Comparison

Obscura vs Lobbik Deck

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

Head to head
About

Obscura

This camera app offers advanced manual controls for photography and videography. It provides a range of capture formats, live filters, and viewing aids to enhance your creative process. An optional subscription unlocks premium features.

Highlights
  • Manual exposure, focus, and white balance controls
  • RAW, ProRAW, HEIC, and JPEG capture formats
  • Live filters and custom preset creation
  • Grid, histogram, and focus peaking view aids
  • Video and Live Photo recording
  • Integrated photo library browsing and editing
Features
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Obscura V is a camera app packed full of features to help you take incredible photos. Obscura pairs a stunning design with intuitive controls that make taking photos a delight. — Over its 10+ years on the App Store, Obscura has been featured numerous times around the world, including as Editors’ Choice and App of the Day. — Design Obscura squeezes a bunch of powerful features into simple controls anyone can master. The interface balances aesthetics, ergonomics, and intuitiveness. You won’t want to use anything else. Controls can be reached with one thumb, and gestures and haptics combine to create a tactile experience that lets you stay focused on your subject. — Capture Modes & Formats Obscura captures photos, videos, Live Photos, and portraits. Photos can be captured in RAW, ProRAW, HEIC, and JPEG (on supported devices, see http://obscura.camera/compatibility). Capture images in multiple different aspect ratios, or apply filters live in camera for a wide variety of styles. — Camera Settings Obscura gives you control over exposure, focus, white balance, ISO, shutter speed, and flash, with intuitive controls that make you feel in control of your device’s camera. — Live Filters Obscura includes a bunch of great filters to give your photos instant style but you can also create your own and use them live in-camera. It’s very cool and very powerful. — View Options Obscura lets you display a grid, a spirit level, a histogram, focus peaking, a focus loupe, and exposure clipping highlights to help you understand every detail of what you’re shooting. — Photo Library Obscura has its own interface for browsing, rating, editing, and sharing images, but it’s fully integrated with your system photo library, so images captured with Obscura are available everywhere. — Obscura Ultra Obscura is free to use, with an annual subscription for premium features. See http://obscura.camera/ultra for full details. — I hope you love using Obscura as much as I’ve loved designing and building it. If you do, please consider subscribing to Ultra, leaving a review, or just sharing with a friend. All the best, Ben ———— Privacy Policy: http://obscura.camera/privacy Terms of use: http://obscura.camera/terms

About

Lobbik Deck

Features
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Lobbik deck OBS turns your iPad or iPhone into a control room for OBS Studio. The app talks directly to OBS on your local Wi-Fi network (obs-websocket). Nothing about your live control goes through the internet: scene switches and mutes are instant. CONTROL ROOM (iPAD) • Scenes with live thumbnails, one tap to switch • Program preview of what your viewers see • Start and stop the stream and the recording (hold to stop, so a stray tap never ends your live) • Stream health: bitrate, dropped frames, FPS, CPU • Audio mixer with level meters and mute buttons • Scene sources: show or hide them, pin your favourites • Studio mode with a big transition button • Twitch chat with emotes, badges and the latest follow, sub, raid and bits • Quick chat messages: post a ready-made message in your chat with one tap • PC links: open a page on your streaming PC from the tablet, with your most used links as favourites • PC music card and your Age of Empires IV rank ONE-HAND DECK (iPHONE) • Big buttons for live, recording, microphone and desktop audio • Sounds, scenes, PC links and quick chat messages as tiles • Choose the layout on the website: scene column left, right or hidden, number of columns, order and size of every tile • Works in portrait and landscape EASY SETUP • The app finds OBS on your network by itself • Works with OBS Studio 28 or newer (WebSocket server enabled in Tools → WebSocket Server Settings) • Optional free PC program (Windows) for music control, sounds and opening links on the PC TRY IT WITHOUT OBS A built-in demo opens a full control room with sample data, no account and no OBS needed. ACCOUNT Creating an account is free and starts a trial. Your settings (Twitch channel, sounds, links, phone layout) are shared between your devices and the website deck.krp.hk. Kripy Deck OBS is an independent app and is not affiliated with OBS Project or Twitch.

Screenshots

Obscura4 screens
Lobbik Deck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lobbik Deck at none against Obscura's 5. Obscura's advantage is iOS requirement (18 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Obscura sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Lobbik Deck asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Obscura ships an update every 2 weeks, Lobbik Deck every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Obscura versus Lobbik Deck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObscuraLobbik Deck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (277 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings277 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBen McCarthymaxime bourdis

Bugs and requests

Obscura

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when trying to use Pro Raw mode
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between lenses
  • Manual settings randomly resetting
  • Photos not saving properly
  • Freezing and black screen issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save custom camera settings
  • Variable zoom function in pro mode
  • Separate manual control for exposure and ISO
  • Dedicated selfie button
  • Live audio capture for Live Photos

Lobbik Deck

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Obscura

Subscriptions4
  • Obscura Ultra - Weekly$1.497 Days
  • Obscura Ultra - Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Obscura Ultra7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • Obscura Ultra Upgrade1 Year trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Obscura Ultra - One Time$74.99
None

Lobbik Deck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Obscura free?
Obscura is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lobbik Deck free?
Lobbik Deck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Obscura or Lobbik Deck have ads?
Neither Obscura nor Lobbik Deck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Obscura or Lobbik Deck?
Obscura ships an update every 2 weeks, and Lobbik Deck every 10 days. Most recently, Obscura was updated on October 30, 2026 and Lobbik Deck on October 16, 2026.

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