HDR Effect Camera vs Tinycam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HDR Effect Camera
Effortlessly create stunning HDR photos with this app. It automatically captures and combines multiple exposures into a single, high-dynamic-range image. Save directly to your library or share your creations instantly.
- 4K & XDR support
- Automatic HDR photo creation
- Capture from any lens
- Multiple HDR filters
- Direct photo saving
- In-app sharing
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12MP and XDR support. With one tap, capture 4 photos (with different exposures) and auto combine them into one HDR photo. Photos are directly saved to your photo library. Capture from any supported lens on the device. There are multiple HDR filters. You can also share the HDR photo directly from the app.
Tinycam
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Tinycam is a camera for the everyday moments you skip because your phone is nearly full. Every photo is compressed the moment you take it, to about 58 KB instead of a few megabytes. Thirty to forty Tinycam photos fit in the space of one ordinary iPhone photo, with no visible quality loss on your screen. There is no quality setting to get wrong. It is fixed, and it is invisible. TAP FOR A PHOTO. HOLD FOR A VIDEO. One shutter and no modes. The app opens straight to the viewfinder, so the moment is still there when you are ready for it. EVERY DAY, ALREADY SORTED Pull up from the viewfinder and every memory is there, filed by day and month like prints in folders, with the place you were written in the margin. Only your moments: no screenshots, no receipts, no scans. Pinch to step back from one big print to a whole year on one screen, and search by place or by date. A PHOTO DIARY THAT KEEPS ITSELF Shoot the small things: breakfast, the walk home, the kids at the park. A year later the ordinary Tuesday is the one you go back to. Open any memory to relive it like a print, with the rest of the month in a strip beneath it. FAVORITES, PRIVATE AND RECENTLY DELETED Heart the prints you love. Move the ones that are only for you to Private, locked with Face ID. Deleted memories wait in Recently Deleted for 30 days, in case you change your mind. NO CLOUD. NO LOGIN. JUST YOURS. No account, no sign in, no uploads, no feed, no ads and no analytics. Photos and videos stay in Tinycam's own storage on your phone, apart from your camera roll, and they are yours to save, share or delete whenever you want. Location is optional and only asked for after your first shot. WHAT IS IN IT - Photos at about 58 KB, videos at 720p in 30 second clips - A timeline grouped by day, month and year, named by the places you were - Search by place or by date - Favorites, a Private shelf locked with Face ID, and Recently Deleted - Save any memory to Photos, or share it - A home screen widget of your latest prints - A lock screen camera and a Control Center control on iOS 18 - Made for iPhone, and works on iPad Free, with no subscription. Your memories stay on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tinycam at 17.0 against HDR Effect Camera's 26.0. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | HDR Effect Camera | Tinycam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Heestand | Shyjal Raazi |
In-app purchases
HDR Effect Camera
No in-app purchases
Tinycam
No in-app purchases









