Comparison

PRINT DOT vs Paper Press

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

Head to head
About

PRINT DOT

Features
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Your photo, freshly printed. PRINT DOT is a small print shop for your photos. The halftone dots you see up close, the color plates sitting slightly off register, the way ink sinks into paper: PRINT DOT rebuilds that feel on top of a picture you already have. ■ Eight dot styles Fine Dot for a delicate screen. Bold Dot for big, poppy dots. Newspaper Dot for coarse monochrome. CMYK Dot for overlapping plates and misregistration. Soft Fade Dot for a gentle bleed. Grain Dot for film-like texture. Line Screen Dot for a poster look. Mono Ink Dot for one clean ink. The same photo comes out differently in every one. ■ Choose the ink Eleven ink palettes, including Vintage Red, Café Brown, Ocean Blue and Mono Black. Quiet one- and two-color runs, or something loud and neon. ■ Choose the paper Seven paper textures: smooth, rough, matte, recycled, newsprint, kraft and aged. Each one changes how the ink settles. ■ Tune it by hand Dot size, screen angle, contrast, ink bleed, paper character. Move the sliders until it looks right, and compare against the original photo at any time. ■ Keep your prints Saved work lines up in the in-app gallery. Favorite it, export it to Photos, or share it straight from there. ■ Everything stays on your iPhone All rendering happens on your device. Your photos are never uploaded. No account, no sign-in, and it works in airplane mode. ■ What's free Four dot styles, five inks and three papers. Pick a photo, adjust it and save it without paying anything. ■ PRINT DOT Premium (one-time purchase) One purchase unlocks all of this: · All eight dot styles · All eleven ink palettes · All seven paper textures · Export at a larger size · No watermark on your work It is not a subscription. You pay once, and on the same Apple ID you can bring it back with Restore Purchases after switching devices.

About

Paper Press

Transform your photos into vintage newspaper front pages or classic wanted posters. Choose from three distinct print styles to achieve an authentic, ink-on-paper look. Save and share your creations in full resolution without watermarks.

Highlights
  • Newspaper front page creation
  • Wanted poster generation
  • Three distinct print styles (Newsprint, Mono, Color)
  • Real-time viewfinder preview
  • Import photos from library
  • Full resolution saving
  • On-device processing for privacy
Features
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Put anything on the front page. PAPER PRESS is a camera that prints. Point it at your dog, your lunch or your roommate, and the viewfinder already shows a newspaper front page or a wanted poster: halftone dots, real ink colors, warm paper. FRONT PAGE A masthead, today's date, a headline and your photo. Write your own headline ("LOCAL DOG WINS EVERYTHING") or keep the one that's there. You can rename the newspaper, too. WANTED A classic wanted poster: a big title, a framed photo, a name and a reward. Made for pets, siblings and snack thieves. THREE PRESSES NEWSPRINT — charcoal ink on warm off-white paper, with bold dots like a local paper. MONO — a finer, cleaner black-and-white press for portraits and buildings. COLOR — two inks, blue and red, printed on top of each other. Where they overlap, you get the shadows. Every press works with every page. Or pick PLAIN and print the photo edge to edge. SEE IT BEFORE YOU SHOOT The viewfinder shows the finished page, and that's exactly what gets saved. No sliders, no surprises. GOT A PHOTO ALREADY? Pick one from your library and run it through the press. FULL RESOLUTION, NO WATERMARK Save or share at the original size. Zoom in and the dots are still there. The newspaper's name at the top is yours to change. PRIVATE Everything happens on your device. Your photos never leave your phone. No account, no cloud, no uploads. WHY IT LOOKS PRINTED Most print effects lay a dot pattern over the image. PAPER PRESS works in the order a real press does: tone first, then screen, then ink, then paper. PAPER PRESS is free and supported by ads. Everything is included, with no in-app purchases and no limits. A short full-screen ad plays after you shoot, before your print appears. There are no ads over the camera, the printing screen, or your finished photo.

Screenshots

PRINT DOT4 screens
Paper Press4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paper Press at none against PRINT DOT's 1. PRINT DOT's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PRINT DOT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paper Press asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PRINT DOT ships an update every 6 days, Paper Press every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
PRINT DOT versus Paper Press: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPRINT DOTPaper Press
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkazunari aokichanghyeon lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PRINT DOT

One-time1
  • PRINT DOT Premium$5.99
None

Paper Press

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PRINT DOT free?
PRINT DOT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paper Press free?
Paper Press is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PRINT DOT or Paper Press have ads?
Paper Press shows ads; PRINT DOT does not.
Which is updated more often, PRINT DOT or Paper Press?
PRINT DOT ships an update every 6 days, and Paper Press every 2 weeks. Most recently, PRINT DOT was updated on October 31, 2026 and Paper Press on October 31, 2026.

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