Comparison

SeoulRoll 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

SeoulRoll

Features
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Join selected photos into one film roll. • Square, landscape, and portrait ratios • Original or city filters including Seoul, Busan, and Jeju • Grain, vignette, and 35mm frame controls • Per-photo filters and batch editing • Timestamps that prefer capture metadata • Save results to Photos and share with the iOS share sheet Monthly and yearly Premium subscriptions unlock additional ratios, batch editing, and batch timestamp saving. See the App Store for product details and billing terms. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

SeoulRoll3 screens
Paper Press4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paper Press at none against SeoulRoll's 2. SeoulRoll's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, 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. SeoulRoll sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Paper Press asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SeoulRoll ships an update every 4 days, Paper Press every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
SeoulRoll versus Paper Press: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeoulRollPaper Press
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHoein Songchanghyeon lee

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SeoulRoll

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$17.991 Year
None

Paper Press

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SeoulRoll free?
SeoulRoll 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 SeoulRoll or Paper Press have ads?
Both SeoulRoll and Paper Press show ads.
Which is updated more often, SeoulRoll or Paper Press?
SeoulRoll ships an update every 4 days, and Paper Press every 2 weeks. Most recently, SeoulRoll was updated on October 31, 2026 and Paper Press on October 31, 2026.

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