ArtView Camera vs Retro Cam 2000
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArtView Camera
This app offers artists a specialized camera experience with intuitive gesture controls for zooming, aspect ratio changes, and filter selection. It also allows for quick application of watermarks and unique framing styles through smart shutter options.
- Gesture-based zoom
- Instant aspect ratio switching
- Favorite filter cycling
- Smart shutter framing
- Watermark application
- Framing and camera modes
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1. Seamless Zoom: Swipe right outside the frame to zoom in smoothly. 2. Instant Ratio: Swipe up or down on the frame to switch aspect ratios in a blink. 3. Favorite Tones: Swipe left or right on the frame to quickly cycle through your favorited filters.
Retro Cam 2000
Emulate the look and feel of early 2000s digital cameras and camcorders. Choose from three distinct lenses, apply vintage effects like light leaks, and add dated photo stamps. All your creations are processed and stored locally on your device.
- Three distinct camera lenses (Digicam, DV Camcorder, Webcam)
- Y2K-era visual effects and scanlines
- Light-leak switch for added vintage feel
- Customizable date stamps on photos
- Local storage for all captured media
- Authentic sound effects from the year 2000
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Press the power button and a self-test types itself out, a logo and a progress bar go by, and a blue desktop fades in. Open the camera and a modem sings while a "Connecting to camera device" window fills up. After that, it is just a camera. ■ Three lenses · Digicam 640×480 — warm color, soft focus, an orange date burned into the corner · Camcorder DV — scanlines and color bleed, REC and a running timecode on screen · Webcam 320×240 — cool, grainy, low resolution ■ Also in the box · A light-leak switch for one more layer of that era · Photos save as JPEG, video saves as MP4 with sound · My Pictures, Trash and Settings, all in windows from back then · Shutter, film advance and every dialog chime, made to sound like the year 2000 · Stamp your photos with the year 2000 if you like ■ Your photos stay on your device No account, no sign-in, no tracking. Everything you shoot is processed and stored only on this device. ■ English · 한국어 · 日本語 · 繁體中文 © 2026 ConyLab
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Retro Cam 2000 at none against ArtView Camera's 1. Retro Cam 2000 also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. ArtView Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Retro Cam 2000 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ArtView Camera against 5.0 for Retro Cam 2000. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
ArtView Camera ships an update every 3 weeks, Retro Cam 2000 daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ArtView Camera | Retro Cam 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 勤根 周 | Yeonni Lee |
Customer experience
ArtView Camera
Retro Cam 2000
In-app purchases
ArtView Camera
- Photo-taking feature$4.99
Retro Cam 2000
No in-app purchases
