Comparison

Happy Swipe vs Low Quality Camera

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

Head to head
About

Happy Swipe

Features
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A simple and fun photo and video viewer, perfect for young children. Features: - simple up/down swipe action to move between photos - no way to accidentally change or delete photos - tap the clock to fill the border with a different color - choose a random emoji to add to each photo - rate each picture with 1-5 hearts - colors and emojis are saved for each photo but the original photo is unchanged - hold down emoji or clock to select an emoji/color using the traditional pickers - handy when your child wants a specific emoji or color for an image - album can be selected in settings menu which is accessed by holding down the settings icon (hard for kids to accidentally access!)

About

Low Quality Camera

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A camera that shoots at deliberately low resolution. Phone cameras get better every year: one photo can take several megabytes, and a minute of video can pass 100 MB. This app does the opposite. It shoots small and rough from the start - for the times you would rather not spend the storage, and for people who simply like the way rough pictures look. ■ Just pick one of five sizes 96x128 / 144x192 / 240x320 / 480x640 / 720x960. They sit right above the viewfinder, so you can switch a second before you shoot. Rough guide per photo / per minute of video: ・96x128 - about 3 KB / 0.9 MB ・144x192 - about 5 KB / 1.5 MB ・240x320 - about 12 KB / 3.0 MB ・480x640 - about 45 KB / 9.0 MB ・720x960 - about 110 KB / 18.8 MB ■ What you see is what gets saved The viewfinder shows the frame already scaled down and already compressed, exactly as it will be stored. Press the shutter and that same image is written to your gallery. Nothing ever turns out rougher or cleaner than it looked. ■ Video at the same size Switch between photo and video and record with the same roughness. Allow the microphone and the sound is recorded; refuse it and the video is simply silent. ■ Four looks Original / Toy camera / Old digicam / Faded. Original is the default, so if you are only here to save space, nothing is added to your pictures. Toy camera boosts the colors and darkens the corners, Old digicam has the cool cast of an early 2000s compact, and Faded looks like a yellowed old print. ■ Straight into your photo library Photos and videos are saved straight to your photo library, ready to attach to an email or a chat. No account, no upload. ■ The shutter sound can be muted Turn it off in the settings. Good for ・Keeping free space on your phone and in the cloud ・Records that only need to exist, not to look good ・Sending something without using much data ・Anyone who likes the feel of rough photos and video ・Shooting like an old phone or an early digital camera This app is for taking pictures, not for shrinking ones you already have: it cannot import existing photos or videos. The frame is a fixed 3:4 portrait, and there is no zoom, flash or timer. The roughness is the soft look of a small image stretched out, not the hard squares of a pixel art filter.

Screenshots

Happy Swipe4 screens
Low Quality Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Happy Swipe at none against Low Quality Camera's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Happy Swipe versus Low Quality Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappy SwipeLow Quality Camera
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKEVIN JOSEPH THORNBERRYRyouhei Azuma

In-app purchases

None

Happy Swipe

No in-app purchases

None

Low Quality Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Happy Swipe free?
Happy Swipe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Low Quality Camera free?
Low Quality Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Happy Swipe or Low Quality Camera have ads?
Low Quality Camera shows ads; Happy Swipe does not.

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