First Camera vs AlbumCamera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Camera
Capture high-quality photos and videos with a simple, sophisticated camera interface. Offers features like 48MP capture, serial shots, and customizable aspect ratios. Supports multiple cameras and offers changeable skins for a personalized experience.
- High quality photo, Live Photos, and video
- 48MP Photo capture
- Simple and minimal interface
- Various aspect ratios
- Easy serial shot
- Multi-camera support
- Changeable skin
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First camera is a simple and sophisticated camera app. - high quality photo, livephotos and video - 48MP Photo capture for particular devices such as iPhone 14 Pro. - simple and minimal interface - totally light weight app - various aspect ratio for photo - very easy serial shot - just press and keep it on - support multi camera - changeable skin so that you can choose your own favorite one. - URL scheme com.kaname.surya.ios.firstcamera:// com.kaname.surya.ios.firstcamera://photo com.kaname.surya.ios.firstcamera://selfie com.kaname.surya.ios.firstcamera://video
AlbumCamera
Effortlessly organize your photos and videos as you shoot. This camera app automatically saves media to designated albums, saving you time on manual sorting. Supports various formats including LivePhotos and videos.
- Automatic album saving
- Square photo shooting
- LivePhotos support
- Video recording
- HEIF/HEVC format support
- Add new/existing albums
- Browse albums by preview
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It is a camera application that saves to the designated album (folder) at the same time as shooting. Simultaneously with the shooting, the shooting data is saved in the designated album, so you can easily organize photos and videos. Even when sorting out later, you can save time to organize because the shooting data has already been sorted. Pictures are arranged in order of shooting in the album, making the album easier to see. You can easily select Album by slide. In addition to ordinary pictures, you can also save square photos, LivePhotos, and videos to the album you set. = = Recommended for this person = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = - People who do not have time to organize photos - People who are not good at organizing photos - Person who wants to save it in a temporary album = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Introduction of recommended functions = = = = = = = = = = = = - Square shooting - LivePhotos shooting is possible (iPhone 6s or later) - Shoot movies - High efficiency storage format (HEIF / HEVC) compatible (iPhone 7 or later) - High-quality shooting - Save to existing albums = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The initial setting of the save format is Most Compatible (JPEG / H.264). When saving to an existing album, you can select it by adding an album from the "Edit Album” options. For details, refer to the optional "Help". ■ URL scheme com.sky-nexus.albumcamera:// Main function - Photo aspect ratio Normal (4: 3), Square (1: 1), Wide (16: 9) - Shooting LivePhotos - Supports HEIF storage of photos - Supports HEVC storage of video - Delete data on the preview screen - Shake correction - Focus Lock - Flash - Retina Flash - 10 times Zoom - Add a new Album - Add existing Album - Sort and delete Album names - Restore deleted Album name - Browse by preview screen for each Album A new Album will be added to the My Album of the Photos app after shooting. Even if you delete the Album name, the Album in the Photos app will not be deleted. Compatible models - iPhone 5s or later (iPad, iPodTouch is not officially supported)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: First Camera at every 3 weeks against AlbumCamera's every 9 months. AlbumCamera's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 68%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). 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
Both are free to download. First Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AlbumCamera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AlbumCamera holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of First Camera's written reviews are positive against 92% of AlbumCamera's.
First Camera ships an update every 3 weeks, AlbumCamera every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Camera | AlbumCamera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (13 ratings) | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KANAME OHARA | sky-nexus Inc. |
Customer experience
First Camera
AlbumCamera
In-app purchases
First Camera
- Full Feature Option$4.99
AlbumCamera
- Hides the ads in the app$2.99









