Comparison

SAKURA Now! vs Old School Camera Emulator

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

Head to head
About

SAKURA Now!

Experience augmented reality cherry blossoms and other natural elements through your camera. Interact with them, capture photos, and customize your device with unique backgrounds and clocks. Enhance your room's interior with virtual nature.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality cherry blossoms
  • Interactive flower animations
  • Customizable background images
  • Create custom clock displays
  • Add-ons for Dandelion, Firefly, Maple, Ginkgo, Snow
  • Realistic sound effects
  • Capture and share photos
Features
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Enjoy Sakura Anytime, Anywhere! See Sakura Appear Before Your Eyes! Come, Let's Go Outside and Bring Sakura! Enjoy For Your Room's Interior Designs! ------------------------------------------------ Look in the camera to see the World of Sakuras. Enjoy watching Sakura flowers flying in the air. Interact with the flowers by touching the screen and take pictures with your favorite shot. You can now set your favorite photos as the screen's background image. Create a custom clock using your own original photos and the clock display! Suitable for room interior designs. Other add-ons apart from Sakura are now included : Dandelion, Firefly, Maple, Ginkgo, Snow. Have fun and enjoy! * Built-in Features * - Realistic Sakura flowers with our AR application - Customize wind speed and volume (object count) - Touch the screen to make Sakura flowers move - Switch Rear or Front Camera (iPhone only) - Display picture as background function - Clock display - Realistic Sound Effects - Capture images - Post Photo to Twitter - Send Photo by Email > You can view Posted Gallery via Gallery Button [ Shop Menu ] * Add-ons * - No ads - Dandelion - Firefly - Maple - Ginkgo - Snow - Holy > You can preview add-ons via Preview Button [Shop Menu ]

About

Old School Camera Emulator

Recreate the distinct visual style of early 2000s mobile phone cameras. Apply classic presets to your photos and videos directly on your device for an authentic retro aesthetic.

Highlights
  • Early 2000s phone camera styles
  • On-device processing
  • Photo and video support
  • Classic device presets
  • New styles and updates
Features
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Before touchscreens, cameras had character. Old School Camera makes a new photo or video look like it came from a phone in 2004. You shoot in the app, or you bring in something you already have. The picture you see is the picture that gets saved. There are old-school filters too, when a real phone is not quite strange enough. Some of them you can tune. VHS is the one with the most room: how worn the tape is, the old camcorder marks, and the sound wears with the picture. There aren't any ads. You open it and shoot. Have fun with it. If a phone or a filter is missing, tell me and I'll try to add it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SAKURA Now!4 screens
Old School Camera Emulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Old School Camera Emulator at 5.0 against SAKURA Now!'s 3.7. Old School Camera Emulator also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). SAKURA Now!'s advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. SAKURA Now! sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Old School Camera Emulator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Old School Camera Emulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of SAKURA Now!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Old School Camera Emulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SAKURA Now! ships an update monthly, Old School Camera Emulator every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SAKURA Now! versus Old School Camera Emulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSAKURA Now!Old School Camera Emulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROCKET RYOKOAleksandr Kichev

Customer experience

SAKURA Now!

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Old School Camera Emulator

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

SAKURA Now!

One-time7
  • No Ads$0.99
  • Dandelion$0.99
  • Maple$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Ginkgo$0.99
  • Holy$0.99
  • Snow$0.99
  • Firefly$0.99
2 purchases

Old School Camera Emulator

Subscriptions1
  • OldSchoolCameraEmulator Monthly$7.991 Month
One-time1
  • OldSchoolCameraEmulator Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is SAKURA Now! free?
SAKURA Now! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Old School Camera Emulator free?
Old School Camera Emulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SAKURA Now! or Old School Camera Emulator?
Old School Camera Emulator is rated higher. SAKURA Now! averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Old School Camera Emulator averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do SAKURA Now! or Old School Camera Emulator have ads?
Neither SAKURA Now! nor Old School Camera Emulator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SAKURA Now! or Old School Camera Emulator?
SAKURA Now! ships an update monthly, and Old School Camera Emulator every 2 weeks. Most recently, SAKURA Now! was updated on November 1, 2026 and Old School Camera Emulator on October 31, 2026.

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