Comparison

DitherBoy 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

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

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

DitherBoy3 screens
Aesthetic Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Aesthetic Camera at Free against DitherBoy's $1.99. DitherBoy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Aesthetic Camera is free to download; DitherBoy costs $1.99 up front. Aesthetic Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. DitherBoy asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
DitherBoy versus Aesthetic Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDitherBoyAesthetic Camera
Price$1.99Free — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDstudioDmitriy Migunov

In-app purchases

None

DitherBoy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Aesthetic Camera

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

Questions

Is DitherBoy free?
DitherBoy costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aesthetic Camera free?
Aesthetic Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DitherBoy or Aesthetic Camera have ads?
Neither DitherBoy nor Aesthetic Camera shows ads.

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