Comparison

Lumos Camera vs FILCA

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

Head to head
About

Lumos Camera

Features
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Take photos with your friends, guests or colleagues and present them live on tv, projector or on the mac so everybody can see the photos. Lumos is the perfect photo app for your wedding, birthday, corporate event or any other celebration where many photos are taken. Important: "Lumos for mac" (available in Mac AppStore) is currently still required to use the iOS App. Photos are transferred directly to the Mac via the local network (wifi) and displayed there. In the future, there will also be a lumos cloud that won't tie you to a local network or a Mac.

About

FILCA

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FILCA is not a filter app โ€” it's a whole 2000s digital camera in your pocket. Silver body, black-bezel LCD, engraved buttons, a D-pad, and that motor sound when the lens barrel slides out. Press the on-screen shutter and it fires like the real thing. โ–  20 FILM LOOKS From the core four โ€” DAY OUT, DAY IN, NIGHT OUT, NIGHT IN โ€” measured from real film photos, to MONO, an old-TV broadcast look, a faded travel negative, and a 13-film collection of pastels, golden hour, cafรฉ tones, blue hour, wine-bar evenings and Y2K digicam. Pick your film for the light you're in. โ–  EVERY FILM IS A DIFFERENT CAMERA Each film has its own lens and darkroom character โ€” not just color. Corners that sink into black, dreamy pro-mist glow, purple fringing and a flash hotspot, CRT scanlines, toy-lens edge blur, coarse silver grain. Two films never feel like the same machine. โ–  EVERY SHOT IS DEVELOPED, NOT FILTERED Each photo goes through a full darkroom pipeline: lens distortion, halation glow around lights, film grain, vignette, dust, and the occasional light leak. Exposure and color drift a little on every frame โ€” no two photos ever come out the same. โ–  A REAL CAMERA, NOT A CAMERA UI - Shooting modes: Auto, Program, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, High Sensitivity - Self-timer, burst shooting, zoom rocker - Brightness dial, hand-shake simulation for that honest 2000s blur - Date stamp โ€” or engrave your own message - On-screen OSD menu straight out of a 2005 compact camera โ–  10 FREE SHOTS Your first roll is on us. Shoot 10 photos free, then subscribe for unlimited developing. No account. No ads. Your photos never leave your phone. โ–  SUBSCRIPTION FILCA Monthly โ€” $0.49 per month, auto-renewable. It lifts the 10-shot limit so you can shoot and develop without a count, on all 20 film stocks and in every shooting mode. There is no free trial. The subscription renews at the same price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and you can manage or cancel it anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://monttecarlo.com/filca/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lumos Camera3 screens
FILCA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lumos Camera at none against FILCA's 1. Lumos Camera also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. FILCA sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month. Lumos Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Lumos Camera versus FILCA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumos CameraFILCA
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size11 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristoph PagelerMONTECARLO

In-app purchases

None

Lumos Camera

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

FILCA

Subscriptions1
  • FILCA Monthly$0.491 Month

Questions

Is Lumos Camera free?
Lumos Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FILCA free?
FILCA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lumos Camera or FILCA have ads?
Neither Lumos Camera nor FILCA shows ads.

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