Distorted Camera vs MonoFrame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Distorted Camera
This app transforms your camera into a chaotic canvas with randomized filter sequences for glitchy, distorted effects. Explore over 100 filters and save your favorite combinations. Unlock unlimited captures and video recording with an in-app purchase.
- Randomized filter sequences
- Glitchy and pixellated effects
- Over 100 filters
- Customizable filter attributes
- Save filter chains
- In-app purchase for unlimited captures and video
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Welcome to Distorted, an artful camera and photo editor app that combines randomized sequences of filters for glitchy, distorted, and cinematic effects on your photos and videos. Distorted transforms your iPhone camera into a moody, pixellated, and sometimes broken canvas using creative combos of image filters. Choose your mode at launch: take a photo, record a video, or import an image from your photo library. Every session is pre-loaded with a randomized filter chain, so you'll never shoot the same look twice. Each filter affects the next in sequence and can be fine-tuned with attributes like intensity, sharpness, radii, thresholds, levels, blur, and color controls, with over 100 filters to choose from. KEY FEATURES Live filtered viewfinder for photo and video capture, so what you see is what you shoot. No guesswork, no post-processing required. Video recording with real-time filter chains applied frame by frame. Record short clips with glitch, VHS, pixel, halftone, distortion, and vintage film looks baked right in. Photo import and editing from your camera roll. Run any existing photo through the same randomized chains to give old shots a fresh, distorted aesthetic. 100+ built in filters including pixellate, CRT, halftone, posterize, chrome, noir, bloom, thermal, kaleidoscope, edge detect, color monochrome, and many more experimental effects. Adjustable filter parameters. Dial in each filter with sliders for intensity, radius, levels, color, and sharpness to craft your exact look. Save your favorite filter chains to a personal library and reuse them across photo and video sessions. Build custom chains by adding individual filters by name for total creative control over your aesthetic. Tap the palette icon to instantly restyle the app's interface colors to match your vibe. Whether you love analog film looks, retro VHS glitches, lo-fi aesthetic photography, pixel art, or abstract experimental imagery, Distorted turns your camera into a creative playground. Perfect for artists, photographers, content creators, musicians, and anyone who wants their photos and videos to stand out. Ready to turn the ordinary into art? Download Distorted and start creating.
MonoFrame
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MonoFrame turns an affordable e-ink display into a WiFi picture frame you'll actually keep updated. Pick any photo on your iPhone, preview it as a crisp black & white print, rotate it to taste, and tap Send — your frame picks it up automatically. MADE FOR E-PAPER Ordinary photos turn muddy on monochrome e-ink. MonoFrame converts every image with Floyd–Steinberg dithering tuned to the display's exact canvas, so pictures come out sharp and striking — like a small gallery print that changes whenever you like. Rotate the preview until it sits exactly the way you want before you send. MORE THAN PHOTOS — SCREENS Your frame can be a tiny dashboard, too. Pick a built-in screen and send it like any photo: • A full-month calendar with today circled • A big-type countdown to any date — vacations, launches, weddings • A giant wall clock, a daily-focus card, or a family note for the fridge DESIGN SCREENS WITH AI — NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Describe the screen you want in plain words — "a countdown to our Hawaii trip with a bold banner." MonoFrame writes a ready-made prompt that already knows your frame's exact size; paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any AI chat, paste the reply back, and the app builds and previews your screen. No API key, no signup, and MonoFrame itself never contacts any AI service — nothing leaves your phone but the finished picture. Power users can even register our free MCP server so their AI assistant designs and validates screens automatically. SET UP IN MINUTES • Flash the free, open-source firmware once with any standard ESP32 tool — our step-by-step guide walks you through it • After that, firmware updates arrive wirelessly through the app — phone to frame, no computer involved • The guided setup connects your frame to WiFi in about a minute • No account to create. Ever. SEND FROM ANYWHERE • Photos travel through the cloud, so you can update a frame across town or across the world • The frame checks in on its own and updates itself — or press its button to show the new picture right away • Keeping a photo frame fresh for grandparents? Update it for them without touching it MULTIPLE FRAMES • Pair every frame in the house — even different models side by side • Send a photo to one frame, or to all of your frames at the same time with a single tap • Each frame has its own private credentials, so nobody else can see your pictures WEEKS ON A CHARGE E-paper keeps showing your photo with zero power. The frame wakes briefly every half hour, checks for something new, and goes back to deep sleep. TRY IT WITHOUT HARDWARE No frame yet? Tap "Try a demo" during setup and explore the entire app with a simulated frame before you buy anything. WORKS WITH • Elecrow CrowPanel ESP32-S3 4.2" e-paper display (400 × 300) • Elecrow CrowPanel ESP32-S3 5.79" e-paper display (792 × 272) • Seeed Studio reTerminal E1001 7.5" ePaper display (800 × 480) • Want another frame supported? Request it on our GitHub — the whole project is open source (MIT) PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no email, no subscription • Only the converted black & white image is uploaded — originals never leave your phone • Your WiFi password goes straight from your phone to the frame, never to our servers MonoFrame is free and open source — no ads, no tracking, no strings attached.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MonoFrame at Free against Distorted Camera's $2.99. MonoFrame also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On ads, device support 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
MonoFrame is free to download; Distorted Camera costs $2.99 up front. Distorted Camera sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MonoFrame asks for nothing beyond the download.
Distorted Camera ships an update fortnightly, MonoFrame weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Distorted Camera | MonoFrame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Principal LA LLC | James Baker |
In-app purchases
Distorted Camera
- MashtapeFree
- Distorted Pro$1.99
MonoFrame
No in-app purchases









