# Chobial — Film Camera & Editor — RAW Camera & Film Photo Editor

> RAW Camera & Film Photo Editor (iPhone/iPad app by Abu Ashraf Masnun.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chobial-film-camera-and-editor/id6817110797 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Abu Ashraf Masnun](https://appshunter.io/developer/6817107493)
- Category: Photo & Video, Graphics & Design
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 64 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish and 1 more
- Released: 2026-11-02
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Chobial?

Chobial is a pro camera and a photo editor in one app. Shoot with manual controls and live film looks, then change anything later in the editor.

SHOOT NOW (The Camera)
• Live preview of film looks in the viewfinder. Quick swipe to change the film.
• 46 built-in films: 35 color and 11 black and white, from slide films and warm negatives to tungsten cinema stocks and instant films.
• Shoot ProRAW and RAW if your device supports them. HEIF or JPEG as fallback or if you want Apple's processing.
• Manual controls. Simplified exposure controls - no need to pick a mode. Set the values you want to set, keep the rest on Auto.
• Touch and hold to lock focus and exposure. Manual focus has a loupe and focus peaking. Subject tracking for people and pets.
• Histogram, zebras, grid and level. White balance by preset, Kelvin or gray card.
• Frame lines from 1:1 to 65:24. The whole picture from the sensor is always saved, so you can crop later.

EDIT LATER (The Editor)
• The camera keeps the original and applies non-destructive edits on top. Pick another film and Chobial develops the photo again with other edits staying as they were.
• Film, Light and Color tools: grain, halation, bloom, highlights, shadows, tone curve, an 8-color mixer and color grading.
• Masks find the subject, sky, background, people and faces on the device. Paint, draw a gradient, or select by color or brightness.
• Heal and clone remove dust, blemishes and wires.
• Describe Edits: type or say "warmer, and a bit brighter". Chobial turns your prompts into ordinary value changes which you can edit manually later. Runs on Apple Intelligence on the device, nothing is sent out.
• Copy and paste edits onto many photos, or develop a whole roll in another film.
• Import RAW, ProRAW, HEIF and JPEG from your iPhone or iPad, or from a camera or card reader over USB. Chobial reads RAW from most cameras, like Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm and Leica.
• iCloud syncs photos, edits and films between your iPhone and iPad.

MAKE YOUR OWN FILMS
• Build a film from curves, a color mixer, split toning and grain modeled on real film stocks.
• Or save the edits from one photo as a film. Start from a .cube LUT or a Lightroom preset, and export your film as a .cube LUT or a Lightroom preset.
• Your films appear in the camera, so you shoot through a film you made.
• Share a film as a QR code, a link or a file.

BIGGER SCREENS
Works on iPad and iPhone Duo, take advantage of larger screen estate to take better control of the editing process.

SHOOT FROM ANYWHERE
Camera Control, volume buttons, a timer, the Lock Screen, Control Center, Siri and an Apple Watch remote.

SAVE AND SHARE
Full-size JPEG or HEIC, or the original DNG. Each photo prints out of a small printer as it saves, in its frame. Frames, captions, collages and reels of your edits for Instagram and TikTok.

NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING
No need to sign up or log in. We don't track any of your activities. Your photos sync in iCloud.

FREE AND PRO
The free version has no time limit and no watermark. Shooting, editing, Describe Edits, importing, and making and sharing films are free. Photos save free in 22 of the 46 films. Masks, heal and clone are free to try, and saving a photo that uses them needs Pro.

Pro saves in the other 24 films, and saves photos that use masks, heal and clone. It adds the DNG, batch saving, auto-save, more collage layouts, reels, .cube and Lightroom preset export, and your own caption logo.

Chobial Pro is a one-time purchase, or a yearly subscription with a one-week free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://chobial.app/privacy/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Yearly: Photo Export | $14.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Lifetime: Photo Export | $29.99 | one-time |


## Is Chobial safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Chobial.

## Is Chobial legit?

Chobial — Film Camera & Editor has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Chobial is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.2.1 — 2026-11-08

This release mostly contains bug fixes and some minor improvements.

• "No Film" is now an option in the film choice, it removes any film colors and effects. It tries to replicate on device look.
• Fixed color clipping when adjusting vibrance values.
• Fixed some film rendering where it was blotching bright and vibrant colors.
• The caption you type stays with the photo, even with the frame off. It's also saved in the file's details.
• Color Mixer and other editor panels are no longer cut off on iPhone Duo cover screen.
• When saving photos, we now have an animation that shows the exported photos coming out of a printer.

### 1.2 — 2026-11-06

Bring in photos from your camera. Chobial now opens RAW files from most cameras, including Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm and Leica. Every film works on them, and the original is kept.

• Connect a camera or card reader with USB. Then tap Import Photos and pick it under Cameras and Cards.
• Photos on the card are sorted by day. The ones you've already imported are marked, and Select New picks the rest.
• If Chobial can't read a file, it tells you why. You can import that camera's JPEG instead.
• Settings › Open Gallery at Launch starts Chobial on your photos instead of the camera.
• Star a film to keep it at the front of the list.
• The Film tool has two new sliders: Halation, after Bloom, and Sharpen.
• Frames come in five styles with no logo, and rounded corners if you like. Each style keeps its own settings.
• Pinch or double-tap the export preview to zoom in. When you type a caption, the preview zooms to where it prints.
• The glow around bright spots that turn pure white now fades out gradually.
• Settings › Buttons lets you choose what the round button beside the shutter does. On a phone with a Dynamic Island, you can choose for each side of it too.
• The Timer tile in Controls waits 3 or 10 seconds before it takes the picture.
• Settings › Send Feedback starts an email to me, with your app version and device already filled in.

### 1.1 — 2026-11-03

New: Describe Edits. In the editor, type or say how the photo should look, and Chobial moves the sliders for you. Try "warmer, darker sky". Each change is a normal slider you can change or undo. Each photo keeps its conversation. Nothing leaves your device. It's free and needs Apple Intelligence.

• Import a Lightroom preset (.xmp, .lrtemplate or .dng) as your own film. With Pro, save a film you made as a .xmp preset.
• Import from Photos as well as Files, as RAW when there is one.
• Improved Highlights and Shadows handling. New Whites and Blacks sliders.
• Full-screen camera on iPhone Duo and iPad.
• Films with no grain add a little grain at ISO 2000 and above.
• Pinch or double-tap to zoom in on the spot you touch.

Fixes: the viewfinder no longer flashes Apple's colours when you switch films. The first-launch screens no longer crash on a Mac.

### 1.0 — 2026-11-03

No release notes.

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