Comparison

Photo Timer+ vs Camera Sun

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

Head to head
About

Photo Timer+

Capture multiple photos with customizable delays, perfect for group shots or creative self-portraits. Set timers from 3 seconds to 1 minute apart and control flash settings. Easily save and share your captured moments.

Highlights
  • Variable photo timer lengths
  • Countdown audio alerts
  • Multiple photo snapping
  • Flash control
  • Preview and social sharing
  • Direct saving to gallery
Features
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Photo Timer+ is an easy to use app that makes taking multiple photos on multiple delays super simple. App Features: • A photo timer with variable lengths • Count down audio • Multiple snap option • Flash Control • Preview & Social Share • Saves pics straight to your Photo Gallery Tired of always being the one behind the camera? Well with this app you don't have to be. Snap multiple photos from 3 seconds to 1 minute apart. Enjoy, Nick Moby Pixel

About

Camera Sun

Features
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We've all struggled trying to get the perfect exposure for a shot, trying to get the photo right, while balancing a phone about to fall out out finger tips, shutter out of reach, just before we drop it and miss the shot. Our twisty fingers never had a chance. Enter Camera Sun - The app designed to be the best way of being a real photographer on your phone. Developed by a real DSLR photographer. Made for Humans like us. The revolutionary dials and slide to shoot shutter are made to feel as if you are taking pictures with a real photography tool. Simply slide to adjust the controls you want, and without lifting a finger, swipe your thumb to the shutter area to nail the shot. TOP FEATURES - Designed for how we actually hold our phones. - Shutter speed, ISO, focus and white balance on dials under your thumb. - Press, or slide onto, the shutter arc to shoot. Precise, intuitive control. - A real manual camera, one-handed plus an AUTO mode with one giant shutter. - An always-on readout shows your shutter speed and ISO in one fixed spot: white means you set it, orange means the camera is adjusting it live. QUICK START Everything lives on concentric dials anchored to the corner of the screen, right under your thumb. - Turn the rings to set shutter speed, ISO, focus and white balance. - Haptic clicks, just like a real dial. - M, Tv (shutter priority), Sv (ISO priority) and AUTO. - A live exposure meter. Tap it to zero your exposure. - The inner ring adjusts the selected setting; the outer ring drives EV compensation — or the second exposure parameter in full manual (M). - Left-hand mode in Settings flips everything. TAKING A PHOTO Press the red shutter arc, or just slide your thumb onto it. It fires when you touch it. The volume keys and the Action button fire it too.
 Adjust, Shoot, re-adjust, shoot: take a shot, slide back to the dials to change a setting, then slide onto the arc again. One photo per touch, all without lifting your thumb. In AUTO the whole corner becomes one big shutter. Slide onto it to shoot; slide out and back in to shoot again. CHOOSING YOUR LEVEL OF CONTROL AUTO - point and shoot. Tap the screen to focus. Camera Sun handles the rest. Tv - you choose the shutter speed (freeze or blur motion); the app adjusts ISO live. Sv - you choose the ISO (how sensitive the camera is to light); the app adjusts the shutter speed live. M - Manual. You control both shutter speed and ISO. If you get stuck, tap the light meter and Camera Sun balances the exposure for you. FOCUSING Tap anywhere on the screen to focus on that spot. Prefer to focus by hand? Tap FOCUS to switch to manual, then turn the inner dial, just like the focus ring on a lens. Tap FOCUS again to go back to autofocus. WHITE BALANCE Turn the WB dial to lock a colour temperature. Tap WB again to hand it back to auto. BURST Turn on "Burst on hold" in Settings, then keep holding the shutter arc: the count ticks up as each frame saves. Burst not available in AUTO. Reviewing your shots After your first photo, a thumbnail appears in the opposite corner. Tap to browse pics you've taken this session. Camera Sun never looks through your photo library - older photos stay safely in the iPhone's Photos app. SETTINGS - Fire on pull turn slide-to-shoot off if you'd rather only press. - Burst on hold - Corner shutter button — add a second shutter button in the corner of the dials - Left-hand mode - Reach - resize the dials PRIVACY FIRST Camera Sun can only ADD photos to your library; it never reads it. No account, no tracking, no analytics. One-time purchase, no subscription. We do not collect any data. Note Zoom modes depend on the devices inbuilt camera

Screenshots

Photo Timer+4 screens
Camera Sun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Photo Timer+ at Free against Camera Sun's $2.99. Photo Timer+ also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Camera Sun's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Photo Timer+ is free to download; Camera Sun costs $2.99 up front. Photo Timer+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Camera Sun asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Timer+ ships an update every 5 months, Camera Sun every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Photo Timer+ versus Camera Sun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Timer+Camera Sun
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (8.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNick CulbertsonZAHIR MIRZA

Bugs and requests

Photo Timer+

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Some users reported issues with flash not triggering
  • Difficulty finding where photos are saved

Requested features

5 requests
  • Increase number of photos beyond 50
  • Add more interval/timing options (e.g. 1-2 seconds)
  • Ability to save photos to specific albums
  • Integrate with camera features (zoom, portrait mode, etc.)
  • Add shutter sound effect

Camera Sun

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Photo Timer+

One-time1
  • Remove Ads - Photo Timer+$0.99
None

Camera Sun

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photo Timer+ free?
Photo Timer+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Camera Sun free?
Camera Sun costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Photo Timer+ or Camera Sun have ads?
Photo Timer+ shows ads; Camera Sun does not.
Which is updated more often, Photo Timer+ or Camera Sun?
Photo Timer+ ships an update every 5 months, and Camera Sun every 2 days. Most recently, Photo Timer+ was updated on October 13, 2026 and Camera Sun on October 8, 2026.

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