Filter Candy vs RCam Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Filter Candy
Transform your photos with a wide array of film-inspired presets and powerful editing tools. Achieve stunning visual effects for any subject or setting, from classic vintage looks to vibrant, high-contrast styles. Enhance your images with adjustments like vignette, grain, and sharpness before sharing.
- Film-emulation presets
- Vignette, grain, sharpness adjustments
- Exposure and contrast controls
- Saturation enhancement
- Multiple preset packs (Essential, Classic, Instant, Slide, Creative, Black)
- Photo sharing
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Filter Candy is a collection of powerful film-emulation presets and editing tools. Edit your photos with our presets to transform them into something beautiful. Our extensive collection of presets have something which is ideal for almost any setting or subject. Enhance your photos with editing tools (such as but not limited to vignette, grain, sharpness, exposure, contrast, saturation) and share with loved ones. Included preset packs: Essential: This pack consists of our most popular and versatile presets Classic: Vintage-inspired pack recreates the look of days gone by Instant: Recreate the look of tradition instant film with this pack Slide: Vivid colors and extreme contrast makes this pack ideal for fashion and outdoors Creative: Reimagine the boundaries of color with this pack Black: Create a stronger emotional connection with your subject by removing the distraction of color Photos by Mark Sebastian
RCam Pro
This app offers professional video and photo recording tools with manual controls for focus, exposure, and resolution. It supports RAW image formats and advanced features like focus peaking and false color for enhanced creative control.
- Manual focus and exposure control
- RAW and PRORAW photo support
- 4K video recording
- Focus peaking and false color assist
- Custom resolutions and frame rates
- Multiple shooting modes (slow motion, time-lapse, night)
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RCam Pro 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. Support shoot log / fat video Support free switch wide camera, ultra wide camera, telephoto camera 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 video shooting, 24~60 different frame rate settings, 5 kinds of picture quality adjustment, 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 • Full Manual control: exposure, shutter speed, focus, zoom, ISO • Focus, exposure, and white balance (WB) lock • Support horizontal and vertical shooting • Support for freely settable delay photography • Anti-shake - Active video anti-shake eliminates sloshing during shooting • Support HEVC and H.264 video encoding • Support JPEG、HEIF and RAW format photos • Support RAW、HDR、AEB • Support for 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 (level average / peak) • Location • Snap to the grid • Support for front/rear cameras • Flash settings (Auto / On / Off) SHOOTING ASSISTANTS: - Focus peaking and Expanded focus helps for focus - False color helps for exposed Video sharing: • Copy videos to your computer using iTunes file sharing • Support for exporting videos to mobile photo albums • AirDrop contact us:1242296736@qq.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Filter Candy at Free against RCam Pro's $5.99. RCam Pro's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (78% vs 50%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Filter Candy is free to download; RCam Pro costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RCam Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Filter Candy's written reviews are positive against 78% of RCam Pro's.
Filter Candy ships an update every 5 months, RCam Pro every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Filter Candy | RCam Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) | 4.9 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 78.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 205L Studio | 桐明 陈 |
Customer experience
Filter Candy
RCam Pro
In-app purchases
Filter Candy
No in-app purchases
RCam Pro
No in-app purchases









