Comparison

The Tens Camera vs iY2K

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

Head to head
About

The Tens Camera

Recreate the authentic look of 2010s old phone selfies with a code-based processing pipeline. Achieve vintage aesthetics with adjustable contrast, noise, and face detection, offering a range of distinct filters.

Highlights
  • Code-based processing pipeline
  • Authentic old-phone look
  • Adjustable contrast and noise
  • Face detection
  • Live Photo capture
  • Pixel-level detail loss reproduction
Features
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2010s Old Phone Selfies — The Tens Not a simple LUT color filter. The old-phone look is precisely recreated through a code-based processing pipeline for contrast, noise, face detection, and more. Resolution, skin tones, and even grain color vary by generation. ■ 5 Filters - duri: Faded 2000s webcam selfies. A degraded camera look. - pod: Vintage overexposed selfies with vivid primary colors. - se: Washed-out, cool retro. Our most-loved old-phone selfie look. 1MP - 7: Washed-out, pinkish retro for a soft, innocent selfie look. 7MP - xs: A warm, rich old-phone look for clear, bright selfies. - original: Natural, without aggressive sharpening. ■ Key Features - Live Photo capture - Pixel-level detail loss reproduction ■ Who is it for? - Anyone who loves the feel of old phone cameras - Anyone who finds carrying a separate old phone inconvenient ■ Privacy Photos are processed on your device and are not sent to analytics, advertising, or diagnostic servers. App usage, purchase, advertising, and diagnostic data are processed by external services as described in our Privacy Policy. No account or sign-in is required. Auto-Renewable Subscription · 1-Month Pass — renews automatically every month (price shown on the in-app purchase screen) · 1-Year Pass — renews automatically every year (price shown on the in-app purchase screen) · Lifetime Pass — one-time payment, no auto-renewal Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jisqiss-lab.github.io/privacy.html

About

iY2K

Recreate the authentic look of older phones and cameras with this app. It offers 138 distinct styles, including retro phones, digital cameras, and film looks, with advanced editing controls and composition guides. Apply these effects to new or existing photos and videos.

Highlights
  • 138 retro phone, camera, and film looks
  • Composition guides with live directions
  • Light Bleed effect for selfies
  • Apply to existing photos and videos
  • Sensitivity and strength controls
  • Multiple lens options and timers
  • In-app album for saved shots
Features
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Miss the character you used to get from older iPhone photos? Bring a second old phone on trips just for the camera? Tried an ‘old iPhone look’ app, only to be disappointed because it looked nothing like the real thing? iY2K was built differently. We bought a range of real older iPhone models and directly compared thousands of shots. This is not a filter made by guessing at the mood. We studied the noise, bloom, color and sharpness that gave each camera its character, then carefully rebuilt those details. We kept the character and eased off the drawbacks. Harsh bloom and excessive noise are toned down, while the parts people love about older cameras stay. You can also bring in photos you have already taken and apply the old-phone look later. There is no need to buy and carry another phone just for its camera. iY2K puts 238 looks — old phones, feature phones, compact digitals, film, cinematic, camcorders and single-use cameras — in one app. What’s inside · 238 looks — old phones, compact digitals, cinematic, film, camcorders, single-use cameras and feature phones · Fifty-eight composition guides — People, Landscape, Café and Top-Down. Line up with the outline on screen, get live directions on where to move the phone, and lay an example photo over the viewfinder · Light Bleed for selfies — the soft, blown-out glow old iPhone selfies had, in four strengths from Very Low to High, on only when you want it · Share a photo from the Photos app to iY2K to edit it right away · Photos, video and Live Photos · 40 single-use cameras — colour, black-and-white and waterproof, plus instant-film looks · 11 cinematic cameras — photos developed like motion-picture film (photo only) · 20 camcorders — the look of videotape, digital tape and 8mm film, with REC and the date on screen · 40 feature phones — the cameras of 2000s flip and slider phones · See the look live in the viewfinder before you shoot · Apply it to photos and videos already in your library, several photos at once · Sensitivity and strength controls for every look · 0.5×, 1× and 2× lenses, plus the front camera · A 3-second and a 10-second timer · Grid, five aspect ratios and optional frames · An album that gathers what you shot with iY2K, day by day There are no in-app purchases. All 238 looks, the 40 single-use cameras included, come with the price of the app, and there is no subscription. Shoot the single-use cameras as much as you like — there is no frame limit. An instant frame is saved as a square photograph inside a white instant-print border. Shooting and editing are processed on your device, with no account or in-app ads. Only with your tracking permission, the Meta SDK sends device identifiers and app activation events to measure advertising performance. Declining does not affect any feature. Photos and capture locations are not sent to Meta. See our privacy policy for details. iY2K is an independently developed look-emulation app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any device, camera or film manufacturer. All preset names are our own. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://imagination5671.github.io/iy2k-support/privacy.html

Screenshots

The Tens Camera4 screens
iY2K4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Tens Camera at Free against iY2K's $2.99. The Tens Camera also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 85%). iY2K's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#47 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

The Tens Camera is free to download; iY2K costs $2.99 up front. The Tens Camera sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. iY2K asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Tens Camera ships an update weekly, iY2K every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
The Tens Camera versus iY2K: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Tens CameraiY2K
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews — better85.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#47 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJISOO SEOSANGSANGLYEOG

Customer experience

The Tens Camera

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

iY2K

Written reviews67 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative11.9%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

The Tens Camera

Subscriptions2
  • The Tens Premium Monthly$0.491 Month
  • The Tens Premium (Yearly)$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • The Tens Premium (Lifetime)$5.99
None

iY2K

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Tens Camera free?
The Tens Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iY2K free?
iY2K costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Tens Camera or iY2K have ads?
Both The Tens Camera and iY2K show ads.
Which is updated more often, The Tens Camera or iY2K?
The Tens Camera ships an update weekly, and iY2K every 4 days. Most recently, The Tens Camera was updated on November 9, 2026 and iY2K on November 10, 2026.

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