Comparison

DotPress vs Comic Book Camera

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

Head to head
About

DotPress

This app offers a suite of powerful image editing tools for designers, enabling quick structural edits and graphic effects. Transform images with halftones, outlines, distortions, and metadata editing, all processed directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Halftone generation
  • Outline detection
  • Image distortion tools
  • ASCII art generator
  • EXIF metadata editor
  • Favorite tools toolbar
  • Perspective correction
Features
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Dot Press is a simple, powerful image utility for designers. It gives you fast tools for transforming images in ways the iPhone Photos app doesn’t allow — from quick structural edits to graphic effects. Create halftones, extract outlines, distort images, generate ASCII art, edit metadata, and experiment with graphic transformations in seconds. No accounts. No subscriptions. Just useful image tools. Quick Image Tools Fast adjustments for everyday image work: • invert colors • flip horizontal & vertical • rotate by exact degrees • quick crop • grayscale • hue/saturation • exposure • pixelate Simple tools that make everyday image work faster. Explore the structure of your images: • halftone (circles, squares, plus) • threshold • outline detection • dither • noise • scanlines • ASCII generator Perfect for posters, textures, and graphic experiments. Transform Tools Reshape images quickly: • perspective correction • lens distortion • pinch & bulge • wave distort • mirror canvas Image Utilities Includes practical tools: • EXIF metadata editor • remove metadata • quick export options Favorite Tools Toolbar Build your own quick-access workflow. Save your favorite tools and keep the ones you use most always within reach. Fast & Simple Open an image. Choose a tool. Adjust. Export. Everything runs directly on your device for fast previews and saves.

About

Comic Book Camera

Transform your photos and videos into comic book panels. Arrange them into pages and albums, add text, and export your creations. Offers a unique live camera filter and a playful, intuitive design for storytelling.

Highlights
  • Live, comics-style camera filter
  • Arrange panels into albums and pages
  • Add text and captions to panels
  • Automatic location and date filling
  • Export at mobile or print resolution
  • Original graphics technology, no AI filters
Features
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Think inside the box. Serialbox frames the world in panels, live in the viewfinder. Part sketchbook, part graphic novel. Shoot or import, arrange your layout, and add text: a caption, a line of dialogue, a full narrative. Every panel builds the bigger picture—a story, a journal, an album for anything. Share a panel or page whenever you like. • Live, comics-style camera filter • Arrange panels into albums and pages • Panels for text, location, and date; location and date fill in automatically • Export at mobile or print resolution • No generative AI filters: Original graphics technology • Custom font based on the author’s wife’s handwriting • No account, no servers: Runs on your iPhone • Playful & intuitive design SERIALBOX FREE Free to use all major features. Create up to three albums. Exported images are small and carry a watermark. SERIALBOX UNLIMITED One In-App Purchase (or subscription) unlocks everything: • No watermarks • Export your original, unfiltered photos • Auto-save shots to your Photos library • High-resolution export • Back up albums to iCloud Drive • Unlimited albums that you can lock, export, import, and set as your default Screenshots include paid features. Privacy Policy: https://www.tinrocket.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.tinrocket.com/terms

Screenshots

DotPress4 screens
Comic Book Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Comic Book Camera at Free against DotPress's $1.99. DotPress's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#157 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Comic Book Camera is free to download; DotPress costs $1.99 up front. Comic Book Camera sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. DotPress 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 DotPress against 5.0 for Comic Book Camera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DotPress versus Comic Book Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDotPressComic Book Camera
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#157 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInner CircleTinrocket, LLC

Customer experience

DotPress

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

Comic Book Camera

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

In-app purchases

None

DotPress

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Comic Book Camera

Subscriptions2
  • Serialbox Unlimited (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Serialbox Unlimited (Yearly)$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Serialbox Unlimited (Lifetime)$19.99

Questions

Is DotPress free?
DotPress costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Comic Book Camera free?
Comic Book Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DotPress or Comic Book Camera?
DotPress and Comic Book Camera are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do DotPress or Comic Book Camera have ads?
Neither DotPress nor Comic Book Camera shows ads.

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