Comparison

chunkybits vs Retro Camera 1960

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

Head to head
About

chunkybits

Transform your photos into pixel art in real-time with classic retro color palettes. This app processes every pixel on your device, ensuring your images remain private and ad-free. Customize your look with various aspect ratios and import your own color palettes.

Highlights
  • Real-time pixel-art camera
  • Classic retro color palettes
  • Custom palette import
  • Multiple aspect ratios
  • On-device processing
  • Ad-free experience
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chunkybits is a retro camera that paints the world in pixels. Point it at anything: your dog, your coffee, a sunset, and watch reality transform into pixel art in real time. No filters applied after the fact. No "retro" preset that just lowers the saturation. chunkybits remaps every pixel through hand-crafted color palettes, the same way a retro console would have seen it. The result is unmistakably chunky, beautifully limited, and nostalgic. FEATURES • Real-time pixel-art camera with classic retro palettes • Supports taking pictures and recording videos • Swipe to switch palettes instantly • Import and create your own custom palettes • Three quality levels • Aspect ratios for every vibe: full, 16:9, 3:4, 1:1 • Pinch to zoom, tap to flip • Save straight to your own chunkybits album PRIVACY FIRST Every pixel is processed on your device. No cloud, no account, no tracking, no ads. Your photos belong to you and never leave your phone unless you share them.

About

Retro Camera 1960

Features
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Retro Camera 1960 turns your iPhone into a film camera from another era. Each film is built on color-accurate 3D LUTs — the same color science used in professional grading — combined with real film grain, halation, and vignette. Not a one-tap filter. Choose from over 20 film simulations spanning vivid slide film, faded negatives, and grainy high-speed black and white, each tuned to match the character of the stock that inspired it. FEATURES • Color-accurate 3D LUT film emulation, not a one-tap filter • 20+ film simulations (slide, negative, black & white, cinema) • Switch between wide, standard, and telephoto lenses • Retro 7-segment date stamp burned into every photo • GPS location embedded in EXIF (optional, can be turned off) • Save the unedited original alongside the filtered photo No settings to fuss over. Pick a film, press the shutter, and get a photo that feels like it was developed decades ago.

Screenshots

chunkybits4 screens
Retro Camera 19604 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Retro Camera 1960 at none against chunkybits's 1. Retro Camera 1960 also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). 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. chunkybits sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Retro Camera 1960 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

chunkybits ships an update every 2 weeks, Retro Camera 1960 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
chunkybits versus Retro Camera 1960: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterchunkybitsRetro Camera 1960
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeglock Jakub BilkoNobuaki Kuwabara

In-app purchases

1 purchases

chunkybits

One-time1
  • chunkybits Pro Lifetime$4.99
None

Retro Camera 1960

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is chunkybits free?
chunkybits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retro Camera 1960 free?
Retro Camera 1960 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do chunkybits or Retro Camera 1960 have ads?
Neither chunkybits nor Retro Camera 1960 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, chunkybits or Retro Camera 1960?
chunkybits ships an update every 2 weeks, and Retro Camera 1960 every 4 days. Most recently, chunkybits was updated on September 19, 2026 and Retro Camera 1960 on September 28, 2026.

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