Pixellate Camera vs Epilogue Flashback
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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Transform your modern iPhone into a nostalgic camera with Pixellate! Capture photos with retro styling that creates a 4-color dithered aesthetic. Features: • Adjust zoom, sharpness, contrast, and brightness when taking photos • Import photos from any other app and apply the filter • Create color schemes to make your photos pop • Advanced metadata, including optional geotagging • Save 4x upscaled for viewing in your gallery, or pixel perfect copies for use in GB projects
Epilogue Flashback
Transform your device into an 8-bit camera, capturing dithered, pixelated photos and videos with authentic retro palettes and effects. Offers both software emulation and direct hardware integration with the Game Boy Camera.
- 8-bit pixelated photo and video capture
- Authentic retro palettes and dithering
- Software emulation of 8-bit look
- Direct hardware integration with Game Boy Camera
- Adjustable brightness, contrast, and exposure
- Live preview before shooting
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Flashback turns your iPhone into an 8-bit camera. Shoot dithered, pixelated photos and record video with audio, saved straight to your gallery. Two modes are available: - Software mode: use your iPhone's own camera. We recreate the original 8-bit look. - Hardware mode: use your GB Operator, insert the Game Boy Camera and gent a live feed from the original image sensor. No emulation. Features: - Photo and video with audio, exported straight to your Photos - Retro palettes, from the classic green-screen look to black & white and with color mode on Software mode. - Authentic dithering and crunchy, low-res 8-bit pixelation - Fine-tune the sensor: brightness, contrast, and exposure controls - Filters to dial the look from subtle retro to full 8-bit - Live preview before you shoot, in both modes In 1998 the Game Boy Camera set a Guinness World Record as the world's smallest digital camera. Flashback is what happens when that 8-bit soul meets modern hardware.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pixellate Camera at monthly against Epilogue Flashback's every 2 months. Pixellate Camera also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pixellate Camera against 5.0 for Epilogue Flashback. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixellate Camera has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pixellate Camera ships an update monthly, Epilogue Flashback every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 21, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixellate Camera | Epilogue Flashback |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zachary Coleman | epilogueco |
Customer experience
Pixellate Camera
Epilogue Flashback
In-app purchases
Pixellate Camera
No in-app purchases
Epilogue Flashback
No in-app purchases
Questions
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