# LUMA Camera & Presets — user reviews > 41 indexed App Store user reviews of LUMA Camera & Presets by Rafal Kopiec, rated 4.20/5 from 273 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/luma-camera-and-presets/id1621242897/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/luma-camera-and-presets/id1621242897.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 197 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 40 ## What do users think of LUMA Camera & Presets? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - ✨ Excellent UI redesign - 🎨 Great attention to detail - 🎛️ Full manual controls - 💡 Versatile for all levels - 🖼️ Sleek and sophisticated design - 💯 Feature-rich capabilities - 📸 Takes RAW photos - 👍 Focus controls work great - 🌟 Great picture quality - 🌈 Nice presets - 🎞️ Great film grain - ⚙️ Good exposure controls - 🚀 Pro RAW and RAW formatting **Cons** - 🐛 Singular bug causing major pains - 🤔 Complicated, no tutorial - ⚙️ Edits are painful due to lag - 😵 Edits take effect unexpectedly - 🔄 Irritating import/develop workflow - ⚠️ Tapping overrides manual settings - 🎛️ Missing aperture setting - 📉 UI broken, profiles hidden - 💸 Waste of money - 📷 Pictures too dark - 💥 Horrible exposure - 🚫 No way to find out how to do anything - 🤷‍♀️ Still confused about presets - 🐌 Severe lag on adjustments - ❌ Import may crash - 🗄️ Irritating import to gallery workflow - 🔒 No true lock per setting - 🔒 No way to find camera switching - 🗄️ Difficulty saving to gallery - 🎛️ No focal control - 🚫 Autofocus remains locked - ❌ Info screen X button doesn't work - ⚙️ Preset function doesn't work on SE 2020 - ⚠️ App not ready yet **Commonly reported bugs** - In manual mode, setting shutter speed to longest breaks check button, app lags, button stops working - Cannot make presets, nothing happens when clicking - Editing is painful, adjustments don't work then adjust too much due to lag - Importing (pro)Raw files may crash - Import to gallery after importing it twice - In manual mode, tapping overrides all settings - UI broken, profiles are hiding at the bottom of the screen - Can't save photos - Missing manual focus controls - Presets cannot be edited or adjusted - Pictures come out way too dark, incorrect exposure - Horrible exposure with blown out whites - Cannot add the app to Home Screen or Lock Screen - Setting presets on taken photos crashes the app - Preset function does not work for SE 2020 - Shutter button does not trigger - Can't switch cameras while a button is pressed - Entering Info, can't return back to main window or close it **Most requested features** - Tutorial when installing the app - Labeling for better understanding - Ability to make presets - Pre-made presets - Add location automatically to photos - Chinese language support - Geographical location recording function - Ability to use volume button as shutter release - Add aperture setting - Add focal control - Show how much detail is lost to shadows and highlights ## Newest reviews (13 of 41) ### 4/5 — Trying to make it my go to camera app *2025-12-25, version 4.0.1* I love the functionality of the app. Everything is amazing and I love the attention to little details. However there is a singular bug which causes major pains. In manual mode, setting the shutter speed to the longest setting breaks the check button. The app starts lagging and the shutter speed button stops working entirely. Happens on iPhone 17 Pro Max. ### 4/5 — Pretty good, but some issues. *2025-11-03, version 4.0.1* I love the app, it takes pretty decent picture, but it's just a couple tiny problems first of all. It's there's literally no way to find out how to do anything. It's a little bit complicated and I still don't know how to zoom and other stuff like that. I just wish there was like a tutorial when you install the app or even something to do it. Also I cannot make presets because I literally try to but. Nothing happened when I clicked anything, so I'm still confused what to do. If you can just add a simple tutorial or even label something that would be really nice. If, but everything else is perfect. Four out of five stars If once they can fix that, I will probably up my reveal. To fight swords but I'd say my only issues. ### 3/5 — Slow and buggy *2025-10-30, version 4.0.1* Doesn’t take 48MP images in any mode though I think that is be a use it is doing RAW not ProRAW so that is apples fault for not allowing third party apps to access the 48MP RAWs. The whole import, develop selected, added to gallery workflow is just irritating, when it works which is about half the time. Nice UI. Editing is painful as even on my 17 Pro you’ll try and adjust something and it won’t adjust, then suddenly it’ll adjust far too much due to severe lag on any of the