ConsoleCam vs Ditherable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ConsoleCam
Transform your photos into retro game aesthetics from classic consoles and computers. Apply hundreds of vintage styles, including pixelated effects and frames, to your images. Save and share your creations easily.
- Retro game photo filters
- Over 90 vintage console styles
- Pixelated effects
- Retro TV/console frames
- Random effect generator
- Share to social media
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Give your photos a retro game look with ConsoleCam from OWC! Do you ever pine for the nostalgic aesthetics from your old Apple IIe, Nintendo Gameboy, or Sega Genesis? Want to see the world as if pixellated through your Commodore 64 or Atari 2600? ConsoleCam lets you see your photos as they would look on over 90 vintage consoles and computers with hundreds of variations. See what your puppy would look like on a ColecoVision, or your friend's face on a Macintosh 128k, then easily share or save the results. ConsoleCam faithfully converts your pictures into retro images accurate for the selected console. We've ransacked technical manuals, ROM images, and our childhoods to find the technical capabilities and quirks of each system. Not sure which console to use? ConsoleCam automatically picks a starting console and makes it quick and easy to try something different. All consoles are included for free! No in-app purchases required. --How it works-- * Use pictures from your camera roll or take new shots * Choose a specific console style (like Sega Master System) to apply to your photo, or choose from generic pixelated effects in a variety of styles and colors. * Random button allows you to quickly try different console effects on the same photo. You can also switch consoles chronologically or alphabetically. * Add a retro style TV or console frame, if you wish. * Easily email or print creations, or share them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more. * Rescale and move lets you control which part of your photo is used. --Over 90 consoles from the following manufacturers-- * BBC Micro * CPC * APF Electronics * Apple * Atari * Bally * Casio * Coleco * Commodore * Emerson Radio Corp. * Epoch * Fairchild Semiconductor * IBM * Intelligent Systems * Magnavox * Mattel * Nintendo * Philips * Radio Shack * Sega * Sinclair Research * Sony * Tandy * Texas Instruments * Thomson SA
Ditherable
Transform your photos into retro pixel art using classic computer and console color palettes. Explore various dithering techniques to achieve unique visual styles and share your vintage-inspired creations.
- Apply classic color palettes
- Multiple dithering methods
- Create custom palettes
- Save and share creations
- Retro image transformation
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Ditherable enables you see how your image would look like with the colors of an old IBM PC, an Apple II, or even a monochrome Game Boy. Get yourself lost in trying out palettes, and learn about different kinds of dithering methods. Share your creations with friends and family. Supported dither methods are: - Floyd-Steinberg - Atkinson - Jarvis-Judice-Ninke - Bayer (Ordered dithering) - White noise (Ordered dithering) - Blue noise (Ordered dithering) - Threshold (No dithering) Built-in palettes are: - Black & White - Grayscale - Quantized Color - CGA - Apple II - Game Boy - Intellivision - Reduce colors - Light colors - Dark colors You can also make your own palettes and save them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ConsoleCam at every 4 days against Ditherable's every 2 months. ConsoleCam also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.4). Ditherable's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 11). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ConsoleCam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ditherable has 80 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ConsoleCam's written reviews are positive against 85% of Ditherable's.
ConsoleCam ships an update every 4 days, Ditherable every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ConsoleCam | Ditherable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better | 4.8 (80 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 80 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OWC | Eskil Gjerde Sviggum |
Customer experience
ConsoleCam
Ditherable
In-app purchases
ConsoleCam
No in-app purchases
Ditherable
No in-app purchases







