HDR vs Ghost Picture Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HDR
Capture stunning High-Dynamic-Range photos by merging multiple exposures. This app offers automatic and manual controls, the ability to import existing images, and various mixing options for professional-looking results. Achieve sharper images with automatic alignment and save directly to your device.
- Automatic and manual exposure modes
- Import photos from library
- Four HDR mix options
- Automatic photo alignment
- Native camera resolution support
- Fast capture and merge
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Capture High-Dynamic-Range photographs with HDR. By combining twice the image data of a standard photograph HDR is able to mix an over-exposed and under-exposed photo with incredible results. Includes 4 different mix options, plus the ability to import raw images all in one incredibly fast app. Featuring: - Automatic and manual modes (To set exposure manually: drag exposure loupes to dark and light area of photo, double tap to return to automatic mode) - Import from Photos: Select light and dark photos from library to mix in HDR. - 4 different HDR mixes: Auto, Optimized, Vivid, Contrast - Alignment: Photos are automatically aligned for the sharpest possible results. - Native device camera resolution support - Save in photos - Speed: Fastest possible capture and merge of HDR results
Ghost Picture Camera
Add realistic ghost stickers to your photos with over 60 designs. Easily resize and rotate them to fit any image, then share your spooky creations with friends.
- Over 60 ghost stickers
- Realistic ghost designs
- Resize and rotate stickers
- Use existing or new photos
- Share to social media and email
- Save to photo library
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Bring ghosts to your photos and surprise your friends! Enjoy more than 60 ghost stickers. Just a few taps, super-realistic ghosts are displayed on your photos. All the ghost stickers are designed to blend well into photo backgrounds and objects. By resizing and rotating the sticker, it nicely fit into any picture. The app includes many ghosts and monsters such as Phantom, Death, Skeleton, Zombie, bat, Mummy, Vampire etc. Of course, you can share photos on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. And also you can send photos to your friends by email. How to use: Step1. Capture or import a photo Step2. Choose ghosts Step3. Rotate and resize ghosts to fit Step4. Save or share! Features: -> Professionally designed ghosts -> Rotate -> Resize -> More than 60 ghosts -> Use existing photo or take a new shot -> Share your photos -> Save to photo library HAVE A FUN!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HDR at 71% against Ghost Picture Camera's 0%. HDR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Ghost Picture Camera's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (3.7 vs 2.4). On ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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
Ghost Picture Camera is free to download; HDR costs $1.99 up front. Ghost Picture Camera sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. HDR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ghost Picture Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of HDR's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ghost Picture Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HDR ships an update every 4 months, Ghost Picture Camera every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HDR | Ghost Picture Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.4 (10 ratings) | 3.7 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lucky Clan | Quantis, Inc. |
Customer experience
HDR
Ghost Picture Camera
Bugs and requests
HDR
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when loading images
- Alignment issues and ghosting
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- More exposure control and manual adjustments
- Support for multiple exposures (3+) for better HDR
- Automatic saving to photo library
- Expanded filter and editing options
Ghost Picture Camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HDR
No in-app purchases
Ghost Picture Camera
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Buy more items$4.99