dots especially the EDR. You will change something, then whilst changing something else the thing you previously changed will suddenly take effect meaning you never have any idea of what your edits are doing. Importing (pro)Raw files may work or it may crash and you still have to do the irritating import to gallery after I’ve just imported it so due to this weird workflow you have to import it twice to get it into the gallery to edit it, assuming it doesn’t crash. ### 3/5 — Difficult *2025-10-29* Cons: - I don’t know where to look for camera switching. - the difficulty of safe the image into the gallery. Pros: Design and noise preservation ### 4/5 — UPDATED REVIEW FOR LUMA 4 - A very nice update with a small annoyance *2025-10-24* A great update overall, but there is one issue that’s been getting in my way a bit. In manual mode, tapping overrides all settings chosen, it would be a lot better feeling if it only adjusted focus while in manual mode, or if there was a true lock per setting that completely prevented overrides. I do not know if this is part of the update or if I only noticed it staring with this update, but regardless it would be nice if it was changed. Thank you for all the effort put into this, it’s wonderful overall and it’s been my go-to camera app for a while now! **Developer response:** Thank you! I think you’ll be extra pleased with LUMA 4, coming as a free update really soon in that case. ### 4/5 — Just needs one more thing *2025-04-13* Very nice to use, the best of the many, many camera apps I’ve tried! Adding the ability to replace the default camera button on lock screen like other apps I’ve looked at would be amazing and make this a perfect replacement for the default camera app **Developer response:** Thank you! I think you’ll be extra pleased with LUMA 4, coming as a free update really soon in that case. ### 4/5 — Great *2024-12-02* Amazing app just wish it had a 48mp pro raw mode for the newer iphones ### 5/5 — A really excellent app for taking photos *2024-02-09* Takes raw photos with great manual controls, similar to that of samsung **Developer response:** thank you! ### 4/5 — One of the better RAW image capture apps *2023-10-13* This is one of the better RAW image capture apps on the iPhone. The UX could be a bit better, but overall, it is a good app! The developer is responsive too. **Developer response:** Thank you for the review! ### 5/5 — Focus controls back! *2023-09-25, version 3.0.9* Focus controls are showing up again and work great!! ### 3/5 — Missing Manual Focus controls *2023-09-01* I might be missing something but I can’t seem to find the manual focus controls. Can find the toggle bo no sliders that I can see. Hate to leave a bad review as the app is great but I could have sworn they used to be there. One of the few camera apps that don’t charge like $50 with no trial or a subscription fee! **Developer response:** v3.0.5, with the manual focus slider in Procam, is available now! Thanks for your input. In the future, you can contact me on Instagram at @rrf.k Rafal ### 4/5 — Nice app *2023-06-10, version 2.7.2* But I wish there was an option to add location automatically to photos when capturing. The quality of the pictures is great. I like the presets. ### 3/5 — Very Good App - but let down.. *2023-04-20, version 2.5.2* Camera and associated controls are very good, manual control is excellent, but… the presets. Take a photo you cannot edit it, you are stuck with the presets, which can’t be edited. Nor can you obtain new presets or adjust the ones you have. The picture you have taken goes to the Luma directory, a copy goes to apple photos, which can be edited, after you have come out of Luma. Sadly no response from Developer, Shame as this app has potential iPhone 13 Pro Max. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bought this app years ago *2026-08-15, version 4.11.3* Came back to use it and now some features are locked for premium members. Nice business model ### 1/5 — Locked out of Purchased Features. *2026-07-31, version 4.11.3* I purchased Luma Pro in 2024 so I could capture images in full-resolution RAW, and now some of the features I paid for are locked behind a new "Club Membership." I have selected restore purchases and nothing has changed. What is going on??? ### 1/5 — UI is broken, profiles are hiding at the bottom of the screen *2024-11-03, version 3.2.2* Broken UI - profiles are non picky at very bottom of the screen. Waste of money. ### 1/5 — Can’t Save Photos *2023-10-12, version 3.1* Can I Get a refund? Useless 🥲 ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2023-04-17, version 2.5.2* Pictures come out way too dark. Will not provide correct exposure. Does NOT live up to the states performance. ### 1/5 — Не очень *2023-04-08* Так