Comparison

HarrisCamera vs Obscure

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

Head to head
About

HarrisCamera

This app allows you to create unique "Harris Shutter Effect" photos by overlapping three images taken with different color filters. It offers various shooting and editing tools to achieve classic analog photo looks with vibrant colors and a retro feel.

Highlights
  • Multiple exposure photography
  • Three color filter shooting
  • Load images from photo library
  • 16 preset photo filters
  • Basic photo correction tools
  • Social media sharing
Features
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◆Congratulations! Over 260,000 downloads!◆ ◆1st place in the AppStore photo category in 12 countries!◆ HarrisCamera for iPhone is a camera app that creates a “Harris Shutter Effect” (also known as a “Tri-filter Effect”) photo on your iPhone. "Great effect using Harris shutter technique" - QUICK APP REVIEW "HarrisCamera is a unique photo app. It’s the only app I know of in the App Store to recreate the Harris shutter effect, a classic analog photo effect achieved by taking multiple exposures through several colored filters. Since the last update, the app saves in full resolution. It’s a good app." - Life in LoFi "HarrisCamera is a popular app for iPhone photography and it has just been updated with a new design and optimization for the iPhone 5. " - The App Whisperer "If you like getting unique images of this sort I’d highly recommend this app. " - iOS photo apps "If you don't have a photo-editing program, or you're just feeling lazy, there's an iPhone app called HarrisCamera that can recreate the Harris shutter effect for you." - WonderHowTo "For some reason, I'm really attracted to it. Maybe it's the wild color? Or maybe it's the nostalgia of the old 3D comic book look? " - Imagine This ● Overlap 3 photos into 1 ・Just take a picture three times using three different color filters. ・You can shoot beautifully without moving the camera as much as possible. ・Use a tripod or put your iPhone on and shoot! ● Share photos ・Instagram ・Twitter ・Facebook Other various applications can be linked. Be sure to attach a hashtag (#HarrisCamera) and share it! ● Function details ・Shooting with the highest image quality of your device (equivalent to the standard camera application) ・Load images from Photo library ・Flash shooting ・Grid display ・Image stabilization ・Ultra-wide-angle camera shooting (supported devices only) ・Telephoto camera shooting (supported devices only) ・Switch dark mode ・16 preset photo filters ・Adjustment tools for basic photo correction ● Preset photo filters ・INSTANT ・XPRO1 ・XPRO2 ・MOTION ・PRISM-1 ・PRISM-2 ・PRISM-3 ・DOUBLE-1 ・DOUBLE-2 ・DOUBLE-3 ・CHROME ・B&W ・TOYCAM ・SOFT ・DYNAMIC ● Adjustment tool ・Exposure ・Brightness ・Contrast ・Vividness ・Color temperature ・Highlight ・Shadow ・Vignetting (Vignette) ・Sharp We use icons by icons8(https://icons8.com/).

About

Obscure

Easily redact sensitive information from your photos before sharing. This app uses AI to automatically detect and obscure faces, text, and personal details, or allows for manual editing. Protect your privacy by blurring or blocking out private portions of images for safe social media sharing.

Highlights
  • Automatic face, text, and info detection
  • Manual redaction editor
  • One-touch email and phone number hiding
  • Batch editing for multiple images
  • Shortcuts integration for automation
  • Blur, pixelate, or block sensitive areas
Features
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Safely and securely share your photos! Obscure lets you quickly blur, pixellate or block out private portions of your images so that they are safe to share on any social platform. - Automatically detect & obscure faces, text, & personal info with advanced on-device AI - Redact all text from an image - Manually obfuscate any part of a picture with the easy to use editor - Find & hide email addresses and phone numbers with one touch - Edit multiple images in batches using the batch editor - Shortcuts action allows for easy redaction automation Just import an image, tap and drag over sensitive parts of the image then tap share. Use two fingers to pan and zoom to redact fine details. Works great for sharing screenshots! Obfuscate faces, license plates, and brand labels. Easily redact private parts of document images that you want to share. Redacted images can then be shared to any other app on your phone, or just save them back to your photo library. Obscure also works with Shortcuts, allowing you to easily setup an automated image processing pipeline. Long press the app icon to get quick shortcuts to your last taken image, the camera, or to paste an image you copied. Obscure is a one time purchase, no ads and no subscriptions! Privacy Policy: https://obscure.app/privacy Terms: https://obscure.app/terms

Screenshots

HarrisCamera4 screens
Obscure4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HarrisCamera at Free against Obscure's $2.99. HarrisCamera also leads on ratings volume (98 vs 30) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Obscure's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 71%). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

HarrisCamera is free to download; Obscure costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for HarrisCamera against 4.8 for Obscure. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 98 and 30 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of HarrisCamera's written reviews are positive against 80% of Obscure's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HarrisCamera ships an update every 5 weeks, Obscure every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HarrisCamera versus Obscure: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHarrisCameraObscure
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (98 ratings)4.8 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.5% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings98 — better30
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerminical Inc.Swift Fox Software LLC

Customer experience

HarrisCamera

All ratings98 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews156 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral6.4%
Negative23.1%

Obscure

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

HarrisCamera

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes when pressing done button
  • Crashes after taking third image
  • Force closes on iPhone 4S and older devices
  • Loading icon freezes between filters
  • Save to photos function not working
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  • Exit button (X) unresponsive after image capture
  • Other button causes app to hang
  • Crashes when using camera functionality
  • Composition fails without saving results
  • App freezes and closes unexpectedly

Requested features

10 requests
  • Upload/import photos from existing gallery
  • Additional color filters and monochrome option
  • Front-facing camera support
  • Volume button to trigger capture
  • Adjustable aspect ratio options
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  • Timer mode for self-portraits
  • Independent focus and exposure controls
  • More filter lens choices
  • Full-screen capture mode
  • Text/font overlay capabilities

Obscure

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HarrisCamera

No in-app purchases

None

Obscure

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HarrisCamera free?
HarrisCamera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Obscure free?
Obscure costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HarrisCamera or Obscure?
Obscure is rated higher. HarrisCamera averages 4.8 out of 5 from 98 ratings, while Obscure averages 4.8 from 30 ratings.
Do HarrisCamera or Obscure have ads?
Neither HarrisCamera nor Obscure shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HarrisCamera or Obscure?
HarrisCamera ships an update every 5 weeks, and Obscure every 2 months. Most recently, HarrisCamera was updated on November 1, 2026 and Obscure on November 2, 2026.

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