Camera Zoom 4 vs SCamera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Camera Zoom 4
Capture high-quality photos and videos with advanced zoom capabilities and manual controls. Offers professional-grade features like 4K HDR recording, slo-mo, and spatial audio for enhanced content creation.
- 16x optical-quality zoom
- Up to 48MP photo resolution
- Manual lens selection
- Manual camera controls (focus, exposure, ISO)
- 4K HDR Dolby Vision video recording
- Cinematic video stabilization
- Spatial Audio recording
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We now have over 3 million users! Camera Zoom is the ultimate app to capture photos and videos. Features • 16× optical-quality zoom by intelligently fusing images from dual-lens • Up to 48MP photo resolution, 64× digital zoom on supported devices • Manual lens selection support: Front, Wide, Main, Telephoto, Fusion • Exposure, white balance, focus controls • 4K HDR Dolby Vision support, slo-mo video recording • Clean and intuitive interface with a simple slider • Cinematic video stabilization • Spatial Audio recording support • Automatic wind noise removal • Customize video format • Photo timer Manual Camera Controls • Focus • Exposure • White Balance • ISO • Flash Level Some features may not be available on all hardware. This app requires an active subscription, and comes with a free trial. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
SCamera
Capture high-resolution photos and 4K videos with various aspect ratios and a user-friendly interface. Features include fast autofocus, countdown timers, and easy sharing to social networks.
- 4K video capture
- Multiple photo aspect ratios (16:9, 4:3, 1:1)
- High-resolution photo output
- Fast auto-focus and auto-exposure
- Easy photo album access and social sharing
- Countdown timer
- Volume key control
- Date stamp
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A camera app built for everyday moments — especially when you need to shoot quietly, quickly, and with minimal distraction. Whether you're capturing plants, food, pets, selfies, group shots, class or meeting notes, or quick everyday moments, SCamera gives you a clean capture flow, instant review, and essential editing tools so you can stay focused on the frame. Everyday shooting: · Quiet-friendly shooting — capture photos with minimal disturbance to your surroundings · 12MP / 48MP photo options — balance file size and image detail · 4K Video with stabilization — smoother, steadier recordings · Slow Motion capture mode for moments with movement and speed · Live Photos — preserve the moments before and after each shot · Long-press the shutter in Photo mode to start recording quickly without switching modes · HDR Mode — richer highlights and deeper shadows for more dynamic range · Smooth zoom across wide, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses · Front camera dual field of view — toggle between standard and wide for selfies and group shots · Portrait Mode — capture depth-of-field photos with a real-time blur preview (on supported devices) · Countdown timer for hands-free shots · Viewfinder assists — grid, level, face detection, and QR code recognition on demand · Optional location tagging for your photo library · Built-in gallery — browse and manage your shots in-app Creative control and editing: · Manual Mode — take full creative control of exposure, focus, and white balance, with a real-time brightness histogram to guide every shot · Real-time Filters — a variety of film-inspired looks with adjustable intensity, previewed live as you compose · Photo editing — crop, rotate, adjust color, apply filters, and auto enhance · Video editing — trim clips, mute audio, adjust color, apply filters, and track export progress · Multiple aspect ratios for portrait, landscape, or square compositions · Customizable date watermark to stamp your memories your way Apple ecosystem: · Apple Watch Remote — see a live preview on your watch, then control the shutter, recording, modes, and common settings · Home Screen Widget — jump straight into Photo, Video, Selfie, or Manual mode · Lock Screen Widget — launch SCamera with a single tap · Control Center Shortcut — quick access from iOS 18+ · Lock Screen Camera (iOS 18+) — launch SCamera directly from the Lock Screen, Control Center, or Action button If you enjoy SCamera, we'd love a rating or review. Your feedback helps us improve.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: SCamera at free against Camera Zoom 4's subscription. SCamera also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 39%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Camera Zoom 4's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (788 vs 95). 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. Camera Zoom 4 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and SCamera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Camera Zoom 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Camera Zoom 4 has 788 ratings behind it against 95, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Camera Zoom 4's written reviews are positive against 70% of SCamera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Camera Zoom 4 ships an update every 2 months, SCamera weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Camera Zoom 4 | SCamera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (788 ratings) — better | 4.1 (95 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.7% of reviews | 70.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 788 — better | 95 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenneth Kao | 卓艺 蒋 |
Customer experience
Camera Zoom 4
SCamera
Bugs and requests
Camera Zoom 4
Reported bugs
3 issues- Zoom bar disappears after switching to camera roll
- Fails to save photos/videos
- Incompatible with iPhone 3GS and iOS 3.0
Requested features
5 requests- Video zoom capability
- Landscape mode
- Flash support
- Improved image stabilization
- Higher resolution image capture
SCamera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Camera Zoom 4
- Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
- Yearly Plan3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Video Zoom$0.99
SCamera
- SCamera Pro$2.99







