Comparison

Bitsy Cam vs DitherCamApp ASCII

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

Head to head
About

Bitsy Cam

Transform your photos and videos with unique pixel art and vintage-inspired lenses. Cut out objects, add frames, and control density and color for a magical shooting experience.

Highlights
  • Pixel art and vintage lenses
  • Object cutting and framing
  • Photo and video capture
  • Density and color controls
  • Lens Dock for browsing lenses
  • In-app gallery
Features
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Bitsy Cam is a completely new kind of camera on iPhone. You look through a lens: Pixel Art, Fluted Glass, Wild Meadow, Arcade, Dreamgaze, and more, and the world arrives already transformed. Swap them from the Lens Dock and see how things change like never you've experienced before. With Bitsy Cam, you also own a pixel glass lens. It makes everything you point at into glassy pixels like in the real world. Dress a shot in a Frame. Cut out Objects and keep them as collectibles. Shoot photo or video with chrome that feels like a tiny machine in your hand. WHAT YOU’LL WANT TO TRY Lens Dock — browse and seat lenses that change how you see Unique looks — from Pixel Art to Fluted Glass, Wild Meadow, Arcade, Relic, Flick, and friends Frames — ornamental borders that turn a capture into something keepable Objects — souvenirs cut from your shots Photo & video — density and color controls when you want finer or crunchier tiles Gallery — review in Bitsy Cam, save to Photos when you like This is for anyone who’s bored of the same camera app. People who want shooting to feel playful, and a little magical. Open Bitsy. Pick a lens. See what happens. Privacy policy: https://bitsyapps.com/privacy Terms of use: https://bitsyapps.com/terms

About

DitherCamApp ASCII

This app applies real-time retro camera effects to photos and videos. It offers a variety of dithering algorithms, cell shapes, and color palettes to create unique vintage looks. Settings can be shared as codes, and all processing is done on-device.

Highlights
  • Real-time retro camera effects
  • 26 dithering algorithms
  • 37 cell shapes
  • 19 color palettes
  • 4 post effects
  • Shareable effect codes
  • On-device processing
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The viewfinder doesn't show the scene. It already shows the result. DitherCam is a camera app. It redraws the live feed frame by frame, cell by cell, with the algorithms of halftone printing and 1-bit graphics, and saves what you see as a photo or a video. No waiting, no progress bar, no export step: what you frame is what you get. WHAT YOU GET • 26 algorithms — halftone, ordered Bayer dithering, Floyd–Steinberg, Voronoi, hexagonal mosaic and more • 37 cell shapes — circles, squares, crosses, ASCII characters, a page of code, your own text • 19 colour palettes, plus the ones you build yourself • 41 ready-made presets: one tap and the look is there • 4 post effects — chromatic aberration, bloom, CRT, VHS • Aura: coloured rings tracing the subject's outline PHOTO AND VIDEO Shoot up to 2160px, or record up to 60 seconds with the effect already baked in. You can also start from a photo or a clip already in your library — press and hold on the image to compare before and after. SHARE THE SETTINGS, NOT THE PICTURES A look you like becomes a short code — or a QR code — that carries numbers only: grid size, shape, colours, contrast. You send it however you like, the other person pastes it into their app and gets exactly your look. There is no feed, no profile, no server: nothing is published, and no image ever travels with the code. WHAT THE APP DOES WITH YOUR DATA Nothing leaves your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics, no third-party SDK, no tracking: there is nothing to collect, and nothing is collected. Every effect is computed on the device, and the whole app works in Airplane Mode. • Camera: used only to draw the live viewfinder. Frames stay in memory and are never written anywhere unless you take a photo or start recording. • Photo library: read only when you pick a photo or a clip to edit, written only when you save. • Stats and achievements count what you have done on this iPhone, and those counters stay on this iPhone. • iCloud sync is on by default and can be turned off in the menu. It carries your palettes, custom effects, favourites, theme and language between your own devices, inside your own private iCloud. Photos and videos are never uploaded. No subscription and no in-app purchases: the app is complete as it is.

Screenshots

Bitsy Cam4 screens
DitherCamApp ASCII4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DitherCamApp ASCII at none against Bitsy Cam's 10. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Bitsy Cam sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. DitherCamApp ASCII asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bitsy Cam against 5.0 for DitherCamApp ASCII. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bitsy Cam ships an update every 3 days, DitherCamApp ASCII every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Bitsy Cam versus DitherCamApp ASCII: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitsy CamDitherCamApp ASCII
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuick One B.V.Stefano Fois

Customer experience

Bitsy Cam

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DitherCamApp ASCII

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bitsy Cam

One-time10
  • Pixie Lens$1.99
  • Comic Lens$1.99
  • Bygone Lens$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Fluted Glass Lens$2.99
  • Dreamgaze Lens$2.99
  • Crochet Lens$2.99
  • Arcade Lens$2.99
  • Relic Lens$2.99
  • Flick Lens$2.99
  • Lifetime Premium Access$34.99
None

DitherCamApp ASCII

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bitsy Cam free?
Bitsy Cam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DitherCamApp ASCII free?
DitherCamApp ASCII is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bitsy Cam or DitherCamApp ASCII?
Bitsy Cam and DitherCamApp ASCII are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Bitsy Cam or DitherCamApp ASCII have ads?
Neither Bitsy Cam nor DitherCamApp ASCII shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bitsy Cam or DitherCamApp ASCII?
Bitsy Cam ships an update every 3 days, and DitherCamApp ASCII every 5 days. Most recently, Bitsy Cam was updated on October 31, 2026 and DitherCamApp ASCII on November 10, 2026.

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