Pearla User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience35.4% of reviews
Neutral18.8% of reviews
Negative experience45.8% of reviews

~ Based on 288 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Pearla Safe?

Pearla - Pro Filmic Camera appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Pearla is 83/100.

This assessment is based on 305 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.2/5.

Safety Analysis

77.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
16.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 305 App Store ratings for Pearla.

Is Pearla Legit?

Pearla - Pro Filmic Camera appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Pearla is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Monthly subsciption

Yes this app might be good but an expensive subscription with ongoing payments is just awful.
I would totally pay for a good app but not in sub model!

You dont even allow to try the app and ask money with first log in?

Needs improvement.

Fix the user experience

I love your app and love the simulations and how I have been able to record some great videos with it, but please improve your UX. Example, when I am on the film emulation screen, how do I go back to the camera view? There is no back arrow no indicator, nothing. Fix this please. It should be an easy fx.
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Just a bit more…

I’ll get right to it: the results I’ve gotten with this app have been astonishing. I love exactly where this app is taking me. My only criticism is an inability to customize the UI so that things are easier to see and that settings are easier to find and to lock once I have Established them. I still haven’t been able to get the zebras to work, which is my only main criticism.
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Let me try before making an account

Ask for an account and then for a payment... really ? So now i will receive emails and i have another account that i don't want

Horrible UI design

very difficult to change settings, some config(like exposure)are unable to save. Tap the viewfinder and focus mode will change to manual forever(unless I switch it back), I means, seriously? Bad UI design, I’m confused by the way to switch between photo/video, when tapping the video bottom, what’s the photo/video capsule for? Why not just change to photo. The developer should pay me to use this app
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Economic Model

And that’s one more app that does offer only subscriptions… even though the app is nice, with free options on the market such as the Black Magic App, I don’t think it’s worth it for anyone to bind themselves to one more subscription just for the sake of using this app. Having a one-time payment would be a great improvement.
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Great for LUTs, missing basic features

There’s no alternative if you want to use custom LUTs from non-iPhone color spaces like Fuji.

However, it’s missing a lot of basic features. For example, there is no option to save photos only to my camera roll. To save to my camera roll, it also saves to the app storage, which is now taking up 13GB and there’s no way to bulk delete these photos either so I have delete one by one or uninstall and reinstall the app.

The navigation is also tricky - multiple swipes and taps to simply change the focal length. Would be nice if we can customize the top bar.

Lastly, it mutes all audio when entering the app which feels unnecessary.
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Great App But Missing One Thing

I love this app. The color profiles are great, the level of control is insane, and it’s all super easy to understand. The ONLY thing it’s missing is that it can’t be opened via the Camera Control button, and that there’s no control to add it to the Control Center or Lock Screen, which means if you wanna open it quickly, it either needs to rest on your Home Screen, or you need to make a Siri Shortcut for it.
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Stunning - after figuring it out..

Absolutely Fabulous 4k Colour Rendering …
.. have been looking at 17pro options to improve 4k capture @ 60fps beyond Apple camera - which actually work easily..
Eventually after working through Black magic, CinemaP3 & Final Cut Camera, I settled on Pearla…
- in my opinion these all are very good but for me.. Pearla is the easiest to quickly and actually obtain stable acutely coloured footage..
Black Magic..too many settings to set each time before shooting ..
Cinema P3… very good a close second, for quick usability..
Final Cut camera - biggest issue was non being able to bake in or view the shoot with LUT’s
- yes Pearla costs £25/year.. but when I consider that I can get such an improved 4k image on an iPhone 17 pro - which will dramatically improve further with the forthcoming 18 pro new variable iris main camera - I find I will not need to upgrade my Sony AX700 or Nikon Z7 - the iPhone is actually better quality route..!!!
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Crashes often

Nice features, but it’s pretty unstable. 100% not worth paying for currently. Unreliable in the field. 17P

Buggy

I absolutely cannot get the animorphic part of this app to work correctly. No matter what setting I try , my footage doesn’t look correct . I even have to turn off “ record “ in the anamorphic section because it does this weird zoom in to the left . It seems if you close the app , all sorts of weird things happen , like lens choice disappearing. Or maybe just changing a setting messes everything up . Plus lack of user luts is a bummer . I really want to love this app , but I have already emailed them , messaged on Instagram , no response
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Not free

App shows free in App Store, and requires you to pay monthly or yearly… no thanks

So slow and buggy

Promising though not free if you want access to more features the app is almost impossible to use and doesn’t have the option to use the camera button on the phone. Very slow.

No back button

Where’s the back button after we get into the settings.

Let this app be wonderful, but if I’m not able to navigate within the app how will i use it?

Concept is good but didn’t liked the interface

The ability to change film presets is really difficult. Also we can’t see the effects in real time. For a first time user this app is really complicated.

Unable to sign in.

Is this app available in India ? I can’t go past the sign in page.

Vibe coded app

So buggy it feels like they vibe coded the app

Subscription only model

The app seems nice. It is stuck behind a subscription wall and you have to put your card info to get the free trial.

A one time purchase option would be nice :)

Stuck on Login

After Installing this App. I tried to sign in, but it stuck at Sign in Page.