Kodist vs Half Frame
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 ;)
Half Frame
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One shutter. Two frames. Both directions at once. Half Frame fires your front and back cameras at the same instant and lays the two images side by side — two vertical frames divided by the black gap of film, the way a half-frame camera exposes two pictures onto a single 35mm frame. HOW YOU HOLD IT DECIDES WHAT YOU GET Hold it out at arm's length and the two lenses face opposite directions — the mountain and the sea, both ends of a bridge, the street coming and going. Lay it flat and you get the sky and the ground. Hold it normally and you get what's in front of you, and whoever pressed the shutter. WHAT'S INSIDE · True simultaneous capture — both cameras fire together, not one after the other · 3:2 output, the classic 35mm proportion · A level that lives inside the film gap, so nothing covers your frame · Volume button shutter, and a self-timer with an audible countdown · Your roll stays in the app — 72 frames, numbered like film. Export only the ones worth keeping. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE. Half Frame collects nothing. No analytics, no tracking, no sign-in, no servers. Your photos stay on your device until you choose to export them. Requires a device that supports simultaneous front and back capture — iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and later. Made in London by 2B Studio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Half Frame at none against Kodist's 3. Half Frame also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support 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. Half Frame asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kodist ships an update monthly, Half Frame every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kodist | Half Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sasquatch Studio Inc. | KUAN HUANG |
In-app purchases
Kodist
- Tips$1.00
- Tips$5.00
- Unlock All Films$6.99
Half Frame
No in-app purchases









