Ink Photo vs y2kam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time camera filters
- Diverse ink stroke options
- Ancient Chinese color palettes
- Multiple paper substrate textures
- Preserves original photo detail
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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
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Ink Photo | y2kam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.49 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 洪跃 管 | Jeroen Keij |
Customer experience
Ink Photo
y2kam
In-app purchases
Ink Photo
- 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
y2kam
No in-app purchases









