PixelPoint vs Pixel Camera!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PixelPoint
Enhance your photos with a vast array of stylish filters and professional editing tools. Create stunning images for social media with effects like oil painting and cartoon. Easily revert changes with editing history.
- Stylish photo filters
- Professional editing tools
- Special effects (Oil Painting, Cartoon, Sketch)
- Editing history
- Brightness, Contrast, Saturation adjustments
- Crop tool
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Trusted by more than one million people worldwide, PixelPoint has been helping people make their photographs their own since 2013. Now rebuilt for a new generation, PixelPoint is a private, focused photo editor combining curated Looks, precise editing tools and PixelPoint Sets—a powerful way to give a group of photographs a consistent finish. Whether you are refining one favourite photograph, preparing a social carousel or editing an entire trip, PixelPoint helps every photo from the moment feel like it belongs together. — CURATED LOOKS — Transform your photographs with a growing collection of carefully designed PixelPoint Looks. • Explore distinctive Free and Pro Looks • Preview every Look using your own photograph • Adjust the intensity of your selected Look • Keep your favourites together for quick access • Create reusable Custom Looks with PixelPoint Pro — PRECISE PHOTO EDITING — Fine-tune every detail while keeping your original photograph untouched. • Exposure • Contrast • Highlights and shadows • Whites and blacks • Saturation and vibrance • Temperature and tint • Sharpen and vignette • Crop, straighten, rotate and flip PixelPoint Pro adds precision tools including luminance and RGB curves, background blur, and subject or background adjustments. All edits are nondestructive, so you can revisit your work, change direction or return to the original whenever you like. — PIXELPOINT SETS — Bring a consistent visual style to a complete group of photographs. With PixelPoint Pro, you can: • Apply one shared Look across an entire Set • Match exposure and white balance between photographs • Fine-tune individual photos without losing the shared style • Reorder and review your complete Set • Batch export the finished photographs Sets are ideal for trips, events, celebrations, social carousels and any group of photographs that should feel connected. — CREATE YOUR OWN LOOKS — Turn an edit you love into a reusable Custom Look. Save your Look, colour and tonal adjustments together, give your creation a name and apply it to other photographs whenever you want. Image-specific changes such as cropping remain with the original photo. Custom Looks are included with PixelPoint Pro. — EDIT HISTORY — Every meaningful change creates a clear History checkpoint. Compare your latest edit with the previous version, restore an earlier result or return to the original photograph without having to start again. — FULL-RESOLUTION EXPORT — Export your finished photographs as JPEG or HEIF files. Save them directly to Photos or share them using your favourite apps. Free exports are full resolution and never include a watermark. — PRIVATE BY DESIGN — PixelPoint works without an account, advertising profile or social network. Your photographs, projects and editing recipes remain on your device. — PIXELPOINT PRO — PixelPoint Pro includes: • The complete Pro Look library • Luminance and RGB curves • Subject and background selective editing • Background blur • Reusable Custom Looks • PixelPoint Sets, Match and batch export • Advanced export controls • New Pro Looks as they are released Eligible new subscribers can begin with a three-day free trial. Your local subscription price is always shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account after the free trial, where available. PixelPoint Pro renews monthly unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel your subscription through your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://orstudios.co.uk/pixelpoint/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pixel Camera!
Easily create unique pixelated-style photos with a few taps. Select from professionally designed filters like sketch, cartoon, and dots to transform ordinary scenes into stunning pixel art. Share your creations instantly on social media or via email.
- Single tap pixelated photo effects
- Professionally designed camera filters
- 8 unique effects including Pixellate, Sketch, Cartoon, Dots
- Share photos to social media
- Save photos to device library
- Print photos
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*** Enjoy taking AMAZING pixel photos!*** Don't you post a unique photos to your blogs or SNS? You can easily take a pixelated-style photo in just a few taps! Only you have to do is selecting a filter and take a shoot. If you take a photo of your ordinary familiar scenery, it becomes the stunning pixel image. The app also include other unique filters such as cartoon, Sketch, Dots, Emboss etc. Of course, you can share photos on Facebook, Twitter or other SNS. And also you can send photos to your friends by email. How to use: Step1. Select a filter Step2. Take a shot Step3. Save or share! Features: -> Easy-to-use single tap effects -> Professionally designed camera filters -> 8 amazing effects/filters: Pixellate, Sketch, Cartoon, Dots, Halftone, Crosshatch, Swirl and Emboss -> Share photos to Twitter, Facebook or other SNS -> Save photos to Photo Library -> Print photos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PixelPoint at 86% against Pixel Camera!'s 0%. PixelPoint also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 54 months). Pixel Camera!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. PixelPoint sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pixel Camera! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PixelPoint holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PixelPoint has 459 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of PixelPoint's written reviews are positive against 0% of Pixel Camera!'s.
PixelPoint ships an update every 2 weeks, Pixel Camera! every 54 months. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | PixelPoint | Pixel Camera! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (459 ratings) — better | 2.6 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 459 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 54 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Iconic Digital | Quantis,Inc. |
Customer experience
PixelPoint
Pixel Camera!
Bugs and requests
PixelPoint
Reported bugs
2 issues- Filters not unlocking properly
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- More color options
- Blur and advanced editing tools
- Improved tutorial and onboarding
Pixel Camera!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PixelPoint
- PixelPoint Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Retro Effects Pack$0.99
- Cartoon Effects Pack$0.99
- Black & White Effects Pack$0.99
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- Grunge Effects Pack$0.99
- Instant Effects Pack$0.99
- Viewfinder Effects$0.99
- Lomo Effects Pack$0.99
- Old School Effects Pack$0.99
- Summer Sunset$0.99
- Big Apple$0.99
- Cool Tones$0.99
- London Town$0.99
- Old West$0.99
Pixel Camera!
- Remove Ads$5.99
Questions
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