Instant Camera vs Wide Conversion Lens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instant Camera
Capture and personalize photos with an instant camera aesthetic. Add handwritten notes and drawings to your images for a unique, nostalgic touch. Import photos or take new ones directly within the app.
- Instant camera photo simulation
- Handwritten notes and drawings
- Zoom and pan while drawing
- Two frame styles
- Direct shooting mode
- Import from photo library
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InstantCamera recreates the look and feel of instant camera photos on your iPhone. After taking a photo, you can write or draw directly on it by hand to create a memorable keepsake. Why not capture everyday moments with InstantCamera, just like the protagonist in the film Alice in the Cities? Main Features - Paint function You can zoom in up to 2x while drawing. When zoomed in, move the image by dragging/swiping with two fingers. - Two types of frames - Opens directly in shooting mode - Take photos with the camera or import images from your photo library We welcome your feedback and comments. mail: info@bbcddc.com X: bbcddc
Wide Conversion Lens
Apply a wide-angle lens effect to your videos and photos, adjusting the distortion to your liking. You can capture new content with your device's camera or edit existing media from your camera roll. The app allows for touch-based control of the distortion center and offers various output and sharing options.
- Wide-angle effect adjustment
- Touch to change distortion center
- Camera shooting (video/photo)
- Load from Camera Roll
- Aspect ratio setting
- Save and share media
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It is an app that can edit videos and photos as if shot with a wide-conversion lens camera. The size of the wide-angle effect is adjustable. It supports not only videos and photos stored on your smartphone, but also cameras. [Material] - Camera shooting: video, photo - Camera Roll: Load video and photos [Settings] - Wide-angle effect setting - Aspect ratio setting - Storage resolution: 20 to 100% of the original resolution [Touch operation] Touch on the screen image to change the center position for wide angle. The further away from the center of the image, the greater the image distortion. [Output] - Save to Camera Roll: Video, Photo - Video and photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ... [Note] It just makes it look as if it was shot with a wide-angle lens. For example, shooting a tall building from a short distance cannot be used in the same way as a real wide-angle lens.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Instant Camera at 3.0 against Wide Conversion Lens's 1.0. Instant Camera also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 17%). Wide Conversion Lens's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Instant Camera costs $1.99 and Wide Conversion Lens $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Instant Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Instant Camera's written reviews are positive against 17% of Wide Conversion Lens's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Instant Camera | Wide Conversion Lens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.9% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | bbcddc | Masanori Katsuta |
Customer experience
Instant Camera
Wide Conversion Lens
In-app purchases
Instant Camera
No in-app purchases
Wide Conversion Lens
No in-app purchases
Questions
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