Comparison

21Pix vs Cliché

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

Head to head
About

21Pix

Features
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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 — 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 — no live preview, no filters, no deletes, no retakes. When the roll is full, order your prints — they're printed on real 10×15 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 — Shoot blind. Discover later. The wait is the feature. - 21 shots per roll — A hard limit makes every frame matter. The same number of exposures as a classic disposable. - Real photo prints by mail — Premium 10×15 cm photographs on real photo paper, shipped across the EU. Not pixels. Paper. - Slow on purpose — Mechanical shutter sound, real shake on capture, no previews and no retakes. We rebuilt the whole ritual. - Private and ad-free — No tracking, no ads, no AI scraping, no behavioural profiling. Photos are deleted from our servers after we print them. - Made in the EU — EU servers, EU printing, ships across the EU. WHAT LANDS ON YOUR DOORMAT Real 10×15 cm prints on glossy photo paper. Made for fridges, shoeboxes, and the back of a bedroom mirror — 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.

About

Cliché

This app creates a shared album for event guests, automatically collecting photos taken by everyone. It focuses on capturing genuine moments and delivering a curated album of your event's memories.

Highlights
  • Shared event album creation
  • Guest photo collection
  • Automatic photo compilation
  • Bluetooth-enabled guest connection
  • Private event albums
  • Film-like photo reveal
Features
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One camera. Everyone invited. 12 photos each. Cliché turns your night into a disposable camera. Your guests scan a QR code, everyone shoots, and nobody sees a thing until it's over. Then the roll develops and you all get photos of the same night. WHY IT BEATS THE GROUP CHAT ALBUM - 12 photos each, not one more. Every shot counts, so people put their phones away and actually show up. - Nothing to see until the end. Nobody's comparing photos at the table, nobody's begging you to take it again. - Bluetooth picks up who you were with. You get your moments, even the photos you didn't take. HOW IT WORKS - Create the roll and hold up its QR code. Your guests are in within seconds. - Everyone shoots their 12 photos during the night. The roll stays closed while it develops. - You open it when the party's over, up to a week later. Forget to, and it opens on its own. - You get the whole roll, everyone else gets their moments. MADE FOR - Weddings, birthdays, festivals, bachelor and bachelorette parties - At work: conferences, trade shows, offsites, company parties and happy hours - Weekends away with friends, housewarmings, family reunions - Or just a Saturday night, for no reason YOUR PHOTOS STAY BETWEEN YOU - No feed, no followers, no ads - Only the people who were there see the photos - You pick how many photos everyone gets, 12 by default No photographer. No 2,000-photo album where you don't recognize anyone. Just your night, developed for the people who lived it.

Screenshots

21Pix4 screens
Cliché4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cliché at none against 21Pix's shown. Cliché also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). 21Pix's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

21Pix ships an update weekly, Cliché every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
21Pix versus Cliché: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter21PixCliché
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB44 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRick GroenewegenDisket

In-app purchases

None

21Pix

No in-app purchases

None

Cliché

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 21Pix free?
21Pix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cliché free?
Cliché is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 21Pix or Cliché have ads?
21Pix shows ads; Cliché does not.
Which is updated more often, 21Pix or Cliché?
21Pix ships an update weekly, and Cliché every 2 days. Most recently, 21Pix was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cliché on October 17, 2026.

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