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24 alternatives to Polar

Scan your polaroid photos in seconds 📸

Polar is an iOS app for digitizing instant photographs quickly. Users place a Polaroid photo in front of their phone camera, and the app automatically detects it, adjusts perspective, and saves a high-quality digital… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Polar launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   InstantPhoto▲101

   Pin Instant Photo on MacOS desktop

   2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   PhotoScan by Google▲1,219

   Photos from the past, meet scanner from the future

   2016 · blog.google · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Prynt 2.0▲341

   The next generation of polaroid camera

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Prisma▲1,463

   AI that turns your photos into artwork in seconds

   2016 · prisma-ai.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Polaroid Zip Instant▲85

   A pocket-sized device for instant photo printing

   2015 · polaroid.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Polarr 2.0a▲223

   An online photo editor (big data meets Lightroom)

   2015 · v2.polarr.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Polaroid OneStep 2 i-Type Camera▲118

   Polaroid is back with a brand new camera.

   2017 · shop-us.polaroid.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Polaroid Cube▲124

   The littlest action cam

   2014 · polaroid.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   polar▲88

   Instant Opinions & Engagement

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    PolarLoc - Photos Geolocation▲85

    Crisp images, geo-stamped

    2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Polaroid I-2▲93

    The first analog instant camera w/ built-in manual controls

    2023 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Impossible I-1 Instant Camera▲167

    Take real polaroid photos with your iPhone

    2016 · impossible.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Polaroid Swing▲119

    Create moving photos with one easy tap

    2016 · theindianadrones.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Photo Scan App by PhotoMyne▲86

    Scan old photos and create digital family photo albums

    2020 · photomyne.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Polarsteps▲219

    Easily plan, track, and relive your travels

    2024 · polarsteps.com · its alternatives →

16. 16PA
    Polar – an offline web browser with annotations and tagging▲382

    2018 · getpolarized.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Microsoft Pix▲277

    A.I. photo app to help you take awesome pics

    2016 · microsoft.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Polarr▲97

    The best photo retouching tools in the web.

    2014 · editor.polarr.co · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Polarr.co, a WebGL photo editor▲167

    Web and mobile photo and video filters and editing tools

    2014 · polarr.co · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Plum▲85

    Scan your printed photo album in seconds.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Polarr 2.0 for iOS▲117

    Make your own photo editor.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Polar 2.0▲182

    Organize and prioritize your reading.

    2020 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Instanto▲93

    Turn your pictures into instant-like printable photographs

    2018 · instanto.app · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Momentra▲87

    A cozy camera app for beautifully framed memories

    Jun 2026 · momentracam.com · its alternatives →

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