Comparison

Ink Photo vs y2kam

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

Head to head
About

Ink Photo

Transform your photos into artistic "Image in Ink" creations. Apply various ink strokes, ancient Chinese colors, and paper textures to achieve a unique visual effect.

Highlights
  • Real-time camera filters
  • Diverse ink stroke options
  • Ancient Chinese color palettes
  • Multiple paper substrate textures
  • Preserves original photo detail
Features
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When ink meets photo, light and shadow combine with ink to form the visual effect of “Image in Ink”. [DESIGN] “Preserve the real image of the photograph. Add different strokes of ink. A visual effect of ‘Ink Photo’ appears. Then stained with ancient Chinese colors. An ‘Ink Photo’ is presented instantly on rice paper.” That's what “Ink Photo” was designed for. [FUNCTION] -Camera function: 40 kinds of real-time filters. -32 types of ink strokes. -9 ancient Chinese colors. -7 kinds of paper substrates [SUGGESTION] ghymail@foxmail.com

About

y2kam

Capture photos with the authentic grainy, over-sharpened, and lo-fi aesthetic of early 2000s digital cameras. Select your year between 1995-2005 to adjust the visual style and add period-correct date stamps.

Highlights
  • Authentic Y2K camera filters
  • Adjustable year from 1995-2005
  • Period-correct resolutions
  • Digital zoom and flash toggle
  • Amber-orange date stamps
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Remember when your MySpace pics looked crunchy, grainy, and kinda iconic? This app brings that exact Y2K vibe straight to your iPhone. No fake vintage “presets” here — we’re talking real-time filters that mimic the quirks of early 2000s cameras: - Over-sharpened halos & lens blur - Grainy CCD noise (both luma and chroma, baby) - Flashy bloom on highlights - Chunky pixelation & lo-fi resolutions - Subtle lens warps + chromatic aberration - Amber-orange date stamps, straight off a 2002 Kodak - Browse painfully through taken pictures using the camera buttons You can even pick your year from 1995–2005 and watch the vibes shift from 640×480 cyber-café selfies to slightly “high-res” 2005 mall-rat pics. - Save shots to your camera roll in period-correct resolutions. - Use digital zoom, toggle flash, and slap that time stamp in the corner like it’s your AIM profile pic. The Best Part - No ads. - No in-app purchases. - No nonsense. Just pure throwback energy, like apps used to be — one download, full vibes, end of story. Shoot like it’s the 2000s, post like it’s 2025.

Screenshots

Ink Photo4 screens
y2kam3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: y2kam at none against Ink Photo's 10. Ink Photo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (81% vs 67%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Ink Photo costs $0.99 and y2kam $0.49 up front. Ink Photo sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. y2kam asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Ink Photo against 4.7 for y2kam. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Ink Photo's written reviews are positive against 67% of y2kam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ink Photo ships an update every 2 weeks, y2kam every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ink Photo versus y2kam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInk Photoy2kam
Price$0.99$0.49 — better
Rating4.7 (6 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.2
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer洪跃 管Jeroen Keij

Customer experience

Ink Photo

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral9.7%
Negative9.7%

y2kam

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Ink Photo

One-time10
  • Red and Love$0.99
  • Colorful Ink$0.99
  • Ink Blooming$0.99
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  • Splash-ink$0.99
  • Blue$0.99
  • Traditional Chinese painting$0.99
  • Black and Gold$0.99
  • Dust Float$0.99
  • Memory$0.99
  • InkPhoto PRO$3.99
None

y2kam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ink Photo free?
Ink Photo costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is y2kam free?
y2kam costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ink Photo or y2kam?
Ink Photo and y2kam are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Ink Photo or y2kam have ads?
Neither Ink Photo nor y2kam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ink Photo or y2kam?
Ink Photo ships an update every 2 weeks, and y2kam every 6 weeks. Most recently, Ink Photo was updated on November 6, 2026 and y2kam on November 8, 2026.

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