TriCamera vs Light Stack Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TriCamera
Create unique triptych photos by combining three images into one seamless composition. This app offers special assist modes for easy alignment, a clean UI, and various effects and borders to enhance your storytelling photography.
- Triptych photo creation
- Special assist mode for alignment
- 10+ effects & borders
- Manual combination of effects/borders
- Auto lock exposure & white balance
- Support for non-border and square output
- Import photos from library
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Triptych is good storytelling photography, and funnier. You can take pictures like super wide picture, clone yourself, hobbits style or continuous actions. #TriCamera let you take three pictures then get amazing creation, no more cropping and editing actions. #Special assist mode, super easy alignment around photos. #Clean & Simple UI. #10+ effects & borders. #effects & borders can manually combination. #Auto lock exposure & white balance. #Support non-border. #Support 1:1 square output. #Support direct open in other APPs. #Support import photo from Photo Library.
Light Stack Camera
Capture incredibly sharp long exposure photos without a tripod. Advanced AI stabilization allows for handheld shots up to 30 seconds, providing natural-looking results. Unique features like true-to-motion preview and customizable failure responses ensure control and prevent ruined shots.
- AI-stabilized long exposures
- Handheld shooting up to 30 seconds
- True-to-motion live preview
- Customizable failure response options
- Full-resolution image pipeline
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Capture sharp long exposures — no tripod required. With advanced AI stabilization, Light Stack lets you shoot handheld for up to 30 seconds — with consistently sharp, natural-looking results. To help you stay steady and in control, Light Stack offers some unique features: • True-to-Motion Preview: The live preview moves naturally with your hands, giving you intuitive feedback that helps you stay steady. No more fighting to keep a crosshair centered. • Failure Response: If motion tracking is lost, you choose what happens: temporarily pause the exposure, end it cleanly, or keep going without stabilization. No surprises, and no ruined shots when things don’t go as planned. • Full-Resolution Pipeline: Light Stack maintains full resolution from capture to final image. No cropping, and no upscaling to cover it up. Try it free and experience the convenience of Light Stack. --- Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Light Stack Camera at 4.7 against TriCamera's 3.3. Light Stack Camera also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 8). TriCamera's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and 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
Both are free to download. TriCamera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Light Stack Camera sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Light Stack Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of TriCamera's written reviews are positive against 73% of Light Stack Camera's.
TriCamera ships an update every 2 weeks, Light Stack Camera weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TriCamera | Light Stack Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.5% of reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Siva Wang | Cogitap Software |
Customer experience
TriCamera
Light Stack Camera
In-app purchases
TriCamera
- TriCamera Pro: remove Ads & get Pro only filters$0.99
Light Stack Camera
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$34.99
