Grain+ vs ShotMatchCamera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grain+
Easily add realistic film grain and noise to your photos with adjustable intensity and multiple grain sizes. This app offers a straightforward, ad-free experience with a single purchase for lifetime access.
- Add film grain and noise
- Adjustable intensity
- 3 grain sizes (fine, medium, coarse)
- Instant sharing
- No ads or subscriptions
- One-time purchase
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We looked for a simple way to add grain to our photos, but with no ads and no subscriptions. It didn't exist, so we built it. Grain+ does one thing, beautifully. Pick any photo. Add film grain. Done. • 3 grain sizes: fine, medium, coarse • Adjustable intensity • Instant sharing • No ads. No subscription. • One purchase. Yours forever.
ShotMatchCamera
This app helps you recreate historical photos by overlaying outlines from the original image onto your live camera view. It's perfect for capturing family memories, documenting renovations, or preserving travel scenes. Compare and export before-and-after images and animated videos.
- Import original photos
- Live edge overlay alignment
- Adjustable edge detail
- Interactive before & after slider
- Organize photo matches
- Export before-and-after images
- Create animated videos
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Recreate the Past. Capture the Present. ShotMatchCamera helps you stand where the original photographer stood and recreate photographs taken years—or even decades—ago. Using live edge detection, ShotMatchCamera overlays the important outlines from an original photo, helping you align your camera and capture an incredible recreation. Perfect for: • Family memories • Historic locations • Home construction projects • Renovations and restorations • Seasonal changes • Gardens and landscaping • Vehicle restorations • Travel photography After capturing your new photo, compare them with an interactive slider or export beautiful before-and-after images and animated videos. Free Features • Import any original photo • Live edge overlay alignment • Adjustable edge detail • Interactive Before & After slider • Organize your ShotMatches ShotMatchCamera Pro Unlock: • Unlimited photo exports • Captioned image exports • Animated before-and-after videos • Captioned videos • Future Pro features Relive your memories. Preserve history. See time change.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grain+ at none against ShotMatchCamera's 1. Grain+ also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and chart position (#119 vs unranked). ShotMatchCamera's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. ShotMatchCamera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grain+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShotMatchCamera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Grain+ ships an update every 2 days, ShotMatchCamera every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grain+ | ShotMatchCamera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #119 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benedikt Hannemann | Chris Neese |
Customer experience
Grain+
ShotMatchCamera
In-app purchases
Grain+
No in-app purchases
ShotMatchCamera
- Export Unlock$5.99
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