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Overhyped App, Better Options Out There
I really wanted to like this app, especially for the asking price. I just couldn't get into it. The layout is awful, slow, and sticky. Some of the settings will change on me after I've dialed them in which is unacceptable for a manual camera app. Recording video with this app is cumbersome and makes getting your video frustrating and slow. It feels like an app from five years ago. Yes it does have some powerful features which is great, but there are other apps out there that offer those same features, other great features, and have a sleek easy to use layout. I'll be switching to another RAW/Manual app for my iPhone photography and recommend others do the same.
I thank the Dev for being one of the first to bring these great tools to iPhones, I just wish they could keep up with the times and bring us more as the months and years go on.Show lessSooner Born
Best camera app ever!
I was hesitant to buy a camera app since there are several really great free ones, but this one is so worth the small amount of money! Love this app so much! Professional features, in-app editing of photos and videos (yes, videos!) with filters or manual editing, RAW and other formats, zooming for both photos and videos (yes, video zoom!), real time sound meter for videoing, overexposure indicator, online user manual that explains things easily even for beginners, so many things, so much more! I’d put this app up against any other camera app! Until iPhones come out with movable a aperture, this app is the next best thing and makes the absolute most of what the iPhone can do. I get compliments all the time about my photos, and when people borrow my phone to take a photo for me, they immediately comment on how much better it is than their own app. You can tell such a difference! Again, it’s totally worth getting this app! I can’t say enough good things about it!Show lessKevinobie1
Use It Every Day
Awesome for capturing doccuments, but the OCR doesn’t do very good for store receipts. I’m guessing that the latest iPhone doesn’t have the power to do very good OCR on small text that isn’t crisp. But I did get a little better results by making the receipt text a little larger. I took three 5 foot high filing cabinets and used it to copy all of the documents, and moved them into folders (albums) in my Photos folder, and it’s all backed up on the iCloud for a couple bucks per month, with an additional backup on a 512G USB memory stick. Then I tossed the filing cabinet in the trash :) If I ever need to alter one, this app allows moving it back and doing an OCR. I spent 20 years designing databases, so I am also creating a database app that is 100 times better than the iPhone Photos app, with the ability to use multiple folder levels and naming and searching capability for the picture documents. So I will be moving all of the documents to the database when I am done. The bottom line is that I love this ScannerPro app.Show lessDennyhayes
ProCam 5 extends possibilities
Pro cam five extends the iPhone’s camera possibilities. I originally purchased the app for its ability to modify the shutter speed. I have found many new uses for it. The tilt shift option was the first fun one I used. Then I learned it had a zoom capability (not yet in the tutorial, look on the right side of the screen for a very faint circle), white balance capability, ISO modification, and a whole lot more. I would have rated it a five out of five but I find the font is too small for me to read without assistance. Perhaps later, I will learn how to modify the font sizes. It will stay on my phone.Show lessJohniccp
Amazing & absolute must have app
It’s rare when I’m really blown away by an app (paid or free) and there are many where one wonders if it is even worth space on their phone (like some poorly developed apps that don’t really provide good function or UI or say on the other case Facebook with it’s 300MB install size). This is easily one of the absolute best and must have apps out there for its category/purpose. Have had it for years and I have always been impressed. Really does help unlock the features & power of your iPhone camera. There are really a ton of great other features I do suggest investing the time to look at their tutorials/documentation to understand & take advantage of all of the features and functions under the hood. Aside from all of the awesome pre/post features and controls for photo and video - one simple thing that is absolutely my favorite for years is the ability to easily control video resolution and size. Often for web purposes, Ultra4k, 1080p, and even 720p aren’t required in some situations for videos (when traveling for example where taking lots of photos, panos and videos, sometimes we may need to document something by video and take longer videos but don’t need to output them in high res), this is great to capture moments but helps save space rather than simply using iOS’ default built-in resolutions.Show lessVinzo
iOS dock worthy
... meaning I have Phone, Maps, Music & this app in my dock; because I want to launch this often and because Apple locks in their app from the lock screen & control center.
This is by far the easiest app to use that also offers 10x the control of the stock camera app.
It’s easy to use and every couple weeks I discover something new. There are a 1000’s off camera apps and I still have about 6 on my phone (some are single purpose some are just interesting... like Darkr). ProCam is still my favorite and no offense to Apple but if their app is open it’s either because I was rushed or made a mistake. (I think Apple is probably ok with the “mistake” label, otherwise they’d let me set a default app.)Show lesspgp
My favorite camera app - Raw and Depth features
I’ve tried many, many camera apps and this one is easily my favorite. The ability to control almost every aspect of the shot is fantastic — as is the ability to let the app automate some or all elements for you. The freedom to shoot in TIFF or RAW is awesome, as is the depth/portrait shooting. My only complaint is that I wish that shutter button was either larger and/or moveable. I can’t always reach it properly without causing camera shake. I would also like to see live monitoring on the WatchOS app like the native camera app.
All things considered, this is my go-to camera app and well worth the price!Show lessazdak1975
Its ok, has some bugs.
Within 5 minutes of installing this I ran into a bug that was only able to be resolved by deleting and reinstalling the app. That’s not good QA. Controls are average, for example the Increase and Decrease buttons are tiny arrows at the end of a slider bar, a very small target. Has most of the manual features for general camera use. RAW mode is available, but don’t believe the hype about quality. There’s almost nothing to be gained by shooting raw mode if you take mostly “normal” photos. There may be some technical photos that would benefit. Had I been able to preview this app, I would not have bought it. Six bucks is not much, but relative to similar apps it is more expensive.Show lessFiskdgs
The most comprehensive camera app
Procam 5 is great! There may be simpler, more elegant apps, but this has so many features I haven't needed to look elsewhere. Fully featured, for the most demanding photo nerd.
PS: seems to be a bug with in-app camera roll viewer. Deleted several pics, but one wasn’t removed from in-app viewer. Trying to delete it produced iOS “allow ProCam to delete” but the shown picture was not same as in viewer.
-1 star for nagging. Each time I opened the app over the last two days I was asked to rate the app. That is not how to do app reviews. I appreciate the developer response, but perhaps Apple’s API isn’t the best approach. Cannot recall so much nagging since iOS 11.Show lessjd2020
Soft focus not a problem after all!
Thanks to the ProCam team for great customer support. Helped me to understand their product so I can get the most out of it. See below for the story.
I’m not sure why but the app doesn’t focus as sharply as the Apple Camera app. I’m sorely disappointed because the app has so many great features. I like the idea of having a camera with me at all times that can do many of the same things as a DSLR. I’ll keep playing with it. Maybe there’s a solution.
UPDATE: The out of focus problem seems to be related to shooting in RAW. Pics are much sharper in TIFF and JPEG. Still disappointed because I want to shoot in RAW.
UPDATE II: I contacted support and they explained that when shooting in just RAW (instead of RAW + L) I’m going to see a low res version of my image in Photos because Photos doesn’t support the RAW format. It will look great in programs that support RAW. You get a clear preview image in Photos when viewing an image shot with RAW + L because Photos is reading the JPEG copy and not the RAW image.
Nice to know. I can now shoot with confidence. I can’t wait to really dig into it’s capabilities.Show lessNRGman
