Comparison

SoundEffectCam vs Knurl Camera

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

Head to head
About

SoundEffectCam

Customize your smartphone's camera shutter sound with a variety of pre-set effects. You can also disable the shutter sound entirely for silent photography. Additional features include zoom and ISO settings.

Highlights
  • Change shutter sound
  • Select from various genres
  • Disable shutter sound
  • Zoom in/out
  • ISO settings
  • All free features
Features
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"App that can change the shutter sound." The shutter sound of smart phones, is an app that can be changed to their favorite sound effect. Because the sound effects are dozens prepared for each of a variety of genres, you can select the shutter sound of their favorite depending on the mood and situation of the day. In addition, it also becomes possible to not be a shutter sound as an additional function setting, it can also be used as a silent app. Other focus also, equipped with zoom in / out, all free features, such as setting of ISO.

About

Knurl Camera

Capture unprocessed RAW image data directly from your device's sensor. Offers granular manual controls for ISO, shutter speed, and focus, allowing for complete creative freedom in post-processing.

Highlights
  • Bayer RAW capture
  • Full manual controls (ISO, Shutter, Aperture)
  • Physical control dials
  • Relative focus ring
  • Native focal length lenses
  • Exposure compensation scale
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Knurl is a camera for people who would rather develop the photo themselves. It captures true Bayer RAW: the sensor's own mosaic, written straight to a DNG with none of the computational photography that normally happens on the way. No multi-frame fusion, no tone curve, no sharpening. What lands in your library is undeveloped data with all of its latitude intact, ready for Lightroom or Photos to interpret however you like. THE CONTROLS ARE THE POINT A mode wheel you turn, with the real designations: P for program, Tv for shutter priority, Sv for ISO priority, M for full manual. Every position clicks. ISO and shutter move in thirds of a stop along the standard photographic ladders, on a dial that detents at every rung. Whole stops click harder than thirds, so you can count them by feel without looking. The ends of each ladder are the sensor's genuine limits rather than round numbers, which means base ISO, the cleanest the sensor gets, is actually reachable. Exposure compensation on its own scale, in thirds, with a firmer detent at zero. In manual it becomes the meter, because compensation has nothing left to act on when both controls are already fixed. An AF/MF switch and a focus ring you turn like a ring: relative, so touching it never jumps focus, and marked near to far rather than in invented distances. Three lenses, each at its native focal length, read from the hardware. HONEST ABOUT ITSELF Bayer RAW is 12 MP and does not permit zoom. The 48 MP path would mean Apple ProRAW, which is demosaiced and partially processed, so Knurl does not offer it. When the exposure you have asked for is not achievable, it says so rather than pretending. Your shots go to a Knurl album you can browse in the app, pinch to zoom, and swipe through. Volume buttons fire the shutter. Add the Control to your Action Button, Lock Screen or Control Center to open it without unlocking.

Screenshots

SoundEffectCam4 screens
Knurl Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Knurl Camera at 5.0 against SoundEffectCam's 3.0. SoundEffectCam's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Knurl Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
SoundEffectCam versus Knurl Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundEffectCamKnurl Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasanori ShimizuDimitrios Zarkadas

In-app purchases

None

SoundEffectCam

No in-app purchases

None

Knurl Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SoundEffectCam free?
SoundEffectCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knurl Camera free?
Knurl Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SoundEffectCam or Knurl Camera?
Knurl Camera is rated higher. SoundEffectCam averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Knurl Camera averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SoundEffectCam or Knurl Camera have ads?
Neither SoundEffectCam nor Knurl Camera shows ads.

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