Comparison

Histograms Explained vs UWACAM

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

Head to head
About

Histograms Explained

Learn to interpret your camera's histogram for better photography, both underwater and topside. This app de-mystifies histograms with narrated lessons, real-world examples, and quizzes from experienced professionals.

Highlights
  • De-mystifies camera histograms
  • Narrated training material
  • Real-world photo examples
  • Chapter quizzes
  • Tips from professional photographers
  • Covers luminance and RGB histograms
Features
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Whether you shoot with a Mirrorless, DSLR or a point-and-shoot camera, this easy to use, easy to understand App will quickly improve your underwater photography as your camera's histogram is de-mystified and becomes your new best friend. Information in this App is useful for topside photography as well. Every shooter can benefit greatly from Histograms Explained! Shoot like the pros! Histograms Explained is the second in the series of Underwater Photography Training Applications by David Fleetham & Marty Snyderman. With 80 years of combined professional experience in underwater photography, David and Marty share their tips to help you understand your camera's histogram for better images. This App contains eight sections of training material, fully narrated, with photos taken by David Fleetham and Marty Snyderman to illustrate examples of histograms with their accompanying images, plus other training slides. • Section 1: Your New Best Friend • Section 2: Two Kinds of Histograms • Section 3: Luminance Histograms • Section 4: The Bell Curve Myth • Section 5: Beware of the Goal Posts • Section 6: Making Adjustments • Section 7: RGB Histograms • Section 8: The Color Channels Other features: • Full narration • Easy menu navigation • Right-to-left, left-to-right swipe technology • Chapter quizzes to reinforce learning • One in a series of Underwater Photography Training Applications: Natural Light Images, Coordinating Natural Light and Strobes, Using Strobes Effectively, Silhouettes Underwater and Histograms Explained

About

UWACAM

This app enhances underwater photography and videography with professional tools. It offers real-time color correction, manual controls, and AI analysis for marine life identification. Designed for ease of use in challenging environments, it supports various shooting modes and advanced creative effects.

Highlights
  • Automatic UWACOLOR processing
  • LOG format support
  • Manual camera controls
  • Focus peaking and zebra stripes
  • AI marine life analysis
  • Customizable UI and overlays
  • Advanced video editing tools
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UWACAM is the leading professional app for underwater photo and video, now available in Version 3.0. Designed for DIVEVOLK Seatouch cases and developed with award-winning underwater cinematographer Matthias Lebo, this app is easy to use, with large, clear controls for effortless, stunning video and photo captures. Packed with pro features, UWACAM provides automatic UWACOLOR* processing (real-time or postprocessed) to enhance colors, supports LOG format (incl. Apple Log and Apple Log 2 on compatible devices), built-in LUTs, manual mode, user presets, histogram, focus peaking, zebra, configurable overlays and much more. Integrated Vizalyzer AI analyzes your captures for marine life information (Internet and subscription required). Highlights: • UI designed for underwater, action sports and other challenging environments • Easy to use in DIVEVOLK Seatouch cases or with touchscreen-compatible gloves • Perfect for scuba diving, snorkelling, watersports and sports action • Choose AUTO Mode (great for beginners) or PRO Mode with full manual control • UWACOLOR dynamically adaptive color processing — real-time or postprocessed, also with 4K, high frame rates and HDR/Rec.2020 New in 3.0: • Favorites, Collections and stored filters to find your best captures fast • Slideshow with export to an HD or UHD movie • Trim, slow motion (down to ⅛ speed) and photo crop in playback • HD and 720p video up to 240 fps on the iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15 and later • Variable aperture on the iPhone 18 Pro, with Aperture Lock for video • Exposure Blending: fewer clipped highlights in video • Analyzer with histogram or waveform; presets P1–P6 in quick access • Interface Size up to X-Large, e.g. for use in a housing Capture & creative tools: • Easy zoom with three different speeds • Video and photo in all device resolutions, frame rates and color spaces • Focus peaking, zebra, LOG (incl. Apple Log / Log 2), built-in and custom LUTs • Manual control of exposure, focus, white balance, tint and more • Magnifier for macro • Self timer with configurable picture count and interval • Batch UWACOLOR postprocessing • Photo Flash and Video Torch in quick access • Camera Blending for improved macro on compatible devices • Postprocessing effects (Spotlight, Twist, Sphere), Black & White or Sepia, flip and mirror, photo double exposure, customizable imprints UI, settings & storage: • Customizable parameters and easy-to-use menus • User presets, multi-page quick access, histogram • Configurable overlays: center point, rule of thirds, safe area, grid, level, aspect ratio and more • Built-in compass overlay • Optional GPS coordinates (satellite-derived or manual) • Rotation lock and upside-down portrait in PRO mode • Store captures to photo library, files or in-app — grid/list browsing, share, delete • Media list rebuild from existing files or Photos library • SMPTE timecode (off, record run, local time or UTC) • Sleep mode with optional touch guard • UWACAM Widget for the lock screen Free download — no capture feature limitations. Subscribe to disable the watermark on subsequent captures (UWACOLOR captures made without subscription carry a permanent watermark) and to enable Vizalyzer AI image analysis. Feedback or issues? Email support@uwacam.com — we're happy to help! *No color processing or filter can fully restore colors lost to spectral absorption. For best results we recommend using a video light if available. End-User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Histograms Explained4 screens
UWACAM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: UWACAM at Free against Histograms Explained's $4.99. UWACAM also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 40 months). Histograms Explained's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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

UWACAM is free to download; Histograms Explained costs $4.99 up front. UWACAM sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Histograms Explained asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UWACAM holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UWACAM has 61 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Histograms Explained's written reviews are positive against 70% of UWACAM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Histograms Explained ships an update every 40 months, UWACAM fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Histograms Explained versus UWACAM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHistograms ExplainedUWACAM
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (6 ratings)4.7 (61 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews70.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings661 — better
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNewmediasoup, LLCBumbayaya GmbH

Customer experience

Histograms Explained

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

UWACAM

All ratings61 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative15.0%

In-app purchases

None

Histograms Explained

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

UWACAM

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Histograms Explained free?
Histograms Explained costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is UWACAM free?
UWACAM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Histograms Explained or UWACAM?
UWACAM is rated higher. Histograms Explained averages 3.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while UWACAM averages 4.7 from 61 ratings.
Do Histograms Explained or UWACAM have ads?
Neither Histograms Explained nor UWACAM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Histograms Explained or UWACAM?
Histograms Explained ships an update every 40 months, and UWACAM fortnightly. Most recently, Histograms Explained was updated on November 6, 2026 and UWACAM on November 11, 2026.

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