The Simple Camera vs Live Cutter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Simple Camera
Capture high-quality photos and videos with a minimalist interface. This app offers intuitive controls, supports multiple camera lenses, and integrates with Apple Watch for quick access.
- High quality photos (48MP)
- Live photos and videos
- Minimal User Interface
- Support UltraWide/Wide/Telephoto
- Apple Watch support
- Lock screen widget launch
- Lockable focus and exposure
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SIMPLE IS THE BEST. This is the most simple camera on our planet. - High quality photos(48MP), live photos and videos. - Minimal User Interface and sophisticated feature. - Easy and Intuitive to use. - Support UltraWide / Wide / Telephoto camera - Launch-able from Lock screen widget. - Lockable focus and exposure. - Free App but almost no ads.
Live Cutter
Easily extract still photos and videos from Live Photos. This app helps you save storage space by converting Live Photos into standard image or video files, preserving original quality and metadata.
- Extract still photos from Live Photos
- Extract videos from Live Photos
- Preserves image quality and metadata
- Saves storage space
- Handles edited Live Photos
- Playback and mute controls
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Convert a live photo into a photo and/or a video. Live Photos™ is an interesting feature of iOS. Because it is a fusion of a photo and a video, it has larger file size than a photo. Live Cutter can extract a photo and/or a video from a live photo. Therefore, you can convert a live photo into a photo by extracting a photo from that live photo and delete it. You can save storage space. ► You can see each file size of a still image and a video within a live photo ► You can get a image from a live photo ► You can get a video from a live photo ► You can get the original image/video from an edited live photo. ► No image quality loss. Image information such as date taken is also kept. ► Playback button allow you to play/stop the live effect easily. Mute switch is also available. ► Easy to compare two live photos when disable the auto playback of the live effect. ► Good view quality. You can check each pixels. ► Dynamic Type compatible. ► Free. Additionally, Live Cutter can find a photo which was taken as a live photo, but edited to disable the live effect. This former live photo is like a photo, but it keeps an unused video inside. You can delete this video with Live Cutter. Now, you are free to worry about the live icon status when you take a picture. Always take a live photo, and convert it to a photo if the live effect is not necessary. Note: Deleted images are kept in "Recently Deleted" album in Photos. If you want to get more storage space immediately, follow procedures below. Open Photos app, select "Albums" tab multiple times until album list is shown, select "Recently Deleted" album, choose "select" button, and select "Delete All".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live Cutter at 100% against The Simple Camera's 55%. Live Cutter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). The Simple Camera's advantage is ratings volume (206 vs 4). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. The Simple Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Live Cutter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Live Cutter holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Simple Camera has 206 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of The Simple Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of Live Cutter's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Simple Camera | Live Cutter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (206 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 206 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KANAME OHARA | Yu Software LLC |
Customer experience
The Simple Camera
Live Cutter
Bugs and requests
The Simple Camera
Reported bugs
23 issues- App crashes on startup
- Camera access button not working
- Cannot switch between front and rear cameras
- App freezes or closes unexpectedly
- Photos not saving
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- App not launching after permission granted
- Feature broken: no longer goes to landscape with Apple TV
- Focus problems, blurry photos
- 48MP setting disables zoom
- Vertical/horizontal orientation detection issues
- Widget icon disappeared after update
- Video focus issues
- Shutter button placement issues
- Volume buttons not working for shutter
- App reverts to free mode after purchase
- App crashes after update
- Silent mode not working
- Shutter sound randomly plays
- Ads appearing during critical moments
- In-app purchase not unlocking full version
- App not saving photos after processing
- Accelerometer metadata corrupted, causing orientation issues in other apps
- 1:1 square shooting results in vertical shift
Requested features
14 requests- Add 24MP resolution option
- Improve zoom functionality and buttons
- Option to switch between main, telephoto, and ultra-wide lenses at 48MP
- Add option to always have shutter sound on or off
- Allow saving to custom albums
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- Implement portrait mode
- Add Timelapse and Panorama features
- Add option to toggle adjustable exposure/brightness square
- Support for cinematic mode
- Add option to change app icon
- Mirror effect for front camera
- VGA resolution setting
- Improve QR code reader functionality
- Allow setting as default camera app
Live Cutter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Simple Camera
- Full feature option$5.99
Live Cutter
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Simple Camera free?
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