Comparison

CameraPixels PRO vs Atavistic

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

Head to head
About

CameraPixels PRO

This app offers advanced manual controls for mobile photography and videography. It provides features like exposure and focus bracketing, slow shutter, and time-lapse modes, along with a histogram and clipping warnings for precise control. Ideal for professional photographers seeking enhanced capture capabilities.

Highlights
  • Manual photography and videography controls
  • Exposure and focus bracketing
  • Slow shutter and time-lapse modes
  • Histogram and clipping warnings
  • Depth capture for dual/triple camera devices
  • Unlimited presets with Widget support
Features
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CameraPixels is a unique manual photography app. The premium tools and intuitive UI make CameraPixels the best choice for professional mobile photographers. CameraPixels participated in Berkley Eclipse Megamovie 2017 thanks to its extensive raw bracketing. All-in-one ============= CameraPixels is all-in-one capture solution, that supports multiple photo and video capture modes. Among them are Bracketing, Slow Shutter and Time-lapse modes. CameraPixels has the most advanced bracketing available on the iOS platform, which includes exposure and focus bracketing. Best for macro photography ============= With CameraPixels you can capture the best macro shots, be it a single image or a series of images, called focus bracketing, which can later be combined into one all-in-focus photo (requires external app for focus stacking). If you have an external macro lens, let CameraPixels save its name to the EXIF data for you, so later you can always remember which lens was used. Currently CameraPixels supports Olloclip™, Loupe System™ and Moment™ lenses. Best for professional HDR photography ============= CameraPixels has the most advanced exposure bracketing on iOS. With up to 15 images per bracket you can capture even the most difficult lighting situations. CameraPixels support auto-, iso and shutter-brackets, with an optional flash frame. The captured images can be used to create stunning HDR photos using your favorite professional HDR software. Intuitive UI ============= CameraPixels has a simple and efficient UI. The most important information is always in front of your eyes, and this allows you to avoid surprises like an unexpected flash fire or the wrong output photo or video format. Stop being distracted by the uncertainty of the settings, concentrate on your capture! ISO/Shutter priority modes ============= CameraPixels is among a few photography apps that support advanced exposure modes like ISO and Shutter priority. These modes are indispensable during dynamic photography when there is no time for adjusting manual exposure. Histogram and clipping warnings ============= The histogram is a great tool to estimate your exposure. It can show you if the photo has under-exposed or over-exposed areas. Clipping warnings, on the other hand, can show you exactly where those under and over-exposed areas in your photo are. Depth capture ============= On dual/triple-camera devices, CameraPixels can capture depth information alongside the colour photo. If the photo has depth information, in the preview window, two additional buttons appear (depth and portrait) that allow you to inspect the depth of the image and apply it to simulate an aperture. Presets ============= CameraPixels was designed for professional photographers that value efficiency of their workflow. The unlimited presets, including the possibility to expose them to Widget make CameraPixels the ultimate photography tool. Features overview ============= - UI optimized for manual capture - RAW and ProRAW (on supported devices) photo capture - Auto, manual and semi-automatic (ISO- and Shutter-priority) exposure modes - Photo, Burst, Portrait, Slow Shutter, Exposure Bracket, Focus Bracket, Video and Time-lapse - Clipping warnings to highlight under- and over-exposed areas in real time - Focus peaking and loupe during the manual focus adjustments - Single or series of Exposure Brackets with up to 15 images per bracket. AEB, ISO- and Shutter-brackets are available. - Single or series of Focus Brackets with up to 100 images per bracket - Adjustable photo and video resolution - Adjustable photo and video quality - Advanced photo processing (Smart HDR and Deep fusion on supported devices) - Unlimited presets with the possibility of exposing them to the widget - Advanced intervalometer - Multiple framing options

About

Atavistic

This app lets you visualize ancient ruins as they once were, superimposed onto your contemporary photos. Capture selfies with historical monuments in their full glory, offering a unique way to experience and share cultural heritage.

Highlights
  • Visualize ancient ruins in photos
  • Augmented reality monument reconstruction
  • Selfie integration with historical sites
  • Explore Rome's archaeological areas
  • Share enhanced cultural heritage photos
Features
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Atavistic: the past has never been so present! Atavistic: a new concept of doing, living and sharing tourism in order to file a worldwide exposure to the most beautiful city in the world, Rome, the muse inspiring “The Great Beauty”. Let’s rock the concept of touristic snapshot in the most important archaelogical area in the world. Atavistic gives you the chance to take a picture of any monument which is now reduced to sta status of an ancient ruin, and see it coming back to it’s ancient greatness in the tourist’s picture, even through a selfie. In other words, Atavistic allows you to take a shot of a selfie ad admire yourself standing in front of the monument (today a ruin), reconstructed in it’s original beauty. Atavistic is innovation: it’s doing something known in a brand new way. Atavistic is esteem of our cultural heritage, enhancing it’s knowledge and making it immediately available to everyone. With a simple click you can take pictures of the monuments nowadays reduced to the status of ancient ruins from 60 differents point of snap, in the archaeological area of Colosseum and Palatinum, and you can see them coming back to life in all their original beauty, as they were in the imperial era. The difference is that the reconstructed monument is now inserted in our contemporary background, even with people in the picture itself. Nothing’s gonna be the same, and the past won’t have never been so present!

Screenshots

CameraPixels PRO4 screens
Atavistic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Atavistic at Free against CameraPixels PRO's $7.99. Atavistic also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). CameraPixels PRO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 16 months). On review sentiment and ads 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

Atavistic is free to download; CameraPixels PRO costs $7.99 up front. Atavistic sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. CameraPixels PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CameraPixels PRO ships an update every 6 weeks, Atavistic every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CameraPixels PRO versus Atavistic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCameraPixels PROAtavistic
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (141 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings141 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNatalya PetrenkoAtavistic

Customer experience

CameraPixels PRO

All ratings141 ratings
Positive81.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative16.3%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative24.3%

Atavistic

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

CameraPixels PRO

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Atavistic

One-time10
  • Tempio di Venere e Roma$0.99
  • Basilica Emilia$0.99
  • Basilica Iulia$0.99
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  • Basilica di Massenzio$0.99
  • Basilica Ulpia$0.99
  • Circo Massimo$0.99
  • Tempio di Vespasiano e Tito$0.99
  • Tempio di Vesta$0.99
  • Anfiteatro Flavio (Colosseo)$1.99
  • Tutti i monumenti$6.99

Questions

Is CameraPixels PRO free?
CameraPixels PRO costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Atavistic free?
Atavistic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CameraPixels PRO or Atavistic have ads?
Neither CameraPixels PRO nor Atavistic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CameraPixels PRO or Atavistic?
CameraPixels PRO ships an update every 6 weeks, and Atavistic every 16 months. Most recently, CameraPixels PRO was updated on October 14, 2026 and Atavistic on October 1, 2026.

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