Kodak
Kodak Smile Instant Print Camera
$99.99Cheaper
Best Instant Cameras · head-to-head
A sourced, side-by-side comparison. Kodak Smile Instant Print Camera is cheaper at $99.99. Every spec and price links to its source.
Kodak
$99.99Cheaper
Canon
$149.99
Released 2020-09
On the specs we track, they're closely matched. The Kodak Smile Instant Print Camera is the cheaper at $99.99.
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| Spec | | |
|---|---|---|
| US price | $99.99 | $149.99 |
| Brand | Kodak | Canon |
| Released | — | 2020-09 |
| Film format | zink | zink |
| Hybrid digital | Yes | Yes |
| Built in screen | Yes | No |
| Selfie mirror | — | Yes |
| Self timer | Yes | — |
| Rechargeable battery | Yes | Yes |
| Weight (oz) | — | 6.6 |
| Release year | — | 2020 |
Sources — Kodak Smile Instant Print Camera: kodakphotoplus.com (verified 2026-06-19). Canon IVY CLIQ+2: usa.canon.com (verified 2026-06-19).
Where the two actually differ on the specs we track (1 of 7). Matching specs are omitted.
Sourced tester consensus for each — the "what people who used it think" layer, not just specs.
Two hands-on reviews cover this camera: Tom's Guide (July 2019, with timed measurements) and Digital Trends (April 2023, reviewing the Smile printer and camera together). Both credit the slide-open design, the roughly $99-$100 price and the fact that you choose which shots get printed. Both fault the digital image quality and the gap between the marketed megapixel figure and what the sensor actually delivers, and both note Zink prints lose detail and skew color. (2 sourced reviews, 2 lab-tested.)
Praised: Slide-out panel doubles as the power switch and makes the camera simple enough for a child to operate unaided; Inexpensive for a pocketable instant camera at roughly $99-$100 (Digital Trends lists MSRP $99.99 and calls the plastic body surprisingly sturdy for the money); Does not print every shot by default, so you stay selective about what gets committed to costly Zink paper.
Flagged: Digital image quality is poor and the real sensor resolution falls short of the marketed megapixel claim (Tom's Guide measured 854 x 640 files; Digital Trends found the advertised 10MP is a 5MP sensor upscaled by interpolation); Zink prints lose detail and skew color — pink cast on Tom's Guide's test shot, magenta/yellow skew and dark shadows for Digital Trends, which blames the Zink medium rather than this camera specifically; Rear LCD is less than an inch and a half wide, low resolution, and hard to read off-angle.
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