Comparison

Pixel+ Camera vs RCam

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pixel+ Camera

Transform your phone into a feature-rich camera with versatile shooting modes and manual controls. Apply 30 live filters in real-time and enhance your photos with a built-in editor. Offers advanced features for both casual and professional photographers.

Highlights
  • Multiple shooting modes (landscape, macro, sports, night, etc.)
  • 30 live filters with real-time preview
  • Manual controls for shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and focus
  • Focus assist for precise manual focusing
  • Continuous shooting (timelapse)
  • In-app photo editor with enhancement tools
  • Smart dial for quick access to settings
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Pixel+ Camera turns your phone into features packed SLR camera but with the ease of point and shoot camera. Pixel+ Camera allows you to shoot in different modes such as landscape mode, macro mode, sports mode, night scene, sunset scene, or other modes according to the scene conditions; moreover you can beautify your photos with its built-in 30 live filters. Professional users that prefer manual camera would be happy that Pixel+ Camera offer manual controls to adjust shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and lens focus (manual focus) independently. SHOOT MODES • Automatic: Auto exposure mode sets shutter speed and ISO automatically. • Manual: Manual exposure mode allows you to adjust shutter speed and ISO. • Landscape: Shoots the entire range of scenery in sharp focus with vivid colors. • Portrait: Shoots subjects at the front, and soften the skin tone. • Sports/Action: Shoots fast motion at faster shutter speed to reduce motion blur. • Macro: Shoots close-ups of small objects such as flowers and food. • Night Scene: Shoots night scenes clearly at slower shutter speed. • Sunset: Shoots sunsets and sunrises scene vividly with it's natural red and yellow color. • Soft Focus: Makes objects stand out by softening the area around focus point. • Miniature: Makes miniature scene by simulating tilt-shift lens effect. MANUAL CONTROLS Full independent control of: • Exposure Compensation • Shutter Speed • ISO • White Balance • Lens focus FOCUS ASSIST Focus assist helps you to see the object that you want to manually focus clearly by zooming in the focus area. LIVE FILTERS Beautify your photos with 30 live filters which you can see the filter effect in real-time. CONTINUOUS MODE (TIMELAPSE) Capture series of photos automatically by setting the time interval and number of photos that you want to take. QUICK PREVIEW Peek through your latest shots quickly with preview dial, moreover you can swipe your photo to share, edit, or delete while previewing it. SMART DIAL With smart dial button you can quickly preview your recent photos, adjust lens focus, change shoot modes, or adjust the other settings quickly and easily with just one hand. PHOTO EDITOR Camera Px comes with in-app photo editor so you can enhance your photo further. • Apply photo filter • Adjust brightness, contrast, highlights, and shadows • Adjust vibrancy, saturation, temperature, and tint • Apply vignette effect • Rotate and crop photo • Adjust color tone • Add stickers • Add textures • Add drawing on photo • Add text to photo

About

RCam

This app offers advanced manual controls for video and photo recording, including focus peaking, false color, and RAW format support. Explore various shooting modes like slow motion, time-lapse, and night mode to enhance your creative output.

