Dream Camera vs Fotufilm
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!
Fotufilm
This app simulates the physical development of photos and videos using authentic film emulation. It offers a camera with live previews and an editor for photos, RAW images, and video, all processed on your device without ads or uploads.
- Live film previews in camera
- Physical film simulation engine
- Edit photos, RAW, and video
- Adjustable film gauges
- Detailed color and light grading
- On-device processing
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Fotufilm is a film camera and editor that develops photos and video through a physical simulation of photographic film. It is not a preset or a filter placed over the image. Shoot with live film previews, or choose a photo, camera RAW image, or video from your library. Grain, halation, color crossover, softness, and highlight roll-off respond naturally to the light and image. DEVELOP, DON’T FILTER • Preview every included film stock on your image • See film develop live in the camera viewfinder • Edit photos, RAW images, and video with the same film engine • Touch and hold to compare with the original • Work in SDR or HDR FILM AT PHYSICAL SCALE Choose gauges from Super 8 and 16mm through Super 35, 35mm, 120, and 4×5. Grain, softness, and halation change with the frame size instead of behaving like an arbitrary texture. MAKE THE PRINT YOURS Adjust exposure, undertone, shadows, highlights, saturation, vibrance, grain, halation, and development couplers. Grade shadows, midtones, and highlights independently, or select a color or range of light for precise adjustments. Finish with crop presets for standard ratios, film gauges, and social formats, plus rotate, mirror, straighten, and perspective controls. Undo and redo make experimentation easy. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your device. Fotufilm has no account, ads, analytics, or server uploads. Your photos and videos stay yours. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fotufilm.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fotufilm at Free against Dream Camera's $0.99. Fotufilm also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Dream Camera's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). On ads 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
Fotufilm is free to download; Dream Camera costs $0.99 up front. Fotufilm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Dream Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fotufilm holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dream Camera has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dream Camera ships an update every 3 months, Fotufilm every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dream Camera | Fotufilm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 484 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michal Kasza | MUASTUDIO INC |
Customer experience
Dream Camera
Fotufilm
Bugs and requests
Dream Camera
Reported bugs
4 issues- App shuts down after taking a photo without saving
- App stops working/won't open after iOS 15 update
- App crashes multiple times after initial use
- Cannot focus automatically with iPhone 14 Pro Max
Requested features
6 requests- Option to disable default flash
- Fix auto-focus for iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Wider exposure zero mark or button
- Color wheel, contrast, or density calibrator
- Transition/fade effect for video effect switching
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- Allow full widescreen view when recording video
Fotufilm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dream Camera
No in-app purchases
Fotufilm
- Fotufilm Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Fotufilm Pro$24.99









