FIMO 1903 vs 65×24 PANORAMIC CAMERA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FIMO 1903
This app simulates an antique mechanical camera, offering a vintage black and white film style. It aims to bring back the experience of manual parameter adjustment and the challenges of early photography.
- Antique mechanical camera simulation
- Vintage B&W film style
- Manual parameter adjustment
- Recreates early photography experience
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Nowadays, we unconsciously design everyday things to be smart, automatic, and efficient. FIMO 1903 go against the tide, by recreating an antique mechanical camera into your iPhone. Combining with new tech, we intend to bring you back to the old-time, when photographers have to adjust the parameters manually with a fallible light meter. Now you can experience how difficult it was to get a decent photo 100 years ago. You can taste the mechanical system and its vintage B&W film style. Anyway, this camera is not for Pros, but perhaps it will be a great gift. Photography has never been a simple task, Right?
65×24 PANORAMIC CAMERA
This app is a native panoramic camera for iPhone that emulates the classic 65:24 aspect ratio of 35mm film cameras. It offers a highly customizable interface and advanced controls for professional photography, with options for framing and various export formats.
- Classic 65:24 aspect ratio
- Customizable interface and viewfinder
- Modular controls with 30+ options
- Advanced processing and pro photography controls
- Full 48MP resolution support
- JPEG/HEIC/TIFF support
- Framing options for social media
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A meticulously designed native panoramic camera for your iPhone, carrying forward the iconic 65:24 aspect ratio pioneered by 35mm film cameras such as the Hasselblad XPan. While designed to provide an immediately familiar experience as a panoramic point-and-shoot, 65×24 includes a depth of features only few camera apps can match, including: - A gorgeous, customizable interface, including a personalizable viewfinder, haptic feedback, night mode, left handed mode, and more. - Modular controls: only the controls you care about, where you want them. 30+ controls to choose from. - No subscription: a single in-app purchase gets you all the features and all future updates on all your devices. - Advanced processing options, letting you come up with the perfect look for your photographs. - Pro photography controls: precise EV control, manual ISO and shutter speed controls, 35mm equivalent focal length display - Full 48MP resolution support and 2× mode support on iPhone Fusion cameras. - JPEG/HEIC/TIFF support - Immersive, full screen shooting experience when using Camera Control or volume buttons for capture - 2 visual themes: Liquid Glass (iOS 26 only), and a focused, minimalist Classic appearance - Control Center and Lock Screen control for iOS 18 - The option to render panorama photos with a frame (1:1, 4:3, or 16:9), to prevent the awkward cropping on many social media platforms - Absolutely no tracking, third party libraries, data collection or transmission. A full user manual is available at https://65x24.net/doc
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 65×24 PANORAMIC CAMERA at Free against FIMO 1903's $2.99. 65×24 PANORAMIC CAMERA also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (26 vs 7). FIMO 1903's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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
65×24 PANORAMIC CAMERA is free to download; FIMO 1903 costs $2.99 up front. 65×24 PANORAMIC CAMERA sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. FIMO 1903 asks for nothing beyond the download.
65×24 PANORAMIC CAMERA holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 26 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 90% and 91% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FIMO 1903 | 65×24 PANORAMIC CAMERA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangzhou Hongxiao Network Technology Co.,Ltd. | Héliographe, Inc |
Customer experience
FIMO 1903
65×24 PANORAMIC CAMERA
In-app purchases
FIMO 1903
No in-app purchases
65×24 PANORAMIC CAMERA
- Full Unlock$19.99
- Full Unlock (base price)$29.99









