Comparison

PACam vs ALIGNED

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

Head to head
About

PACam

This app simulates the experience of using a disposable 35mm film camera, offering realistic film emulation without previews or the ability to delete shots. It includes a photo booth mode and options for sharing edited images with vintage-style stamps and stickers.

Highlights
  • Realistic film emulation
  • No photo preview or deletion
  • Photo booth mode
  • Vintage date stamps and stickers
  • Collage creation
  • Manual exposure controls (Pro)
Features
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PACam turns your iPhone into a point-and-shoot 35mm camera. It's a film emulation built around the one thing digital photography took away: you don't get to see the picture. Pick a film stock. Load it. Then shoot the whole roll, and see nothing until you do. No preview, no deleting the bad ones as you go. When the last frame lands, the roll winds back into its cartridge, goes through the developing room, and comes out as a stack of prints you can finally look at. EMULATION, NOT FILTERS Every stock is a full colour pipeline, not a filter laid over a finished photo. Grain, halation, highlight roll-off and colour response are modelled into how the frame is rendered, so the same scene reads differently on each stock, the way it would on different film. PHOTO BOOTH Front camera, auto-timer, and a printed strip at the end. One shot, three, or five. SHARE IT LIKE A PRINT Classic 35mm-style date stamps in any colour, corner and orientation. Film-box stickers. Collages built from any of your rolls, sized for Stories or the feed. FREE, FOREVER Pac Gold 200 with unlimited 16-exposure rolls. Photo Booth on Pac Gold. Three free test rolls to try any premium stock, and the shots are yours to keep. Then one free 16-exposure roll of the stock you liked best. PACAM PRO $1.99 per month, or $14.99 per year. - Every stock unlocked, unlimited rolls - Unlimited test rolls - Choose 16, 24 or 36 exposures - Manual exposure and shutter control - Camera case colours and plastic tints - Turn off the PACam date and name stamp when sharing Some stocks capture in Apple Log and require an iPhone 15 Pro or newer Pro model. They are marked in the film picker. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS PACam Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, available monthly ($1.99) or yearly ($14.99). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://americangroovotechnologies.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://americangroovotechnologies.com/terms

About

ALIGNED

Features
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ALIGNED — get every page aligned. ALIGNED is a layout tool built for multi-page Instagram carousels. Place photos, text and video across pages like a magazine spread, align them precisely, preview, and export the whole set at once. ■ An alignment system you rarely see Three-level magnetic snapping, pull-out guides, multi-object align & distribute, and cross-page alignment. Every element lands exactly where it should. ■ Real typography, including CJK Vertical (top-to-bottom) text with proper punctuation forms, letter spacing, line height and optical centering that behave the same in every direction. Commercial-use fonts built in, and you can import your own. ■ Not just images — video too Drop video into your workspace and export a whole page (image + text + video) as an mp4. ■ Made for iPhone and iPad Same app, same projects. On iPad: a sidebar toolbar (switchable for left- or right-handed use), keyboard shortcuts and trackpad pointer support. Highlights • Up to 20 pages, edit across page boundaries • 8-point crop, straighten, shape masks & borders • Shapes, cut-out stickers, grid layouts • Text shadow, background, style presets • Carousel / continuous / Threads previews • Reverse-order save, so your IG upload order is right • Works fully offline — your work stays on your device Free, and genuinely usable The core is free forever with no watermark: multi-page editing, the alignment engine, guides, cropping, fonts and image export. ALIGNED Pro (subscription) Unlocks video export (including full-page mp4 compositing) and cross-project copy. Monthly or yearly (yearly ≈ 40% off), each with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime in your App Store account settings; Pro stays active until the end of the paid period. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hilarious-aftershave-5aa.notion.site/ALIGN-3951b5c06b9a81b69736e9c7845fef0e

Screenshots

PACam4 screens
ALIGNED3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ALIGNED at every 3 days against PACam's weekly. On price, ads, 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. PACam sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and ALIGNED sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PACam ships an update weekly, ALIGNED every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PACam versus ALIGNED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPACamALIGNED
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAMERICAN GROOVO TECHNOLOGIES LLCWEI-MING KAO

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PACam

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
2 purchases

ALIGNED

Subscriptions2
  • ALIGNED Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • ALIGNED Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is PACam free?
PACam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ALIGNED free?
ALIGNED is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PACam or ALIGNED have ads?
Neither PACam nor ALIGNED shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PACam or ALIGNED?
PACam ships an update weekly, and ALIGNED every 3 days. Most recently, PACam was updated on October 31, 2026 and ALIGNED on October 31, 2026.

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