Comparison

Fjorden Camera vs Shanghai Camera

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

Head to head
About

Fjorden Camera

This app provides advanced manual camera controls for your iPhone, mimicking the experience of a DSLR. It allows for precise adjustments to shutter speed, aperture, and zoom, along with shooting in various RAW formats for greater editing flexibility.

Highlights
  • Manual camera controls
  • Exposure compensation
  • ISO & shutter speed adjustment
  • Assisted & manual focus
  • Shoot in ProRAW, RAW, JPG & HEIF
  • One-handed UI
Features
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Fjorden Camera is the companion app to the Fjorden Grip, a compact and ergonomic attachment that lets you handle and shoot your iPhone like a DSLR—without the added bulk. Enjoy tactile controls to adjust shutter speed, aperture, and zoom. Use the two-step shutter button to capture moments with more control. Learn more about the grip at Fjorden.co. ++ FEATURES ++ • Manual camera controls • Exposure compensation • ISO & shutter speed • White balance (preset & fully manual) • Assisted & manual focus • Face detection • Focus peaking • Composition tools • Digital zoom • One-handed UI • Dynamic type support • Shoot in ProRAW**, RAW, JPG & HEIF • EXIF/Metadata viewer **ProRAW requires iPhone 12/13/14/15/16 Pro / Pro Max ---- Thank you for choosing our app! We greatly appreciate your support. If you enjoy using our app, please consider leaving a review on the App Store. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us enhance our app and provide an even better experience for you and other users. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please don’t hesitate to get in touch → team@fjorden.co. Privacy policy: https://fjorden.co/privacy Terms of Use: https://fjorden.co/terms

About

Shanghai Camera

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Shanghai Camera is a minimal creative AR camera for making stylized color or black-and-white photos. Use your iPhone camera to place a 3D Shanghai logo into the real world, adjust the object, choose a color/monochrome look, and capture a finished image. The interface is designed to stay simple, fast, and focused so you can experiment without a complicated editing workflow. Features: - Place a 3D Shanghai logo in your real-world environment - Use plane and mesh placement controls - Preview monochrome/color film-inspired styles - Swipe to change the selected style - Adjust scale, rotation, position - Capture with the shutter button or the iPhone volume-down button - View saved photos in the in-app gallery Shanghai Camera is built for quick creativity: place, style, adjust, and shoot.

Screenshots

Fjorden Camera4 screens
Shanghai Camera3 screens

Verdict

The call

Fjorden Camera and Shanghai Camera are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fjorden Camera versus Shanghai Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFjorden CameraShanghai Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews51.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFjordenRyan Walker

Bugs and requests

Fjorden Camera

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Bluetooth connectivity issues with Fjorden grip
  • Zoom feature getting stuck or not working properly
  • Settings not saving consistently
  • Freezing and crashing when switching between modes
  • Compatibility problems with newer iPhone models

Requested features

6 requests
  • Video recording mode
  • Advanced white balance controls
  • Customizable camera shortcuts
  • Faster zoom functionality
  • Improved portrait mode and depth control
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  • Compatibility with more third-party lenses

Shanghai Camera

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fjorden Camera

No in-app purchases

None

Shanghai Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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