Party! Disposable Camera vs Backblur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Party! Disposable Camera
This app enables groups to collaboratively create shared photo albums for events. Nearby devices connect automatically, allowing everyone to contribute to a live album that develops overnight. It captures candid moments from multiple perspectives without requiring profiles or permanent connections.
- Proximity-based photo sharing
- Live shared albums
- Automatic device connection
- No profiles or follows required
- Photos revealed the next morning
- Disposable camera aesthetic
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Everyone gets the camera. The whole party shoots. The morning after, you all wake up to one shared roll — film-grain, candid, untouched. No edits. No previews. No curating. Just the night, exactly as it happened. A disposable camera for the iPhone era. Built by Hipstamatic, the team that started mobile film photography in 2009. → How it works 1. Create a camera. Name it, set the dates, pick a film look. 2. Invite your guests. They join in ten seconds — no download, no account. 3. Everyone shoots. Photos stay hidden until the camera closes. 4. The next morning, the whole roll is revealed to everyone at once. → What's in the roll The kiss you never saw. The stage dive from the back row. The 4am sunrise no one remembered. The flash-lit moment that somehow looks iconic. All of it, captured by everyone. All of it, yours to keep or let vanish when the night ends. → What's inside - Real film looks: 90s, rich color, vintage, black & white, instant - Zero-install guest join via App Clip - Custom camera names, themes, and durations - No profiles. No follows. No feed. - Photos tied to the event, not a permanent network → Made for Concerts · Weddings · Birthdays · Bachelorettes · Festivals · Prom · Formals · Warehouse raves · Secret shows · Bestie birthdays · Anywhere a phone is the only camera in the room. → Public Parties (Los Angeles) Find the show you're at. Join the camera other fans are shooting on. See the night from every angle in the venue. Pair it with the official Apple Music Set List to relive the show exactly as it happened — not just how you heard it, but how the entire room saw it. → Privacy by design No account required to join a camera. Photos live with the event, not a permanent profile. When the camera closes, you decide what to keep. The night starts when you open it. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Backblur
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Backblur turns any photo into a beautiful background. Pick a photo. Slide until it feels right. Set it as your wallpaper, and watch your icons finally pop. Four sliders. That's the whole app. Blur: Softens the photo into the distance. Brightness: Lightens or darkens the photo itself, like exposure. Tint: Lays a colored wash over the photo. Black dims, white softens, colors tint. Saturation: How vivid the colors stay. Zero is black and white. No filters to scroll, no AI to wait on. What you see while you slide is pixel-for-pixel what gets saved. Hold to preview shows your background behind home screen and lock screen icons, or the Mac desktop, before you commit. Your recent creations wait on the welcome screen, so you can pick up where you left off. On iPhone and iPad, save it to Photos, then set it as your wallpaper from there. On the Mac, Backblur sets it as your wallpaper directly, on one display or all of them, and can export a JPEG. The editor is free, and so are your first two exports, so you can see the result on your own screen before you spend anything. After that, $4.99 unlocks unlimited saves and wallpapers, once, on every iPhone, iPad, and Mac signed into your Apple Account. It works with Family Sharing, and it never renews. No account. No ads. No tracking. Everything happens on your device; the app never touches the network. Made with care in Wisconsin by Graf Technology, LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Backblur at every 3 days against Party! Disposable Camera's weekly. Backblur also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Party! Disposable Camera sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year and Backblur sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Party! Disposable Camera ships an update weekly, Backblur every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Party! Disposable Camera | Backblur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (232 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 232 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hipstamatic, LLC | Graf Technology, LLC |
Bugs and requests
Party! Disposable Camera
Reported bugs
3 issues- Pictures come out blurry
- Slow shutter speed
- Doesn't open
Requested features
4 requests- More time limit in parties
- Event frames (wedding, birthday)
- Wedding filter
- Make event filters free
Backblur
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Party! Disposable Camera
- Party! Club Annual Membership1 Year trial$19.991 Year
- Party! Pass$1.00
- Camera Roll Boost$2.00
- Deluxe Camera$2.00
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- Deluxe Camera$5.00
- Deluxe Camera$10.00
- Premium Camera$49.00
- Premium Max Camera$99.00
Backblur
- Unlock Backblur$4.99
Questions
Is Party! Disposable Camera free?
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