Pic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hipstamatic® Analog Camera free?
Hipstamatic® Analog Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dig Pic free?
Dig Pic costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hipstamatic® Analog Camera or Dig Pic?
Dig Pic is rated higher. Hipstamatic® Analog Camera averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while Dig Pic averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hipstamatic® Analog Camera or Dig Pic have ads?
Neither Hipstamatic® Analog Camera nor Dig Pic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hipstamatic® Analog Camera or Dig Pic?
Hipstamatic® Analog Camera ships an update monthly, and Dig Pic weekly. Most recently, Hipstamatic® Analog Camera was updated on September 28, 2026 and Dig Pic on September 7, 2026.

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