ca-mera

Name: ca-mera
Rating: 4.7 (29 reviews)
Author: Fritz Menzer

By: Fritz Menzer

Cellular Automaton Camera

Features & Capabilities

Use cellular automata to create unique and intriguing images that will make your friends and followers envious. Download now, it's totally free and respects your privacy!

Probably the nerdiest camera app ever made, ca-mera uses a cellular automaton to interpret the brightness values of your camera stream. The resulting images are black/white and pixelated, and contain unique patterns created by the cellular automaton (Wolfram rule 126).

This app provides a "selfie" mode, and lets you change the appearance of the pictures by controlling the automaton application direction, the resolution, the input brightness, and the input fidelity (i.e. to which extent the cellular automaton is allowed to run freely).

Furthermore, features from the more advanced ca-mera+ app can be unlocked inside ca-mera by tapping the "+" button and watching our handcrafted ads.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Fritz Menzer

Rating:

4.70

(29)

Version:

2.0 Last updated: 2022-06-02

Version code:

849705905

Creation date:

2017-08-16

Compatible devices:

Size:

2.38MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-08

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 240,088 ▼ 914

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Developed by:

Fritz Menzer

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ca-mera/id1271078637

Website:

http://fb.me/mnsignalprocessing

User Reviews

Users praise ca-mera for its unique Wolfram cellular-automata concept and visually striking retro-style output. It’s valued as a creative tool that can turn real objects into pixel sprites with a dithered look. A common thread is the request for broader input/output, especially importing and processing camera-roll images and videos (and share/Files integration) and video creation within the app. Reviewers note ongoing development and improvements, with some seeing API opportunities for personal projects. Overall, the app is admired for innovation, paired with clear feature-expansion requests.

Pros

Unique Wolfram cellular-automata concept and retro-style visuals
Strong ability to turn real objects into pixel sprites with a dithered look
Interest in API access for personal projects
Active development and ongoing improvements

Cons

Missing ability to import/process camera-roll images and videos; lacking iOS share/Files integration
No built-in video processing/creation capability yet; video support is a common request

Recent reviews

Great app. If you could just add processing for existing camera roll images and possible video processing? Then it would be perfect. UPDATE 6/22: Yes! The dev is still updating! The new + version of the app has matured so much, bought it right away. Still hoping for processing of images & videos from the camera roll or iOS share or Files file system in the future for post processing. Update: App seems to be forgotten? Hope the dev gets back into making their app better.

by Th*****, 2022-06-04

Hands on the coolest most far out left field genius this planet needs. Totally awesome. I would love to utilize, under proper authority of course, the api for a personal project... either way next level 👍👍