Inkling vs Oqra Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inkling
This app simulates the unique aesthetic of Risograph printing, allowing users to create images with overprint effects, halftone dots, and intentional misregistration. It offers extensive control over ink colors, screen angles, and paper types to achieve authentic print results.
- Simulates Risograph printing
- Halftone screening and overprinting
- Adjustable ink colors and density
- Control over screen angle and ruling
- Customizable paper and sheet options
- High-resolution export for printing
- Separation PDF export
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Turn your photos into spot-ink prints, and make a keepsake of your own. • Preview eight print styles on your photo, including Risograph, Line Cut and Curved Weave. Choose your inks and adjust the result from soft to bold. • Frame your favourite detail with Cutout. Drag and zoom, choose a natural outline, then carry the same crop and inks into a layout. • Make a card, photo strip or page of memories. Arrange up to four photos, add a date, a few words or a drawing, and print them together. • Add tactile paper, deboss or foil. Tilt your phone in the app to watch light move across the surface. Your saved prints stay in the Press Room, ready to share or edit as copies. START FOR FREE Use basic print styles, framing, circle and oval outlines, and save standard PNGs with a small stamp. Preview full-version styles, inks and special outlines on your photo before buying. ONE LIFETIME PURCHASE Unlock every print process and ink, all layouts and outlines, high-resolution saves without a stamp, separation PDFs and print animations. No subscription. High-resolution output follows your photo's resolution; it does not add detail to a small source image. Your photos are processed on your device. No account or analytics. Photo editing works offline; purchasing and restoring use the App Store.
Oqra Cam
This app brings the authentic look and feel of film photography to your iPhone. It allows you to apply various film styles in real-time, customize them deeply, and even share your unique creations with others. Capture stunning photos and videos with a distinct analog aesthetic.
- Real-time film look application
- Physics-based film engine
- Customizable film recipes
- Shareable film recipes via QR codes
- ProRAW and RAW DNG capture
- Live Photos and Film Clips support
- Lock Screen controls
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Oqra brings the character of film to your iPhone, with looks you can make your own. Its physics-based film engine models light-sensitive layers, dye color, grain, and halation, developing each image entirely on your device. LOAD A FILM. POINT AND SHOOT. Choose a film recipe and see its character in the live viewfinder. Shoot with the look already applied, without a separate editing step. MAKE LOOKS YOURS. Start with a preset or build your own. Shape color, grain, halation, and the response from shadows to highlights. Go deeper with individual emulsion layers, dye settings, and H&D response curves. In-app guides explain the controls as you explore. SCAN. LOAD. SHARE. Share your film recipes as QR codes or links. Scan a friend's code, add the recipe to your collection, and shoot with their look. FILM CHARACTER. RAW DETAIL. Capture and develop Apple ProRAW or RAW DNG on supported cameras. Still-photo capture reaches up to 48 MP where supported by your device and camera. Enable Keep RAW Original to retain the original DNG alongside your developed photo when shooting RAW stills. KEEP THE MOMENT MOVING. Capture Live Photos with the film look in both the still image and the motion, or record Film Clips up to 30 seconds long. READY FROM THE LOCK SCREEN. Open Oqra from its Lock Screen control, or assign it to Camera Control on supported iPhones. Your selected film recipe is ready when the camera opens. PRIVATE BY DESIGN. Your photos are developed on your iPhone. No Oqra account. No upload needed for processing. Live Photos, Film Clips, and unlimited custom recipes require a one-time in-app purchase. No subscription. REQUIRES iOS 18 or later. iPhone 12 or newer, or iPhone SE (3rd generation). Apple, iPhone, Live Photos, ProRAW, and Camera Control are trademarks of Apple Inc. DNG is a trademark of Adobe Inc. Oqra is an independent product and has not been authorized, sponsored, or approved by Apple Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Inkling at free against Oqra Cam's free with in-app purchases. Inkling also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Inkling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Oqra Cam sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Inkling against 5.0 for Oqra Cam. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Inkling ships an update every 4 days, Oqra Cam every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inkling | Oqra Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 亚 张 | 匡明 秦 |
Customer experience
Inkling
Oqra Cam
In-app purchases
Inkling
- Inkling Full$3.99
Oqra Cam
- A Small Print$2.99
- A Medium Print$4.99
- A Large Print$9.99









