First Camera vs NoUICamera
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
NoUICamera
This application provides a clean, on-screen UI-free live video feed from your device's camera. It's ideal for using your iOS device as a webcam or for professional video setups. Switch cameras with swipes and zoom with pinch gestures.
- No on-screen UI
- Clean camera feed output
- Front and rear camera switching
- Zoom functionality
- iOS webcam alternative
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NoUICam is a clean camera viewer that removes persistent buttons and panels from the image. Stay focused on a full-screen live view and use simple gestures only when you need them. It makes framing, monitoring, and presenting live camera video on an external display feel calm and uncluttered. Features • UI-free, full-screen live view• Tap to set focus and exposure• Double-tap to lock or unlock AE/AF• Press and drag vertically to adjust exposure• Pinch to zoom• Swipe to switch between front and back cameras• Full-screen live video output to an external display on iPad Requirements Camera access is required to use NoUICam.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoUICamera at none against First Camera's 1. NoUICamera also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). First Camera's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 3). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. NoUICamera asks for nothing beyond the download.
NoUICamera holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of First Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of NoUICamera's.
First Camera ships an update every 3 weeks, NoUICamera every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Camera | NoUICamera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (13 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KANAME OHARA | kiyoshi yamamoto |
Customer experience
First Camera
NoUICamera
In-app purchases
First Camera
- Full Feature Option$4.99
NoUICamera
No in-app purchases
