RAW Experience vs RAW Camera Shoot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RAW Experience
Visualize the raw mosaic data from your camera sensor live. Explore different color filter patterns and understand how demosaicing reconstructs full-color images. Capture photos directly with the applied filter.
- Live mosaic sensor view
- Multiple color filter patterns (Bayer, Quad Bayer, X-Trans, etc.)
- Demosaicing visualization
- Grayscale intensity view
- Adjustable pixel size
- In-app camera with flash and long exposure
- Save photos to a dedicated album
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A camera sensor doesn't see color. Each of its millions of light-sensitive elements sits under a tiny filter that passes only red, green or blue, so the raw image is a mosaic of single-color dots. RAW Experience shows you that mosaic live, through your iPhone's camera, and how demosaicing turns it into a full-color photo. COLOR FILTER PATTERNS • Bayer (RGGB): the most popular pattern, used in iPhone cameras • Quad Bayer: an enlarged Bayer, used in the 48MP main camera of iPhone 14 Pro and later • X-Trans: Fujifilm's pattern, designed to resist color moiré • CYGM and CYYM: cyan, yellow, green and magenta patterns of early Nikon, Canon and Kodak cameras • RGBE: Sony's red, green, blue and emerald • RGBW and RYYB: newer patterns for higher sensitivity, e.g. in the Huawei P30 series • RGB: the full-color picture, for comparison SEE HOW IT WORKS • Demosaic: rebuild full color from the mosaic, with the artifacts it brings, from color fringes to moiré • Grayscale: only the light intensity each element measured • Pixel size from 5 to 40 px, to see the pattern up close or the picture as a whole • An introduction to how image sensors work, and a note on every pattern A CAMERA, TOO Take photos with the filter applied; they're saved to a "RAW Experience" album in Photos. Use the back or front camera, a flash (the torch, or a white screen for selfies), and long exposures of 1, 3 or 10 seconds, or hold the shutter for as long as you like. Shoot with the volume buttons, or the Camera Control on iPhone 16 and later, which also picks the pattern and the pixel size. RAW EXPERIENCE PRO All features and seven patterns are open to everyone. A one-time Pro purchase unlocks RGBW and RYYB and supports the app's development. In English and Ukrainian.
RAW Camera Shoot
Capture images directly from your camera sensor without any automatic enhancements or filters. This app provides a clean, unprocessed photo for maximum editing flexibility later. Ideal for photographers who want complete control over their final image.
- Shoot in RAW format
- No filters or AI processing
- Preserves image details
- Natural photo capture
- Simple point-and-shoot interface
- Direct sensor data
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- MINIMALIST UI, with INTUITIVE CONTROLS for taking great pics - insanely FAST, time to first shot is on par with native camera and surpasses all competition. never miss a shot again! - EXPOSURE and MANUAL FOCUS* supported - launch from LOCK SCREEN or with CAMERA CONTROL - NO PROCESSING, take real raw pictures with all sensor data and natural imperfections - in-camera CROP SUPPORT via virtual lenses for RAW images * manual focus requires camera control hardware
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RAW Camera Shoot at none against RAW Experience's 1. RAW Camera Shoot also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2). RAW Experience's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. RAW Experience sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RAW Camera Shoot asks for nothing beyond the download.
RAW Experience holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RAW Camera Shoot has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of RAW Experience's written reviews are positive against 69% of RAW Camera Shoot's.
RAW Experience ships an update every 15 months, RAW Camera Shoot every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RAW Experience | RAW Camera Shoot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.7 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 68.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kostiantyn Medvedenko | Alexey Primechaev |
Customer experience
RAW Experience
RAW Camera Shoot
In-app purchases
RAW Experience
- Pro Upgrade$2.99
RAW Camera Shoot
No in-app purchases
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