# Helios Camera — Film looks, live in camera

> Film looks, live in camera (iPhone/iPad app by Prajwal naik.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/helios-camera/id6823574185 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Prajwal naik](https://appshunter.io/developer/6786990525)
- Category: Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-05
- Data updated: 2026-11-10
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/helios-camera/id6823574185/reviews.md

## What is Helios Camera?

Helios Camera shows your film grade live in the viewfinder, so the photo you see is the photo you take — and it keeps the untouched original beside it.

FILM, LIVE
• Nearly 90 film profiles in ten families: print, cinema, colour negative, slide and chrome, monochrome, soft and faded, lab processes and more
• Strength, print contrast and print colour for every film
• The same film science as the Helios Grade plugin for DaVinci Resolve

EFFECTS THAT BEHAVE LIKE LIGHT
• Grain with stock and size
• Halation with threshold and edge isolation
• Mist, glow, glaze, vignette, clarity and chroma
• Curves drawn right over the live picture
• Every panel sits below the picture, so the whole frame stays in view while you adjust

MANUAL CONTROL
• ISO, shutter, exposure compensation, white balance and focus, each on its own dial
• White-balance shift on a colour grid, amber to blue and green to magenta, saved with your looks
• Tap a face to track it: focus and exposure follow that person, even with several faces in view
• Touch and hold to lock exposure, focus or white balance
• Lens marks and a zoom dial in real focal lengths

VIEWFINDER AIDS
• Grids, a level that works shooting straight down, focus peaking, zebras, a histogram and clipping warnings
• None of them is ever written into a photo

ORIGINALS KEPT
• Every photo keeps its untouched original
• RAW DNG on iPhones with ProRAW; the look is finished from the RAW
• Apple Log and Apple Log 2 stills as 16-bit TIFFs on iPhones that record log, ready for DaVinci Resolve
• Finished photos as JPEG or HEIF, at 12 or 48 MP where the camera offers it

LOOKS
• 15 ready-made looks in seven categories: Portrait, Street, Cinema, Travel, Night, Black & White and Retro. Each mixes a film with grain, halation, softness, glaze and tone. Delete any of them and restore them later
• Turn the look dial and the viewfinder follows, look by look
• Save your own film and effects as a look and apply it before you shoot
• Share looks as .heliosios files, or open one from Files or Messages
• Choose which effects appear in the Effects panel, and put them in your order
• An optional "Shot on Helios Camera" caption for finished photos, off unless you turn it on

EDIT ANY PHOTO
• A full editor for any photo in your library. Every tool is open to try; after the trial, 10 edits a day are free (an edit is one finished photo exported from the editor)

FREE, THEN YOURS FOR GOOD
Your first 14 days are unlimited. After that, ten finished photos and ten edits a day are free. A one-time purchase removes both daily limits for good — no subscription. Family Sharing is supported.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no cloud, no AI service, no ads, no analytics and no third-party code. Your photos, edits and looks stay on your iPhone.

Helios Camera's film looks are original designs, inspired by the character of classic photographic films and processes.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Helios Camera Lifetime | $14.99 | one-time |


## Is Helios Camera safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Helios Camera.

## Is Helios Camera legit?

Helios Camera appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Helios Camera is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/helios-camera/id6823574185/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Amazing presets

*2026-11-07*

This app provides really great presets, particularly if you’re looking for retro film cameras feel in your images. Totally worth it.

## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-11-08

• A new landscape camera: the picture fills the screen height, with every control beside it, and a wider viewfinder when you choose 3:2 or 16:9
• The app now opens on the camera, ready to shoot. Prefer the gallery? Settings > When the App Opens
• Fixed: switching from the selfie camera to a back lens kept the picture flipped
• Fixed: the picture no longer turns sideways for a moment when you switch cameras
• If a photo cannot be saved to Photos, the app now tells you why (for example, when your iPhone is out of space). Your photo stays safe in Helios

### 1.0.1 — 2026-11-07

A new export panel, faster 48 MP photos and fixes.

• New export panel: Social, Web, Best quality and For editing presets, or save your own. Choose format, quality, size, colour and file name, then Save to Photos, Share or Save to Files
• 48 MP photos now finish reliably in about half a second
• Fixed a crash when switching to the 0.5× or front camera on some iPhones, including iPhone 11 and iPhone 15 Plus
• Choose Display P3 or sRGB for your photos
• Add Location (optional, off until you turn it on)
• The camera remembers your flash, grid, timer and film look
• Settings now open from the gallery
• Grade your Apple Log video with the same looks in DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro, with Helios Grade

### 1.0 — 2026-11-06

No release notes.

## More apps by Prajwal naik

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All apps by Prajwal naik: https://appshunter.io/developer/6786990525

## Related topics

[hylios](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/hylios)

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