Bitsy Cam vs Paignion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Paignion
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Retro palettes and pixel patterns, rendered live. No editing after the shot — what you see in the viewfinder is what gets saved. LIVE PIXEL RENDERING Paignion runs a real Metal pixel-effect pipeline on every frame of the live camera feed — palette quantization, pattern, and dithering all happen before you tap the shutter, not as a filter applied afterward. 5 ICONIC PALETTES * Game Boy — the classic 4-shade green handheld display * NES — the 64-color palette from the original console's PPU * PICO-8 — the 16-color fantasy-console system palette * C64 — the Commodore 64's Pepto palette * CGA — the 16-color RGBI palette from early PC graphics Palettes work on their own, or paired with any pattern. 3 PATTERNS + REAL BAYER DITHERING * Mosaic — chunky, blocky pixelation * Dot Screen — a single-channel dot grid * Halftone — a true CMY halftone rosette (three independently rotated ink-channel dot grids), full color or on a palette * Authentic ordered (Bayer) dithering, not a random-noise approximation — works with any palette, and it's never gated SCREEN FX Two screen finishes that turn the viewfinder into a tiny console display: CRT-style scanlines, and an LCD pixel-grid bezel overlay. FREE TO START Shoot with the Original (no filter), Game Boy Cam, and Mosaic Only presets at no cost — Bayer dithering is included free with every palette, always. Full Unlock adds the NES, PICO-8, C64, and CGA palettes, the Dot Screen and Halftone patterns, and both Screen FX finishes — a single one-time purchase, not a subscription. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'D EXPECT * Pinch to zoom, tap to focus * HEIF capture, saved straight to a dedicated "Paignion" album in your Photos library — no separate account, no cloud * In-app gallery to browse, share, and delete your shots * The preset you shot with is written into every photo's own EXIF No ads. No tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bitsy Cam at every 3 days against Paignion's every 8 days. 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. Bitsy Cam sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Paignion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bitsy Cam ships an update every 3 days, Paignion every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bitsy Cam | Paignion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quick One B.V. | Jaehoon Lee |
In-app purchases
Bitsy Cam
- Pixie Lens$1.99
- Comic Lens$1.99
- Bygone Lens$1.99
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- 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
Paignion
- Full Unlock$3.99









