Comparison

Dream Camera vs Y2K Digicam

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

Head to head
About

Dream Camera

This app offers advanced manual and semi-automatic camera controls for professional-level photography. It includes extensive options for exposure, focus, white balance, and a wide array of creative filters. Users can also adjust video settings like resolution and frame rate, and edit photos within the app.

Highlights
  • Manual and semi-automatic exposure modes
  • Extensive white balance presets
  • Diverse creative and color filters
  • Manual and auto focus modes
  • Adjustable video resolution and frame rate
  • Photo and video editing tools
Features
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Features manual and semi-automatic exposure modes, plenty of filters, white balance control and more Exposure - Easy exposure compensation control with EV indicator. Just slide your finger up/down or right/left anywhere on the screen - Shutter Priority. Tap shutter speed indicator and use the slider to set the value, ISO will be automatically adjusted. You can add exposure compensation to it as well. - ISO Priority. Tap ISO indicator and use the slider to set the value, shutter speed will be automatically adjusted. You can add exposure compensation to it as well. - Full Control. Select both shutter speed and ISO indicators, set the values with the sliders. Exposure indicator will tell you how well you are doing. Flash/Torch Modes - On/Off or auto Focus Modes - Auto - Manual - set the value with the slider - Macro - Landscape White Balance Presets - Auto - Daylight - Cloudy - Shade - Fluorescent - Tungsten - Candle Filters - Effect: Dream, XPro1, XPro2, 70s, Art - Color: Normal, Black & White, Sepia, Redscale, Cyanotype - Contrast & Brightness: Light, Strong, Extreme - Edges: No Fading, Vignette, Mate Mix and match the filters from each category above Cameras - Front, Back, Tele and Ultra Wide (if available) Shooting Modes - Photo and Square Photo - Video and Square Video Photo Settings - Guide grid On/Off - Auto Photo Stabilization for longer shutter speed settings - Timer with 2, 5, 10, 20 or 30 second delay - Burst of 3, 5 or 10 photos; can be combined with timer - File format: JPG, PNG, TIFF or HEIF (if supported by the device) - Information about estimated photo file size Video Settings - Microphone On/Off - Stabilization Off/Standard/Cinematic (if supported by the device) - File Format: Most Compatible (H.264), High Efficiency (HEVC-H.265) (if supported by the device) - Resolution: 720SD, 1080HD, 4K UHD (if supported by the device) - Frames per Second: 24, 30, 60 or 120 (requires iPhone 7 or newer) - Information about estimated video file size Browser - Photo preview and edit - Video playback - Scrubber bar to skim through your photos and videos - Sharing using standard iOS features Photo Editor - Orientation correction - Filter manipulation Dream Camera saves your photos and video directly to Camera Roll. You can access them either through the built-in browser or standard Photos app. Taking pictures is fun, enjoy it!

About

Y2K Digicam

Features
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The 2000s digital camera, rebuilt for your phone. Blown flash, CCD color, a date stamp burned into the corner — the look of a point-and-shoot from 2003, live in the viewfinder before you press the shutter. No editing step. No filter picker afterwards. You pick a camera and you shoot. 27 CAMERAS, ONE TAP • Y2K digicam — CCD sensors, hard flash, early-2000s compact color • 35mm film — grain, halation, gold and slide stocks, half-frame doubles • Toy — disposable, fisheye, cross-process, instant square prints • Tape & movie — VHS warp, Super 8 flicker, 16mm, camcorder timestamps WHY IT LOOKS REAL Each camera is a whole pipeline, not one filter dropped on top. Color response is sampled per stock. Grain sits under the image the way emulsion does, not over it like a texture. Highlights bloom into halation, the lens vignettes and bends, chromatic aberration creeps in at the edges, and light leaks land differently on every frame — so no two shots wear the same one. A DARKROOM, NOT A FILTER HISTORY Your untouched negative is stored next to the developed frame. Change your mind next week and re-develop the same shot on a different camera — full quality, nothing overwritten, as many times as you like. The roll is yours and it stays reachable. PHOTO AND VIDEO Video is filtered while it records, audio and all, not processed afterwards. Tape distortion, dropped frames and camcorder date stamps are baked into the take. ALSO IN THE BOX • Import from your photo library and develop old shots on any camera • Pinch to zoom, tap to focus, flash and torch, front camera • Half frame shoots two exposures to one frame, like the real thing • Save to Photos at full resolution • Works entirely offline. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no data collected PRICE Seven days of everything, free — every camera, photo and video, no card up front. After the trial one payment of $9.99 unlocks the whole library forever. No subscription, no per-camera purchases, no ads, ever. There is no free tier: when the trial ends the camera stops until you unlock it. Photos you already took stay in your roll either way. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dream Camera4 screens
Y2K Digicam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Y2K Digicam at Free against Dream Camera's $0.99. Y2K Digicam also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Dream Camera's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

Y2K Digicam is free to download; Dream Camera costs $0.99 up front. Y2K Digicam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dream Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dream Camera ships an update every 3 months, Y2K Digicam every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dream Camera versus Y2K Digicam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDream CameraY2K Digicam
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal KaszaDhruwang Jariwala

In-app purchases

None

Dream Camera

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Y2K Digicam

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Dream Camera free?
Dream Camera costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Y2K Digicam free?
Y2K Digicam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dream Camera or Y2K Digicam have ads?
Neither Dream Camera nor Y2K Digicam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dream Camera or Y2K Digicam?
Dream Camera ships an update every 3 months, and Y2K Digicam every 2 days. Most recently, Dream Camera was updated on October 23, 2026 and Y2K Digicam on October 27, 2026.

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