RitchieCam vs GridMakr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RitchieCam
This app offers a collection of retro-inspired filters for your photos, allowing you to capture and share images instantly without the need for editing. It provides a simple yet sophisticated experience for both casual users and photography enthusiasts.
- Easy-to-use interface
- Minimalistic controls
- No-edit photo capture
- 17 retro filters (14 color, 3 B&W)
- One-step sharing/printing
- Suitable for all skill levels
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RitchieCam is a free app for streamlining your iPhone photography. Easy to use. With intuitive minimalistic controls, RitchieCam is simple for beginners, yet useful for experienced photographers. Whether you have no interest in cameras yet want some snaps of your kids or pets or vacation to share on social media, or if you are a pro doing a Route 66 photography project, or anywhere in-between, you’ll find this app straightforward enough—yet sophisticated enough—for your needs. One-step philosophy. RitchieCam produces photos that are ready to be shared or printed the instant that they’re captured (no editing needed!), which saves you time and hassle. There are 17 filters in RitchieCam to choose from: 14 color and 3 B&W. These filters have a retro vibe, and you’re sure to find at least one that compliments your style. Three are available for free—Standard Film, Analog Color, and B&W Negative; unlock the other 14 by becoming a RitchieCam Patron for only $9.99 (USD + Tax Annually) today! Terms of Use: https://ritchiecam.com/faq#Terms Privacy Policy: https://ritchiecam.com/faq/#privacy-policy
GridMakr
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Your feed. But couture. You take the photos. GridMakr does the rest: hang a gallery wall across the slides of a carousel, turn one wide shot into panels that line up at the seams, stack a few favourites into one post — and mix all three in a single carousel. Or hand a pile of photos to Magic and get the whole post in one tap. Then hand Instagram numbered, full-size files. MAGIC Pick a pile of photos. Magic deals them into a complete post: stacks, mosaics, panoramas and gallery walls, mixed. Not that one? Tap again for another take. Two knobs: Vibe, from calm to wild, and Order, which sorts your photos by colour so neighbours blend or pop. Every take is one undo away. STACK Two to six photos in rows or columns inside one 9:16, 3:4, 4:5 or 1:1 post. Drag the dividers; they snap to halves and thirds. SLICE One wide shot spread across up to 20 carousel panels. Pan and zoom it as one canvas; the seams snap so the swipe is seamless. HANG A GALLERY WALL Pick a handful of photos and get a proposed hang across the slides. Shuffle, tweak scatter and sizes, pin the frames you love, move the rest by hand and turn any of them with two fingers. MAKE IT YOURS Colour the paper behind every slide, from your photos or any colour you like. Give frames a shadow or a border, or style one on its own. On Wild, Magic dresses and leans them for you. TEXT ON YOUR SLIDES Write on one slide or across the whole post: 15 fonts, any colour, uppercase if you like. Drag it anywhere, even across the seam between two slides. CUT IT OUT Hold a gallery frame and choose Cut out subject: the person or thing stays, the background goes, and the frame's border and shadow follow the outline. Cut a panorama or a gallery at any slide, and that slide becomes one of its own. VIDEO, TOO Videos go wherever photos go: a stack of clips playing side by side, a video hung on the gallery wall, a panorama cut from one wide clip. Shaky clip? Send it to Video Stabilizer Pro and it comes back steady, into the same cell. ONE CAROUSEL, ANY MIX A stack, then a panorama, then a gallery — in one post. Ratio and frame are shared across every slide, just like Instagram wants it. Trade photos and clips with Swap with…, even across slides, and hold and drag in the strip to reorder. Close the gaps in the canvas to preview the post edge to edge. Leave it unfinished and pick it up from Home later. BUILT FOR HOW INSTAGRAM WORKS • 3:4, 4:5 and 1:1 for the feed; 9:16 for Stories, Reels and TikTok • Every slide previewed before it goes out, then exported in order at 1080 px — or 1440 px with Pro • Plain JPEGs and videos that are yours — post them, send them, print them NOTHING LEAVES THIS IPHONE No upload, no account, no tracking, no ads. GridMakr uses Apple's photo picker, so it only ever sees the photos you hand it, and it never asks for access to your library. GRIDMAKR PRO Every feature is free to use and export. Free exports carry a small GridMakr mark in the corner of each slide; GridMakr Pro removes it and exports at 1440 px. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: • GridMakr Pro Weekly — billed every week • GridMakr Pro Yearly — billed every year, starting with a 3-day free trial Prices are shown in the app before you buy and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. A subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (Apple's standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gridmakr.dmrschmidt.de/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: GridMakr at weekly against RitchieCam's every 6 weeks. RitchieCam's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. RitchieCam sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year and GridMakr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RitchieCam ships an update every 6 weeks, GridMakr weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RitchieCam | GridMakr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (152 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 152 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ritchie Roesch | Dennis Schmidt |
Bugs and requests
RitchieCam
Reported bugs
6 issues- Roasted images with watercolor effect/noise reduction
- Photos come out at 12mp instead of 48mp
- Black screen when accessing photos
- Volume button activates shutter when settings/editor open
- Loading camera shows last frame briefly
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- HEIC only output despite JPG setting
Requested features
19 requests- Apply filters to existing photos
- One-time purchase option
- Apply film simulations to RAW images
- Additional new effects (e.g., Positive Film)
- Limit drag to select effects to favorites
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- Clickable icons in favorites list
- Import pictures and edit with filters
- Use regular camera functions (zoom, portrait mode)
- Black out viewfinder in app switcher
- Numbers on intensity slider
- Tweak basic settings before shot (saturation, contrast, WB)
- Self-timer setting
- Apply filters to video
- More customization of free filters
- Add grain option
- Add basic editing options
- Add GPS info recording
- Improve filter switching
- Move lens switching and EV comp out of picture area
GridMakr
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RitchieCam
- RitchieCam Patron$9.991 Year
GridMakr
- GridMakr Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
- GridMakr Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- GridMakr Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year









