After24 vs Caltype camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
After24
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You can't see them until the roll is finished. After24 brings the disposable film camera to your iPhone: analog, grainy, date-stamped retro photos. Each roll has 24 exposures. You can't look at your photos until you finish the roll, drop it off at the photo lab, and wait for it to be developed. - Pick today's camera Standard, Retro, and Monochrome. Each camera has its own look, and each holds its own roll, so you can shoot all three separately. - Shoot and wind Press the shutter, then wind to the next frame. What you caught stays a mystery. - Drop it off and wait When all 24 frames are shot, add a name and a note and drop the roll off at the lab. Development takes 24 hours, and you'll get a notification when it's ready. - Open the envelope Your prints and negatives come back in a photo lab envelope. Shifts in exposure and color are kept as happy accidents, just like real film, and each print carries a date stamp in the corner. Save your favorites to your photo library. - Your photos stay on your device Photos are encrypted and stored on your device, and are never sent anywhere. - After24+ (one-time purchase) γ»No ads γ»Choose a development time of 24, 12, 6, or 1 hour γ»Swap an unfinished roll for a fresh one
Caltype camera
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Find a color mood you love, make it your own, and share it with calotype. Explore 150+ free official filters inspired by film, vintage digital cameras, Y2K, and everyday moods. Try a filter in the live camera or on a photo from your library, then compare the result with the original. In Try It, a creatorβs preview image is for preview only. Save results from your own imported photos or camera captures. No sample photo appears before you choose a photo. The camera takes processed JPEG still photos and applies the selected filter to the captured photo. Shape your photos with light and color adjustments, HSL, tone curves, color grading, texture, and special effects. Sign in to save your settings as a preset. Add drawings, text, or imported stickers. Register your own preview images to save a public preset. Once the server saves a valid public preset, others can discover and use it. Follow creators, save favorite filters, and exchange likes and comments. Continue without signing in to browse bundled filters, use the camera, adjust effects on your own photos, and save photo results to Photos. Guests can bookmark up to 10 official or other creators' public filters on this device. Guest bookmarks are not automatically merged with or uploaded to an account library. Sign in with Apple or Google to save your own presets, use account backup and cloud synchronization across devices, publish presets, and use community features. The standard free account library has 10 base entries shared by your own presets and bookmarked filters. If your account library is full, you can still save a public preset to your profile, then add it to your library after freeing a slot. Editing an existing preset keeps the same slot. Basic photo exports have a maximum long edge of 2,048 pixels. The free version includes banner and native ads. Saving photos does not require watching a rewarded ad. calotype pro is a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. During an active subscription, enjoy ad removal, unlimited preset storage, private cloud presets, supported higher-resolution photo saving, automatic saving to Photos, face and skin adjustments, makeup, and digital lens effects. Output resolution depends on the source photo, device, camera, format, and crop; small photos are not enlarged. When Pro expires, saved filters are not automatically removed. If your account library exceeds the free limit, review all saved entries and choose up to 10 to keep, plus any previously earned bonus slots, then explicitly confirm. Only unselected library entries are unsaved; your original presets, community posts and photos already saved to Photos remain. Unsaved bookmarks are not automatically restored if you subscribe again. Face adjustments and makeup use temporary on-device analysis with separate consent. Face landmarks and analysis results are not sent to our server. Preview images, profile photos, and stickers that you choose to register are stored with your account. Report inappropriate presets or comments, block creators, and contact support inside the app. Your subscription price and billing period are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Manage or cancel in Apple Account settings and restore purchases in calotype settings. Deleting your calotype account does not cancel an Apple subscription. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Caltype camera at daily against After24's every 3 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. After24 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Caltype camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
After24 ships an update every 3 days, Caltype camera daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | After24 | Caltype camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily β better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kozuma shun | Yubin Hong |
In-app purchases
After24
- After24+$4.99
Caltype camera
- calotype pro monthly$7.491 Month
- calotype pro annual$29.991 Year