и не понял как фото сделанное приложением увидеть в галерее айфона. ### 1/5 — Paid to unlock but still shows pending in App Store purchases *2023-01-09, version 2.2.2* Not sure how to query this but 24 hours ago I paid to unlock the app and it still says I’m using the free version. I think I’d just like a refund as i have other Raw apps that I could use? ### 1/5 — Umande *2022-05-22, version 1.0* Needing of using a tool that allows me to deliver the best of my creativity is always welcome. Unfortunately, this app disappoints me. * The shutter button does not trigger, * Can't switch from the main camera to a different focal or to the front camera while we have a button * Autofocus remains locked * Entering the Info, can't return back to the main window or close it, the X button doesn't work The only positive thing is the interface/Ui What I can say is that the app is not ready yet. I'm using iphone 13 PM ### 2/5 — Cool I guess *2025-11-25* Bayer raw with extra steps. Cool UI. Way better options out here. Moment, analogue, no fusion, indigo. Keep workin ### 2/5 — Absolutely Horrible Exposure *2023-04-13, version 2.5.2* Don’t waste your time until the developer fixes this app. Horrible exposure with latest iPhone and iOS. Actually, shockingly bad with blown out whites and nothing to commend it. Can’t even use and asked for a refund. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great! *2026-02-28, version 4.4* Excellent update and UI redesign! ### 5/5 — Great But… *2026-02-02, version 4.2* Animations are slow and almost everything takes multiple taps to complete. There’s no undo or reset for individual adjustments such as curves. Also, the buttons and the whole UI are a bit confusing. Otherwise a great app. Looking forward to seeing it improved. ### 5/5 — UPDATED FOR LUMA 4 - An excellent camera app that made a DSLR user with their iPhone camera more *2025-10-30, version 4.0.1* Edit: An update came out that addressed the auto-exposure when tapping in manual. I have removed this from the review and changed the rating accordingly. This app is by far the best of any I’ve tried and it’s made me a lot more willing to take photos with my phone camera. Normally I wouldn’t bother taking pictures on my phone even if I didn’t have my camera with me as I really didn’t like the lack of control vs a DSLR, but LUMA has the full manual I want, along with presets (although at the moment does not have pre-made presets) and an editor. If you don’t like the options available, you can take the RAW files to your computer and play around with them in your editor of choice. It’s an excellent app with so much versatility, whether shooting manual like me or someone shooting much more casually, there’s something here for every level of photographer who wants more from their shooting experience than the default camera app. ### 5/5 — Most functional free camera app with actual controls *2025-10-26, version 4.0.0* Every other camera app I've tried (as of a few months ago during my initial search) are either free but worse than the default camera app, or they have the controls I want like focus and shutter speed but are paid. This exactly what I'm looking for: free without ads and includes controls that the default app lacks. V4 is a good improvement, adding both front/rear cameras and a larger shutter button. However, the UI is a bit clunky and the controls are a bit laggy, especially when setting the shutter speed to something very slow and then back. Otherwise, Luma is a very good app! ### 5/5 — The best editing and shooting app on the AppStore right now *2025-10-22, version 4.0.0* By far the most sleek and sophisticated dedicated app for photography on iOS huge pros to the developer. You are missing out if you don’t use to edit raw files on the go, better and easier to use then light room ### 5/5 — Great app ! *2025-10-22* A do it all, free app. Hope that there’s no catch in the future 💸 **Developer response:** Happy you like it! Everything that’s in the app now will be free forever. Happy shooting, Raf ### 5/5 — What a beautiful feature rich app *2025-05-12, version 3.2.3* Very nice designed app full of features and capabilities 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-12-25, version 3.2.2* I love everything about the app but the pro cam is missing an aperture setting. Hope to see it added soon. All round great app though. ### 5/5 — Chinese language,by any chance? *2024-06-14, version 3.2.2* Love this app, but my poor English keeps me out. Please send help 🥹 ### 5/5 — Expected functions *2024-05-29* Can the geographical location recording function be added? **Developer response:** I will add it to the next update. Thanks for the review! Raf --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*