Comparison

VHS Camera vs Low Quality Camera

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

Head to head
About

VHS Camera

Features
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Give your videos a retro, old-phone or glitch look. Record with 5 free cameras, a live low-resolution preview and deliberately imperfect audio. Save and share without ads or watermarks. Premium unlocks 18 additional camera looks, including VHS Camcorder, gallery import, recents, advanced glitch, pixel, color and audio controls, and capture overlays. Free recording does not require a purchase. Features: • 5 free bad-camera looks • 18 distinct Premium cameras • Front and back camera recording • Photo and video import and processing (Premium) • Save to Photos and share • No ads, no watermark, no account and no tracking • Works offline Premium is available as a monthly subscription, annual subscription or lifetime one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in your Apple Account settings. App Store shows the localized price before confirmation. Terms: https://huncut.store/en/apps/trashcam/terms Privacy: https://huncut.store/en/apps/trashcam/privacy

About

Low Quality Camera

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A camera that shoots at deliberately low resolution. Phone cameras get better every year: one photo can take several megabytes, and a minute of video can pass 100 MB. This app does the opposite. It shoots small and rough from the start - for the times you would rather not spend the storage, and for people who simply like the way rough pictures look. ■ Just pick one of five sizes 96x128 / 144x192 / 240x320 / 480x640 / 720x960. They sit right above the viewfinder, so you can switch a second before you shoot. Rough guide per photo / per minute of video: ・96x128 - about 3 KB / 0.9 MB ・144x192 - about 5 KB / 1.5 MB ・240x320 - about 12 KB / 3.0 MB ・480x640 - about 45 KB / 9.0 MB ・720x960 - about 110 KB / 18.8 MB ■ What you see is what gets saved The viewfinder shows the frame already scaled down and already compressed, exactly as it will be stored. Press the shutter and that same image is written to your gallery. Nothing ever turns out rougher or cleaner than it looked. ■ Video at the same size Switch between photo and video and record with the same roughness. Allow the microphone and the sound is recorded; refuse it and the video is simply silent. ■ Four looks Original / Toy camera / Old digicam / Faded. Original is the default, so if you are only here to save space, nothing is added to your pictures. Toy camera boosts the colors and darkens the corners, Old digicam has the cool cast of an early 2000s compact, and Faded looks like a yellowed old print. ■ Straight into your photo library Photos and videos are saved straight to your photo library, ready to attach to an email or a chat. No account, no upload. ■ The shutter sound can be muted Turn it off in the settings. Good for ・Keeping free space on your phone and in the cloud ・Records that only need to exist, not to look good ・Sending something without using much data ・Anyone who likes the feel of rough photos and video ・Shooting like an old phone or an early digital camera This app is for taking pictures, not for shrinking ones you already have: it cannot import existing photos or videos. The frame is a fixed 3:4 portrait, and there is no zoom, flash or timer. The roughness is the soft look of a small image stretched out, not the hard squares of a pixel art filter.

Screenshots

VHS Camera4 screens
Low Quality Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Low Quality Camera at none against VHS Camera's 3. Low Quality Camera also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). VHS Camera's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. VHS Camera sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Low Quality Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
VHS Camera versus Low Quality Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVHS CameraLow Quality Camera
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn Michael Escobar CeliRyouhei Azuma

In-app purchases

3 purchases

VHS Camera

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$6.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$89.99
None

Low Quality Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VHS Camera free?
VHS Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Low Quality Camera free?
Low Quality Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do VHS Camera or Low Quality Camera have ads?
Low Quality Camera shows ads; VHS Camera does not.

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