Camera+ Legacy vs Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Camera+ Legacy
This app enhances your mobile photography with advanced controls and creative filters. It offers features like touch exposure, focus control, and various shooting modes to help you capture stunning images in any situation. Easily edit and share your photos with a wide range of effects and editing tools.
- Touch Exposure & Focus
- Stabilizer, Timer, Burst modes
- Digital Zoom up to 6x
- Front Flash
- Horizon Level
- Clarity filter
- Scene Modes
- Professional Effects
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Hey you! Yeah you! Shouldn't you be looking for Photon instead? Our newest app has been rebuilt from the ground app to support the next 10 years (or 20, who knows?) of mobile photography. Check it out at http://photon.cam “The Clarity filter is iPhone photography’s secret sauce—it adds pro-camera crispness to almost any shot.” — Kevin Sintumuang, The Wall Street Journal “If the iPhone’s standard camera is like a digital point-and-shoot, the Camera+ app is like a high-quality SLR lens.” — TIME: 50 Best iPhone Apps 2011 “improves on almost every aspect of the built-in camera app” — Charlie Sorrel, Wired Winner: Best Visual Design, Best Photography App — Best App Ever Awards It’s all about one thing... great photos! Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or someone who’s barely touched a camera, Camera+ will make you love taking photos. Touch Exposure & Focus Set exposure separately from focus. You can now easily control how light or dark your shots come out. Shooting Modes Use the Stabilizer to steady your iPhone and get the sharpest photos you can. There are countless uses for the Timer including taking the highest-quailty self-portraits. Capture all the action by using Burst to take rapid streams of shots. Digital Zoom Up to 6× zoom with advanced digital processing provides you with quality that simply blows away the competition. Front Flash How many times have you wanted to take a pic of yourself in a dark room but couldn’t. Well, now you can! Horizon Level Use the Horizon Level to eliminate taking crooked shots. Clarity Clarity is one of the biggest breakthroughs to happen to image processing in a long time. Clarity analyzes your photos and makes several intelligent adjustments that magically bring out details and breathe life into dull photos. With Clarity, you’ll stop throwing out bad photos… you’ll be amazed to see what it can do to photos that you’d typically consider unusable, like shots that came out too dark. Scene Modes Most modern digital cameras all have scene modes to help you get the best photos for your particular situation. With Camera+, you get to choose from several scene modes including Food, Sunset, Night, Portrait, Beach, and many more. Effects Professional photographer, Lisa Bettany created a slew of stunningly beautiful effects. Make your photos shimmer with “HDR”… get down and dirty with “Grunge”… fill your pics with emotion and despair with “So Emo”. And this is just the tip of the iceberg… there are dozens of 1-touch effects for you to experiment with. Lightbox All the pics you take in Camera+ go in the innovative Lightbox where you can quickly and easily skim through them and get rid of bad shots. You save only the photos you’re satisfied with so that your camera roll stays neat and clean. Sharing Whether you want to show your results to your friends and family or the whole world, Camera+ has got you covered. Proudly share your photos on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. Or go the more personal route and email or message them from right within the app. iCloud Lightbox sync Automatically sync your Camera+ photos between all of your devices. Shoot all day on your iPhone… and then edit at night on your iPad. Crops If you didn’t line-up your shot perfectly when you took it, you can easily fix that with Camera+. And when you want to get a bit creative, we setup a bunch of popular crop sizes for you. With a single tap, you can make your pics square, 4×6, 8×10, and more. Borders With Camera+ you get several great border designs, from simple black and white borders to more gritty designs, you’ll be able to add wonderful finishing touches. Captions Have some fun with your photos by putting captions on them. It’s a great way to really personalize your favorite shots.
Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo
This app offers advanced manual camera controls for capturing high-quality RAW photos. It features a powerful image editor with film-inspired presets, tone curves, and color adjustment tools for precise photo editing. Users can also create and save custom presets for a personalized workflow.
