# Provoke Camera — user reviews

> 112 indexed App Store user reviews of Provoke Camera by Toshihiko Tambo, rated 4.80/5 from 6 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/provoke-camera/id840633665/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/provoke-camera/id840633665.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 5 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0

## Newest reviews (16 of 112)

### 3/5 — 写真が保存されない

*2026-05-03*

写真は撮れるけど保存されません。好きなアプリでずっと使ってきてるので残念です。アプリ入れ直しても解消しませんでした。LINEの写真選択からは保存されてるのが分かるのに、iPhoneのライブラリには表示されません。写真の日付がおかしい感じしてる

### 4/5 — 🤍🖤

*2026-02-21*

16:9に対応して欲しいです！日本のモノクロへのこだわりが感じられて、最近出会えて1番良かったアプリです。ぜひ写真アプリ開発をこれからも続けて欲しいです。

### 4/5 — Awesome

*2025-12-24, version 5.3*

All I wanted was a BW app that just works and this is it. Simple and effective. Just have to remember to set it to save as a tiff for easy post

### 3/5 — Future?

*2025-09-05*

Love this app but a little biased being a moryama fan. Would love to see an update to make it a little faster/less lag and update to facilitate the new camera button ( to select camera, exposure comp, which would make things more fluid).
Heres hoping something will happen.

### 5/5 — 5 stars bw camera app

*2024-11-09, version 4.9*

Still using it daily in 2024

### 4/5 — 落ちてしまう...

*2024-10-24*

開けないです
気に入って使っていたのですが...

### 5/5 — Like the new Ricoh camera

*2024-09-24, version 4.9*

Love it

### 5/5 — The soul of Daido Moriyama lives

*2024-09-23*

I love this app. It’s my go to camera for my work these days. Well worth investing in if you admire all things, “are, bure, boke”

### 3/5 — Crashing

*2024-08-27, version 4.9*

Hard crashing when opening an image and choosing a filter to apply. Pretty disappointing. iPhone 12.  Some nice filters. Would be good if it were able to shoot at 50mm equivalent. Then it would look like a film camera image.

### 4/5 — Toller Look…

*2024-07-04*

…klares, einfaches Design. Abe nicht für das iPad geeignet. Skaliert nicht hoch und passt die Orientierung nicht richtig herum an.

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2024-05-01*

Gorgeous app. Changing my photography.

### 5/5 — Superbe application

*2023-10-29*

S’il vous plais intégrer le menu option en mode horizontale qu’il puisse être accessible sur le haut de l’écran et non à gauche 

En fait que les menus suivent le sens de l’écran et l’application sera parfaite.

Superbe rendu noir et blanc je m’en sers tout le tamps alors que j’achète tous les mois les pellicules de Hipstamatic

### 5/5 — Incredible

*2023-10-27*

Very nice app, feels good to use.

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2023-09-29*

My favorite black and white camera app hands down

### 5/5 — Amazing - a dream come true for fans of retro monochrome photography

*2023-09-16*

I love retro Japanese photography so this is a dream! Also, it works just fine on my iPad pro despite the description saying not for iPad. 
Such a great app!!

### 5/5 — A camera app that is actually good!

*2023-08-04*

Stumbled across this gem by complete accident, i've tried all manner of camera apps over the years but this is by far the best, offering convincing photos with the chance to lay effects over pre-existing photos. Well worth the £1.99! I can recommend this to both amateurs & even professionals.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Photo ne s enregistrent plus

*2025-11-21*

Dommage superbe application, je l utilise au format carré. Depuis quelques jours les photos ne s enregistrent plus . Pourtant je dispose encore de ma mémoire.

### 1/5 — Nao deu certo

*2025-11-02*

Infelizmente a update de hoje nao deu certo! Impossivel utilizar Provoke Camera. Que pena!

### 1/5 — Total rubbish app..

*2025-07-18*

Payed £1.99 for this useless app…it was the only way to try it..
Couldn’t get my money back..
Stay clear and save your money

### 1/5 — looks nice but…

*2024-01-06*

pictures are not being saved after pressing the shutter button. when using no filter it works just fine. needs fixing

### 1/5 — Provoke No Longer Working Properly

*2022-10-30*

Provoke no longer saves JPEG images to my Photos (Camera Roll) since the iPhone iOS 16 Update.  Now it only saves HEIC images.  Previously it saved JPEG.  This was a 5-Star app… now down to 1-Star.  Sure would be nice if this glitch, or whatever it is, would be fixed.  Thanks!  Then back up to 5-Stars.

### 1/5 — Crashes on startup

*2022-01-06*

App doesn’t even go past the loading screen. I’ve asked for refund via Apple.

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2021-12-29*

Shows a splash screen, accesses the camera, then, eventually, crashes. Needs an update. 

Also - App Support link is broken.

### 1/5 — Ne fonctionne pas

*2021-11-01*

Cette application ne fonctionne pas : impossyde l’ouvrir.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2021-10-22*

Provoke dosen’t work on iPhone XR 🤷🏼‍♂️

### 1/5 — Can be so great, but is often rubbish

*2021-09-09*

It simply doesn’t work all the time. It’s so incredibly frustrating. I often delete and reinstall, but even that doesn’t always get it working. What I mean when I say “working” is that it seems to be taking a photo, but it actually does not.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Gem of an app

*2026-04-05*

As a long time user of another app by the developer (MPro B&W Camera) , I accidentally came across this one. It’s 2026 and I’m using an IPhone 16pro max and this app works fine. A bargain too. 
This app produces fabulous monochromatic images, including TIFF files, my go to for all black and white images.

### 5/5 — Ultimate B&W

*2025-12-23*

Provoke Japanese masters , charcoal black and white, no compromise.

### 5/5 — Excited to see a recent update!

*2025-11-27*

I use this app regularly, and it was great to see the update 5.3. I highly recommend this app.

### 5/5 — Thank you for updating!!

*2025-11-19*

Thanks for much for updating for iOS26! This is my favorite app for black and white and I was panicking for a bit.

### 5/5 — Yessir

*2025-11-14*

I have a bit of a camera app addiction going on here and this is my favorite app of them all. Fantastic !

### 5/5 — Terrific

*2025-10-23*

I’ve been using this app for a few years and it is a great app if you’re into the Provoke aesthetic, and even if you’re not. It’s nice to be able to export a 10mp TIFF, which is large enough to make a good-sized print.

### 5/5 — Fantastic

*2025-07-26*

Well above average black and white app.  It’s a tiny bit clunky but the results make it really stand out in my opinion

### 5/5 — Analoger als analog

*2025-06-22*

Hatte ungelogen meine analoge Messsucherkamera nicht mehr in der Hand, seit ich Provoke verwende. Großartige S/W-Aufnahmen ohne den umständlichen und teuren  Umweg über Negative,  Scans und Nachbearbeitung…
Danke für eine Wahnsinns-App!

### 5/5 — Fantastic

*2025-03-10*

This is a fantastic app. I have been trying to edit in these styles for some time but never been able to get my images the way I want it. Now I can. At last. Many many thanks.
Would be even better to get it on iPad.

### 5/5 — Interesting app.

*2024-12-28*

Happy it still works. It takes interesting pictures… looking similar to Japanese legendary photographers like Daido Moriyama and etc. one of the best app for monochrome pictures.

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*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 2026-08-28.*
