BackPanel vs Heisei Video
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BackPanel
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Background panels often seen at press conferences. This is an application for creating an image that looks like the background panel. If you do not have a suitable place for your company's publicity photo shoot, please use it. Changes made to the back panel are instantly saved in the app. The pasted person photo will not be saved in the app. Please use it when creating newspapers, magazines, radio, television, movies, the Internet, WEB, mass media, advertising agencies, eventers, promoters, broadcasting departments, theater departments, artists, models, talents, and publicity photos.
Heisei Video
Capture nostalgic videos and photos with a retro flip-phone aesthetic. Add telop text to create a unique, low-fi Heisei-style look for your media.
- Retro flip-phone style camera
- Nostalgic low-fi aesthetic
- Add telop text
- Capture videos and photos
- Heisei-style effects
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Add telop text and capture nostalgic low‑fi Heisei‑style videos and photos.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BackPanel at 14.0 against Heisei Video's 17. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BackPanel ships an update every 5 days, Heisei Video every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BackPanel | Heisei Video |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yukio Oishi | masataka aoki |
In-app purchases
BackPanel
No in-app purchases
Heisei Video
No in-app purchases
