Heedam Filter vs iY2K
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Heedam Filter
Enhance your photos and videos with 52 unique filters designed for landscapes, nature, and vibrant colors. Capture everyday moments, seasonal beauty, and travel memories with enhanced clarity and special effects. Offers features like grain, mist, and adjustable intensity for a personalized touch.
- 52 unique filters
- Optimized for landscapes and nature
- Video recording with filters
- Add grain and mist effects
- Adjustable filter intensity
- RAW file support
- High-resolution image editing
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Hello. This is Heedam :) I capture every moment of everyday life through photos. Ordinary moments from familiar days, beautiful moments gifted by the four seasons, precious moments with friends, partners, and family, and special moments from a journey. To help you capture these joyful moments more clearly, beautifully, and memorably, I created 54 unique filters. HeedamFilter offers filters optimized for those who love landscapes, nature, and bright, rich colors. Add your own special mood to photos and videos with HeedamFilter. —————— Filter List Daily: Natural, subtle colors (soft1, soft2, daily1, daily2, cafe1, cafe2, food1, food2, food3, sunset1, sunset2, sunset3, night1, night2) Season: Colors that bring out the mood of each season (spring1, spring2, spring3, spring4, spring5, summer1, summer2, summer3, summer4, fall1, fall2, fall3, winter1, winter2, winter3, christmas1, christmas2) Film: Bright film tones with grain (film1, film2, film3, film4, film5, film6, film7) Mood: Rich saturation with a soft mist effect (dream1, dream2, skyfilm, travel1, travel2, ocean, seoul, mood1, mood2, mood3, mood4, twilight1, twilight2, twilight3, cinematic1, cinematic2) #Best suited for landscapes and mood photos rather than selfies. After purchasing the app, you can use the following STANDARD features without additional payment. 54 filters Real-time filtered photo and video capture Import and edit photos and videos Grain and mist effects Filter intensity adjustment Favorite filters Batch editing for up to 20 photos and videos Import RAW files from DSLR and mirrorless cameras Edit large images over 20MB The filters and standard features provided to existing customers will not be changed or restricted. #Pro for more advanced shooting and editing Pro is an optional subscription for users who want advanced capture and photo editing features. ◇ High-quality ProRAW-based capture Unlike standard capture, Pro capture develops RAW image data. Available with the rear camera on supported devices. (Available only on iPhone Pro and Pro Max models) ◇ Pro 4K video recording Standard video up to 1080p, Pro video up to 4K Available with the rear camera on supported devices. ◇ Skin retouching Detects skin areas in a photo and naturally applies adjustments only to those areas. Skin smoothing Skin brightness Skin warmth Skin saturation ◇ Detailed adjustments Light: Exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks Color: Temperature, tint, saturation, and vibrance HSL: Adjust hue, saturation, and luminance for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple Effects: Fade, sharpness, detail, and vignette Reset individual adjustments or reset all ◇ Crop and rotate Free, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, and 9:16 ratios Fine rotation 90-degree rotation Horizontal flip Skin retouching, detailed adjustments, and crop and rotate are available for photo editing. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. You can continue using the existing STANDARD features without subscribing. ProRAW or 4K capture options may not appear on unsupported devices. ◇ Instagram Follow @heedam_i for new photos and updates. ◇ Contact If you experience a problem or need a feature, please contact us below. Email: heedami02@gmail.com Instagram: @heedam_i “Hee” means joy, and “dam” means to hold. Hold onto joy. —————————— Service Information Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
iY2K
Recreate the authentic look of older iPhone cameras with this app. It meticulously studies and rebuilds the unique noise, bloom, color, and sharpness of vintage devices, offering sixteen distinct old-phone, compact-digital, and film-inspired aesthetics. Apply these looks live or to existing photos without needing an internet connection.
- Sixteen vintage camera looks
- Live viewfinder preview
- Apply to existing photos
- Adjustable sensitivity and strength
- Multiple lens options
- Grid, aspect ratios, and frames
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Miss the character you used to get from older iPhone photos? Bring a second old phone on trips just for the camera? Tried an ‘old iPhone look’ app, only to be disappointed because it looked nothing like the real thing? iY2K was built differently. We bought a range of real older iPhone models and directly compared thousands of shots. This is not a filter made by guessing at the mood. We studied the noise, bloom, color and sharpness that gave each camera its character, then carefully rebuilt those details. We kept the character and eased off the drawbacks. Harsh bloom and excessive noise are toned down, while the parts people love about older cameras stay. You can also bring in photos you have already taken and apply the old-phone look later. There is no need to buy and carry another phone just for its camera. iY2K puts twenty-eight looks — old phones, compact digitals, film and single-use cameras — in one app. What’s inside · Twenty-eight looks — old phones, compact digitals, film and single-use cameras · Forty-seven composition guides — People, Landscape, Café and Top-Down. Line up with the outline on screen, get live directions on where to move the phone, and lay an example photo over the viewfinder · Light Bleed for selfies — the soft, blown-out glow old iPhone selfies had, on only when you want it · Photos, video and Live Photos · Ten single-use cameras — seven cardboard bodies, four in colour (two of them waterproof) and three in black-and-white, plus three instant-film looks (a box body, a folding SLR and a current model) · See the look live in the viewfinder before you shoot · Apply it to photos and videos already in your library, several photos at once · Sensitivity and strength controls for every look · 0.5×, 1× and 2× lenses, plus the front camera · A 3-second and a 10-second timer · Grid, five aspect ratios and optional frames · An album that gathers what you shot with iY2K, day by day There are no in-app purchases. All twenty-eight looks, the ten single-use cameras included, come with the price of the app, and there is no subscription. Shoot the single-use cameras as much as you like — there is no frame limit. An instant frame is saved as a square photograph inside a white instant-print border. Shooting and editing are processed on your device, with no account or in-app ads. Only with your tracking permission, the Meta SDK sends device identifiers and app activation events to measure advertising performance. Declining does not affect any feature. Photos and capture locations are not sent to Meta. See our privacy policy for details. iY2K is an independently developed look-emulation app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any device, camera or film manufacturer. All preset names are our own. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://imagination5671.github.io/iy2k-support/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Heedam Filter at none against iY2K's shown. iY2K's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and chart position (#69 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Heedam Filter costs $2.99 and iY2K $2.99 up front. Heedam Filter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month and iY2K sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Heedam Filter ships an update every 9 days, iY2K every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Heedam Filter | iY2K |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better | 85.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #69 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seongmin Lee | SANGSANGLYEOG |
Customer experience
Heedam Filter
iY2K
In-app purchases
Heedam Filter
- Pro Monthly$1.001 Month
- Pro Yearly$6.001 Year
iY2K
- LeBx roll — 27 frames$0.49
- FunS roll — 27 frames$0.49
- Sport roll — 27 frames$0.49
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- Tri roll — 27 frames$0.49
- Marine roll — 27 frames$0.49
- HP roll — 27 frames$0.49
- XP roll — 27 frames$0.49
- 600 pack — 8 instant frames$0.49
- SX pack — 8 instant frames$0.49
- Now pack — 8 instant frames$0.49









