Comparison

Spectre Camera vs PropSnap

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

Head to head
About

Spectre Camera

This app uses AI to create stunning long exposure photographs, making it easy to capture professional-quality shots. Remove crowds, create light trails, and achieve silky smooth water effects effortlessly.

Highlights
  • AI-powered long exposures
  • Crowd removal
  • Light trail creation
  • Silky water effects
  • Live Photos and video support
  • Automatic scene detection
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Apple iPhone App of the Year, 2019 Introducing Spectre, from the makers of Halide, one of the top camera apps in the App Store. Spectre uses AI to help you make amazing long exposure photographs. Spectre can remove crowds, turn city streets into rivers of light, make waterfalls look like paintings, and much more. Until now, it was difficult to take long exposures: from keeping the camera steady to guessing the amount of light you need. Spectre takes care of all of that! WHAT YOU CAN DO • MAKE CROWDS DISAPPEAR: Spectre helps take photos of crowded, touristy places. Simply set a medium or long duration and take a shot to erase the crowd from a location. Capture the those special moments like you remember them. • RIVERS OF LIGHT: At night, AI scene detection automatically switches modes to draw beautiful light trails, for stunning nighttime city photography or light painting. • GORGEOUS WATER: Capture waterfalls, ocean waves, fountains and more with beautiful ghostly water. LIVE PHOTOS AND VIDEO Spectre’s intelligent computational shutter takes hundreds of shots over the span of a few seconds, and saves them in an accompanying live photo. That means you can pick a different frame as your photo, apply live-photo effects, and even use the long exposure as a live-wallpaper! ENDLESS SMARTS Spectre is a packed with powerful technology from by the team that brought you Halide. From machine learning-based scene detection to computer vision aided image stabilization, Spectre is jammed full of impressive technologies to get the best possible image. DESIGNED FOR HUMANS Spectre is meticulously designed. Its dark UI is gentle on the eyes when you shoot at night. Gorgeous glowing highlights infuse it with a unique style. Custom typefaces and iconography combined with unique, smooth controls make it as tactile and delightful as an actual physical camera. Like its sister app Halide, the app is easily usable with one hand, even on the largest iPhones. HIGH-TECH SHOWCASE Build with the latest tech, Spectre isn't just a long exposure camera — it’s the cutting edge technology showcase of one of the App Store’s foremost camera apps, Halide. Here’s just a few of the latest technologies that we use in Spectre: - DCI-P3 Wide Color Pipeline - Live Photos - Metal Graphics Acceleration - Tripod Detection - Siri & Shortcuts - AI Stabilization - Machine Learning & CoreML - Computer Vision COMPATIBILITY: Spectre’s smart Automatic Scene Detection requires iOS 12. AI-based stabilization features are available on iPhone 6S and later.* For the best experience, we recommend iPhone 8 or later. On iPhone 6, Spectre captures in lower resolution. ABOUT US We’re Ben and Sebastiaan, two friends living in the San Francisco Bay Area that love building fantastic apps for photography. We hope you love Spectre! We’d love your feedback to make it even better or any reports of bugs you run into. You can always contact us directly via email: support@halide.cam, on our Twitter: @halidecamera or Instagram: @halideapp Don’t forget to share your amazing results by tagging them with #SpectreShot so we can share them on our growing social media accounts!

About

PropSnap

Capture, organize, and annotate property photos with essential metadata like GPS location, date, and time. Streamline documentation with customizable filenames and optimized image sizes for efficient storage and review.

Highlights
  • Automatic GPS location embedding
  • Customizable filenames
  • Visible timestamp option
  • Optimized image resizing
  • Support for multiple camera lenses
  • Fast capture with minimal shutter delay
Features
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PropSnap: Property Photo Capture & Management PropSnap is a streamlined iOS app designed for property inspectors, real estate professionals, and field workers who need to capture, organize, and annotate photos with precision. Built for efficiency, PropSnap allows users to take photos with their iPhone’s camera, automatically embedding critical metadata such as GPS location, date, time, and camera details (e.g., lens model, focal length, aperture) into each image. Key features include: Customizable Filenames: Photos are named using a user-defined format based on address, city, or work order number, with a sequential counter (e.g., 123_NYC_001.jpg) that persists across sessions and resets only when key fields change. Optimized Performance: Capture photos quickly with minimal shutter delay (~0.11-0.13 seconds), thanks to optimized camera settings prioritizing speed. Images are resized to a compact 480x640 resolution and kept under 1MB for efficient storage. Metadata & Timestamping: Automatically add GPS coordinates, EXIF data, and an optional visible timestamp (e.g., "05/18/2025 12:01 PM") to each photo, ensuring compliance with documentation standards. Progressive Thumbnails: View a scrollable gallery of thumbnails in the camera preview, with tap-to-open functionality to review photos in the Photos app. Camera Options: Choose between Normal, Ultra-Wide, and Telephoto lenses to suit your capture needs, with metadata reflecting the selected camera type. PropSnap is built with modern iOS APIs (iOS 17.0 and later), ensuring compatibility and performance on the latest devices. Whether you’re documenting properties, conducting inspections, or managing work orders, PropSnap provides a reliable, user-friendly solution for professional photo capture and organization.

Screenshots

Spectre Camera4 screens
PropSnap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PropSnap at 100% against Spectre Camera's 46%. PropSnap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Spectre Camera's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 2). On ads, monetization model, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Spectre Camera is free to download; PropSnap costs $4.99 up front. Spectre Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PropSnap asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PropSnap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spectre Camera has 2.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Spectre Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of PropSnap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spectre Camera ships an update every 3 months, PropSnap fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Spectre Camera versus PropSnap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpectre CameraPropSnap
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.3 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLux Optics IncorporatedFINTEXA Inc

Customer experience

Spectre Camera

All ratings2,408 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews438 reviews
Positive45.7%
Neutral10.7%
Negative43.6%

PropSnap

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Spectre Camera

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes on some devices
  • Compatibility issues with older iPhones
  • Focusing and stabilization problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Longer exposure time options
  • More manual control over settings
  • Raw image format support
  • Apple Watch remote support
  • Improved low-light performance

PropSnap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spectre Camera

One-time1
  • Spectre Pro$4.99
None

PropSnap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spectre Camera free?
Spectre Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PropSnap free?
PropSnap costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spectre Camera or PropSnap?
PropSnap is rated higher. Spectre Camera averages 4.3 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while PropSnap averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Spectre Camera or PropSnap have ads?
Neither Spectre Camera nor PropSnap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spectre Camera or PropSnap?
Spectre Camera ships an update every 3 months, and PropSnap fortnightly. Most recently, Spectre Camera was updated on October 19, 2026 and PropSnap on October 14, 2026.

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