Comparison

Retro Pixel Camera vs Mirror Lab

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

Head to head
About

Retro Pixel Camera

Apply real-time retro pixel art effects to your camera feed. Adjust pixel size, use classic color palettes, or create your own. Capture and share unique pixelated photos and videos.

Highlights
  • Real-time pixelation
  • Adjustable pixel size
  • Classic retro color palettes
  • Custom palette editor
  • Photo and video recording
  • Built-in gallery
  • Seamless orientation support
Features
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Retro Pixel Camera applies real-time retro effects directly to your phone's camera feed. Adjust pixel size, apply palettes inspired by classic hardware, and edit your own custom palettes. Capture photos and videos in sweet pixel style, browse your gallery, and share your creations. Key Features: - Real-Time Pixelation: Watch your surroundings morph into pixel art live on your screen. What you see is what you capture! - Adjustable Pixel Size: Dial in the perfect look! Easily increase or decrease the pixel resolution on the fly to control the level of abstraction and detail. - Classic Retro Palettes: Instantly apply iconic color schemes inspired by legendary consoles and systems like the NES, SNES, EGA, and Game Boy. Give your creations an authentic vintage feel with a single tap. - Powerful Palette Editor: Unleash your inner artist! Modify the built-in palettes or create entirely new ones from scratch. Choose up to 16 colors, name your custom palette, and save it for later use. Your unique vision, your colors! - Photo and Video Recording: Capture stunning pixelated still photos or record full-length videos drenched in retro style. Perfect for unique social media content, artistic projects, or just having fun! - Built-In Gallery: Access all your creations directly within the app. Browse your saved images and videos, replay your pixelated movies, share your favorites with friends, or delete unwanted files easily. - Seamless Orientation Support: The app adapts to you, working in both portrait and landscape modes, with support for front and back cameras. - Easy Saving: Your pixelated photos and videos are backed up to your device's media library so you can always reach them. Unleash Your Creativity: Retro Pixel Camera isn't just a filter; it's a creative tool. Experiment with different resolutions and color palettes to find the perfect aesthetic. Capture mundane scenes and turn them into captivating, stylized art. Create unique video clips that stand out from the crowd. The possibilities are unlimited. Whether you're a retro gaming enthusiast, a digital artist, or just looking for a fun new way to capture memories, Retro Pixel Camera offers a unique and engaging experience. Reimagine Your World in 8-Bit!

About

Mirror Lab

Create stunning mirror photos, kaleidoscope art, and distorted images with over 50 customizable filters. This app also features an animation module for smooth video creation and a powerful undo system for endless creative exploration.

Highlights
  • 50+ customizable filters
  • Mirror and kaleidoscope effects
  • Distortion and glitch art filters
  • Animation module for video
  • Adjustable parameters for effects
  • Undo system
Features
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Mirror Lab aims to be the most fun, easy to use and powerful photo-editing app to creatively enhance pictures, make mirror photos, kaleidoscope images and distort faces and scenery. Mirror Lab now comes with a powerful animation module. Create smooth videos with parameter interpolation between key frames (be sure to activate video from the app settings). Effects Choose from 50+ filters, each with multiple fine-tunable options. - classic symmetries: horizontal and vertical reflections - ripples, whirls, stretching and other distortions - kaleidoscopic and fractal effects - 3D effects - tiny planet effects - triangulation, pixel sort and halftone effects - shape cut-outs, including concentric iterations - glitch art friendly filters such as stripes and broken glass effect - adjust your image's brightness, contrast, saturation, vignetting and more - swipe through 40+ preset options to browse through possibilities in an instant Parameters All filters come with several parameters to adjust, allowing for a large range of varied results. Effects can usually be simply placed by simple touch-drag for position and double-touch-drag for size. Some of the most common parameters you will find: - intensity of effect - dampening of effect (the further from the center of the effect, the lesser the intensity) - rotation angle - aspect ratio Ease of use Compose filters for endless creative options. The + button reapplies an effect immediately - some effects like to be stacked! The app has a powerful undo system allowing you to track back at any time. Please note that the top and bottom toolbars can scroll. There are a lot of effects to the right of the bottom bar! PRO Version Available as an in-app purchase, the PRO version comes with extra filters, extra parameters, higher resolutions and lossless file saving (PNG).

Screenshots

Retro Pixel Camera4 screens
Mirror Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mirror Lab at Free against Retro Pixel Camera's $2.99. Mirror Lab also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 4). Retro Pixel Camera's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads and device support 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

Mirror Lab is free to download; Retro Pixel Camera costs $2.99 up front. Mirror Lab sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Retro Pixel Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retro Pixel Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Retro Pixel Camera's written reviews are positive against 83% of Mirror Lab's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 2 level
Retro Pixel Camera versus Mirror Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetro Pixel CameraMirror Lab
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.4 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings413 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCognichineIlixa Ltd

Customer experience

Retro Pixel Camera

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mirror Lab

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Retro Pixel Camera

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Mirror Lab

One-time3
  • Mirror Lab PRO$9.99
  • MirrorLab MAX (upgrade)$19.99
  • Mirror Lab MAX$29.99

Questions

Is Retro Pixel Camera free?
Retro Pixel Camera costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mirror Lab free?
Mirror Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Retro Pixel Camera or Mirror Lab?
Retro Pixel Camera is rated higher. Retro Pixel Camera averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Mirror Lab averages 4.4 from 13 ratings.
Do Retro Pixel Camera or Mirror Lab have ads?
Neither Retro Pixel Camera nor Mirror Lab shows ads.

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