CamTrails vs Paint With Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CamTrails
This app allows you to create abstract visual art by manipulating light with your camera. It offers features like long exposures and image layering for unique artistic creations.
- Abstract imagery creation
- Long exposure photography
- Infinite image overlays
- Light manipulation tools
- Unique artwork generation
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Create abstract imagery using your camera, with long exposures and infinite image overlays, CamTrails enables you to create unique artwork using light.
Paint With Light
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Do you have a camera? Do you want to do something different? Do you want to do something fun? Then light painting is the thing for you! Light painting is a photographic technique of moving a light source (your phone) while taking a long-exposure photograph (with a separate camera). You can either illuminate a subject or space, or point the light in the app at the camera in order to "draw". And you can do all of this with your phone and your camera! Use your iPhone to paint beautiful images with light! Expand your creative vision! PLEASE NOTE - In order to be able to light paint you will need... - your iPhone - a SEPARATE camera with the possibility of long exposure time - a dark room - a tripod or a stable surface to put your camera onto Have fun! PURCHASING TERMS Lifelong: $4.99 Paint With Light is available as a one-time purchase. Prices are for US customers and are subject to change without notice. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Paint With Light at fortnightly against CamTrails's every 11 months. CamTrails's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. CamTrails sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Paint With Light sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CamTrails ships an update every 11 months, Paint With Light fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CamTrails | Paint With Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zevan Rosser | Peter Grutter |
In-app purchases
CamTrails
- CamTrails Full$2.99
Paint With Light
- Full Unlock$4.99
Questions
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