Comparison

InkCam vs Paignion

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

Head to head
About

InkCam

Features
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InkCam is a camera app that transforms photos and videos into distinctive, ink-inspired artwork. Stippling, bold areas of black, and delicate outlines turn light and shadow into striking monochrome images, giving everyday scenes the look of hand-drawn illustrations or manga. See the effect in real time as you compose your shot, so you know exactly how the finished image will look before you capture it. Adjust contrast, dot size, and other settings to create an ink style of your own. InkCam works with both photos and videos. You can also import existing photos from your library and transform them with InkCam. Features * Real-time ink-inspired camera effects * Stippling, outlines, and bold black rendering * Adjustable contrast, and other settings * Photo capture * Video recording * Import photos and videos from your Photo Library and apply effects * Save processed images to your photo library * Save a copy of the photo without effects.

About

Paignion

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Retro palettes and pixel patterns, rendered live. No editing after the shot โ€” what you see in the viewfinder is what gets saved. LIVE PIXEL RENDERING Paignion runs a real Metal pixel-effect pipeline on every frame of the live camera feed โ€” palette quantization, pattern, and dithering all happen before you tap the shutter, not as a filter applied afterward. 6 ICONIC PALETTES * Game Boy โ€” the classic 4-shade green handheld display * NES โ€” the 64-color palette from the original console's PPU * PICO-8 โ€” the 16-color fantasy-console system palette * C64 โ€” the Commodore 64's Pepto palette * CGA โ€” the 16-color RGBI palette from early PC graphics * Master System โ€” Sega's full 64-color, 6-bit RGB palette Palettes work on their own, or paired with any pattern. 4 PATTERNS + REAL BAYER DITHERING * Mosaic โ€” chunky, blocky pixelation * Dot Screen โ€” a single-channel dot grid * Halftone โ€” a true CMY halftone rosette (three independently rotated ink-channel dot grids), full color or on a palette * Blocks โ€” every pixel cell becomes a beveled, raised block for a chunky 2.5D, voxel-style look * Authentic ordered (Bayer) dithering, not a random-noise approximation โ€” works with any palette, and it's never gated SCREEN FX Two screen finishes that turn the viewfinder into a tiny console display: CRT-style scanlines, and an LCD pixel-grid bezel overlay. FREE TO START Shoot with the Original (no filter), Game Boy Cam, and Mosaic Only presets at no cost โ€” Bayer dithering is included free with every palette, always. Full Unlock adds the NES, PICO-8, C64, CGA, and Master System palettes, the Dot Screen, Halftone, and Blocks patterns, and both Screen FX finishes โ€” a single one-time purchase, not a subscription. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'D EXPECT * Pinch to zoom, tap to focus * HEIF capture, saved straight to a dedicated "Paignion" album in your Photos library โ€” no separate account, no cloud * In-app gallery to browse, share, and delete your shots * The preset you shot with is written into every photo's own EXIF No ads. No tracking.

Screenshots

InkCam3 screens
Paignion4 screens

Verdict

The call

InkCam and Paignion 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. InkCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Paignion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
InkCam versus Paignion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkCamPaignion
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKouichi INAFUKUJaehoon Lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

InkCam

One-time1
  • Full Package$4.99
1 purchases

Paignion

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$3.99

Questions

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

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