Manual Camera vs Postcards App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Manual focus control
- Adjustable ISO sensitivity
- Variable shutter speed
- Customizable white balance
- Long exposure photography
- RAW photo capture
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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
Postcards App
This app helps photographers scout and share locations. Pin favorite spots, add details like light and parking, and create branded guides for clients. Clients can explore, favorite, and rank locations, facilitating planning.
- Pin favorite shooting locations
- Add details like light and parking
- Create branded client guides
- Clients can favorite and rank spots
- Golden hour times for each location
- Customizable branding (studio, colors, fonts)
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Postcards is the location guide for photographers. Pin the places you love to shoot — your photos, the light, the parking, the little things only you know. Set your home base and travel rings so travel fees live right on the map instead of in awkward emails. Then send clients one beautiful link: a branded map and guide with your name on it. Clients explore your spots, heart their favorites, and send them back ranked — ready for you to reply with a plan. Golden hour times on every location, so everyone knows when the light is right. Your studio, your colors, your fonts. With love, from anywhere. See you there.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Postcards App at 5.0 against Manual Camera's 4.3. Postcards App also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Manual Camera's advantage is ratings volume (454 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. Manual Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Postcards App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Postcards App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Manual Camera has 454 ratings behind it against 2, 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 Postcards App's.
Manual Camera ships an update every 4 weeks, Postcards App daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Manual Camera | Postcards App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (454 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 454 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 328 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladislav Dugnist | Matthew Knowles |
Customer experience
Manual Camera
Postcards App
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
Postcards App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Manual Camera
- Manual Camera PRO7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Manual Camera PRO7 Days trial$11.991 Year
Postcards App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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