SimpleSign HG vs 写真帖
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleSign HG
Display full-size characters and words on a full screen with customizable fonts, colors, and backgrounds. Long sentences can slide across the screen with animation, useful for various situations like quizzes or communicating from a distance.
- Full-screen character and word display
- Customizable fonts and colors
- Image background support
- Sliding animation for long sentences
- Save sentences and colors
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Full version for free app “SimpleSign”. Display full size characters and words in the full screen. Long sentence can slide through screen with animation. - Showing score or answer of quiz in party - Contact to the person that stands far from you - Substitution of signboard etc. It is useful in many situation. [Functional Description] - Appears one character on screen from 45 different characters - Changing color of character and background - Changing font type - Set an image as the background - Long sentence can be displayed by one line or paragraph with sliding animation on/off [Differences from free version of SimpleSign] - No more advertisement - Sentence and color can be saved - Feature to set an image as the background
写真帖
Organize your camera photos by the specific camera and lens used, without uploading to the cloud. View RAW, JPEG, and HEIC files side-by-side and apply custom watermarks. Filter and sort your images using detailed camera metadata.
- Albums by camera and lens
- RAW, JPEG, HEIC side-by-side
- Custom watermark frames
- Filter by lens and focal length
- Export in HEIF or JPEG
- Metadata-based sorting
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Shashincho (写真帖) is a photo album for people who shoot with real cameras. Your iPhone Photos library is sorted by the camera and lens that took each shot — Nikon, Fujifilm, Sony, Canon, Ricoh, Leica, OM System, Pentax and more — so you can browse like flipping through a film album. • Albums by camera and lens, read from the photo itself (no cloud upload) • RAW, JPEG and HEIC side by side, with a badge for each • Film recipes (Fujifilm) and picture controls shown on the photo • Watermark frames with camera name and settings: negative sleeve, slide mount, lab proof, contact sheet and more • Histogram, rating, favorites, and filters by lens and focal length • Export in HEIF or JPEG at full resolution Your photos are processed only on your iPhone and are never sent anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 写真帖 at Free against SimpleSign HG's $0.99. 写真帖 also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 months). SimpleSign HG's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ads, 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
写真帖 is free to download; SimpleSign HG costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SimpleSign HG ships an update every 10 months, 写真帖 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleSign HG | 写真帖 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | idota limited | masamoto shimizu |
Customer experience
SimpleSign HG
写真帖
In-app purchases
SimpleSign HG
No in-app purchases
写真帖
No in-app purchases









