Lumina User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience94.4% of reviews
Neutral1.4% of reviews
Negative experience4.2% of reviews

~ Based on 71 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Lumina Safe?

Lumina: Manual Camera appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Lumina is 89/100.

This assessment is based on 82 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 82 App Store ratings for Lumina.

Is Lumina Legit?

Lumina: Manual Camera appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Lumina is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

User Friendly and Accessible

Great manual camera app with a simple enough UI for casual photographers to use without being overwhelmed by the amount of options. Easy to understand and use, takes great quality photos and has easy and convenient options to download and transfer photo files. Going in with a singular Google search of certain settings did, I was able to quickly figure out the interface and take photos exactly how I needed. No overbloated or annoying UI like other apps I’ve tried.
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Great control

This app has a simple interface, yet it has so many features. I really like the lighting, even with the automatic capture, that it provides over the stock iPhone app. Setting up the right speed and exposure takes a bit of practice. Highly recommended!

Wonderful colours

Thanks to your app, I’m back to enjoying taking photos with my phone and not sick of my own face when taking selfies :)

One tiny suggestion: would it be possible to focus by tapping? Also, the app seems to use only one lens… Thank you so much again!!

No video?

Couldn’t figure out how to simply take a video. I tried for like 5 minutes and if it takes that long the app is bad.

no zoom?

no ability to zoom?

lumina manual comera

A great free app. My only suggestion would be to allow the user to adjust aperture. Other than that it’s almost perfect. Stuart UK

Amazing free app!

This app is truly amazing! Completely free and without any in app purchases or ads, it is the perfect companion for anyone seeking to elevate their iPhone photography game. The only feature that keeps me from using it 100% of the time is the lack of LUT capabilities. If there were options to import LUTs and burn them into images, I have no doubt I would use Lumina exclusively. Until then, however, I’ll be using Fotorgear. Mr. Salvatore, no hard feelings, and cheers to this amazing accomplishment!
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Nice

For macro pics this app is great and really puts the apple camera app to shame!

BKT touch problem

BTK button will flash when choos ing EV

Great free app but could be even better!

I have never needed to pay to have basic controls on my android camera phones. lumina helps get us there, but *please* can you add contrast control to jpeg settings, maybe even a saturation slider - controls my 2015 Samsung has. Then it would be the best simple camera app in the store!

Not working on IOS 26.2

iPhone 16 Pro Max, IOS 26.2 - manual settings not working. You can adjust the ISO and shutter speed but the picture is taken on auto mode.

No slider for white balance (kelvin)?

Really good app just wish there was a slider for the kelvin white balance instead of a drop down menu.

Simple and Free

I love you lumina app… no subscription needed quick, light, easy access with no ads

Great manual camera app

Thanks for this free camera app to allow manual shootings. This is something I would have expected from Apple. Please allow one observation and suggestions. I observed that the displayed ISO and exposure time values in the Apple foto app are not the once I used in settings in Lumina when going to the extreme. And one suggestion: Would it be possible to use thicker lines and letters for the various buttons to make them better visible? Thanks again for this great app. I am using an iPhone 16 pro with iOS 26.0.1
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Best Camera App Ever

This camera app is one of the best ever. Simple yet able to capture photos comparable and sometimes even better than project indigo. The iPhones 48MP image sensor is already great in daylight conditions, so any processing whether it be apple or Indigo isn’t always needed. Lumina offers control back to your phone for free and WITHOUT ADS!!!
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Good

Works exactly like you expect and no bloat. Use the 12MP mode.

Wish you could set it as your default camera app!

Literally the best for the money

This camera has specifically replaced the standard camera app for me for the most part. I even used shortcuts to have it load up when I press the camera control button. (When magnifier opens, open Lumina).

Everything i need

Pretty cool actually! Great funcutionality and no in app bull****, thanks!

Impressive

Very pleased with this app so far. Some very good features. The manual focus works a treat. All settings are easy to locate and use. Macro is a nice added feature that some photo apps don’t have. Image quality seems to be pretty much on par with my phones the native camera app. No gripes using it on my 15 pro max. Well done 👍🏻
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Nice App

Really nice app, I would be happy if there was an Option to Chose the Format of the Photo (16:9).