Smolcam vs DitherBoy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smolcam
This app offers a customizable retro camera experience with a variety of color palettes and dithering options. It provides a simple, distraction-free interface for capturing and saving photos instantly to your library.
- Customizable retro aesthetic
- Multiple color palettes (3-bit to 24-bit)
- Bayer ordered dithering option
- Zoom support for all device cameras
- Instant save to photo library
- Distraction-free interface
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Smolcam transforms your iPhone into a small, lightweight camera with a customizable retro aesthetic. Features: - Completely free: no ads or in-app purchases - Choose from 8 colors (3-bit) to 16 million (24-bit) color palettes - Enable Bayer ordered dithering, or blue noise dithering for increased detail at low bit depths - Supports zooming through all the cameras your phone has - Instant save to photo library - Simple distraction-free interface that runs smoothly on any device and won't kill your battery
DitherBoy
Capture your world with a retro, pixelated aesthetic. This app simulates a vintage handheld camera, offering unique color palettes and a distinct lo-fi charm for your photos. It provides a simple, offline photography experience reminiscent of early digital cameras.
- Simulated handheld camera interface
- D-pad and button controls
- Multiple retro color palettes
- Pixelated date stamp
- Album organization by cartridges
- Offline functionality
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Somewhere in a drawer lived a little camera that saw the world in four shades of green. The photos were terrible. Every single one became a treasure. DitherBoy brings that feeling back. It boots up with a beep — a whole tiny handheld inside your iPhone — and through its viewfinder, the world turns into pixel art right before your eyes. When the moment feels right, press A. • A camera you drive with a D-pad and buttons • Palettes from that green to full retro color • Albums kept on cartridges — TRAVEL, LUNCH, CAT No.5 • A tiny pixel date stamp in the corner • No account, no internet. Just a camera. Low on pixels, heavy on soul. Go shoot something — your lunch, your socks, the sky. Everything looks better in dots.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Smolcam at Free against DitherBoy's $1.99. DitherBoy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Smolcam is free to download; DitherBoy costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smolcam ships an update every 8 months, DitherBoy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smolcam | DitherBoy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jasper Morgal | Dstudio |
Customer experience
Smolcam
DitherBoy
In-app purchases
Smolcam
No in-app purchases
DitherBoy
No in-app purchases
