# Chromatica Mark II — user reviews

> 36 indexed App Store user reviews of Chromatica Mark II by Natalya Petrenko, rated 4.10/5 from 43 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chromatica-mark-ii/id1355144122/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chromatica-mark-ii/id1355144122.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 26 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 4

## Newest reviews (10 of 36)

### 3/5 — Rückfragen zu Update

*2025-04-06*

Für mein neues iPhone 16 E (mit der neuesten iOS-Version) habe ich mir jetzt verschiedene Foto-Apps angeschaut und bin auf diese hier gestoßen. Ich finde sie gut bedienbar und sehr gut und übersichtlich strukturiert. 

Leider wird mir das Format ProRAW (noch) nicht zur Auswahl angezeigt (nur RAW).


Und noch eine Rückfrage: Wie in der AppStore-Werbevorschau zu sehen ist, gibt es noch eine Bildbearbeitungs-Möglichkeit (siehe Foto am Ende der Bildgalerie mit dem Hund: rechts oben, das grüne Logo). Leider ist das im Moment nicht in meiner Region (München) verfügbar. Gibt es dafür noch ein Update? Gerade deswegen habe ich mir eigentlich diese App gekauft um die Tiefenschärfe meiner Bilder einfacher zu bearbeiten als bisher… (leider scheint das auch nur mit den Fotos möglich zu sein, die mit dieser App fotografiert wurden und nicht etwa auch mit Screenshots). Würde mich sehr freuen, wenn da noch mehr möglich wird!

Schön, fände ich auch den Zoommodus in allen Fotostilen verfügbar zu haben.

Aber soweit: Danke!!

### 4/5 — Brilliant, but need some improvements

*2019-10-23, version 1.2.1*

The UI should be improved, the place which used to slide to adjust some options is to small, I can easily touch the shoot button by mistake. And I think the fluency can be improved as well.

### 3/5 — Disappointed in this app

*2019-10-16, version 1.2.1*

I tested ISO settings by itself as priority on my iPad 3rd generation and on my canon Powershot 540.

On canon, clarity with ISO of 100 vs 400 makes huge quality difference. No noise seen at 100 and at 400, typical noise expected was seen.  I had ISO set as priority in the app.

On Ipad 3rd generation using this app, the ISO of 100 looked no different than ISO 400 when I set the app to have ISO as priority.  If ISO was truly priority, I should have had less granular look with ISO 100 than 400 as I experienced with the Canon Powershot.

Therefore, buyer beware as you won’t get same behavior like one would expect with ISO values being lowered on a picture.

### 4/5 — Nice but

*2019-10-02, version 1.1.5*

When I start the app, it takes a few pictures without me pressing the shutter button. Other than that, it’s very nice. 👍

### 3/5 — Bug Event

*2019-09-30, version 1.1.5*

hi,thanks for made this app,my ios version is 13.1.1 & my device is Iphone 7 Plus,when i want to use my gallery in chromatica app this app crash & reset,thanks for your supporting.

### 4/5 — Want the original shutter button back

*2019-08-07, version 1.1.5*

It was more elegant, please put it back.

Or have it as an option for us to choose, thanks.

### 3/5 — Portrait lighting effects

*2019-01-17*

It doesn’t do portraits lighting effects like iphone x. On infront camera plz do something for it

### 5/5 — 簡單好用

*2018-10-25, version 1.1.3*

快門時間可以長達1秒，對於夜拍很有幫助，可以拍出畫面乾淨、噪點很小的夜景。

### 5/5 — Great priority modes and live preview

*2018-10-04, version 1.1.2*

Simple and efficient interface. One of the few apps that offers true locking for iso and shutter priority modes. And they can be toggled quickly and intuitively without going into menus.  Also offers great shadow and highlight clipping indicators.  Very responsive developers.

### 4/5 — Great

*2018-10-02, version 1.1.2*

Works awesome

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — App ui not working

*2025-08-29, version 2025.3.0*

I had high hopes for the app but sadly, the ui is too big for my iPhone 11. I cannot touch the shutter or adjust anything. Is there any way to fix this? Very disappointed

### 1/5 — CRAPOLA!!!!

*2025-01-15, version 2025.2.0*

Not better than the native camera in my phone. No post editing and can’t separate the ISO from the exposure dial. In fact, it doesn’t deliver much of what it says. Nevertheless, I’ve bought two other apps from the same creator and they really work great.
I’ve reported TWICE to Apple and they told me NO REFUND!! With no explanation whatsoever.
This is a SCAM!!!

### 1/5 — IPhone X OIS

*2023-04-13*

Sorry for 1 star but there’s no OIS on iPhone X in all 3rd party apps (halide, ProCamera, ProShot). I’ve read a post from 2019 stating there’s OIS for dng caprure on iPhone X in your app but now there’s no

### 1/5 — Please update, issues not working

*2020-11-21*

shows black screen, so can’t take photos 

everything tried doesn’t fix issues not showing for photos 
-> updates haven’t fixed issues for me 
also
-> doesn’t let me choose photo formats from different options ( shows them, but options are not changing when choosing ones wanting ) 

Thanks

### 1/5 — Can’t access pics

*2020-10-01, version 1.2.5*

Bug on 1.2.5. When you tap to view photos, it’s just a black screen with a black button. Photos are completely inaccessible

### 1/5 — Zoom funktioniert nicht

*2020-07-31*

Oder aber ich habe denn Zoom nicht gefunden. Im User Manual wird er zumindest nicht erklärt.
Null Zoom obwohl in den Settings aktiviert.