Highlights
  • Manual focus peaking and exposure control
  • RAW and PRORAW photo export
  • Multiple video resolutions and frame rates
  • Specialized shooting modes (slow motion, time-lapse)
  • Focus, exposure, and white balance lock
  • Active video anti-shake
Features
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RCam is a professional video recording and photo shooting application designed for iOS devices. It provides professional tools including focus peaking, false color, Histogram and support for PRORAW / RAW shooting --DNG export photos. It gives you audio metering, custom resolutions, and framerates. To build eight kinds of professional model, and its manual mode has extremely fast response speed, allowing you to control the shooting parameters freely. Camera eight modes: 1. Slow motion --- Support 24fps , 30fps , 48fps , 50fps , 60fps different frame rates 2. Time-lapse ---- Support 24~60 different frame rate settings, adjust the shutter interval and set the automatic shooting time 3. Video --- Support 1080P, 3k, 4K, and dolby vision video shooting, 24~60 different frame rate settings, up to 100 Mb/s encoding rate, self-timer, beauty filter 4. Photo -- Support PRORAW, RAW, HDR, AEB ,self-timer, beauty filter , and aspect ratio (4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 1:1) 5. Night mode-- Supports 1s, 2s, 4s and other slow shutter speed settings 6. Motion Blur - Easily generate personalized special effects photos such as water fog effects 7. Light painting -- support sensitivity adjustment 8. Light field - easy to take pictures first, focus, every detail is retained Camera function: • Focus peaking and expanded focus for manual focus assist • False Color exposure assist • Manual exposure and focus control - select individual focus and exposure, drag to adjust • Manual control: exposure, shutter speed, focus, zoom, ISO • Focus, exposure, and white balance (WB) lock • Support freely settable delay photography • Anti-shake - Active video anti-shake eliminates sloshing during shooting • Support HEVC and H.264 video encoding • Support JPEG、TIFF、HEIF and RAW format photos • Support RAW、HDR、AEB • Support setting aspect ratio of photo: 1:1 / 4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 • Support multiple resolution settings for video: 720P, 1080P, 1440P, 3k, 4k • Support Video frame rate : 24fps , 25fps , 30fps , 48fps , 50fps , 60fps • Mobile space and mobile phone battery display • Slow motion video mode, 6 playback speeds (60 fps / 50 fps / 48fps / 30fps / 25fps / 24fps) • 6x digital zoom • Volume meter • Location • Snap to the grid • Flash settings (Auto / On / Off) Video sharing: • Support for exporting videos to photo albums UNLIMITED ACCESS MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION • You can subscribe for RCam VIP Subscriptions to all features and content offered for purchase within the app. • Subscriptions are billed weekly, monthly or annually at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan. RCam offers four auto-renewing subscription options: (i) $3.99 / Year ($3.99 billed once a year after the 3 days free trial expires) (ii) $0.99 / week (iii) $2.49 / Month (iiii) $3.99 / Year • You can subscribe to a yearly plan ($3.99 billed once a year), a monthly plan ($2.49 billed once a month), a weekly plan ($0.99 billed once a week) or a yearly plan that comes with a free 3 days trial ($3.99 billed once a year after the free trial expires). The prices are in US dollars. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. - Privacy policy: https://appsdevelopinfo.web.app/2018/08/18/RCamPrivacyPolicy - Terms of use : https://appsdevelopinfo.web.app/2018/08/18/RCamTerms contact us:1242296736@qq.com

Screenshots

Pixel+ Camera4 screens
RCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RCam at 4.5 against Pixel+ Camera's 3.5. RCam also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 45%). Pixel+ Camera's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pixel+ Camera sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and RCam sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RCam holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 78 and 77 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Pixel+ Camera's written reviews are positive against 69% of RCam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel+ Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, RCam every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pixel+ Camera versus RCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel+ CameraRCam
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (78 ratings)4.5 (77 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.7% of reviews69.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings78 — better77
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB182 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAverSys Mobile桐明 陈

Customer experience

Pixel+ Camera

All ratings79 ratings
Positive59.5%
Neutral11.4%
Negative29.1%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive44.7%
Neutral10.5%
Negative44.7%

RCam

All ratings77 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.9%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive69.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative24.1%

Bugs and requests

Pixel+ Camera

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Modifies original image directly
  • Macro requires premium upgrade
  • Sales screen keeps popping up
  • Purchased features still locked
  • Previous paid features removed after update
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  • Restore purchase not working
  • App mutes phone volume on opening
  • Focus assist not functioning
  • Night shot mode crashes
  • App support button leads to 404 error
  • Volume gets turned down to 0 when app opens

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add aperture
  • Add video mode
  • Integrate videos & photos when videoing
  • Focus picking
  • Split focus and exposure points
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  • Lock focus and exposure individually
  • Settings dialogue screen
  • RAW format option
  • Swipe to change filters
  • Fine-tune filters with slider
  • Improve darkroom/edit tools
  • Help section for features

RCam

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pixel+ Camera

One-time4
  • Scene Modes$4.99
  • Premium Filters$4.99
  • Essential Pack Promo$5.99
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  • Essential Pack$7.99
5 purchases

RCam

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly VIP$2.997 Days
  • Monthly VIP$4.991 Month
  • 3 DAY FREE TRIAL3 Days trial$8.991 Year
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  • Yearly VIP$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanent VIP$12.99

Questions

Is Pixel+ Camera free?
Pixel+ Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RCam free?
RCam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixel+ Camera or RCam?
RCam is rated higher. Pixel+ Camera averages 3.5 out of 5 from 78 ratings, while RCam averages 4.5 from 77 ratings.
Do Pixel+ Camera or RCam have ads?
Neither Pixel+ Camera nor RCam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixel+ Camera or RCam?
Pixel+ Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, and RCam every 2 months. Most recently, Pixel+ Camera was updated on October 24, 2026 and RCam on October 26, 2026.

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