- Manual camera controls
- RAW photo capture
- Film-inspired presets
- RGB and CMYK tone curves
- Custom preset creation
- Advanced color editing
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Try the App Store Editor's Choice manual camera app - make quality RAW photos, take pictures of the moon and edit your photos using unique presets and color settings. Capture the perfect look for your photos with the next generation image editor MuseCam! Shoot and edit your images using film-emulating presets, pro grade tools, and advanced camera controls. Discover advanced MuseCam features: • Manual Camera Custom exposure for your iPhone camera with independent control of shutter, ISO, white balance & focus. • Gorgeous, Film-Inspired Presets MuseCam features a superior collection of presets, diverse in nature. Some of the world's finest photographers have contributed their secret formulas that emulate film in a timeless, and beautifully subtle way. • No-Import Editing Speed is the name of the game. Forget the slow, multi-tap import process. Your photos are ready to edit right away. • RGB Tone Curves Capture the perfect tone with the Curves tool, allowing independent access to the red, green and blue color channels. • CMYK Tone Curves Further tweak your photos with precision with independent access to the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black color channels. • Create Custom Presets & Filters Create a custom preset from scratch, or edit existing ones to perfect the look you're after. Quickly apply them to any other photo in your library. • Color Tool Adjust the hue, saturation, and luminance of different colors. • Complete Edit History MuseCam stores your full edit history, allowing you to come back at any time to make changes to your workflow. • Split Toning Infuse color into the shadows or the highlights of your photo, or both. • Depth of Field Tool Simulate depth of field by applying a lens blur to your photo. Intensify the blur with multiple swipes, or by taking advantage of Apple’s 3D Touch technology. • Professional Image Adjustments Edit every detail on your photo using professional adjustment tools such as exposure, brightness, saturation and more. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the time of purchase confirmation. Subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://onelightapps.io/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://onelightapps.io/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo at Free against Camera+ Legacy's $4.99. Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (85% vs 62%). Camera+ Legacy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo is free to download; Camera+ Legacy costs $4.99 up front. Camera+ Legacy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.3K and 3.2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Camera+ Legacy's written reviews are positive against 85% of Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo's.
Camera+ Legacy ships an update every 2 weeks, Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Camera+ Legacy | Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (2.3K ratings) | 4.6 (3.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K | 3.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | LateNite Apps | Onelight Apps CY Ltd |
Customer experience
Camera+ Legacy
Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo
User reviews
Camera+ Legacy
From 2.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 🚀 Powerful editing tools
- 💡 Excellent manual controls
- 🔍 Great macro and zoom capabilities
- 🎨 Wide range of filters and effects
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and stability issues
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🤔 Confusing navigation and settings
- 📤 Difficulty transferring photos to PC
Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo
From 3.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great manual control
- 👍 Intuitive UI
- 🎨 Powerful editing features
- 💯 High-quality results
- 🆓 Generous free features
Room to improve
- 💰 Paid features required for full functionality
- 🐛 Stability issues and crashes
- 🔍 Lack of clear guidance and tutorials
- 📱 Compatibility problems on newer devices
Bugs and requests
Camera+ Legacy
Reported bugs
4 issues- Photos not saving correctly to camera roll
- Editing tools not working as expected
- Geolocation data inaccurate or missing
- Crashes when using certain features
Requested features
5 requests- Add video recording capabilities
- Implement a more flexible focus/depth of field control
- Provide better geotagging and location management
- Add a text overlay feature
- Introduce a tilt-shift effect
Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when opening the app
- Inability to delete edited photos
- RAW files not saving properly
- Glitches with 3D Touch integration
Requested features
5 requests- Longer shutter speed options
- Ability to edit RAW files without issues
- Integrated cloud backup and syncing
- Dodge and burn tools
- Zoom functionality
In-app purchases
Camera+ Legacy
- Hollywood Filter Pack$0.99
- I <3 Analog Filter Pack$0.99
Manual Camera Pro + RAW Photo
- MuseCam Pro - 1 Month$4.991 Month
- MC Roberto Nickson CollectionFree
- Split Toning Add-On$1.99
- Noel Collection$2.99
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- Earth Presets$2.99
- Tropics Collection$2.99
- Metro Collection$2.99
- Fursty Collection$3.99
- MuseCam Pro Kit$3.99
- MuseCam Bundle$5.99
Questions
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