Comparison

8bit vs 1

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

1

Features
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Stop filtering your photos after the fact. Point your camera at the world and step into a different era in real time - a late-night VHS tape wobble, a glowing phosphor arcade screen, a nostalgic handheld summer. 1-Bit Wonder is a live retro camera. No waiting, no post-processing, no rendering screen. The effect lives inside your viewfinder at full frame rate. What you see is exactly what you capture. Swipe through 82 hand-tuned lenses across 9 creative families: • PIXEL - Step into 8-bit nostalgia. Dithered textures, retro handheld screens, classic game console colors, and risograph print styles. • VHS - Capture the warmth of analog. Tracking tears, retro tape bleed, and worn-out cassette wobbles. • CRT - Bring back the high-voltage glow of retro TV monitors, scanlines, and arcade screens. • CONSOLE - 1990s console and handheld rendering: low-poly 3D with warping textures, four-color handheld LCD screens, and DOS-era palettes. • GLITCH - Distort reality with pixel sorting, datamosh drift, and time-bending slit-scans. • GLOW - Drown your shots in dreamy light-trails, neon halos, and low-fi waveforms. • B&W - High-contrast halftone grids, newspaper print, engraving lines, and ink textures. • FILM - Six real film stocks: Super 8 grain, halation, expired-emulsion color shifts, and tungsten-balanced night film. • EXPO - The experimental room housing our strangest visual distortions. Shoot live, or open a photo or video you already have and run any lens over it. Snap high-quality HEIC stills or record lo-fi videos with full audio. Since every lens renders instantly, your shots are finished and ready to share the second you press the shutter. Perfect for socials, music videos, or everyday aesthetics. RUNS ENTIRELY ON YOUR DEVICE Every lens is rendered on your iPhone's GPU. No account, no upload, no cloud queue, and nothing to wait for. 1-Bit Wonder works in airplane mode. NOW IN 50 LANGUAGES The app and the App Store listing are fully localized. Step out of the clean, digital present. Grab 1-Bit Wonder and start shooting. --- UNLIMITED ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION • Unlock the complete library of all 82 lenses, every feature, and future updates. • Choose weekly or yearly (the yearly plan includes a 3-day free trial), or buy lifetime access once. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel your subscription any time in Settings inside the app, or in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.n1apps.com/1bitwonder/privacy-policy

Screenshots

8bit4 screens
14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 1 at Free against 8bit's $0.99. 1 also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months). 8bit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

1 is free to download; 8bit costs $0.99 up front. 1 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. 8bit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

8bit ships an update every 8 months, 1 every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
8bit versus 1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter8bit1
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeruaki OnodaPiotr Boron

In-app purchases

None

8bit

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

1

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is 8bit free?
8bit costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 1 free?
1 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 8bit or 1 have ads?
Neither 8bit nor 1 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 8bit or 1?
8bit ships an update every 8 months, and 1 every 2 weeks. Most recently, 8bit was updated on October 13, 2026 and 1 on October 13, 2026.

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