Pixelated Movie Camera vs Retrospecs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixelated Movie Camera
Create pixelated photos and videos with real-time preview. Adjust pixel size and choose from various effect modes, including touch-based, face-detection, and retro game styles. Offers a unique retro aesthetic for your media.
- Real-time pixelation preview
- Touch-based pixelation center
- Automatic face detection for pixelation
- Adjustable pixel size
- Retro game color reduction modes
- Grayscale and black & white modes
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Take pixelated photo & movie with realtime preview and adjusting pixels!! How To Use 【Changing effect mode】 You can choose effect mode by effect mode chooser on the bottom most. - TOUCH If you touch somewhere at screen. then touched point is going to be the center of pixelation.Then You can also move pixelating point by dragging your finger. And can minimize pixelating range by Pinch-In, and magnify by Pinch-Out. - FACE Your camera detects single face automatically and the center of the face is going to be the center of pixelation. Dropping frame occurs depending on the performance of your device. - FACE[S] Your camera detects faces upto 10 automatically. Dropping frame occurs depending on the performance of your device. - OLD GAME [preview only in free version] Reducing color to 256 colors(known as 8bit color), looks like old(retoro) game. - OLD GAME2 [preview only in free version] Reducing color to 32 colors, looks like old(retoro) game. - 8 MONO [preview only in free version] Reducing color to 8 colors(grayscale) . - 2 MONO [preview only in free version] Reducing color to white and black. 【Changing pixel size】 You can change pixel size by pixel size slider on the right side.
Retrospecs
Transform your photos and videos into retro pixel art. Emulate the look of classic computers and consoles from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Customize your output with various graphics engines, color palettes, and fonts.
- Pixelate images and video clips
- Emulate 40+ classic computer/console systems
- Create custom graphics modes
- Variety of color palettes and fonts
- Supports Commodore 64, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, and more
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A retro computing / pixel art camera app. Retrospecs lets you convert images and video clips so they appear as they would on a wide variety of home computers and consoles from the 70's, 80's and 90's. Simply take a picture (or select one from your photo library) and you can display it as it would appear on over forty systems including the Commodore 64, IBM PC (DOS, CGA, EGA and VGA), Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Sega Mega Drive, Nintendo Game Boy and even the original 1984 model Apple Macintosh. If that's not enough you can also create your own custom modes based around four different graphics engines and a wide variety of color palettes and character fonts. (The free version only contains a limited number of systems/dither modes and the custom editors, video clip processing and animation options aren't available.) All trademarks are acknowledged as the property of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Retrospecs at 94% against Pixelated Movie Camera's 0%. Retrospecs also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (367 vs 3). Pixelated Movie Camera's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pixelated Movie Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Retrospecs sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Retrospecs holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retrospecs has 367 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Pixelated Movie Camera's written reviews are positive against 94% of Retrospecs's.
Pixelated Movie Camera ships an update fortnightly, Retrospecs every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Pixelated Movie Camera | Retrospecs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (367 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 94.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 367 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akisada OURA | John Parker |
Customer experience
Pixelated Movie Camera
Retrospecs
Bugs and requests
Pixelated Movie Camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Retrospecs
Reported bugs
3 issues- Animation option not working properly
- Video import and saving issues
- Occasional image loading failures
Requested features
5 requests- Add more retro systems (e.g. NES, TI-99/4A)
- Improve video encoding capabilities
- Allow adjusting dithering levels
- Add support for transparent PNGs
- Implement batch processing and export options
In-app purchases
Pixelated Movie Camera
- Full Version$0.99
Retrospecs
- Small tip$0.99
- Medium tip$1.99
- Unlock everything$1.99
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- Big tip$4.99
- The king of tips$9.99
- Tipapottamus Prime$24.99
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