Comparison

Aesthetic Camera vs Chroia

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

Head to head
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 โ€” 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 โ€ข BAD SCAN 01 โ€” harsh threshold, toner grain, scanner streaks and dust โ€ข RISO PINK โ€” fluorescent duotone with heavy print grain โ€ข NEWSPRINT โ€” halftone dots on warm, yellowed paper โ€ข THERMAL โ€” receipt ink with banding and fade โ€ข FAX 1994 โ€” brutal 1-bit dither with line dropouts โ€ข CYANOTYPE โ€” 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 โ€ข Live viewfinder with the preset applied in real time โ€ข Import photos and videos from your library โ€ข Full-resolution export โ€ข 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) โ€ข Yearly with a 3-day free trial, or weekly โ€ข Unlocks all presets, video export, watermark-free output โ€ข 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. โ€ข Terms: https://9283248.github.io/eonvoid-pages/badscan/terms.html โ€ข Privacy: https://9283248.github.io/eonvoid-pages/badscan/privacy.html Your photos never leave your device. No account, no analytics, no data collected.

About

Chroia

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A camera that reproduces risograph printing โ€” multi-plate color separation, halftone dot screens, and intentional plate misregistration, rendered live in your viewfinder and applied in full the moment you press the shutter. SEVEN REAL PRINT PROCESSES * Riso Duotone โ€” pink + cobalt ink plates, overprinted * Flat Screenprint โ€” halftone-free spot color * Offset Newsprint โ€” a genuine CMY rosette, vintage press texture * Photocopy โ€” Xerox-style decay and scan noise (free) * Engraving โ€” single-plate crosshatch * Mimeograph โ€” blocky ink blotches * Spot Color Halftone โ€” the most saturated color survives a black dot screen Each one is a genuinely different rendering pipeline โ€” not one filter with seven color presets. EVERY VALUE IS A SLIDER Pick a catalog spot ink or mix your own with hue, saturation, and brightness โ€” plus screen angle, dot width, and misregistration strength. Nothing is hardcoded to a preset. Dial in your own look. LIVE PREVIEW, FULL PRINT AT CAPTURE The viewfinder shows a fast live approximation; pressing the shutter applies the complete multi-plate overprint โ€” every ink plate, composited with the same intentional plate misregistration real risograph and offset printing has. FREE TO START Shoot with Photocopy at no cost. Full Unlock is a single one-time purchase ($5.99, not a subscription) that opens the other six mechanisms: Riso Duotone, Flat Screenprint, Offset Newsprint, Engraving, Mimeograph, and Spot Color Halftone. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'D EXPECT * HEIC capture, saved straight to a dedicated "Chroia" album in your Photos library โ€” no separate account, no cloud * The mechanism you shot with is written into every photo's own EXIF * English and Japanese from day one No ads. No tracking.

Screenshots

Aesthetic Camera4 screens
Chroia4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Aesthetic Camera versus Chroia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAesthetic CameraChroia
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitriy MigunovJaehoon Lee

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Aesthetic Camera

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

Chroia

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$5.99

Questions

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

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