SliceTimeCam vs PIXEL86
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SliceTimeCam
Capture unique, artistic videos with a slit-scan effect. Control the movement of the scan line and apply various filters to create mesmerizing visuals of people, animals, or objects. Experiment with settings like countdown, resolution, and slit size for personalized creations.
- Slit-scan video capture
- Adjustable slice line movement
- Filter selection
- Countdown timer
- Customizable slit size
- Resolution settings
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SliceTimeCam is a camera app that allows you to shoot slit-scan video. Operate the SliceLine, hold the device steady and shoot, and enjoy the artistic changes. You can set the filter, countdown, resolution, and slit size. (Flick left or right to change filters). Take pictures of people, animals, cars, or anything else you like, control SliceLine, and take pictures like you've never seen before. This app is inspired by francois.vogel's slitscan expression.
PIXEL86
Transform photos and videos with vintage pixel art aesthetics. Apply true black-and-white dithering, custom color palettes, and unique dithering styles to create retro media. Supports video editing and sharing your creations.
- True B/W dithering
- Video editing support
- Customizable color palettes
- Three dithering styles (Natural, Pattern, Flat)
- Vintage-inspired aesthetics
- Social media sharing
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PIXEL86 — Retro Dithering for Photos & Videos Make your media look like it came from a cooler, glitchier timeline. Bring back the charm of vintage tech with PIXEL86, the ultimate tool to transform your photos and videos into pixel-perfect black-and-white or limited-palette art. Inspired by early computer graphics, old-school printers, and classic GIFs — this is retro done right. True B/W Dithering No grays. Just black or white pixels smartly arranged to simulate shadows and depth — exactly how early screens did it. Now Supports Video Editing Apply your favorite dithering style to video clips. Make every frame look like a piece of pixel-art history. Color Palettes, Reimagined Choose from curated vintage-inspired palettes Hit random for a fresh surprise every time Or build your own custom palette for a personalized look Three Dithering Styles Natural — Smooth, classic error diffusion. Clean and expressive. Pattern — Retro dot-matrix vibes. Adjustable matrix for custom textures. Flat — Not technically dithering, but perfect for dramatic, posterized effects in both stills and motion. Share Your Style Use #pixel86 on social and tag @pixel86app on Instagram — we love featuring the coolest creations from the community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SliceTimeCam at none against PIXEL86's shown. SliceTimeCam also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (3 vs 1). PIXEL86's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. SliceTimeCam sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and PIXEL86 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SliceTimeCam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PIXEL86 has 42 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SliceTimeCam ships an update weekly, PIXEL86 every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | SliceTimeCam | PIXEL86 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 42 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reflection through Design Studio | Peter Tretyakov |
In-app purchases
SliceTimeCam
- Remove Watermark$6.99
- Support for the Creator$7.99
PIXEL86
- License Discount$9.99
- Perpetual License$19.99









