y2kam vs LomoHi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
y2kam
Capture photos with the authentic grainy, over-sharpened, and lo-fi aesthetic of early 2000s digital cameras. Select your year between 1995-2005 to adjust the visual style and add period-correct date stamps.
- Authentic Y2K camera filters
- Adjustable year from 1995-2005
- Period-correct resolutions
- Digital zoom and flash toggle
- Amber-orange date stamps
- No ads or in-app purchases
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Remember when your MySpace pics looked crunchy, grainy, and kinda iconic? This app brings that exact Y2K vibe straight to your iPhone. No fake vintage “presets” here — we’re talking real-time filters that mimic the quirks of early 2000s cameras: - Over-sharpened halos & lens blur - Grainy CCD noise (both luma and chroma, baby) - Flashy bloom on highlights - Chunky pixelation & lo-fi resolutions - Subtle lens warps + chromatic aberration - Amber-orange date stamps, straight off a 2002 Kodak - Browse painfully through taken pictures using the camera buttons You can even pick your year from 1995–2005 and watch the vibes shift from 640×480 cyber-café selfies to slightly “high-res” 2005 mall-rat pics. - Save shots to your camera roll in period-correct resolutions. - Use digital zoom, toggle flash, and slap that time stamp in the corner like it’s your AIM profile pic. The Best Part - No ads. - No in-app purchases. - No nonsense. Just pure throwback energy, like apps used to be — one download, full vibes, end of story. Shoot like it’s the 2000s, post like it’s 2025.
LomoHi
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LomoHi is a Y2K digicam camera with no shutter button. Tilt your phone. Move. Wait for READY. Then it shoots candid, unposed, and a little unpredictable. You never see a live preview. Just a black viewfinder, a white flash, and your photo developing on film. SHOOT LIKE REAL FILM • 24 shots per day — one roll, then you’re done • No capture button — tilt + motion arms the camera, then it fires in 1–3 seconds • Rear, front, or dual-lens shots chosen at random • Chunky 640×480 pixels, cold Y2K color grade, date stamp, and film-strip borders • Film accidents: light leaks, exposure swings, motion smear, double-exposure ghosts, and blank or overexposed frames just like real film development. YOUR DAILY ROLL • Swipe through today’s shots in a built-in album • No need to browse your entire photo library • Optional save to your camera roll PRINT YOUR ROLL • Finish all 24 shots and hit PRINT • LomoHi exports a slideshow video of your day’s roll • Saved locally and optionally to your Photos library PURE THROWBACK ENERGY • No accounts • No ads • No subscriptions • No filters to fiddle with LomoHi is for people who miss disposable cameras, digicams, and the feeling that every shot actually costs something. Point. Tilt. Move. Let it surprise you.
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Verdict
y2kam and LomoHi are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
y2kam costs $0.49 and LomoHi $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | y2kam | LomoHi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.49 | $0.29 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeroen Keij | Tsz Chung Chau |
In-app purchases
y2kam
No in-app purchases
LomoHi
No in-app purchases









