Comparison

Manual Camera vs camTrigger

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

Head to head
About

Manual Camera

Take full control of your mobile photography with manual adjustments for focus, ISO, shutter speed, and white balance. Achieve professional-looking shots with reduced noise and creative motion blur effects.

Highlights
  • Manual focus control
  • Adjustable ISO sensitivity
  • Variable shutter speed
  • Customizable white balance
  • Long exposure photography
  • RAW photo capture
Features
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With mcamera you can control parameters that are not available in the standard camera app: - Focus distance - ISO sensitivity - Shutter speed - White balance With manual control of shutter speed you can keep ISO as low as possible which will give you less noise on the photos. Long shutter speed would also give you opportunity to take photos with smeared elements such as car lights or smooth river water. Terms of service: https://vdugnist.com/mcamera_tos.html

About

camTrigger

Capture the exact moment of action with sound-triggered high-speed photography. This app uses your iPhone's camera to take photos at a user-defined sound level, allowing for incredibly fast shutter speeds and full creative control.

Highlights
  • Sound-triggered shutter
  • High shutter speeds (faster than 1/50,000s)
  • Manual focus and EV control
  • Adjustable sound trigger levels
  • In-app sound meter
  • Watermark removal via in-app purchase
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camTrigger lets you take high speed photographs at the very moment of action, with just your iPhone! In this app, shutter is triggered at the sound level predefined by the user. So if, for example, you are taking photograph of a bursting balloon, shutter is triggered at the sound of balloon burst. This lets you capture the exact moment of action. Such sound triggered photographs earlier required buying separate sound triggers and cumbersome flash setups in dark rooms etc. Thanks to iPhone's incredibly fast camera and camTriggers innovative inbuilt sound trigger, you can now achieve this with only your iPhone, and in broad day light. camTrigger also lets you setup very high shutter speeds for the photograph. As long as you have enough light in the scene, you can setup shutter speeds faster than 1/50,000th of a second. camTrigger provides full creative control on your photograph. Such as manual focus, EV, resolution, shutter speed etc. camTrigger has an inbuilt sound meter, to monitor and set the sound trigger levels considering the background noise and the sound of action. Free version of camTrigger is fully functional and has all the features. A one time in-app purchase will let you take photographs without watermark on photos.

Screenshots

Manual Camera3 screens
camTrigger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: camTrigger at 100% against Manual Camera's 59%. camTrigger also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3). Manual Camera's advantage is ratings volume (454 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Manual Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year and camTrigger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

camTrigger holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Manual Camera has 454 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Manual Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of camTrigger's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Manual Camera versus camTrigger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManual CameracamTrigger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (454 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings454 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.1
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladislav DugnistAsher Yaqub Khan

Customer experience

Manual Camera

All ratings440 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative39.1%

camTrigger

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Manual Camera

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Unable to save photos
  • Aspect ratio not saving correctly in free version
  • Slow shutter not working as expected
  • App crashes
  • Cannot access selfie camera
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  • EXIF data not displayed in native Photos app
  • ISO value discrepancy between slider and display
  • Cannot save photos due to photo access settings

Requested features

8 requests
  • Ability to turn on macro focus mode
  • Option to switch to selfie camera
  • Longer exposure times (e.g., 30 seconds)
  • Support for ultra wide and telephoto cameras
  • ND filter for daylight slow shutter speeds
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  • Ability to change lenses on iPhone 12Pro
  • More settings and controls
  • Fix alignment issue with aperture symbol

camTrigger

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Manual Camera

Subscriptions2
  • Manual Camera PRO7 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Manual Camera PRO7 Days trial$11.991 Year
1 purchases

camTrigger

One-time1
  • camTrigger Premium$8.99

Questions

Is Manual Camera free?
Manual Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is camTrigger free?
camTrigger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Manual Camera or camTrigger?
camTrigger is rated higher. Manual Camera averages 4.3 out of 5 from 454 ratings, while camTrigger averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Manual Camera or camTrigger have ads?
Neither Manual Camera nor camTrigger shows ads.

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