Fast Shutter vs 21Pix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Fast Shutter
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FastShutter always opens to the shutter, and never into a menu, a mode, or a setting. It minimizes the time to your first photo. If the camera hardware is still warming up, tap the shutter anyway. FastShutter queues your tap and fires the instant the camera is ready. Use FastShutter often and the camera starts to feel consistently ready, so your attention stays on the moment instead of the interface. โข Always opens to the shutter, never a mode or menu โข Tap before the camera is ready and the shot still fires โข Hold to record video and also save a photo โข Upgrade to Premium for auto-capture on launch
21Pix
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Remember disposable cameras? The waiting. The not-knowing. The little envelope of prints that always held a few surprises. 21Pix brings that feeling back โ through your phone, but with real photographs that end up on your doormat. HOW IT WORKS You get 21 shots. Frame each one through a tiny viewfinder โ no live preview, no filters, no deletes, no retakes. When the roll is full, order your prints โ they're printed on real 10ร15 cm glossy photo paper and shipped to your address. A few days later, an envelope lands on your doormat. You open it. You see what you actually shot. Some are great. Some are blurry. All of them are surprises. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - No previews, no retakes โ Shoot blind. Discover later. The wait is the feature. - 21 shots per roll โ A hard limit makes every frame matter. The same number of exposures as a classic disposable. - Real photo prints by mail โ Premium 10ร15 cm photographs on real photo paper, shipped across the EU. Not pixels. Paper. - Slow on purpose โ Mechanical shutter sound, real shake on capture, no previews and no retakes. We rebuilt the whole ritual. - Private and ad-free โ No tracking, no ads, no AI scraping, no behavioural profiling. Photos are deleted from our servers after we print them. - Made in the EU โ EU servers, EU printing, ships across the EU. WHAT LANDS ON YOUR DOORMAT Real 10ร15 cm prints on glossy photo paper. Made for fridges, shoeboxes, and the back of a bedroom mirror โ not for feeds. Hold them. Stick them up. Mail them to someone. WHERE WE SHIP Across the EU: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany. More countries coming. PRICING The app is free. Each roll's price covers 21 prints on real paper plus shipping to your door. Final price shown before checkout. No subscriptions, no hidden costs. MADE BY HUMANS We're a small team. Real people answer your emails at info@21pixapp.com Forget what you shot. Be delighted by it later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 21Pix at none against Fast Shutter's 1. 21Pix also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Fast Shutter's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Fast Shutter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 21Pix asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fast Shutter | 21Pix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yi Liu | Rick Groenewegen |
In-app purchases
Fast Shutter
- FastShutter Premium$2.99
21Pix
No in-app purchases









