Pixel+ Camera vs AuraHDR Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
AuraHDR Camera
This app enhances mobile photography with advanced HDR and focus stacking capabilities. It allows users to capture detailed images in challenging lighting, achieve edge-to-edge sharpness for close-ups, and shoot in high resolutions like 48MP ProRAW. Tutorials are available to help master its professional-grade features.
- RAW HDR bracketing
- 100-shot Focus Bracketing
- 48MP ProRAW shooting
- Moon Shooting Mode
- Long exposure capabilities
- Built-in HDR editing sliders
- Low Light preset
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AuraHDR Camera gives iPhone photographers advanced tools for capturing scenes that ordinary camera apps struggle with. Create detailed HDR images with up to 16-stop RAW exposure bracketing, achieve edge-to-edge sharpness with focus bracketing and automatic focus stacking, and shoot in Bayer RAW or Apple ProRAW—all from one powerful camera app. WHAT MAKES AURAHDR DIFFERENT? ADVANCED HDR CAMERA AuraHDR’s proprietary AuraEngine tone mapping recovers detail in challenging lighting conditions. Each scene is analyzed automatically, while built-in tone controls let you fine-tune the result. For darker scenes, the Low Light preset helps produce cleaner photographs with improved detail. 1. 16-STOP EXPOSURE BRACKETING Capture RAW or JPEG exposure brackets across a range of up to 16 stops for merging in your preferred HDR software. • Capture up to seven bracketed exposures. • Customize the number of exposures and interval between them. • High Quality Low Light mode uses a lower ISO for cleaner brackets. • Supports Bayer RAW and Apple ProRAW on compatible iPhones. 2. RAW FOCUS BRACKETING Capture tack-sharp close-ups and landscapes with greater depth of field. • Choose automatic or manual focus bracketing. • Capture up to 100 bracketed images. • Adjust the focus interval for different subjects. • Capture in RAW or JPEG. • Use the draggable magnifier and real-time focus peaking to identify areas of sharp focus. In Auto mode, select the nearest focus point and let AuraHDR capture the sequence. In Manual mode, tap different areas of the frame to choose each focus position. Import the frames into apps such as Affinity Photo or Luminar Neo to create images with edge-to-edge sharpness. 3. AUTOMATIC FOCUS STACKING CAMERA Automatic Focus Stacking combines bracketed images inside AuraHDR and saves the completed result—no external stacking software required. • Ideal for macro, product, and food photography. • Select the nearest focus point and press the shutter. • Both the bracketed sequence and focus-stacked image are saved. • Designed for use with the iPhone’s main camera. 4. BAYER RAW AND APPLE PRORAW CAPTURE Choose the RAW format that best suits your workflow. • Capture minimally processed Bayer RAW files for maximum editing flexibility. • Use Apple ProRAW for RAW flexibility with Apple’s computational processing. • Capture Apple ProRAW at up to 48MP on supported Pro iPhones. • Available formats and resolution depend on your iPhone model. 5. LONG EXPOSURE AND FRAME STACKING Create smooth long exposures of flowing water, moving lights, and other moving subjects directly inside AuraHDR. Frame Stacking captures a sequence of individual images for processing in compatible software. Blend them to simulate longer exposures or average them to reduce noise in static low-light scenes. 6. ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES Moon Mode captures four exposures to help photograph visible lunar detail. A tripod is recommended for focus stacking, long exposures, frame stacking, and High Quality Low Light capture. Visit the AuraHDR YouTube channel for tutorials covering HDR merging, focus stacking, frame stacking, and other features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixel+ Camera at 3.5 against AuraHDR Camera's 2.1. Pixel+ Camera also leads on review sentiment (45% vs 18%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pixel+ Camera sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and AuraHDR Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixel+ Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel+ Camera has 79 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Pixel+ Camera's written reviews are positive against 18% of AuraHDR Camera's.
Pixel+ Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, AuraHDR Camera every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel+ Camera | AuraHDR Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (79 ratings) — better | 2.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.7% of reviews — better | 17.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AverSys Mobile | AppJud |
Customer experience
Pixel+ Camera
AuraHDR Camera
In-app purchases
Pixel+ Camera
- Scene Modes$4.99
- Premium Filters$4.99
- Essential Pack Promo$5.99
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- Essential Pack$7.99
AuraHDR Camera
- Unlock Features$24.99
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