Kodist vs 36 Frames Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kodist
Capture authentic film-style photos with this camera app that prioritizes natural image processing over AI enhancements. Choose from professional color profiles for a unique look. Point, shoot, and save directly to your library.
- Natural image processing, no AI enhancements
- Professional film photography color profiles
- Point-and-shoot simplicity
- 10-bit HEIF support
- Geotagging
- Automatic image orientation
- Full EXIF data saving
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Kodist is a point-and-shoot camera that produce lifelike film photography shots. ◎ No AI Enhancements Kodist avoids all AI enhancements by processing data directly from the sensors: - Your shots are never too evenly lit - There's no excessive sharpening, aggressive denoising, and artificial smudging - No weird, frowned-upon HDR artifacts on object edges - Natural and pleasant-looking grains produces by physics, not by an algorithm ◎ Film Photography Profiles Your shots are rendered with your choice of a professional film photography colour profile. They produce natural and balance colours that makes your shots stand out in the sea of phone photographs. ◎ Photos in 1 Step Point and shoot, and that's it: your photo is saved to your iOS Photo Library, and the camera gets out of your way. ◎ Minimal App, Packed Technologies Kodist is minimally featured, but user experience is not an afterthought. - 10-bit HEIF support saves your photos in a rich, space-efficient format - Geotagging makes your photos searchable on maps in your Photo Library - Automatic image orientation allows your to take photos however you hold the phone - Photos are saved to iOS Photo Library with full EXIF info. There's no separate in-app album ◎ Free (for now) There are no pay-to-unlock features (yet!) and you can keep having fun for free. Tips are welcome and we may have something for you in the future ;)
36 Frames Camera
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One roll. Thirty-six frames. No preview, no retakes, and no way to see a single photo until the roll comes back from the lab. 36 Frames is a film camera for your iPhone. You load a roll, and from the first frame to the thirty-sixth there is nothing to look at but the counter. You can't check the shot. You can't delete the bad ones. You shoot, you trust it, and you move on. It's how photography felt before there was a screen on the back of the camera. When the roll is full, or whenever you decide you're done with it, you send it to the lab. Standard developing takes two to five working days. Express comes back in about an hour. The look is identical either way; the only thing you ever trade is time. Then one day the roll is ready, the contact sheet arrives, and you finally see what you spent your week shooting. Keep the good ones. That's the whole app. WHAT YOU GET One roll, thirty-six frames. The counter is the only feedback there is. No preview, no retakes, no recovery. Nothing you shoot can be viewed until the roll is developed. Not previewed, not reviewed, not undeleted. Two ways to wait. Standard developing in two to five working days, never coming back on a weekend. Express in about an hour. Both are free, and neither one looks better than the other. Two films. Colour 400 and Mono 400, each with its own grain, colour rendering and tone. The look is applied when the roll is developed, not when you shoot, so you never get to preview it either. A camera worth holding. Every lens on your iPhone, a viewfinder that shows exactly what gets captured, a shutter speed dial from 1/1000 of a second to a full second, optional manual focus with focus peaking, a rule-of-thirds grid and a horizon level. One tap is the shutter. Short rolls are fine. Send any time after the first frame. The lab develops only the frames you actually shot. Widgets, Lock Screen and Siri. See how far into the roll you are and when the next one is ready, jump straight to the shutter from Control Center or the Action Button, and ask Siri about a roll. Put your developed photos on the Home Screen with the Album widget. Choose your app icon. Keep the original yellow camera on your Home Screen, or pick Kumquat, Raspberry, Plum, Juniper, Kiwi or two-tone black and chrome. Free for everyone. Keepers go to Photos. Developed frames save at full resolution with the real capture details: date, place, lens, exposure. They sort into your library where they belong. Ask the lab for a white border, or for the date or the frame number stamped in the corner. In a hurry? There's a Rush option that develops a roll on the spot, free and unlimited. The app will gently point out that rushing every roll rather defeats the point. WHERE YOUR PHOTOS GO Nowhere. "Sending the roll to the lab" is this app's language for a wait that runs entirely on your own phone. Undeveloped frames live in the app's private storage, developing happens on the device, and nothing is ever uploaded. There's no account to make, no sign-up, no analytics, no ads and no tracking. It works in airplane mode. The wait is real, though. It isn't a progress bar you can skip by relaunching. WHAT IT COSTS Free to download, and your first two rolls are free, one on each film, so you get a proper feel for it. After that, a single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited rolls, forever. Nothing metered, and nothing that expires. Buy it once and the app keeps working. Made in Stockholm. iPhone only, iOS 18 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: 36 Frames Camera at 18.0 against Kodist's 26.2. 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. Kodist sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and 36 Frames Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kodist ships an update monthly, 36 Frames Camera every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kodist | 36 Frames Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sasquatch Studio Inc. | Hjalmar Hallin |
In-app purchases
Kodist
- Tips$1.00
- Tips$5.00
- Unlock All Films$6.99
36 Frames Camera
- Full app unlock$4.99









