Comparison

emo. vs FRMT

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

Head to head
About

emo.

This app offers a unique instant camera-like experience, bringing back the analog feel to digital photography. It features a "developing" wait time and a variety of filters to transform everyday moments into special memories. Users can also share photos with nearby users to shorten development time and create memories together.

Highlights
  • Instant camera simulation with "developing" wait time
  • Diverse vintage and modern filter collection
  • Social photo sharing to shorten development time
  • Create memories with friends by sharing photos
  • All photos managed in one place
  • Instagram Stories exclusive frames
  • One-tap sharing to various social media
Features
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emo. は、デジタル時代にアナログ感覚を取り戻す、まるでインスタントカメラのような体験が楽しめる新感覚のフィルターカメラアプリです。日常の一瞬を特別な思い出に変えましょう。 ノスタルジックな撮影体験 本物のフィルムカメラ感覚: 小さなプレビュー画面で撮影することで、「撮ってみるまでわからない」というフィルムカメラならではのドキドキ感を再現 "現像"の待ち時間: デジタルなのに、写真が出来上がるまでのワクワクする待ち時間を体験 多彩なフィルター: ヴィンテージからモダンまで、あなたの気分や場面に合わせた豊富なフィルターコレクション シェアして楽しむソーシャル現像 近くのユーザーとシェア: 近くにいる他のemo.ユーザーと写真をシェアすることで現像時間を短縮 友達と一緒に思い出を作る: 同じ瞬間を共有し、それぞれの視点で撮影した写真を見せ合う新しいコミュニケーション 現像の喜びを分かち合う: 出来上がった写真を一緒に見る楽しさを再発見 スマートな写真管理 一括管理: 撮影した写真やバースト、ライブフォトをすべて一か所で簡単に管理 アルバム作成: イベントや旅行ごとに思い出をまとめて、いつでも振り返れる SNS投稿に最適な機能 Instagramストーリーズ専用フレーム: SNS映えする魅力的なフレームでフォロワーの注目を集める シームレスな共有: 各種SNSへのワンタップ共有で、あなたの特別な一枚をすぐに友達に見せられる emo.で、写真撮影の「待つ楽しさ」「シェアする喜び」を再発見しませんか? デジタルでありながらアナログの温かみを感じる、新しい写真体験をぜひお試しください。 利用規約 https://emo-camera.studio.site/term/term_of_use プライバシーポリシー https://emo-camera.studio.site/term/privacy_policy #フィルムカメラ #フィルム #カメラ #フィルター #エモい #ノスタルジック #フレーム #画像 #写真 #インスタントカメラ #アナログ風 #レトロ #現像 #フォトアプリ #思い出 #SNS投稿 #インスタ映え #写真加工 #カメラアプリ #ヴィンテージ

About

FRMT

This app offers highly accurate film simulations, replicating real film characteristics like halation, interimage effects, and natural grain. It provides four distinct film stocks and allows users to develop RAW files, either captured within the app or imported from other sources.

Highlights
  • Accurate film simulation
  • Halation and interimage effects
  • Real grain simulation
  • Four distinct film stocks
  • RAW file development
  • No subscription or ads
Features
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FRMT is the most accurate film simulation on the App Store. Here is why that is a real claim and not marketing. Most film apps are filters. A filter is a lookup table. It takes the color of a pixel, swaps it for a different color, and that is the whole trick. Same color in, same color out, every time, no matter what is around it. Film does not work like that. Light scatters sideways through the emulsion. Each dye layer chemically holds back the layers next to it. Dye forms in clumps, and how much forms depends on how much light hit that exact spot. What a pixel becomes depends on everything around it. FRMT simulates that, stage by stage, on every frame you shoot. WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES Halation. Light passes through the emulsion, bounces off the film base, and exposes it again slightly off to the side. Bright edges bloom instead of stopping dead. Interimage effects. Developing dye releases a chemical that drifts sideways and holds back its neighbors. This is most of what gives a stock its color signature, and it is why reds stay clean next to greens. Real grain. Not a texture laid on top. Grain here is the actual variation in how much dye formed, so it follows the tones. Strongest in the midtones, almost gone in deep shadow, the way it works on the real thing. The curves and the numbers come off the manufacturers' own published datasheets. Nobody eyeballed a preset. FOUR STOCKS Cinnabar 50. Punchy and saturated. Landscapes, foliage, sunsets. Galena 100. Neutral and even. Travel, streets, mixed light. Baryta 100. Soft and fine grained. People, portraits, overcast days. Flint 64. Grainy and warm with cool shadows. Street, hard light, neon. You load one at a time, the way you load a roll. There is no look picker on the capture screen and there are no sliders. None of the four is a preset of another. HOW IT WORKS Press the shutter and a RAW negative is written immediately. Developing happens afterward, in the background, and takes about a minute per frame. That is not a loading spinner, it is real work on the GPU. Frames wait on the roll until they are done, and you can set developing to hold until you are plugged in. Finished photos save to your photo library and stay in the app, so you can look at them without leaving. You can also import RAW files you shot on something else and develop those. ON A PHONE WITHOUT PRORAW The simulation is built for RAW negatives, and that is where it is most accurate. On an iPhone that cannot shoot ProRAW, FRMT still works: it develops the phone's own photos through the same film, from what is left after the phone's processing, and marks those frames on the roll so you always know which is which. You can also import RAW files from another camera and develop those at full accuracy. NO SUBSCRIPTION, EVER Pay once. No account, no cloud, no ads, no watermark, no in app purchases. Your photos never leave your phone. There is no networking code in the app at all. WHAT TO EXPECT The viewfinder shows you the scene, not the film. Grading a live preview means guessing at the answer, and a preview that guesses wrong is worse than one that is honest. Use the exposure dial to place your highlights. This is slide film. There is not much room above the highlights. That is faithful, not a bug. Most accurate on an iPhone that can capture ProRAW. Works on any iPhone running iOS 17.2 or later.

Screenshots

emo.4 screens
FRMT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: emo. at 100% against FRMT's 50%. emo. also leads on price (Free vs $14.99). FRMT's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

emo. is free to download; FRMT costs $14.99 up front. emo. sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. FRMT asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
emo. versus FRMT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteremo.FRMT
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmotional BloomLevi Foster

Customer experience

emo.

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FRMT

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

emo.

Subscriptions4
  • Pro(1ヶ月)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Plan (2ヶ月)$4.992 Months
  • Pro Plan (3ヶ月)$7.993 Months
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  • Pro(1年)1 Month trial$22.991 Year
None

FRMT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is emo. free?
emo. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FRMT free?
FRMT costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do emo. or FRMT have ads?
Neither emo. nor FRMT shows ads.

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