Pointillist vs BSelf 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!
BSelf Camera
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Comparison of the photo before and after applying filters: http://hvacol.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1266 Three Key Unique Features: 1. Real beautification when taking photos When using the camera icon button in this app to take a photo, the photo are automatically enhanced with a realistic portrait imaging style through multiple unique technologies, just like professional photography equipment. From the first version on July 9, 2024, to the 15th version update in March 2026, all technological breakthroughs have been completed, fully and deeply tested, making it mature and practical. This is what makes the app unique and particularly valuable: you look great in just one shot - naturally and effortlessly. This is the biggest difference from AI-generated images, which often feel mechanical and stiff. There is a 0.x second delay when taking a photo, but when shooting a single image, it’s completely negligible. 2. Automatic Photo Color Optimization. Click the Color button, and select the 'Automatic' option from the menu (this menu will automatically pop up when you finish taking a photo or load an photo from the album). It has a strong effect in correcting some messy parts of the photo. It's recommended to try this feature at the very beginning of your photo adjustment process (it usually has an 80%~90% chance of producing excellent results, but there's also about a 10% to 20% chance it could make things worse, which is why it's not integrated into live photo beautification. If it turns out badly: click the Restore button in the top left corner to revert the photo to its original state). 3. 27 art filters covering common areas: portraits, travel, seasons, Japanese style(JStyle), food... 27 Art Filters - Simplifying 27 complex photo-editing methods from software like Photoshop into just 27 buttons: press a button, and you've completed a process that would normally be complicated in Photoshop-like software, involving tedious steps and constant extra learning (because you’ll forget things—not just how to use the software, but even the settings themselves…). Among them, Portrait Art1 and Portrait Art2 – two different levels of detailed enhancement for facial skin, precise adjustments that don't affect facial features, and two different levels of background blur. Thoroughly and deeply tested: making people look more realistically beautiful. Filters like [ Spring Drizzle ] involve more scientific calculations, but the delay is completely negligible. Fine-tuning Filters [ Light ] and [ Color ] menu items: Make real-time fine-tuning to any image currently on the screen. Super easy to use: Click the photo to toggle the menu on and off. Double-click the photo to switch the photo between full-screen fit and full fill modes. You can also use pinch gestures and other actions to freely zoom and pan the image, with a super large zoom ratio to check out photo details. Key logic: Whenever the filter sliding menu pops up, the current state of the photo becomes the initial state for all filters. You can directly compare the effects of different filters just by clicking them one after another (as long as you don't switch to adjustments or other functions in between). All filters don't affect each other. Once you switch to the Light or Color menu and make adjustments, the current state of the photo changes. The next time you open the filter sliding menu, the latest state of the photo will serve as the new initial state for all filters. At any time, the [ Restore ] button in the top left corner is used to quickly restore the photo to the state it was in right after the photo was taken or when the photo file was first loaded. Absolute privacy: runs entirely on iPhone locally In the AI era, a photographer sticking to their craft
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BSelf Camera at monthly against Pointillist's every 7 months. Pointillist's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Pointillist costs $0.99 and BSelf Camera $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pointillist ships an update every 7 months, BSelf Camera monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pointillist | BSelf Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.2 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 志明 丁 | 俊杰 王 |
In-app purchases
Pointillist
No in-app purchases
BSelf Camera
No in-app purchases









