Comparison

Pressed vs Aesthetic Camera

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

Head to head
About

Pressed

Transform your photos into authentic risograph and screen prints directly on your device. This app simulates real printing processes, including ink separation, halftones, and overprinting, for a genuine printed look. Unlock advanced features and watermark-free exports with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Authentic risograph and screen print simulation
  • Spot ink separation and halftone screening
  • Customizable ink and paper palettes
  • Die cut sticker mode
  • Print-ready separations for professional printing
  • Watermark-free exports
Features
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Give your photos the color, texture, and character of a risograph print. Pressed turns portraits, still lifes, and everyday snapshots into digital print artwork with layered spot colors, halftone dots, and paper texture. Start with a look you love, then make it your own on iPhone or iPad. FIND YOUR LOOK Explore different directions with Quick Press, compare variations in Test Strips, and discover color combinations with Ink Match. Hold the preview to compare your artwork with the original photo. MAKE EVERY DETAIL COUNT Crop and rotate your image, choose an aspect ratio, and adjust its framing. Shape the halftone with dot size, dot shape, and screen angle. Balance ink tones, paper texture, bleed, and registration for crisp graphics or a softer printed feel. BUILD A CONSISTENT SERIES Bring several photos into a Press Set and give them a shared look. Refine individual images while keeping the series together. Creating and preparing Press Sets is free. TAKE YOUR ARTWORK FURTHER WITH PLUS Export transparent die-cut stickers with a white keyline. Keep unlimited custom presses, export your own ink combinations, and share a Press Run video that shows the colors building one pass at a time. For separation work, export a generic multipage PDF with one grayscale page per ink and fixed crop and registration marks. Plus also includes Press Set package export. Confirm page size, screening, marks, format, and imposition with the receiving printer. START FREE. KEEP CREATING. Free image exports reach up to 4096 pixels on the long edge, with no watermark. Pressed Plus is a one-time purchase: exports up to 6000 pixels, selected premium looks, custom ink export, stickers, unlimited saved presses, PDF separations, Press Set package export, and Press Run video. No subscription. YOUR PHOTOS STAY YOURS Photo processing happens on your device. Pressed has no developer-operated accounts, backend, analytics, tracking, or photo uploads. Apple services handle purchase information, purchases, and restoration. Links you choose may open the App Store or Mail.

About

Aesthetic Camera

Features
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Ruin your photos. Beautifully. BADSCAN turns your camera into a broken copy machine: photocopy, riso, newsprint, thermal receipt, fax and cyanotype — live in the viewfinder, not as an afterthought filter. No AI. No uploads. Every preset is a procedural print engine running fully on your device. THE PRESSES • BAD SCAN 01 — harsh threshold, toner grain, scanner streaks and dust • RISO PINK — fluorescent duotone with heavy print grain • NEWSPRINT — halftone dots on warm, yellowed paper • THERMAL — receipt ink with banding and fade • FAX 1994 — brutal 1-bit dither with line dropouts • CYANOTYPE — prussian-blue contact print DARKROOM CONTROLS Push every preset your way: THRESHOLD, TONER GRAIN and TEXTURE sliders, with press-and-hold compare against the original. SHOOT OR IMPORT • Live viewfinder with the preset applied in real time • Import photos and videos from your library • Full-resolution export • Every print comes out as a copy-shop receipt with its own copy number MADE FOR PRINT NERDS Square corners, ink borders, paper grain. The app itself looks like it fell out of a photocopier. BADSCAN PRO (auto-renewing subscription) • Yearly with a 3-day free trial, or weekly • Unlocks all presets, video export, watermark-free output • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. • Terms: https://9283248.github.io/eonvoid-pages/badscan/terms.html • Privacy: https://9283248.github.io/eonvoid-pages/badscan/privacy.html Your photos never leave your device. No account, no analytics, no data collected.

Screenshots

Pressed4 screens
Aesthetic Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pressed and Aesthetic Camera are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Pressed sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Aesthetic Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pressed versus Aesthetic Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPressedAesthetic Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAHMET DUMANDmitriy Migunov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pressed

One-time1
  • Pressed Plus: Print Studio$9.99
2 purchases

Aesthetic Camera

Subscriptions2
  • BADSCAN Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • BADSCAN Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Pressed free?
Pressed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aesthetic Camera free?
Aesthetic Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pressed or Aesthetic Camera have ads?
Neither Pressed nor Aesthetic Camera shows ads.

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