Comparison

pixelcam vs Euler VS

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

Head to head
About

pixelcam

Transform your photos into retro video game art. Apply pixelated effects with customizable shapes, sizes, and color schemes for a unique lo-fi aesthetic.

Highlights
  • Retro video game lens effect
  • Customizable pixel shapes (triangle, square, hexagon)
  • Adjustable pixel size
  • Multiple color schemes
  • Color flattening
  • Pinch to resize pixels
  • Double-tap for color modes
Features
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Pixellated Portraits. Lo-Fi Landscapes. Arcade Art. pixelcam turns your camera into a retro video game lens. Tweak the image by choosing a pixel shape (triangular, square, or hexagonal), picking a pixel size, choosing from 3 different color schemes, and flattening the number of colors. You can also pinch to change the pixel size directly, or double-tap to jump between color modes.

About

Euler VS

Explore a dynamic world of geometric art and visual synthesis with interactive touch controls. Design and play with harmonic motion and color systems, with options to expand your library through in-app purchases. Sync your creations from macOS for a seamless experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive geometric art
  • Harmonic motion exploration
  • Touch-driven visual synthesis
  • 24 professional presets
  • In-app preset packs
  • Tap Tempo feature
  • iCloud sync with macOS
Features
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Discover a living world of harmonic motion, geometric art, and interactive visual synthesis. Euler VS Player brings the expressive visuals of the macOS app to your iPhone and iPad in a streamlined, touch-driven experience built for exploration, performance, and play. Play Anywhere. Create on macOS. Euler VS Player includes 24 professionally crafted presets, each showcasing unique combinations of periodic functions, harmonic oscillators, geometric transformations, and color systems. Interact with any shape using simple touch gestures to explore animations in real time. Design your own presets using Euler Visual Synthesizer for macOS, organize them into banks, for synchronization with your iOS device through iCloud. Preset Packs and Performance Tools Expand your library with premium professionally designed preset banks available as in-app purchases. For performance and live play, you can tap along to music using the built-in Tap Tempo feature. Tempo-enabled presets will pulse and animate in time with your rhythm. A fully automatic mode is also included, allowing Euler VS Player to cycle through all presets in a bank hands-free. Important Note Euler VS Player is an interactive visual tool. It does not react to external audio input. Tempo-based modulation is controlled manually using Tap Tempo or through automatic playback options.

Screenshots

pixelcam3 screens
Euler VS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Euler VS at Free against pixelcam's $1.99. Euler VS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). pixelcam's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (16 vs 5). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Euler VS is free to download; pixelcam costs $1.99 up front. Euler VS sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. pixelcam asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Euler VS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of pixelcam's written reviews are positive against 100% of Euler VS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

pixelcam ships an update every 17 months, Euler VS every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
pixelcam versus Euler VS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpixelcamEuler VS
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (16 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.2
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJesse SmithAllOneWord Software LLC

Customer experience

pixelcam

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative5.7%

Euler VS

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

pixelcam

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Euler VS

One-time2
  • Townsend '94 Bank$0.99
  • King St. Garage$0.99

Questions

Is pixelcam free?
pixelcam costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Euler VS free?
Euler VS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, pixelcam or Euler VS?
Euler VS is rated higher. pixelcam averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Euler VS averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do pixelcam or Euler VS have ads?
Neither pixelcam nor Euler VS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, pixelcam or Euler VS?
pixelcam ships an update every 17 months, and Euler VS every 8 months. Most recently, pixelcam was updated on October 6, 2026 and Euler VS on September 23, 2026.

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