**Developer response:** Zoom works as expected in all supported modes. Zoom is not available for raw (or jpg/raw) captures or in portrait mode

### 2/5 — Hard to Find Photos

*2021-05-29, version 2021.2*

I have 3,000 photos. Seems I must go thru each one, one at a time, staring with photo #1,  to find the one I wish to edit! I just gave up. Was I not seeing a simpler way????

### 2/5 — 怎么不能设置中文，看不懂

*2021-01-06*

希望支持多语言吧

### 2/5 — Portrait Lighting

*2020-06-04, version 1.2.4*

Hello. I downloaded this app for the Portrait Lighting feature but I’m dismayed for it doesn’t have it anymore. I think I’ll just get a refund for this purchase if possible and buy this again if Portrait Lighting will be available again. Btw, I’m using an iPhone 7+ that’s why. Thank you and God bless.

### 2/5 — Needs to be updated

*2020-05-09, version 1.2.4*

The app is great but unfortunately I can’t use the portrait lighting effects on my iPhone 7 Plus anymore 😕. Rating 2 stars.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Beste manuelle Kontrolle

*2026-06-07*

Diese App hat mit Abstand die übersichtlichsten und am einfachsten zu benutzenden manuellen Kontrollelemente. Wenn man weiß, was man tut, und genau so etwas sucht, gibt es nichts Besseres. Das schlieẞt beliebige Prioritäts-/Automatikmodi ein, die hier genau so funktionieren, wie man es erwartet.

Außerdem eine der ganz wenigen Apps, die nicht über die Jahre vermeintlich verbessert oder mit angeblich benutzerfreundlicherer UI verhunzt wurde. Weiter so.

Wenn man direkt die RAWs bearbeitet, ist alles perfekt. Nur schönere, minimal verarbeitete JPGs würde ich mir noch wünschen, wie es sie z.B. bei Halide mit Process Zero gibt, das allerdings in  neueren Versionen stark unter den angesprochenen Verschlimmbesserungen der UI leidet.

### 5/5 — Saved my iPhone 15 photos!

*2023-12-20, version 2023.1.0*

I had an iPhone X since launch, the camera wasn’t fantastic by today’s standards but it took decent enough pictures and they looked fairly natural.

I recently upgraded to the iPhone 15, started taking pictures using the default camera app and they all just looked… very wrong. The so called smart processing was ruining the way things looked! Tried taking a photo of someone with Dark Brown hair, it ended up with them looking Ginger, and so on. Switching the default photographic style to “Cool” mode made things a little better, but no matter what settings I tweaked within the app the resulting photos didn’t come out right.

Thankfully, I’d downloaded this forever ago and thought I’d give it a try in the hope it’d let me see if there was something wrong with the actual camera or the way photos were being processed.

I took some photos using this and it was like I was using a completely different camera… The pictures are great, and the colours looked natural again!

I don’t normally leave reviews, but wanted to for this to thank the developer(s) for basically saving the camera on my new phone for me!

### 5/5 — It's my primary camera app for RAW capture

*2023-11-29*

I've been using this app for years. But now that I've upgraded to an iPhone 15 Pro. I see this app doesn't support the new "optical" 1.x zoom that the new phone supports.

It also doesn't seem to support 12 Bit ProRAW capture.

It would be great if the developer updated the app to include latest iPhone hardware support and latest iOS.

4:4:4 chroma sub-sampling on both front and back cameras for non-raw capture on this app is truly still unique.

### 5/5 — Greate & handy camera app

*2022-05-25, version 2021.3*

All features are easy use, like it
Manual focus is vary usable when take a close up picture, but my eyes not so good to check if it’s on focus, it would be better is app can show focus area in manifest color

### 5/5 — More control

*2020-07-30, version 1.2.5*

Nice to have more control over the camera in my iPhone.took me a while to work out the dial for altering settings (it’s just below the settings options eg speed/aperture etc -  as it’s quite dark in colour)

 This app is only 3.5mb!! That’s unbelievable in this day and age- well done!!

### 5/5 — Flexible and featured

*2020-07-13, version 1.2.5*

Fine balance of control without clutter. It’s a camera you can use, that supports picture-taking, not camera-operating. Love it. 
And thanks for adding GPS direction to the metadata!

### 5/5 — One of my preferred apps for shooting RAW files on an iPhone

*2020-05-17, version 1.2.4*

I want to two tell you how much I appreciate the design of this app when shooting DNG files! I have been involved with professional photography for years and the interface of this app is very intuitive and..., you did the right thing for real photographers by allowing us to have full control over our DNG files. Unlike a certain other company which makes it cumbersome and difficult to get the original DNG files off the phone and into a computer, you have done the right thing for the user with this app. I highly recommend this app for getting all the quality out of an iPhone that it is capable of producing, and without causing frustration with the user process.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2019-10-27, version 1.2.1*

Made for photographers and unlike the ‘designers apps’ (Halide, Obscura) all photography related settings are visible and adjustable on the main screen. 
However, it seems like the copyright setting does not ‘stick’. 
Also, it would be great if the app saved the photos into a user configurable album and the font size was also configurable, or based on the system settings.

### 5/5 — Really good

*2019-10-10*

Would be even better if you could change the exposure by dragging your finger up and down the screen like in Halide. But it’s already pretty good !

### 5/5 — 拍攝RAW格式，光學防手震效果明顯！

*2018-11-04, version 1.1.3*

試了好幾套知名付費的拍照App，就這套在拍攝RAW格式時，光學防手震效果明顯！

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