Hypocam vs Lucent Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hypocam
Capture and edit stunning black and white photos with a professional-grade camera experience. Explore exclusive monochrome editing tools, discover inspiring content, and share your creations with a global community.
- Live-view controls for shooting
- Exclusive monochrome editing tools
- In-app news feed for inspiration
- Social sharing with community tag
- In-app store for presets and tools
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Hypocam is the ultimate black and white camera. — SHOOT — Be in control of your shoot with our live-view controls and feel the quality of black and white photography, capturing the essence. EDIT — We have studied and tested lots of different creative tools developed exclusively for monochrome photography to provide you a unique experience. BE INSPIRED — With the built-in news feed you could be always updated with the latest news and the best selection of black&white photos. SHARE — Post your unique b&w photos to the most famous social network and tag #hypocam to be part of the best black and white community. STORE — Enhance your edit experience and your post process with the latest preset and tools we are continuing to study to provide you the best creative tools available on the market. — ENHANCING PEOPLE STORIES™ Our goal is to empower all the creative tools available, providing the best instruments and experience ever allowing people to create and connect. Hypocam is the best professional camera in your pocket. Every single aspect of everyday life is important because it allow us to become closer to our dreams so has to be remembered. Make every moment unforgettable and tell your story, because every people's story is important and need to be told. — This is only just the beginning. We are the only black and white photo App. Founded in 2013 Hypocam we will never stop providing the best tools possible. — Contact us for any information: info@hypocam.com Code by IOAPPS Photos by Temi Coker, Eric Ward and Noell Oszvald
Lucent Camera
This app offers a classic black and white photography experience with granular control over lighting and composition. Manually adjust focus, ISO, exposure, contrast, and brightness to master your shots. Its simple interface provides gentle haptic feedback and optional grid lines for precise framing.
- Manual focus control
- Adjustable ISO and exposure
- Contrast and brightness settings
- Tap to auto focus
- Pinch to zoom
- Simple interface with haptic feedback
- Optional grid lines
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Lucent Camera is a classic black and white camera. It's interface lets you control every detail of the lighting and composition of your photographs. Features include: • Ability to manually focus the lens. • Ability to manually adjust iso and exposure settings. • Ability to set the contrast and brightness levels. • Tap to auto focus. • Pinch to zoom. • Simple interface with gentle haptic feedback. • Optional grid lines to line up your shots. • Totally private. Shooting in black and white can take your photography to the next level and Lucent Camera lets you control every detail to achieve mastery with the camera in your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lucent Camera at none against Hypocam's 11. Lucent Camera also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%). Hypocam's advantage is ratings volume (405 vs 5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads 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. Hypocam sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Lucent Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Hypocam against 4.6 for Lucent Camera. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hypocam has 405 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Hypocam's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lucent Camera's.
Hypocam ships an update every 3 weeks, Lucent Camera every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hypocam | Lucent Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (405 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 405 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | pierre gougelet | Benjamin Lucas |
Customer experience
Hypocam
Lucent Camera
Bugs and requests
Hypocam
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to restore purchases
- Filters not saving at reduced intensity levels
- Preview not matching captured image content
Requested features
5 requests- Add volume button shutter release
- Implement true cropping (not constrained)
- Introduce color photography support
- Improve exposure and structure management
- Allow creating and saving custom filters
Lucent Camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hypocam
- ML CollectionsFree
- XP Collections$0.99
- SV Collections$0.99
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- LA Collections$0.99
- FI Texture Collection$0.99
- AK Collections$1.99
- NY Collections$1.99
- FB Texture Collection$1.99
- All filters$2.99
- FE Texture Collection$2.99
- All Textures Pack$4.99
Lucent Camera
No in-app purchases
