Dream Camera vs Grain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dream Camera
This app offers advanced manual and semi-automatic camera controls for professional-level photography. It includes extensive options for exposure, focus, white balance, and a wide array of creative filters. Users can also adjust video settings like resolution and frame rate, and edit photos within the app.
- Manual and semi-automatic exposure modes
- Extensive white balance presets
- Diverse creative and color filters
- Manual and auto focus modes
- Adjustable video resolution and frame rate
- Photo and video editing tools
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Features manual and semi-automatic exposure modes, plenty of filters, white balance control and more Exposure - Easy exposure compensation control with EV indicator. Just slide your finger up/down or right/left anywhere on the screen - Shutter Priority. Tap shutter speed indicator and use the slider to set the value, ISO will be automatically adjusted. You can add exposure compensation to it as well. - ISO Priority. Tap ISO indicator and use the slider to set the value, shutter speed will be automatically adjusted. You can add exposure compensation to it as well. - Full Control. Select both shutter speed and ISO indicators, set the values with the sliders. Exposure indicator will tell you how well you are doing. Flash/Torch Modes - On/Off or auto Focus Modes - Auto - Manual - set the value with the slider - Macro - Landscape White Balance Presets - Auto - Daylight - Cloudy - Shade - Fluorescent - Tungsten - Candle Filters - Effect: Dream, XPro1, XPro2, 70s, Art - Color: Normal, Black & White, Sepia, Redscale, Cyanotype - Contrast & Brightness: Light, Strong, Extreme - Edges: No Fading, Vignette, Mate Mix and match the filters from each category above Cameras - Front, Back, Tele and Ultra Wide (if available) Shooting Modes - Photo and Square Photo - Video and Square Video Photo Settings - Guide grid On/Off - Auto Photo Stabilization for longer shutter speed settings - Timer with 2, 5, 10, 20 or 30 second delay - Burst of 3, 5 or 10 photos; can be combined with timer - File format: JPG, PNG, TIFF or HEIF (if supported by the device) - Information about estimated photo file size Video Settings - Microphone On/Off - Stabilization Off/Standard/Cinematic (if supported by the device) - File Format: Most Compatible (H.264), High Efficiency (HEVC-H.265) (if supported by the device) - Resolution: 720SD, 1080HD, 4K UHD (if supported by the device) - Frames per Second: 24, 30, 60 or 120 (requires iPhone 7 or newer) - Information about estimated video file size Browser - Photo preview and edit - Video playback - Scrubber bar to skim through your photos and videos - Sharing using standard iOS features Photo Editor - Orientation correction - Filter manipulation Dream Camera saves your photos and video directly to Camera Roll. You can access them either through the built-in browser or standard Photos app. Taking pictures is fun, enjoy it!
Grain
Enhance and transform your photos with a wide array of professional filters and creative textures. This app provides easy-to-use tools for both subtle adjustments and bold artistic edits, bringing your images to life.
- 40+ professional photo filters
- Film emulation filters
- Cinema filters
- 60+ textures
- Grain & Dust textures
- VHS textures
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Grain is a powerful photo editing app designed to help you enhance and transform your photos with ease. Whether you’re making small adjustments or adding creative touches, Grain gives you the tools to bring your images to life. - 40+ professional photo filters (Film emulation, Cinema) - 60+ textures (Grain & Dust, VHS and more)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dream Camera at 91% against Grain's 0%. Dream Camera also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). Grain's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On update cadence, 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
Grain is free to download; Dream Camera costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dream Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dream Camera has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Dream Camera's written reviews are positive against 0% of Grain's.
Dream Camera ships an update every 3 months, Grain every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dream Camera | Grain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (18 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michal Kasza | Vladislav Antonov |
Customer experience
Dream Camera
Grain
In-app purchases
Dream Camera
No in-app purchases
Grain
No in-app purchases









