Comparison

Paper Cam 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

Paper Cam

Features
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Paper Cam turns what you see into a crayon drawing on paper. You don't get a viewfinder rectangle on a black screen. You get a camera drawn by hand, with a hole cut out of it, and you look through that hole at the world. Press the shutter and your shot comes back as a child's crayon sketch โ€” wobbly outlines, colour scribbled outside the lines, no shading. EVERY LETTER IS DRAWN BY HAND There is no system font anywhere in this app. Every letter and number you see โ€” the film counter, the menu, the date on each photo โ€” is a hand-drawn glyph image. Each letter has five different versions, so the same letter is never drawn quite the same way twice. TURN THE CAMERA Press the rotate button and the whole camera turns in your hands, the way a real one does. Buttons, counter, screen and all. Shoot upright or turned โ€” the photo comes back the way you framed it. A SKETCHBOOK, NOT A GRID Your shots live in a paper album where each print is cut out with scissors, taped down at a slight angle, and dated in handwriting. Every card is shaped a little differently, and it stays that way every time you open it. THREE PAPER BODIES Switch between three hand-drawn camera bodies with the d-pad. Each one has its own viewfinder shape, so each one frames differently. FILM Each shot uses one frame of film, because each one is redrawn by an image model. You get 3 free frames to try it. If you like it, film packs are available in the app โ€” and your film stays with you even if you delete and reinstall. Terms of Use: https://factual-verbena-760.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-BabyWaa-77b803b0a33f46868632534bcb469e3c Privacy Policy: https://factual-verbena-760.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-BabyWaa-dbbc3cae71b541caa9712caeeb1d7251

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. Or bring in any photo from your library and print it the same way. SEVEN REAL PRINT PROCESSES * Riso Duotone โ€” color-separated into pink + cobalt 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 * 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 paper stock and paper grain, screen angle, dot width, halftone dots or riso grain, and misregistration strength. Nothing is hardcoded to a preset. Dial in your own look. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU PRINT Riso Duotone and every single-plate process render in full in the viewfinder โ€” every ink plate and the intentional misregistration, exactly as saved. Offset Newsprint previews one CMY plate live for speed and composites all three at the shutter. YOUR PHOTOS, REPRINTED Tap the photo button next to the shutter to open any photo from your library in the same print processes and sliders. A before/after split shows exactly what changed, and your original is never touched โ€” the print is saved as a new photo. TRY EVERYTHING FREE Preview and adjust all seven print processes at no cost. Saving with Photocopy is free; Full Unlock is a single one-time purchase ($5.99, not a subscription) that lets you save with the other six: 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 * In English, Japanese and Korean No ads. No tracking.

Screenshots

Paper Cam4 screens
Chroia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Paper Cam at daily against Chroia's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Paper Cam sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Chroia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paper Cam ships an update daily, Chroia fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Paper Cam versus Chroia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaper CamChroia
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiYeon NohJaehoon Lee

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Paper Cam

One-time3
  • Film x20$0.99
  • Film x70$2.99
  • Film x150$5.99
1 purchases

Chroia

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$5.99

Questions

Is Paper Cam free?
Paper Cam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chroia free?
Chroia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Paper Cam or Chroia have ads?
Neither Paper Cam nor Chroia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paper Cam or Chroia?
Paper Cam ships an update daily, and Chroia fortnightly. Most recently, Paper Cam was updated on October 31, 2026 and Chroia on November 10, 2026.

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