Comparison

Dearstill 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

Dearstill

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A camera for the days you'll miss. Dearstill turns everyday photographs into warm, lasting memories with 104 original film looks. Capture a new moment or import one through Apple's photo picker, choose a film mood, adjust its strength, and keep the result in your private Dearstill Roll. - 104 original film looks across thirteen categories, all included - Travel and Experimental collections, plus Favorites and Recent looks - 3- or 10-second self-timer and an optional composition grid - Tune exposure, warmth, grain, and light leaks in the Lab - Save personal recipes and reuse them on your next photo - Analog character: halation, light leaks, split tones, and grain - Instant, Street, and Seasons shelves alongside Daylight, Portrait, Night, B&W, Cinema, Compact, Nostalgia, and Dream - Real camera capture plus private photo import - 4:3, 1:1, and 9:16 framing - Focus, flash, zoom, exposure, and optional date stamp - On-device development with no account, ads, analytics, or uploads - Add-only export to Photos when you choose Pay once. No subscription and no in-app purchases.

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

Dearstill4 screens
Paper Press4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paper Press at none against Dearstill's 2. Dearstill's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dearstill sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Paper Press asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dearstill ships an update every 3 days, Paper Press every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Dearstill versus Paper Press: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDearstillPaper Press
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNomadiqchanghyeon lee

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dearstill

Subscriptions1
  • Dearstill Pro 연간 구독$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dearstill Pro 평생 이용권$9.99
None

Paper Press

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dearstill free?
Dearstill 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 Dearstill or Paper Press have ads?
Paper Press shows ads; Dearstill does not.
Which is updated more often, Dearstill or Paper Press?
Dearstill ships an update every 3 days, and Paper Press every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dearstill was updated on October 29, 2026 and Paper Press on October 26, 2026.

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