Wholegrain vs DoubleHalf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wholegrain
Achieve authentic analog aesthetics with advanced film emulation. This app offers a comprehensive suite of editing tools, over 50 film filters, and unique effects like halation and bloom to enhance your photos. Unlock premium features for high-resolution exports and custom preset saving.
- Advanced film grain synthesis
- 50+ film filters
- Halation and bloom effects
- Basic editing suite
- Save custom presets
- High-res export
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Give your photos the perfect film look with Wholegrain, an advanced film emulation photo editing app. We have developed or our own film grain synthesis algorithms to dial in your desired analog texture. Along with the base photo editing suite we have also created 50+ film filters to get you started based or popular, unique and vintage films. And with advanced effects like halation and bloom to give you edits character, the sky's the limit on your creativity. Features ---------------- Basic editing suite (grain, brightness, contrast, etc) Advanced effects (Halation, bloom, HSL) 50+ film simulations Save and share custom presets Export with Film edge boarder Unlock advanced effects, pro films for high resolution export and presets. Film Simulations ---------------- Basic Film (Free) Agfa Precisa 100 Agfa Ultra Color 100 (Free) Agfa Vista 200 Fuji 400H Fuji Reala Fuji 800Z Fuji Color 160 (Free) Fuji FP 100C Fuji Provia 100 Fuji Provia 400X Fuji Superia 100,200,400,800,1600 Fuji Velvia 50,100 Ilford Delta 100,400 Ilford HP5 Ilford XP2 (Free) Kodak Ektachrome 100 Kodak Ektar 100 Kodak Elite Chrome 400 Kodak Kodachrome 64,200 Kodak Gold 200 Kodak Portra 160,400 (Free),800 Kodak Aerochrome 100 Kodak Aerochrome 100 (V6) Kodak TMax 100,400 Kodak Tri-X 400 Lomo Red Scale 100 (Free) Lomo Purple Lomo Purple V2 Lomo Turquoise Lomo Hulk-Smash Lomo C-92 Lomo Metropolis Polaroid 669 Polaroid 690 Polaroid PX 70 (Free) Polaroid PX 680 Rollie IR 400 FPP Retrochrome 400 CineFilm 400D CineFilm 800 (Original) CineFilm 800 (Tungsten balanced) CineFilm 800 (Outdoor balanced) CineFilm 800 (Alternative) Phoenix 200 Phoenix 200 (Color Corrected) Creative Simulations -------------------- Anime Bleach Bypass Crisp Warm Futuristic Bleak Horror Blue Summer Vibes Asteroid Town Teal Orange Tension Green Apocalypse Pastel Colors Expired Green Vivid Disposable (No account or signup needed and we do not collect any of your data! We will always respect your privacy) *Film names in the app are just for reference and do not represent the film stock or company. Where possible they try and replicate the characteristics.
DoubleHalf
This app emulates a vintage film camera, combining half-frame and double-exposure techniques to create unique, composited images. It offers manual focus and various film styles for a retro photographic experience.
- Double exposure effect
- Half-frame camera simulation
- Manual focus control
- Multiple film emulators
- Flash and exposure settings
- Volume button shutter
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DoubleHalf is a double-exposure half-frame film camera emulator for iPhone. Half-frame cameras split one frame of 35 mm film into two tall pictures side by side. Double exposure takes the same roll of film and runs it through the camera twice. DoubleHalf does both of these: four captures composited into a single frame. FIXED EVERYTHING There is no autofocus, no HDR, and no computational processing. White balance is pinned. You point it and you press it, and you find out later what you got. With the flash on, exposure is pinned dark and the lamp carries the picture, so a subject falls off hard into black. Turn the flash off and the camera meters the room instead. FOCUS There is no autofocus, so you choose a distance and commit to it. Press the focus button to cycle between near, medium and far. Near pulls in close, medium sits around arm's length, and far finds infinity — the lens is set there once, when you choose it, and then stays put. FILM EMULATOR SETTINGS Ember 64 - dense reds, deep blacks Prism Three - separated primaries, hard colour Night Bloom - cold light, red halation glow Violet Field - greens shift to magenta Scorch 200 - harsh, blown-out halation False Summer - false-colour infrared None - just an out of focus iPhone camera! A CAMERA, NOT AN APP Hold it sideways like a compact or upright like a phone. The back is a camera: a screen, four exposure lights that count your shots, three buttons for focus, film and flash, and a shutter. Turn it and the buttons stay exactly where they are — only the lettering turns to face you. Nothing to swipe, nothing to pinch. ALSO The volume buttons work as a shutter release. Shot upright, a frame is two tall pictures side by side; shot sideways, two wide ones stacked. Finished frames save straight to your photo library. Every saved photo carries its settings in EXIF: film, flash, focus, exposure, zoom. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no network access at all.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DoubleHalf at none against Wholegrain's 1. DoubleHalf also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Wholegrain's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating and ads 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. Wholegrain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DoubleHalf asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Wholegrain against 5.0 for DoubleHalf. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wholegrain has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Wholegrain ships an update every 4 months, DoubleHalf every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wholegrain | DoubleHalf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Schucker | Brian Ellis |
Customer experience
Wholegrain
DoubleHalf
In-app purchases
Wholegrain
- Pro$5.99
DoubleHalf
No in-app purchases









