Comparison

y2kam vs LomoHi

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

LomoHi

Features
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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.

Screenshots

y2kam3 screens
LomoHi4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

y2kam costs $0.49 and LomoHi $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
y2kam versus LomoHi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametery2kamLomoHi
Price$0.49$0.29 — better
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.2 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeroen KeijTsz Chung Chau

In-app purchases

None

y2kam

No in-app purchases

None

LomoHi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is y2kam free?
y2kam costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is LomoHi free?
LomoHi costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Do y2kam or LomoHi have ads?
Neither y2kam nor LomoHi shows ads.

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