8bit vs Pixellate Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
8bit
Transform your iPhone photos into retro 8-bit style images. Offers multiple effect types, front and back camera support, and flash functionality. Easily share your creations to social media.
- 8-bit photo effects
- 6 effect types
- Front and back camera support
- Flash functionality
- SNS sharing
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Take 8bit photograph with your iPhone! - Cool 8bit effects - 6 effect types - Front/Back camera - Flash - Post to SNS
Pixellate Camera
Capture photos with a retro, 4-color dithered aesthetic. Adjust camera settings in real-time or import existing images to apply unique color schemes and advanced metadata.
- Retro 4-color dithered aesthetic
- Adjust zoom, sharpness, contrast, brightness
- Import and filter existing photos
- Create custom color schemes
- Advanced metadata with geotagging
- 4x upscaled or pixel-perfect saves
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Shoot in four colors. Pixellate is a live camera with the eye of a 1998 handheld. Every frame in the viewfinder is dithered down to four colors you can choose. Pick a palette, dial in brightness, contrast and dither, and shoot. Zoom in and out, flip to the front camera, and capture Live Photos and video in the same four colors as your stills. • Live four-color viewfinder for stills, Live Photos and video • 25 built-in palettes, or mix your own from any four colors • Brightness, contrast, dither and zoom controls • Import any photo, crop it, and pixellate it • Save upscaled copies for your library, or pixel-perfect 160 x 144 originals for homebrew projects • Optional geotagging and full capture metadata • Open the camera from Control Center, the Lock Screen or the Action button
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pixellate Camera at Free against 8bit's $0.99. Pixellate Camera also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 8bit's advantage is chart position (#186 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On ratings volume, 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
Pixellate Camera is free to download; 8bit costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixellate Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of 8bit's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pixellate Camera's.
8bit ships an update every 8 months, Pixellate Camera every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 8bit | Pixellate Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #186 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teruaki Onoda | Zachary Coleman |
Customer experience
8bit
Pixellate Camera
In-app purchases
8bit
No in-app purchases
Pixellate Camera
No in-app purchases
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