Pixelish vs The Frame Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixelish
Create unique glitch art with this easy-to-use bitmap editor. Layer multiple filters, adjust colors, and pixelate images to achieve custom, unexpected visual effects.
- Layered filters for glitch effects
- Pixelation options
- Custom filter application
- Color and orientation adjustment
- One-button filter application
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#pixelish #pixelishapp Pixelish is a novel and easy to use bit map image editor that allows you to layer filters to create custom glitch effects. Applying filters is easy with the push of a single button. You can pixelate, apply one of the six custom filters, adjust color and orientation, or apply many filters at once to completely glitch out your image. Manipulate your image in a unique way to create unexpected results that are not quite the original pixels, but more pixel-ish. I would really like to know what you think of Pixelish, love it or hate it, please email me with thoughts. nidalfakhouriapps@gmail.com
The Frame Camera
Enhance your photos with a wide variety of frames and effects. Customize frame transparency, hue, and brightness. Supports dual and triple cameras with zoom functionality.
- Over 100 frame types
- Customizable frames
- Add filters & effects
- Dual/triple camera support
- 10x zoom
- Grid lines
- Instant capture
- Easy social sharing
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Now you can capture your photo with fun, elegant, attractive and amazing. The Frame Camera got all beautiful frames for capture the moment. FEATURES: • Over 100 frames with types: General, Antique, Fame, Fun, Heart, Flower, Kid, Christmas, Halloween, Diamond and Gold • Use your own custom frames • Customizable frame transparent, hue color, saturation, and brightness • Add filters & effects on your photo • Supoort dual and triple camera lens devices • Zoomable on both front and rear camera up to 10x • Center your photo with grid line • Instantly capture with touch to capture • Easy sharing to social network
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixelish at none against The Frame Camera's 1. Pixelish also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.4 vs 4.1). The Frame Camera's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. The Frame Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixelish asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixelish holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Pixelish's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Frame Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pixelish ships an update every 13 months, The Frame Camera every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixelish | The Frame Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (24 ratings) — better | 4.1 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nidal Fakhouri | Ratha Sou |
Customer experience
Pixelish
The Frame Camera
In-app purchases
Pixelish
No in-app purchases
The Frame Camera
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