Comparison

GPrivate vs First Phone Camera

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

Head to head
About

GPrivate

Features
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The application supports encrypted photo capture and storage exclusively on your device, ensuring that only you can decrypt them, even including us. So, please remember your encryption password carefully. You can comfortably take photos and store them without worrying about the encrypted images being leaked, even if someone else gains access to them. The application incorporates dual-layer security, with one layer for the app itself and another layer for image encryption.

About

First Phone Camera

Features
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No subscription ยท No login ยท No ads ยท No server. A camera inspired by 2000s Korean phone photos. All 10 base looks and 3 skins are included. Extra looks, photo booth, camcorder and skin/icon packs are optional in-app purchases, with a one-day trial for each pack. โ–  Your phone-camera years First Phone, Night Flash, Cafe 2009, Mini Homepage, School Trip, Homepage Blue, Rainy SMS, Digicam, MP3 Player and PC Room recreate tiny-sensor softness, color noise, sharpening, bloom and grain. The viewfinder and saved photo use the same film engine. Adjust intensity, softness, noise and saturation. โ–  Dates and captions Choose LCD or pixel date stamps, four corner positions, date formats, time and a short caption. Use the time machine to pick a date. An optional setting also synchronizes the photo metadata date. โ–  Silent and 12MP capture Silent mode saves a video frame as a photo and mutes shutter, timer and save sounds. Sound mode uses the same phone-camera resolution with a soft click that follows the Ring/Silent switch. 12MP uses photo capture capped at 12.5MP and may play the system shutter sound. Actual dimensions depend on your device and camera. Choose Era look, Era size or Modern quality. Live Photo is available in 12MP mode on supported devices. โ–  Four-shot photo booth โ€” optional pack One tap takes four photos and saves a strip. Choose from 12 original frames, draw, add stickers and captions, and export a long strip, grid or story. The booth pack also includes extra photo-card templates. โ–  Develop photos and videos again Pick up to 20 photos or videos. Videos can be up to three minutes each, with audio preserved. Pause and resume recording, shoot 15 fps phone-cam video, or use the camcorder pack with REC, timecode and captions. Originals and recipes stay locally within a 500MB default limit. Oldest originals are removed at the limit; saved Photos assets remain. Retained originals can be developed again after reopening the app. โ–  Cards and recipe sharing The included album card adds a caption, BGM title and privacy badge in square or story format. Extra templates, draggable stickers and optional now-playing title entry are available. BGM is text only; music is not added to the export. Share a look recipe as a QR code. โ–  Make it your camera FP-09, DIGI-K and CY-04 are included. The optional pack adds FLIP-02, SWV-06 and TCH-08 with distinct shutter sounds, plus six app icons. Selfies, zoom, focus, exposure, flash, 3/5/10-second timers, grids, level, volume shutter, HEIF/JPEG, EXIF, an optional album and film-roll mode are supported. Location tags are saved only when enabled. โ–  Quick launch and memories Today's Phonecam and On This Day widgets, controls that open the app from Control Center or the Lock Screen, and an Action Button shortcut. On supported devices, Camera Control changes the look and intensity. Photos and videos are processed on this iPhone and saved to Photos. No account, server upload, advertising or tracking. Supports Korean, English and Japanese.

Screenshots

GPrivate4 screens
First Phone Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GPrivate at every 8 days against First Phone Camera's every 2 months. GPrivate also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPrivate ships an update every 8 days, First Phone Camera every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
GPrivate versus First Phone Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPrivateFirst Phone Camera
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 days โ€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size60 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTruong Quoc CuongSungho Park

In-app purchases

None

GPrivate

No in-app purchases

None

First Phone Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GPrivate free?
GPrivate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is First Phone Camera free?
First Phone Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GPrivate or First Phone Camera have ads?
Neither GPrivate nor First Phone Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPrivate or First Phone Camera?
GPrivate ships an update every 8 days, and First Phone Camera every 2 months. Most recently, GPrivate was updated on October 12, 2026 and First Phone Camera on October 16, 2026.

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