Recapsule vs Cyanotype
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recapsule
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Recapsule é a forma mais divertida e surpreendente de guardar suas memórias. Tire fotos, escreva momentos importantes e revele sua memória diária através de um mini-jogo interativo. Transforme cada recordação em algo especial: o app cria um puzzle com sua foto do dia, e você precisa resolvê-lo para visualizar sua cápsula. É simples, intuitivo e cheio de personalidade. Junte-se com seus amigos para baterem a ofensiva de fotos e desbloquearem suas memórias cultivadas. Designer: Julia Nascimento Desenvolvedores: Ana Poletto, Fernando Sulzbach, Leonel Hernandez, Richard Rodrigues
Cyanotype
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Cyanotype turns your camera into a small cyanotype darkroom, the photochemical process John Herschel discovered in 1842, later used by Anna Atkins to create the first photographically illustrated book in history. Point, shoot, and watch the scene develop instantly in the same Prussian blue born from iron salts under ultraviolet light. The filter runs live in the viewfinder and is applied with the exact same processing to the saved photo, what you see is what you get. THREE TONES, ROOTED IN REAL CHEMISTRY – Light: a cooler, steadier blue, like the brown citrate print. – Classic: a bright, vivid blue, like the green citrate print. – Deep: the darkest blue, for what isn't visible at first glance. ADJUSTABLE GRAIN – Continuous control, from clean to heavily grained. CAMERA CONTROLS – Tap to focus, long-press to lock exposure and focus (AE/AF lock). – Manual exposure adjustment. – Digital pinch-to-zoom, up to 5x. – Flash with a clear on/off indicator. CYANOTYPE PRO – Edit photos imported from your library: the same Intensity, Exposure, Grain, and Contrast controls as the camera, at full resolution. – Record video with the cyanotype filter applied live, with audio, for up to a minute. – A single in-app purchase: pay once, use forever. GALLERY & SHARING – Its own "Cyanotype" album in your Photos library. – Favorite, copy, delete, and share straight to Instagram Stories, or through iOS's standard share sheet. WIDGET & CONTROL CENTER – Home screen widget showing your latest photo. – Quick-capture button in Control Center. A dark, minimalist app with its own typography and full accessibility support (VoiceOver and Dynamic Type on every control) — made for photographing the intimate, the deep, in a single color.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Recapsule at every 4 days against Cyanotype's every 9 days. Recapsule also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Recapsule ships an update every 4 days, Cyanotype every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recapsule | Cyanotype |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +4 |
| Developer | Leonel Hernandez | Vinicius Cadore Castro |
In-app purchases
Recapsule
No in-app purchases
Cyanotype
No in-app purchases








