Comparison

Vintage Camera vs Half Frame

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

Head to head
About

Vintage Camera

Experience the authentic feel of analog photography with this app. It meticulously recreates the look and sound of vintage cameras, offering a wide selection of classic film presets for unique retro photo effects. Enjoy the beauty of film photography without the need for retouching.

Highlights
  • Authentic analog camera experience
  • Vintage design and sounds
  • Black and white to retro color options
  • Selective 35mm film suite
  • Classic film presets included
  • No retouching needed
Features
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Point and shoot with our unique analog camera experience. FLICA brings you evocative experience with the beauty of vintage photography. Specialized in old-school and film photography, FLICA emulates the analog camera experience in a way that no other apps even come close. From vintage design to replicating sounds, from black and white to retro colors, you'll be brought back to 1900s where the age of analog photography flourishing. With FLICA, all the analog photography's imperfections can be rebuilt to make a perfect vintage photo. CLASSIC CAMERA FLICA is the perfect combination between analog and digital photography. With classical experiences implemented using modern gestures, you'll see how fun it is when you can tap and swipe to zoom or to switch between films. SELECTIVE 35MM FILM SUITE Including our unique presets which replicating the look and feel of vintage camera films. - Kodak Ektar 100 - Kodak Gold 200 - Kodak Portra 400 - Kodak Aerochrome 16 - Fuji Superia 200 - Fuji Superia 800 - Fuji Astia 100F v3 - Fuji Instax Mini - Fuji FP 100C - Fuji Pro 400H - Ilford Delta 100 - Ilford Delta 400 - Agfa Optima 200 - Agfacolor 40s, 50s, 60s Your favorite analog films are here. Enjoy the moments without retouching. Download now and Enjoy our totally free camera.

About

Half Frame

Features
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Half Frame — Shoot Like It's a Roll of Film Half the frame. Twice the story. You've seen those retro digital half-frame cameras everywhere. You've watched the reviews, added one to your cart, hovered over "buy" — and winced at the price of what is, let's be honest, a small sensor in a nostalgic shell. Put your wallet away. That camera you've been dreaming about? It's already in your pocket. Half Frame turns your iPhone into a true half-frame film camera experience — the anticipation, the discipline, the happy accidents — without the overpriced hardware and without ever pretending your photos need to look worse to feel analog. Shoot a roll, not a feed Pick your roll length — 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, or 72 exposures — and commit. There's no gallery to obsess over mid-roll. You frame, you shoot, you move on. Only when the roll is finished (or you cut it early, like rewinding mid-roll) do you get to review your shots, pick the keepers, and develop them to your photo library. If you like, every finished roll becomes its own numbered album — Roll 001, Roll 002, …. One frame, two frames, three True to the half-frame spirit, you don't have to shoot alone: Single — one full frame, all yours. Diptych — two shots, side by side, one story, the half-frame classic. Triptych — a big frame plus two stacked companions. Sequences, contrasts, before-and-after. Choose your format: 3:2, 4:3, cinematic 16:9, or square 1:1. Twelve films in your pocket Swap "film stock" with one tap: Natural — No makeup, just your sensor at its honest best. Vivid — Slide film: punchy, saturated colors that pop off the screen. Classic — 90s negative film with green-shifted foliage and punchy contrast. Gold — Warm everyday film with golden, sun-soaked highlights. Sepia — Warm, faded film for photos that feel like memories. Magenta — The unmistakable color shift of expired film. Faded — Matte retro with softly lifted, blue-tinted blacks. Chrome — Muted, documentary color: cool and restrained, staying out of the way. Cool — A crisp teal-and-orange cinema look for daylight scenes. Tungsten — Night film: glowing lights, teal shadows, bold grain. Silver — Soft monochrome with gentle, quiet tones — the calm counterpart to Black & White. Black & White — Classic monochrome with real film contrast and grain. Star your favorites and they stay at the front of the shelf. Dial in the look Every film brings its own character — you get the knobs anyway. Vignette, halation, and grain, each in three strengths or off. Or leave any of them on Auto and let the film decide. Vignette — darkened corners, from subtle to full retro tunnel. Halation — the red-orange glow film casts around bright lights. Grain — the speckled texture of film, from barely-there to heavy and gritty. Manual soul, modern brain Shutter control — cap your shutter at 1/30 up to 1/2000, or leave it on smart Auto that speeds up as you zoom in. No blurry shots, no exposure homework. Real photographic metadata — every developed picture carries its lens, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, exposure bias, and focal length in EXIF. Full-quality captures — computational photography stays on. You get the film workflow, not the film-era image quality. Tap to focus, pinch to zoom — with a zoom badge that snaps back to 1x on tap. Flash included — one tap, clearly badged when armed. Your dividers, your rules — white or black frame dividers in diptychs and triptychs, from none to extra bold. Keep the originals — optionally save every full exposure alongside the finished diptych or triptych. Available in English, German, Spanish, and French. Who this is for For everyone who fell in love with the idea of half-frame photography — the thrift, the rhythm, the diptychs — but couldn't justify spending premium money on a fashion-forward point-and-shoot with yesterday's internals. Scratch the itch. Keep the money. Shoot the roll. Half Frame. Load a roll. See what develops.

Screenshots

Vintage Camera4 screens
Half Frame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Half Frame at Free against Vintage Camera's $1.99. Vintage Camera's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.4). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Half Frame is free to download; Vintage Camera costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vintage Camera versus Half Frame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVintage CameraHalf Frame
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhoenix Mobile Technology LLCHarald Schubert

In-app purchases

None

Vintage Camera

No in-app purchases

None

Half Frame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vintage Camera free?
Vintage Camera costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Half Frame free?
Half Frame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vintage Camera or Half Frame have ads?
Neither Vintage Camera nor Half Frame shows ads.

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