Com-Phone Story Maker vs Retroboy
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Com-Phone Story Maker
Com-Phone Story Maker helps you create multimedia narratives, combining photos, audio and text in exciting ways to tell digital stories. The app's simple interface helps you create your own photo slideshows to document your life; send to other devices running the application or play back locally; create templates; export as a movie; upload to YouTube; or, save a web version to self-publish. Each story can include any number of media frames. Each individual frame of the story can include an image or photo, up to three layered audio or music tracks, and text content. Anything in a frame can be edited at any time – for example, you can pause audio recording and then resume later, or load pictures from your media library. All elements of each frame are optional. For example, Com-Phone can also be used as an annotated photo diary, a simple audio recorder, a text and sound tool for discussion about current events, or even a multimedia survey app. A simple printable user manual is available at: https://digitaleconomytoolkit.org/manuals/com-phone.pdf. Com-Phone is completely free, with no adverts and no unnecessary permissions. The app is open source as part of the Com-Me toolkit – you can fork any of the Com-Me tools on GitHub: https://github.com/communitymedia. For more information about the Com-Me project, see: https://digitaleconomytoolkit.org.
Retroboy
Retroboy provides vintage imaging technology not seen since the digital cameras and monochrome screens of the previous century. A series of real time filters implement various image processing algorithms, to emulate the graphic experience of classic hardware. * 4-tone Bayer dithering as found on the Nintendo® Game Boy® Camera * Amstrad CPC filter with 27 color palette * PXL-2000 PixelVision filter emulating one of the first digital video cameras * Commodore 64 filter with VIC-II 16-color palette * Atkinson dithering filter used by the original Apple® Macintosh® OS * Halftone dot filter as popularized by Roy Lichtenstein and the pop art movement * Record animated GIF movies * Scene mode setting to support for example low light exposure * Zoom using the volume rocker * Adjust the dynamic contrast to further enhance your photos * Process images from your gallery by tapping the share button and selecting Retroboy * Share your pictures through Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, MMS, E-mail or any other methods your device supports
| Feature | Com-Phone Story Maker | Retroboy |
|---|---|---|
| License | LGPL-3.0-only | MIT |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | Media PlayerVideo | Media PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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