Comparison

Pixellate Camera vs Retro Pixel Camera

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

Head to head
About

Pixellate Camera

Capture photos with a retro, 4-color dithered aesthetic. Adjust camera settings in real-time or import existing images to apply unique color schemes and advanced metadata.

Highlights
  • Retro 4-color dithered aesthetic
  • Adjust zoom, sharpness, contrast, brightness
  • Import and filter existing photos
  • Create custom color schemes
  • Advanced metadata with geotagging
  • 4x upscaled or pixel-perfect saves
Features
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Shoot in four colors. Pixellate is a live camera with the eye of a 1998 handheld. Every frame in the viewfinder is dithered down to four colors you can choose. Pick a palette, dial in brightness, contrast and dither, and shoot. Zoom in and out, flip to the front camera, and capture Live Photos and video in the same four colors as your stills. • Live four-color viewfinder for stills, Live Photos and video • 25 built-in palettes, or mix your own from any four colors • Brightness, contrast, dither and zoom controls • Import any photo, crop it, and pixellate it • Save upscaled copies for your library, or pixel-perfect 160 x 144 originals for homebrew projects • Optional geotagging and full capture metadata • Open the camera from Control Center, the Lock Screen or the Action button

About

Retro Pixel Camera

This camera app applies real-time dither shaders and retro color palettes to your photos and videos. Customize effects, pixel scale, and contrast live in the viewfinder. Import existing photos to apply the same artistic filters.

Highlights
  • Real-time dither shader effects
  • Fourteen live effects including error diffusion and ordered dither
  • Thirty-eight hand-graded color palettes
  • Live adjustment of pixel scale, contrast, shadows, and highlights
  • Import and edit existing photos
  • iPad Split View and Slide Over support
Features
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PIXELADO Dither the world, live in the viewfinder. Pixelado is a camera that renders every frame through a real-time dither shader. Pick an effect, pick a palette, and the viewfinder is already the photo. Nothing to apply afterwards. FOURTEEN LIVE EFFECTS Floyd-Steinberg and Atkinson error diffusion, Bayer 4x4 and 2x2 ordered dither, blue-noise stipple, per-channel RGB dither, ordered halftone, posterize, CRT scanlines, and a Sobel ink edge pass. Plus four retro hardware palettes that clamp every frame to a classic 4-color or 8-bit color set. THIRTY-EIGHT COLOR PALETTES Hand-graded palettes, from clean monochrome and graphite to neon, sunset, and deep contrast. Every one of them is free. DIAL IT IN Pixel scale, contrast, shadows, highlights, and sharpness, all live on the preview. Five effects take a tint color, so you can push a dither into any two-tone you want. Your settings are stored per effect, so switching back never loses your numbers. A CAMERA THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY Volume button shutter, rule-of-thirds grid, tap to focus, flash, zoom, front camera, and your last shot one tap from the editor. BRING YOUR OWN PHOTOS Import anything from your library and run it through the same shader, with the same sliders. BUILT FOR IPAD Split View and Slide Over are supported, and the camera preview keeps the right aspect ratio at every window size. COMPLETELY FREE Every effect, every palette, every slider. No subscription, no unlocks, no ads. STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Every frame is processed on your device with Metal. Nothing is uploaded. Shoot in pixels. PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF USE: Apple App Store User Agreement - Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://tahatuna.com/pixeladoprivacy For more information, please visit https://tahatuna.com For support, send an email to: ios@tahatuna.com

Screenshots

Pixellate Camera4 screens
Retro Pixel Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pixellate Camera at 5.0 against Retro Pixel Camera's 4.0. Pixellate Camera also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Retro Pixel Camera's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Retro Pixel Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Pixellate Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixellate Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixellate Camera has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixellate Camera ships an update every 2 months, Retro Pixel Camera every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pixellate Camera versus Retro Pixel Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixellate CameraRetro Pixel Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZachary ColemanAli Taha Tuna

Customer experience

Pixellate Camera

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Retro Pixel Camera

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pixellate Camera

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Retro Pixel Camera

Subscriptions1
  • Pixelado Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
One-time1
  • Pixelado Pro Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Pixellate Camera free?
Pixellate Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retro Pixel Camera free?
Retro Pixel Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixellate Camera or Retro Pixel Camera?
Pixellate Camera is rated higher. Pixellate Camera averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Retro Pixel Camera averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pixellate Camera or Retro Pixel Camera have ads?
Neither Pixellate Camera nor Retro Pixel Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixellate Camera or Retro Pixel Camera?
Pixellate Camera ships an update every 2 months, and Retro Pixel Camera every 9 days. Most recently, Pixellate Camera was updated on October 24, 2026 and Retro Pixel Camera on October 2, 2026.

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