Camera+ Legacy vs Classic Camera by Hipstamatic
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.
Classic Camera by Hipstamatic
This app offers an authentic analog photography experience with a variety of digital lenses, films, and flashes. It provides advanced editing tools and the ability to create and share custom presets. Seamlessly integrates with your photo library for easy editing and organization.
- Authentic analog photo simulation
- Digital lenses, films, and flashes
- Advanced Darkroom editing suite
- Create and share custom presets
- Native photo library integration
- RAW format capture and editing
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Hipstamatic is a world-class photography app and Apple’s original App of the Year! Shoot beautiful authentic photography and become part of the world’s most creative community, exclusively on iPhone. • Apple’s very first App of the Year • The original photo filter app • The inventor of square filtered mobile photos • Plus, all of the features below :-) — CLASSIC CAMERA Digital photography has never looked so analog. Shooting Classic provides beautifully rendered skeuomorphic cameras that transform your experience as you swipe through lenses, flashes, and films. ■ Use Multiple Exposure to shoot multiple images in one shot and get amazing artistic results ■ — PRO CAMERA For the mobile photographer looking for a minimal capture interface with maximum control, shooting Pro gives you ultimate creative control. ■ Manually control focus, white balance, exposure, shutter speed, ISO, and aspect ratio ■ — DARKROOM EDITING SUITE A full editing suite including over 20 professional adjustment tools and 12 signature presets. • Classic Lens, Film, and Flash • Crop • Straighten & Rotate • Skew • Exposure • Clarity • Definition • Exposure • Clarity • Definition • Highlights • Shadows • Vibrancy • Fade • Curves (RGB + Red + Green + Blue) • Temperature • Tint • Depth of field • Texture • Grain • Vignette • Before & After view by holding down image in edit view • Undo & Redo by swiping left and right ■ Choose the overall mood of your image with Hipstamatic's signature Lenses, Films, and Flashes, then fine tune with extensive editing tools ■ — FAVORITE PRESETS Create your own Favorite Presets and even share your signature look with others. If you are looking for inspiration hit the shuffle button and explore a world of serendipitous beauty. • 12 World-class presets • Customize and edit presets • Save new presets • Presets are synchronized across your devices with iCloud • Share any favorite preset with other photographers ■ Define your signature looks, then quickly apply them to your photos with Copy/Paste support ■ — NATIVE WORKFLOW Hipstamatic is fully synchronized with your photo library. Tap on any photo to instantly edit it, and see and organize your photos in either Hipstamatic or Apple Photos. • Runs natively on iPhone and iPad • No need to import, just tap and edit • Quickly Favorite or Delete photos • Always full resolution • Save as Separate Files (default) and keep your originals untouched • Save as non-destructive Versions and streamline your photos with the original safely embedded within the Hipstamatic version (works best with iCloud Photo Library) • Browse folders created in the Photos app • Fully synchronized with Photos app and iCloud Photo Library • View detailed metadata • View shared image details across social networks (likes, comments, etc.) • Capture and edit in RAW format ■ Shoot on iPhone and edit on iPad with fully native support and synchronized Favorite Presets via iCloud ■ — HipstaMart™ Shop Browse amazing filter packs available for purchase via the In-App store created by the world’s most talented photo makers. Collaborations from top fashion and street photographers to famous artists like Salvador Dali with new packs available monthly. PrintLab™ Get real physical prints delivered straight to your door. We built this service in 2010 because no service would print square photos, and today PrintLab is still the best square format printing service in the world. Shipping to over 200 countries! • Print Prints (4”, 7”, 10”) • 30” Gallery Prints • Aluminum Prints (10” or 20”) • Birch Wood Prints (10” or 20”) — LET'S MAKE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS TOGETHER Help us make Hipstamatic the best app ever. Send your thoughts & comments to feedback@hipstamatic.com or message us anywhere @Hipstamatic Thanks and welcome to the HipstaFamily!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Classic Camera by Hipstamatic at 4.7 against Camera+ Legacy's 4.2. Camera+ Legacy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Camera+ Legacy costs $4.99 and Classic Camera by Hipstamatic $4.99 up front. Camera+ Legacy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Classic Camera by Hipstamatic sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Classic Camera by Hipstamatic holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.3K and 4.6K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 62% and 63% positive.
Camera+ Legacy ships an update every 2 weeks, Classic Camera by Hipstamatic every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Camera+ Legacy | Classic Camera by Hipstamatic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (2.3K ratings) | 4.7 (4.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | 63.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K | 4.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #147 | #91 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LateNite Apps | Hipstamatic, LLC |
Customer experience
Camera+ Legacy
Classic Camera by Hipstamatic
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
Classic Camera by Hipstamatic
From 4.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Powerful creative tool
- 👍 Versatile lens/film combinations
- 🎨 Unique vintage-style photography
- 💡 Ability to edit existing photos
- 👍 Reliable and consistent performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🤔 Confusing interface changes
- 🙁 Inability to restore purchases
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
Classic Camera by Hipstamatic
Reported bugs
5 issues- Photos not saving properly
- Viewfinder not aligning correctly
- Inability to change ISO settings without crashing
- Purchased items disappearing from the app
- Syncing issues between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for iPhone 14 Pro camera
- Improve RAW file handling
- Implement batch photo editing
- Provide better organization for purchased items
- Introduce an undo/redo function
In-app purchases
Camera+ Legacy
- Hollywood Filter Pack$0.99
- I <3 Analog Filter Pack$0.99
Classic Camera by Hipstamatic
- Williamsburg Starter HipstaPak$0.99
- Portland HipstaPak$0.99
- Shibuya HipstaPak$0.99
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- Camden HipstaPak$0.99
- Mission Hipstapak$0.99
- Dali GoodPak$0.99
- Soho HipstaPak$0.99
- Bondi HipstaPak$0.99
- Wicker Park HipstaPak$0.99
- RetroPak One$1.99
Questions
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