DitherBoy vs ASCII Glitch Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DitherBoy
Capture your world with a retro, pixelated aesthetic. This app simulates a vintage handheld camera, offering unique color palettes and a distinct lo-fi charm for your photos. It provides a simple, offline photography experience reminiscent of early digital cameras.
- Simulated handheld camera interface
- D-pad and button controls
- Multiple retro color palettes
- Pixelated date stamp
- Album organization by cartridges
- Offline functionality
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Somewhere in a drawer lived a little camera that saw the world in four shades of green. The photos were terrible. Every single one became a treasure. DitherBoy brings that feeling back. It boots up with a beep — a whole tiny handheld inside your iPhone — and through its viewfinder, the world turns into pixel art right before your eyes. When the moment feels right, press A. • A camera you drive with a D-pad and buttons • Palettes from that green to full retro color • Albums kept on cartridges — TRAVEL, LUNCH, CAT No.5 • A tiny pixel date stamp in the corner • No account, no internet. Just a camera. Low on pixels, heavy on soul. Go shoot something — your lunch, your socks, the sky. Everything looks better in dots.
ASCII Glitch Camera
Transform your camera into a live text-art generator. It redraws every frame in real-time using various character styles, offering a unique visual conversion. Capture photos and videos or convert existing library images.
- Live text-art conversion
- Multiple character styles (Braille, ASCII, halftone)
- Full-resolution photo capture
- Smooth video recording
- Library photo conversion
- Adjustable resolution and contrast
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ASCII Glitch Camera turns your camera into a live text-art machine. Every frame is redrawn in real time as characters — no filters pasted over a photo, but a true conversion where every glyph is chosen by the light that hit it. TEN STYLES Braille dot-matrix with 8-point detail per character, halftone dots, quadrant blocks, classic ASCII ramps, digits, line strokes, a 28-level fine-detail ramp, and a stark 1-bit mode. Swipe to switch live. CAPTURE IT Save full-resolution photos or record smooth video of the live feed, ready to share. Convert photos from your library too. DIAL IT IN Resolution, contrast, auto contrast, invert, dithering, pinch to zoom, front and back cameras. Freeze the frame when you catch something good. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device. Nothing is collected, nothing is uploaded, no account, no ads. Now go make something weird.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ASCII Glitch Camera at Free against DitherBoy's $1.99. DitherBoy's advantage is chart position (#179 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
ASCII Glitch Camera is free to download; DitherBoy costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DitherBoy ships an update every 3 weeks, ASCII Glitch Camera monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DitherBoy | ASCII Glitch Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #179 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dstudio | Chris Almaguer |
Customer experience
DitherBoy
ASCII Glitch Camera
In-app purchases
DitherBoy
No in-app purchases
ASCII Glitch Camera
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is DitherBoy free?
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Do DitherBoy or ASCII Glitch Camera have ads?
Which is updated more often, DitherBoy or ASCII Glitch Camera?
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