Hologramm vs Backdrop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Hologramm
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Transform any photo into an immersive 3D memory you can explore. Hologramm uses on-device machine learning to create stunning 3D point clouds from your photos. Watch as flat images come alive with depth, then drift through your memories with smooth, cinematic camera tours. Available on iPhone and Mac as a universal purchase. FEATURES ⢠Instant 3D Transformation Select any photo from your library and watch it transform into a living 3D scene in seconds. No special camera or depth sensor required. ⢠Cinematic Camera Tours Experience your memories with beautiful, choreographed camera movements ā dolly, orbit, truck, and boom ā that glide through your 3D scenes. ⢠Free-Look Exploration Take control and explore your memories from any angle. Pan, zoom, and orbit to discover hidden depths in your photos. ⢠Gyroscope Parallax (iPhone) Tilt your device to shift the 3D perspective in real-time. Feel the depth of your memories as you move. ⢠36+ Creative Filters Apply artistic effects like VHS, Neon, Hologram, Film Burn, Watercolor, Oil Paint, Anaglyph 3D, and more. Fine-tune exposure, contrast, saturation, and color grading. ⢠Share as GIF Export your animated 3D camera tours as shareable GIFs to send to friends and family. ⢠Batch Processing Select up to 20 photos at once and transform them all into 3D memories. ⢠Mac Companion Mode Use your Mac to accelerate iPhone processing. Your Mac receives photos over the local network, runs ML inference with its powerful hardware, and sends refined 3D scenes back to your iPhone. ⢠Drag & Drop (Mac) Drop images directly into the Mac app to create 3D memories. Export PLY point cloud files for use in other 3D tools. ⢠Privacy First All processing happens on your device. Your photos never leave your iPhone or Mac. ⢠Completely Free No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads. PERFECT FOR ⢠Rediscovering old photos in a new way ⢠Creating immersive memories of special moments ⢠Exploring the hidden depth in your favorite shots ⢠Sharing living photos with friends and family ⢠Anyone who loves photography and 3D art Hologramm works best with photos that have clear subjects and natural depth ā landscapes, portraits, architecture, and street scenes create the most stunning results. iPhone requires A14 Bionic chip or later. Mac requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
Backdrop
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Pick a Look and the camera changes. Point it at a street and the street is already painted in oil, or broken into dots, or drawn by hand. You are not previewing a filter. That is the picture, and the shutter keeps it. THE LOOKS Brush. Painted stroke by stroke, coarse to fine, as you move. Mosaic. Rebuilt from its own colours. Cells split where there is detail. Drawn. The world drawn instead of photographed. Flat colour, inked lines. Matter. The picture as a field of grains that drift and settle. Fur. Combed strands that follow what the camera sees. Dither. Tone traded for dots on one fixed grid, nothing in between. Halftone. Print dots on a square or hex grid, in four shapes. Fluted. Seen through ribbed glass. The world arrives in strips. Water. Refraction and caustics, the scene read through moving water. Code. Digital rain over katakana, lit by whatever the camera sees. The list grows. New Looks arrive in updates. TAP OR HOLD Tap the shutter for a photo. Hold it to record, up to ten minutes. Video renders in the background at full quality, one frame at a time, using the exact settings you shot with. TUNE ANYTHING Every Look has its own knobs. Size, grain, relief, speed, depth, whatever that Look actually has. Drag the handle at the edge of the screen and the picture changes under your thumb. Tap a knob to put it back. BRING YOUR OWN Choose from Photos to run something you already have through a Look. For video, trim it first, pick the frame, then render. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account, nothing to sign in to. No servers. What you shoot sits in the Shelf on your device. Saving a copy to Photos is a switch, off until you turn it on. BACKDROP PREMIUM Dither, Water, Halftone and Drawn are free, and they record video too. Premium opens every Look, including the ones added later, and takes the Backdrop mark off everything you shoot. Monthly and annual. Payment goes to your Apple Accou renews unless you turn it off at least 24 hours befo Manage or cancel in Settings, Apple Account, Subscri Privacy: backdrop.wiki/privacy Terms: backdrop.wiki/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ iPhone. iOS 18 and later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hologramm at none against Backdrop's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Backdrop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Hologramm asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Hologramm | Backdrop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 18.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 2.5 GB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Tang | Shekhar Upadhaya |
In-app purchases
Hologramm
No in-app purchases
Backdrop
- Backdrop Premium ā Monthly$11.991 Month
- Backdrop Premium ā Annual$79.001 Year









