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

Features
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Take a photo. Make it look printed. PAPER PRESS isn't a pile of filters. It's one small printing press that lives in your camera: halftone dots on warm paper, dark charcoal ink, and the little imperfections that make a printed page feel real. SEE IT BEFORE YOU SHOOT The viewfinder already shows the printed result, and that's exactly what gets saved. No sliders, no surprises. TWO PRESSES NEWSPRINT — warm off-white paper, charcoal ink, bold halftone. It looks like a photo from an independent newspaper. MONO — a cleaner black-and-white press that suits portraits and buildings. 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. PRIVATE Everything happens on your device. Your photos never leave your phone. No account, no cloud, no uploads. WHY IT LOOKS DIFFERENT 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. That's why it looks printed, not filtered. PAPER PRESS is free and supported by ads. 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 ads: PRINT DOT at none against Paper Press's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
PRINT DOT versus Paper Press: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPRINT DOTPaper Press
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkazunari aokichanghyeon lee

In-app purchases

None

PRINT DOT

No in-app purchases

None

Paper Press

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PRINT DOT free?
PRINT DOT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
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.

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