AuraHDR Camera vs Text Widget on Home Screen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AuraHDR Camera
This app enhances mobile photography with advanced HDR and focus stacking capabilities. It allows users to capture detailed images in challenging lighting, achieve edge-to-edge sharpness for close-ups, and shoot in high resolutions like 48MP ProRAW. Tutorials are available to help master its professional-grade features.
- RAW HDR bracketing
- 100-shot Focus Bracketing
- 48MP ProRAW shooting
- Moon Shooting Mode
- Long exposure capabilities
- Built-in HDR editing sliders
- Low Light preset
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AuraHDR Camera gives iPhone photographers advanced tools for capturing scenes that ordinary camera apps struggle with. Create detailed HDR images with up to 16-stop RAW exposure bracketing, achieve edge-to-edge sharpness with focus bracketing and automatic focus stacking, and shoot in Bayer RAW or Apple ProRAW—all from one powerful camera app. WHAT MAKES AURAHDR DIFFERENT? ADVANCED HDR CAMERA AuraHDR’s proprietary AuraEngine tone mapping recovers detail in challenging lighting conditions. Each scene is analyzed automatically, while built-in tone controls let you fine-tune the result. For darker scenes, the Low Light preset helps produce cleaner photographs with improved detail. 1. 16-STOP EXPOSURE BRACKETING Capture RAW or JPEG exposure brackets across a range of up to 16 stops for merging in your preferred HDR software. • Capture up to seven bracketed exposures. • Customize the number of exposures and interval between them. • High Quality Low Light mode uses a lower ISO for cleaner brackets. • Supports Bayer RAW and Apple ProRAW on compatible iPhones. 2. RAW FOCUS BRACKETING Capture tack-sharp close-ups and landscapes with greater depth of field. • Choose automatic or manual focus bracketing. • Capture up to 100 bracketed images. • Adjust the focus interval for different subjects. • Capture in RAW or JPEG. • Use the draggable magnifier and real-time focus peaking to identify areas of sharp focus. In Auto mode, select the nearest focus point and let AuraHDR capture the sequence. In Manual mode, tap different areas of the frame to choose each focus position. Import the frames into apps such as Affinity Photo or Luminar Neo to create images with edge-to-edge sharpness. 3. AUTOMATIC FOCUS STACKING CAMERA Automatic Focus Stacking combines bracketed images inside AuraHDR and saves the completed result—no external stacking software required. • Ideal for macro, product, and food photography. • Select the nearest focus point and press the shutter. • Both the bracketed sequence and focus-stacked image are saved. • Designed for use with the iPhone’s main camera. 4. BAYER RAW AND APPLE PRORAW CAPTURE Choose the RAW format that best suits your workflow. • Capture minimally processed Bayer RAW files for maximum editing flexibility. • Use Apple ProRAW for RAW flexibility with Apple’s computational processing. • Capture Apple ProRAW at up to 48MP on supported Pro iPhones. • Available formats and resolution depend on your iPhone model. 5. LONG EXPOSURE AND FRAME STACKING Create smooth long exposures of flowing water, moving lights, and other moving subjects directly inside AuraHDR. Frame Stacking captures a sequence of individual images for processing in compatible software. Blend them to simulate longer exposures or average them to reduce noise in static low-light scenes. 6. ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES Moon Mode captures four exposures to help photograph visible lunar detail. A tripod is recommended for focus stacking, long exposures, frame stacking, and High Quality Low Light capture. Visit the AuraHDR YouTube channel for tutorials covering HDR merging, focus stacking, frame stacking, and other features.
Text Widget on Home Screen
Personalize your device's home screen with custom text widgets. Display favorite quotes, important information, or personal messages with extensive text and background customization options. Supports unlimited widgets and custom fonts.
- Unlimited text widgets
- iOS 14 home screen widget support
- Customizable font size and name
- Customizable text color and opacity
- Customizable background (color, gradient, image)
- Shadow and outline effects
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Add your favorite text messages on your home screen! By virtue of the full supports for iOS14 home screen widget and amaizingly powerful text editor, you can add any beautiful text messages on your home screen. For instance, - Add your favorite maxim to your home screen. - Add your telephone number to your home screen. - Add your car registration number to your home screen. - Add your favorite names of people your like. • Add unlimited number of text message on home screen. • Supports iOS14 home screen widget. • You can add either random text message or specific text message. • Supports font size and font name. • Supports custom fonts. Use your favorite fonts! • Supports free downloadble fonts from famous font severs. • Supports text color and opacity. • Supports color, gradient and image background. • Supports background blur. • Supports outline color and width. • Supports shadow - offset, blur, direction, inner shadow and color.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Widget on Home Screen at 80% against AuraHDR Camera's 18%. Text Widget on Home Screen also leads on rating (3.9 vs 2.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). AuraHDR Camera's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
AuraHDR Camera is free to download; Text Widget on Home Screen costs $2.99 up front. AuraHDR Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Text Widget on Home Screen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Text Widget on Home Screen holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of AuraHDR Camera's written reviews are positive against 80% of Text Widget on Home Screen's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | AuraHDR Camera | Text Widget on Home Screen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 2.1 (8 ratings) | 3.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.6% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppJud | Dongwook Cho |
Customer experience
AuraHDR Camera
Text Widget on Home Screen
In-app purchases
AuraHDR Camera
- Unlock Features$24.99
Text Widget on Home Screen
No in-app purchases
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