Comparison

Cadrage vs Half Frame

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

Head to head
About

Cadrage

Features
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Turn your everyday moments into a timeless visual diary. Cadrage is not just a camera app; it's your new daily creative habit. In a world full of clutter, we help you focus on capturing just one beautiful moment every single day. WHY CADRAGE? - The Daily Photo Habit Build a streak of memories. Watch your calendar fill up with moments youโ€™d otherwise forget. Consistency is key, and Cadrage makes it effortless. - Analog Aesthetics No complex edits needed. Our curated selection of vintage and film-inspired filters makes every shot look like a developed memory instantly. Focus on the subject, let us handle the mood. - Daily Inspiration Stuck? Get a unique daily prompt like "Morning Light," "Shadows," or "Blue" to spark your creativity and help you see the world differently. - Your Personal Timeline Browse your memories in a beautiful, clutter-free timeline. Revisit "On This Day" and see how your life has evolved through your lens. FEATURES: โ€ข Instant-launch camera for capturing fleeting moments โ€ข Premium analog & cinematic filters โ€ข Daily creative prompts โ€ข Visual memory calendar โ€ข Privacy-focused: Your photos are yours. Start your visual journal today. Download Cadrage and frame your life, one day at a time.

About

Half Frame

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Half Frame โ€” Shoot Like It's a Roll of Film Half the frame. Twice the story. You've seen those retro digital half-frame cameras everywhere. You've watched the reviews, added one to your cart, hovered over "buy" โ€” and winced at the price of what is, let's be honest, a small sensor in a nostalgic shell. Put your wallet away. That camera you've been dreaming about? It's already in your pocket. Half Frame turns your iPhone into a true half-frame film camera experience โ€” the anticipation, the discipline, the happy accidents โ€” without the overpriced hardware and without ever pretending your photos need to look worse to feel analog. Shoot a roll, not a feed Pick your roll length โ€” 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, or 72 exposures โ€” and commit. There's no gallery to obsess over mid-roll. You frame, you shoot, you move on. Only when the roll is finished (or you cut it early, like rewinding mid-roll) do you get to review your shots, pick the keepers, and develop them to your photo library. If you like, every finished roll becomes its own numbered album โ€” Roll 001, Roll 002, โ€ฆ. One frame, two frames, three True to the half-frame spirit, you don't have to shoot alone: Single โ€” one full frame, all yours. Diptych โ€” two shots, side by side, one story, the half-frame classic. Triptych โ€” a big frame plus two stacked companions. Sequences, contrasts, before-and-after. Choose your format: 3:2, 4:3, cinematic 16:9, or square 1:1. Twelve films in your pocket Swap "film stock" with one tap: Natural โ€” No makeup, just your sensor at its honest best. Vivid โ€” Slide film: punchy, saturated colors that pop off the screen. Classic โ€” 90s negative film with green-shifted foliage and punchy contrast. Gold โ€” Warm everyday film with golden, sun-soaked highlights. Sepia โ€” Warm, faded film for photos that feel like memories. Magenta โ€” The unmistakable color shift of expired film. Faded โ€” Matte retro with softly lifted, blue-tinted blacks. Chrome โ€” Muted, documentary color: cool and restrained, staying out of the way. Cool โ€” A crisp teal-and-orange cinema look for daylight scenes. Tungsten โ€” Night film: glowing lights, teal shadows, bold grain. Silver โ€” Soft monochrome with gentle, quiet tones โ€” the calm counterpart to Black & White. Black & White โ€” Classic monochrome with real film contrast and grain. Star your favorites and they stay at the front of the shelf. Dial in the look Every film brings its own character โ€” you get the knobs anyway. Vignette, halation, and grain, each in three strengths or off. Or leave any of them on Auto and let the film decide. Vignette โ€” darkened corners, from subtle to full retro tunnel. Halation โ€” the red-orange glow film casts around bright lights. Grain โ€” the speckled texture of film, from barely-there to heavy and gritty. Manual soul, modern brain Shutter control โ€” cap your shutter at 1/30 up to 1/2000, or leave it on smart Auto that speeds up as you zoom in. No blurry shots, no exposure homework. Real photographic metadata โ€” every developed picture carries its lens, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, exposure bias, and focal length in EXIF. Full-quality captures โ€” computational photography stays on. You get the film workflow, not the film-era image quality. Tap to focus, pinch to zoom โ€” with a zoom badge that snaps back to 1x on tap. Flash included โ€” one tap, clearly badged when armed. Your dividers, your rules โ€” white or black frame dividers in diptychs and triptychs, from none to extra bold. Keep the originals โ€” optionally save every full exposure alongside the finished diptych or triptych. Available in English, German, Spanish, and French. Who this is for For everyone who fell in love with the idea of half-frame photography โ€” the thrift, the rhythm, the diptychs โ€” but couldn't justify spending premium money on a fashion-forward point-and-shoot with yesterday's internals. Scratch the itch. Keep the money. Shoot the roll. Half Frame. Load a roll. See what develops.

Screenshots

Cadrage4 screens
Half Frame4 screens

Verdict

The call

Cadrage and Half Frame are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Cadrage versus Half Frame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCadrageHalf Frame
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.2 โ€” better18.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size86 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSamet PilavHarald Schubert

In-app purchases

None

Cadrage

No in-app purchases

None

Half Frame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cadrage free?
Cadrage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Half Frame free?
Half Frame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cadrage or Half Frame have ads?
Neither Cadrage nor Half Frame shows ads.

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