CCD vs ebcam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CCD
This app simulates a 2005 compact digital camera, offering an authentic retro photography experience. It replicates the image quality, operational feel, and sounds of early 2000s digital cameras, rather than applying filters. Enjoy features like adjustable resolutions, zoom, flash, and scene modes for a nostalgic photo-taking journey.
- Authentic 2005 camera simulation
- Adjustable resolutions (12M to 2M)
- W/T zoom lever (up to 3x)
- Flash with party-photo look
- Date imprint and watermark options
- Scene modes (AUTO, PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE, NIGHT, INDOOR)
- White balance and exposure compensation
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Your phone takes photos that are too clean. CCD is not an app that decorates your pictures. It rebuilds an early-2000s compact digital camera inside your phone. You don't pick a filter. You turn on a camera. ■ Not a filter. A sensor. Most retro apps paint an effect on after the shot is taken. CCD doesn't. The moment you look at the viewfinder, it is already 2005. Oversaturated skies, skin that runs warm, greens that push too hard. Blown highlights, coarse sensor noise, sharpening turned up too far. Lenses that go soft toward the corners, color that drifts at the edges. All of it is what those cameras actually produced. Instead of making a good image, we rebuilt exactly the image of that era. ■ An object you operate Power it on and the boot screen runs. Half-press to focus. Press all the way and it clicks twice. Then "Saving..." holds for a moment. Nothing is instant here. The power-on chime, the focus beep, the shutter, the flash charging — the sounds those cameras made are all here. A battery meter, the date burned into the corner. The small things are what make the era. ■ What's inside · 12M / 8M / 5M / 3M / 2M resolutions Lowering the megapixels is a feature, not a compromise · 4:3 · 16:9 · 1:1 aspect ratios · Pinch to zoom, up to 3× — digital zoom, so the image softens as you go in · Swipe the viewfinder left or right to switch cameras · Flash — subject blown white, background dropped to black. That party-photo look · Date imprint — orange or yellow, two formats · Watermark — on or off, your call · Scene modes — AUTO / PORTRAIT / LANDSCAPE / NIGHT / INDOOR The mode dial those cameras had, doing what it actually did · White balance — daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent · Exposure compensation — ±2.0 EV in 1/3 steps When the highlights blow out more than you wanted, pull it down · Self timer (10s) and continuous shooting (3 frames) · A built-in gallery and sharing · PRINT — any photo on 4×6 paper or a 9:16 story layout · Three cameras — CCD-01 (2005, vivid) · CCD-02 (2007, calm) · CCD-03 (2006, portrait). Switch with the button by the shutter · IMPORT — run up to 5 photos you already took through the same sensor pipeline, then save ■ Not a phone. A camera. The whole time you hold it, it shouldn't feel like a phone. So we didn't use the usual app interface. There is no filter list anywhere. No intensity slider. What you adjust are camera settings. ■ Free, and fully unlocked Everything above is open from the very first launch. No in-app purchases. No subscription. No locked features. No limit on how many photos you can take, and no trial period. The app is free and supported by ads. They appear only in the gallery and settings screens, plus one short ad when you save imported photos — never while you are shooting. Turn on a camera from 2005. --- Contact: ckdgus1120@gmail.com
ebcam
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ebcam turns your phone into a bag full of film cameras. Pick a camera, shoot, and every frame is developed on your phone with its own film stock, grain, light leaks and date stamp — the way a real roll comes back from the lab. 46 CAMERAS, EACH WITH ITS OWN CHARACTER • Point-and-shoots, half-frame, disposables, medium format and instant film • Early-2000s CCD digicams with that crisp, glowing look • Several film stocks per camera: warm, faded, cross-processed, black & white • Instant-film borders, 35 mm negatives with sprocket holes, slide mounts • Date stamps: classic orange LCD, digital, VHS and camcorder style SHOOT LIKE IT'S FILM • Half frame, collage layouts, 16-shot burst and 3D wiggle photos • Double exposure, straight from the camera or with a photo from your library • Lens accessories: fisheye, prism, star filter, ND and colored flash gels • Tilt the phone and the camera shoots landscape; level and grid included • Manual ISO and shutter speed on supported phones VIDEO CAMERAS • Super 8, 16 mm, VHS and a 2000s camcorder • Real frame rates, gate weave, flicker, tape noise and muffled sound • On-screen REC and date text just like the originals YOUR DARKROOM • Keep the negative and re-develop any shot later with another camera, film stock or exposure • RAW negatives (DNG) on supported iPhones for even more room to fix exposure • Edit film profiles with RGB curves and HSL, and save your own looks • Import photos from your library; the stamp shows the day they were taken • Portrait collage: cut the people out of your photos and put them together in one frame • Try any camera on your own recent photos before you shoot PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your photos are developed on your phone and never uploaded anywhere. EBCAM PRO Most cameras are free. Pro unlocks every Pro camera, all its film stocks and every camera added later. You can try Pro cameras in the viewfinder before buying. Choose a one-time Lifetime purchase or a Yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The Yearly subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://onurbulut.dev/ebcam/terms/ Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://onurbulut.dev/ebcam/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CCD at none against ebcam's 2. ebcam's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). On price 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
Both are free to download. ebcam sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. CCD asks for nothing beyond the download.
CCD ships an update every 8 days, ebcam every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CCD | ebcam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | changhyeon lee | onur bulut |
In-app purchases
CCD
No in-app purchases
ebcam
- ebcam Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
- ebcam Pro Lifetime$19.99









