Pilm Camera vs Paper Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pilm Camera
This camera app allows you to preview and capture horizontal and vertical shots simultaneously, applying unique, handcrafted filters to enhance your photos and videos. It offers a variety of aspect ratios and on-device editing capabilities, ensuring your content is ready for any platform without needing additional apps.
- Simultaneous horizontal and vertical capture
- Multiple aspect ratio options
- Hand-crafted, unique filters
- On-device editing and fine-tuning
- Applies one color tone to both ratios
- Supports photos and videos
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Pilm is a camera that previews horizontal and vertical at the same time, on one screen — and colors every shot with our own hand-crafted filters, right where you stand. Choose your aspect ratios and capture both in a single take. ■ Shoot Horizontal & Vertical Together Compose with the 16:9 and 9:16 frames side by side. Vertical for Reels, horizontal for YouTube — all at once. A composition that won't get cropped, no matter where you post it. ■ Pick Your Ratios Supports 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, and 1:1. Freely pair one horizontal frame with one vertical or square frame and shoot both together. Save your favorite combination in Settings. ■ Filters We Designed Ourselves Warm tones, cool tones, crisp tones, soft portrait tones, cinematic, and black & white — filters curated for every mood. Some revive the color of real film; others are original looks Pilm designed from scratch. Finished the moment you shoot, no editing app required. ■ Fine-Tune Anytime Swap filters on the spot right after you shoot, and re-open any photo you've already taken to edit it again. Pick a preset or adjust with sliders to land on exactly the color you want. ■ One Color Across Both Ratios Your chosen filter applies identically to both horizontal and vertical, so the tone of both photos and videos flows together naturally. ■ Photos and Video Alike Capture photos and record video with sound too. ■ Fully On-Device Every shot and every edit happens only on your device. No sign-up, no data collected, nothing sent anywhere. Record your everyday moments in the ratios you want and your own color — with Pilm.
Paper Camera
Capture the world and transform your photos into charming, hand-drawn doodles. This app uses AI to reimagine your images with a childlike, artistic style, offering a unique way to preserve memories. Save your creations with or without a camera frame, and even convert existing photos from your album.
- AI-powered doodle conversion
- Selfie doodle mode
- Multiple camera color options
- App-wide paper aesthetic
- Convert existing photos
- In-app film purchases
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Meet Paper Camera — the camera that sees the world as a doodle. Press the shutter on a hand-drawn paper camera, and the scene in your viewfinder develops into an adorable sketch of wobbly pen lines and rough marker coloring. Don't just take a good photo. Keep a well-drawn day. ■ How it works - Frame your scene in the viewfinder and press the shutter dial - Watch your photo slowly develop into a drawing, like real film - Love it? Save it — with the paper camera frame, or just the drawing - You can also import old photos from your album and doodle-fy them ■ Features - AI keeps your composition and subject, and redraws only the style — like a kid's quick doodle - Selfie mode with the front camera fits your whole face in the viewfinder - 4 camera colors: White · Pink · Mint · Sky (cycle with the OK button) - The film shop, settings, and about page all live inside the paper world — the whole app is one drawing - Available in 7 languages ■ The film system Just like a real film camera, every shot uses one film. - Get 3 free trial shots when you install - Buy film rolls from 12 up to 170 shots in the Film Shop - Failed conversions never use up your film ■ Good to know - An internet connection is required for the drawing conversion - Captured images are sent to a server for generation and processed without being stored Click. Turn today into a doodle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pilm Camera at 100% against Paper Camera's 10%. Pilm Camera also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Paper Camera's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pilm Camera ships an update every 3 weeks, Paper Camera every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pilm Camera | Paper Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Se Young Oh | Jahyeon Ko |
Customer experience
Pilm Camera
Paper Camera
In-app purchases
Pilm Camera
No in-app purchases
Paper Camera
No in-app purchases









