PowerUp Camera vs Pixellate Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerUp Camera
Apply retro video game console filters to your photos in real-time. Choose from multiple classic systems, adjust contrast and saturation, and share your creations. Unlock additional systems to expand your retro aesthetic.
- Real-time retro video game console filters
- Multiple system filter options
- Adjustable contrast and saturation
- Apply filters to existing photos
- In-app photo sharing
- Unlockable secret systems
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** NOW YOU'RE PLAYING WITH POWERUP! ** Featuring the latest in Blast Processing Technology, PowerUp filters your camera in real-time so that you can take photos using the same resolution and color palette as your favorite retro video game systems! Choose from 2 initial systems with the option to buy 6 more! It doesn't stop there! You can also share your PowerUp photos on using the share dialog right from the app. Have an already existing photo? Go ahead and filter using any one of the systems available! Adjust the contrast and saturation to get your photo just right! Are you bad enough to unlock the secret systems?
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 rating: Pixellate Camera at 5.0 against PowerUp Camera's 4.5. Pixellate Camera also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). PowerUp Camera's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (32 vs 7). On price, 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
Both are free to download. PowerUp Camera sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Pixellate Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixellate Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of PowerUp Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pixellate Camera's.
PowerUp Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, Pixellate Camera every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerUp Camera | Pixellate Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sushiGrass | Zachary Coleman |
Customer experience
PowerUp Camera
Pixellate Camera
Bugs and requests
PowerUp Camera
Reported bugs
9 issues- Cannot restore purchases
- Restore button does nothing
- Photos not saving
- App not saving photos to camera roll
- App not saving settings
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- Sounds keep turning back on
- Converting existing pictures doesn't work
- Not compatible with iOS 7
- App is buggy
Requested features
7 requests- Add video support
- Add more filters
- Provide samples of additional filters before buying
- Add different levels of pixelization
- Add system-specific resolutions/ratios
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- Allow saving settings between relaunches
- Bundle all extensions for a lower price
Pixellate Camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PowerUp Camera
- System Pack 2Free
- SuperFree
- GamemanFree
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- GGearFree
- TG-16Free
- AtaryFree
- MstrsysFree
- Super/MstrSysFree
- Gameman/GGearFree
- Atary/TG-16Free
Pixellate Camera
No in-app purchases
Questions
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