Comparison

Night Camera HD vs Light Magick

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

Head to head
About

Night Camera HD

Capture professional-quality photos in low-light conditions with advanced manual controls for exposure, ISO, and focus. Take high-resolution, uncompressed images with real-time histograms and customizable aspect ratios.

Highlights
  • Manual exposure up to 1 second
  • Manual ISO setting
  • Residual light enhancement
  • Real-time histograms (luminance, luminosity, RGB)
  • High-resolution PNG output
  • Tap to focus and expose
  • Self-timer
Features
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Night Camera HD - the expert for professional nighttime shots on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. AppAdvice 4.5/5 stars review: "Night Camera HD is a tool that every inclined mobile photographer should have." Thanks to the manual setting options for light exposure up to 1 second *, separate residual light- and ISO enhancement, Night Camera HD is perfect for taking pictures in a dark, insufficiently lit environment. Even during daylight, your pictures are clearer, with less interference, due to the extended exposure times. Take high-resolution photos in PNG format without visual loss. Forget about the loss of quality experienced with other cameras apps caused by image compression artifacts. Regardless whether you take night-, scenery- or other photographs, the picture quality you are able to achieve with Night Camera HD will surprise you. You can easy tap to focus and tap to exposure at the same time. After selecting the desired setting, you can easily lock it to prevent changes despite movement. Only here you can get luminance, luminosity and RGB histograms in real time to recognize over- and underexposure in time. The self-timer, which is imperative for nighttime shots, enables you to take un-blurred pictures. With the aid of the volume buttons you can take pictures with volume up (+) and fade the HUD-elements in- and out with volume down (-). Of course you can also block the white balance separately and edit it if necessary. Standard image formats (4:3, 3:2, 1:1, 16:9 and 3:1) can be edited live. The full-screen mode is activated for narrow image formats, enabling maximum display use. This feature can also be deactivated. The histogram adapts to all image formats. The up to 6x digital live zoom can be edited in the settings to enable a greater precision level during targeted zooming. Of course diverse alignment grids (e.g. Rule of Thirds, Golden Spirals and Golden Triangle) as well as a virtual horizon are available as overlays. Various real-time color filters complete this app. The most important functions: - Shutter speed control - Up to 1 second * exposure time - Manual ISO setting - Manual focus - Residual light enhancement - Real-time luminance histogram - Real-time luminosity histogram - Real-time RGB histogram - Self-timer - Volume Up (+) Photo Capture - Volume Down (-) HUD Hide - 6x digital live zoom - Tap to focus - Tap to exposure - White balance-lock - Manual white balance - Manual exposure adjustment - Various alignment grids - Virtual horizon - Aspect ratios: 4:3, 3:2, 1:1, 16:9 and 3:1 - Full-screen mode - Eco mode - Diverse color filters in real-time - Take HD photos - Landscape and portrait mode - Supports front and back camera - Supports LED-continuous light - Supports EXIF-data - Supports sharing via Facebook, Twitter *) Only on supported devices ---------- Please note that a minimum amount of light is still required. For delayed exposure times the preview is also delayed accordingly. We recommend stabilizing the device or a steady hand for taking optimal pictures with long light exposure times. ---------- Follow @NightCameraHD on Twitter and don’t forget to tag your photographs with #NightCameraHD. "Night Camera HD" is available on Facebook as well. We are looking forward to requests, suggestions and above all, Likes. Of course an iPad Version is available as well. Just search for "Night Camera HD" in the iPad App Store. Follow us: http://twitter.com/NightCameraHD Like us: http://www.facebook.com/NightCameraHD Visit us: http://www.clidoapps.com

About

Light Magick

Enhance your photos with beautiful glow effects. Easily add lines, text, and shapes with a simple touch interface. Save and share your creations to popular social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Add beautiful glow effects
  • Free line and color options
  • Free text with various fonts and colors
  • 100+ shapes and colors
  • Undo, Redo, and Reset editing
  • Share to social media
Features
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Light Magick add beautiful glow effect to your photo. Easy to use just move your finger or tap on the photo. -Free line and colors -Free text, fonts and colors -100 of Shapes and colors -Edit Undo, Redo and Reset -Share to other apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Line etc.

Screenshots

Night Camera HD4 screens
Light Magick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Light Magick at Free against Night Camera HD's $12.99. Light Magick also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Night Camera HD's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). 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

Light Magick is free to download; Night Camera HD costs $12.99 up front. Light Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Night Camera HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Night Camera HD holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Night Camera HD has 338 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Night Camera HD's written reviews are positive against 50% of Light Magick's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Night Camera HD ships an update every 2 months, Light Magick every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Night Camera HD versus Light Magick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNight Camera HDLight Magick
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (338 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings338 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNico SchroederKenichi Kobayashi

Customer experience

Night Camera HD

All ratings338 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews272 reviews
Positive61.4%
Neutral9.9%
Negative28.7%

Light Magick

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Night Camera HD

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes immediately after taking a photo
  • Photos fail to save or save incorrectly
  • App crashes on startup or during operation
  • Settings panel unresponsive or stuck in middle of screen
  • Image orientation issues in landscape mode
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  • App freezes when adjusting settings
  • Photos display with wrong location metadata
  • Incompatibility with iOS 8+ and newer iPhone models
  • Virtual horizon and histogram freezing
  • Share button not functioning
  • Unable to delete photos without crashing
  • Blurry zoom functionality
  • Purple-tinted screen on some devices
  • Settings changes not applying properly

Requested features

16 requests
  • Video recording functionality
  • Longer exposure times (up to 30 seconds or 2 minutes)
  • Silent/mute shutter sound option
  • Automatic photo saving to camera roll
  • RAW format support
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  • Panorama mode
  • Time-lapse feature
  • Slow-motion video
  • Timer/self-timer for hands-free shooting
  • Batch export of photos
  • Multi-language support (Chinese, Thai, etc.)
  • Noise reduction/denoise filter
  • Histogram display
  • Manual shutter speed control
  • Support for both front and rear cameras
  • Apple Watch app integration

Light Magick

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Night Camera HD

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Light Magick

One-time1
  • Unlock 100 of Shapes and Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Night Camera HD free?
Night Camera HD costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Light Magick free?
Light Magick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Night Camera HD or Light Magick?
Night Camera HD is rated higher. Night Camera HD averages 4.4 out of 5 from 338 ratings, while Light Magick averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Night Camera HD or Light Magick have ads?
Light Magick shows ads; Night Camera HD does not.
Which is updated more often, Night Camera HD or Light Magick?
Night Camera HD ships an update every 2 months, and Light Magick every 2 weeks. Most recently, Night Camera HD was updated on September 25, 2026 and Light Magick on June 2, 2026.

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