Comparison

Project 365 Pro vs Black Camera

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

Head to head
About

Project 365 Pro

Capture a photo each day to create a visual diary of your year. Easily add new images using your device's camera or existing photos from your album. Look back and remember your experiences, learnings, and moments.

Highlights
  • Daily photo capture
  • Photo album creation
  • Use device camera
  • Import from photo library
  • Ad-free experience
  • Yearly memory review
Features
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As requested by users of Project 365, this app is an ad-free version of Project 365. Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a New Way Why do it? Imagine being able to look back at any day of your year and recall what you did, who you met, what you learned… Often we find it hard to remember what we did just yesterday or even last night, let alone a whole year ago! This application will allow you to easily create and update your own project 365 photo album. To add new photos use your iPhone's built in camera or choose from your photo album.

About

Black Camera

Capture photos and videos discreetly with this tool. It offers front and rear camera options, touch gestures for quick captures, and direct saving to your gallery. Ideal for situations requiring private or covert recording.

Highlights
  • Front/rear camera support
  • Auto focus
  • Touch gesture capture
  • Direct save to gallery
  • Private selfie and video recording
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Black Camera records video and takes photos without lighting up the room or drawing eyes to your phone. Tap record and the screen goes truly black: the display dims to its minimum and the viewfinder is covered, while the camera keeps recording in full quality. VERSION 2.0 IS A FRESH START The old Black Mode was not black enough, and you told us so. 2.0 was rebuilt from the ground up: a fully black screen, controls you can use without looking, and a clear signal that recording is running. MADE FOR • Concerts, theatre and comedy shows where a glowing phone bothers everyone • Night shooting, campfires and city lights • Lectures and talks you want to film without distracting the room • A sleeping baby or pet you do not want to wake • Any moment you would rather be present than stare at a screen HOW IT WORKS • Tap the round button, long-press anywhere, or press a volume button to start and stop • Double-tap anywhere to switch Black Mode on or off at any time • Pinch to zoom, even while the screen is black • Haptic taps confirm every action, so you never need to look YOU ALWAYS KNOW IT IS RECORDING Black Camera plays the system start and stop chimes and shows a small red dot for the whole recording, in Black Mode too. You can turn off the sounds or the dot, never both, and the iPhone camera indicator stays visible at all times. Recording only ever starts when you ask for it. PRIVATE GALLERY Keep your photos and videos inside the app instead of Photos, protected by Face ID or your passcode. Share them or copy them to Photos whenever you like. Or save straight to your Photos library. Your choice, in Settings. MORE • Front and back camera, flash and torch • High, medium and low quality • Optional location tagging, off by default • Works on iPhone and iPad PRIVACY Black Camera collects no data. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no third-party code. Nothing leaves your device. A NOTE ON "BLACK" iOS does not let any app switch the display off while recording. Black Camera dims the screen as far as iOS allows and covers the viewfinder with a pure black view. On OLED iPhones that means the pixels are off. On older LCD iPhones a faint backlight glow can remain in a completely dark room. Questions or ideas? We read every review and we reply.

Screenshots

Project 365 Pro1 screens
Black Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Project 365 Pro at 55% against Black Camera's 0%. Project 365 Pro also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 64 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Project 365 Pro costs $1.99 and Black Camera $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Project 365 Pro ships an update every 2 months, Black Camera every 64 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Project 365 Pro versus Black Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProject 365 ProBlack Camera
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.0 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 64 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlvin YuMohammad Masri

Customer experience

Project 365 Pro

All ratings19 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral10.5%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews203 reviews
Positive54.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative31.0%

Black Camera

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Project 365 Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when trying to create photo books
  • Unable to upload photos to Facebook
  • Incorrect date/day display
  • Issues when upgrading from free to paid version

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add captions/notes to photos
  • Create yearly photo books/videos
  • Sync/backup photos across devices
  • Improve photo editing/cropping
  • Add more sharing options

Black Camera

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Project 365 Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Black Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Project 365 Pro free?
Project 365 Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Black Camera free?
Black Camera costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Project 365 Pro or Black Camera have ads?
Neither Project 365 Pro nor Black Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Project 365 Pro or Black Camera?
Project 365 Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Black Camera every 64 months. Most recently, Project 365 Pro was updated on November 4, 2026 and Black Camera on November 2, 2026.

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