Pointillist vs Ghost Picture Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pointillist
Transform your photos into pointillist art in seconds. Select an image from your device or camera, and the app will render it into a unique dot-patterned masterpiece. Adjust and share your creations easily.
- Photo to pointillism conversion
- Select photos from album or camera
- Zoom in/out to view artwork
- Adjust painting to taste
- Save, mail, print, and share creations
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As you may know, pointillism is a form of painting developed in the late 19th century branching from Impressionism, in which small dots are applied in patterns to form a picture. And a pointillist, who paints with pointillism, usually needs to spend months to paint the hundreds of thousands of tiny dots. But now with the Pointillist, you can "paint" your photo into a work of pointillism art just in seconds. With it, you can select a photo from the album or the camera, and the Pointillist will render the photo into pointillism for you. Zoom in/out to view your artwork and adjust the painting according to your flavor. When finished, you can save, mail, print, or share your masterpiece on Facebook and Twitter. Make your iPhone/iPad a pointillism art master!
Ghost Picture Camera
Add realistic ghost stickers to your photos with over 60 designs. Easily resize and rotate them to fit any image, then share your spooky creations with friends.
- Over 60 ghost stickers
- Realistic ghost designs
- Resize and rotate stickers
- Use existing or new photos
- Share to social media and email
- Save to photo library
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Bring ghosts to your photos and surprise your friends! Enjoy more than 60 ghost stickers. Just a few taps, super-realistic ghosts are displayed on your photos. All the ghost stickers are designed to blend well into photo backgrounds and objects. By resizing and rotating the sticker, it nicely fit into any picture. The app includes many ghosts and monsters such as Phantom, Death, Skeleton, Zombie, bat, Mummy, Vampire etc. Of course, you can share photos on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. And also you can send photos to your friends by email. How to use: Step1. Capture or import a photo Step2. Choose ghosts Step3. Rotate and resize ghosts to fit Step4. Save or share! Features: -> Professionally designed ghosts -> Rotate -> Resize -> More than 60 ghosts -> Use existing photo or take a new shot -> Share your photos -> Save to photo library HAVE A FUN!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pointillist at 63% against Ghost Picture Camera's 0%. Pointillist also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Ghost Picture Camera's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (3.7 vs 3.2). On ratings volume, update cadence 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
Ghost Picture Camera is free to download; Pointillist costs $0.99 up front. Ghost Picture Camera sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Pointillist asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ghost Picture Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Pointillist's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ghost Picture Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pointillist ships an update every 7 months, Ghost Picture Camera every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pointillist | Ghost Picture Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (13 ratings) | 3.7 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 志明 丁 | Quantis, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pointillist
Ghost Picture Camera
In-app purchases
Pointillist
No in-app purchases
Ghost Picture Camera
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Buy more items$4.99







