Comparison

Live Comic Book vs Macro Camera Pro

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

Head to head
About

Live Comic Book

Design and create your own comic books with a variety of tools. Add custom speech bubbles, stickers, and effects to bring your stories to life. Easily export your creations as images or print them in high resolution.

Highlights
  • Customizable speech bubbles
  • Over 140 stickers
  • 30 predefined layouts
  • Video and photo effects
  • Extract pictures from videos
  • High-resolution printing
Features
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Fully featured comic book creation app. Want to impress your friends with your own creation? Need to send invitation to the party? Want to make a video clip? No problem, Live Comic Book Creator, Editor & Designer is here to help you. Features: - Over 10 different video & photo effects - Customisable speech bubbles - Over 140 Stickers - 30 predefined layouts - AirPrint support with high-resolution printing - Extracts pictures from videos - Easy to use with tutorial - Easy exporting to photo library "This is the best rage creation app I have ever seen" - Kan Biter "My kid loves it, painting was never that easy" - Ali Ginat "Wow, these memes are so cool" - Konaj Bonet Live Comic Book Creator, Editor & Designer is using many free APIs, resources and services including: icons8.com, subtlepatterns.com Background preview music by: By By Baby by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/54266 Ft: Blue_Wave_Theory, Silke Schmiemann

About

Macro Camera Pro

Gain precise control over your iPhone's camera for stunning close-up photography. Manually adjust focus, lock lenses, and fine-tune exposure for professional-quality macro shots. Features like focus peaking and a variable torch help illuminate and capture intricate details.

Highlights
  • Manual focus slider with haptic feedback
  • Lens lock for Ultra-Wide macro lens
  • Real-time focus peaking
  • Manual exposure control (ISO, shutter speed)
  • Dimmable variable torch
  • Focus stacking for increased depth of field
Features
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The native camera decides where to focus. This one lets you decide. Macro Camera Pro gives you manual control over focus, lens and exposure — on every iPhone. —— WHY THE NATIVE CAMERA FAILS AT MACRO Get close to a tiny subject and the native camera hunts focus back and forth, jumps between lenses without warning, and resets the moment you move. You fight the automation instead of shooting. Macro Camera Pro eliminates all three problems. —— MANUAL FOCUS SLIDER A large vertical slider lets you dial in focus with millimeter precision. Haptic feedback gives you a physical tick for every adjustment — it feels like turning a real lens ring. No more tap-to-focus guessing. LENS LOCK Lock the lens you want and the app stays on it. No automatic switching, ever. Your composition stays intact. FOCUS PEAKING Real-time edge highlights show you exactly what is in focus before you shoot. See the sharp plane at a glance. Adjust. Shoot with confidence. MANUAL EXPOSURE Full control over ISO and shutter speed. Lock exposure independently from focus. Switch between Auto, AE Lock, and Manual in one tap. VARIABLE TORCH A dimmable LED fill light illuminates your subject without the harshness of flash. Reveal textures and details invisible in ambient light. HARDWARE SHUTTER Use your iPhone volume button to trigger the shutter — less hand movement means sharper macro shots. FOCUS STACK Capture several frames at different focus points and merge them into one image with more of your subject sharp. Works best on still subjects with a steady hand — the more depth your subject has, the bigger the difference. —— WILL IT WORK ON MY IPHONE? Yes. Manual focus, lens lock, focus peaking, focus stacking, the torch and GPS tagging work on every iPhone that runs iOS 18. Focusing all the way down to 2 cm needs an Ultra Wide camera with autofocus. Every Pro model since iPhone 13 Pro has one, and so does every standard model from iPhone 16 onward. The e-series and iPhone Air have a single camera and no Ultra Wide at all. On every other iPhone the main camera focuses to roughly 20 cm — and clip-on macro lenses work beautifully, because a clip-on lens defeats autofocus entirely and manual focus is the only way to use one properly. Not sure which one you have? The app measures your iPhone's closest focus distance and shows it on first launch, and the 5-day trial costs nothing. CAPTURE Full-resolution JPEG or HEIF, multiple aspect ratios, and adjustable focus peaking strength (Light, Medium, Bold). —— HONEST PRICING 5-day free trial — full Pro access, no credit card required. One-time unlock — pay once, own it forever. No subscription. No hidden fees. —— PRIVACY FIRST No account. No tracking. No analytics. Photos stay on your device. Works fully offline.

Screenshots

Live Comic Book4 screens
Macro Camera Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live Comic Book at 50% against Macro Camera Pro's 0%. Live Comic Book also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Macro Camera Pro's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.3 vs 3.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and 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

Macro Camera Pro is free to download; Live Comic Book costs $1.99 up front. Live Comic Book sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Macro Camera Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Macro Camera Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Live Comic Book's written reviews are positive against 0% of Macro Camera Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Comic Book ships an update every 2 months, Macro Camera Pro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Live Comic Book versus Macro Camera Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive Comic BookMacro Camera Pro
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTomasz ZablockiTedy Development

Customer experience

Live Comic Book

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Macro Camera Pro

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Live Comic Book

One-time7
  • Environment pack$0.99
  • Face elements pack$0.99
  • Faces pack$0.99
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  • Flowers pack$0.99
  • Hats pack$0.99
  • Smileys pack$0.99
  • Ads & Watermark$2.99
1 purchases

Macro Camera Pro

One-time1
  • Macro Camera Pro: Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is Live Comic Book free?
Live Comic Book costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Macro Camera Pro free?
Macro Camera Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Live Comic Book or Macro Camera Pro?
Macro Camera Pro is rated higher. Live Comic Book averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Macro Camera Pro averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Live Comic Book or Macro Camera Pro have ads?
Neither Live Comic Book nor Macro Camera Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Live Comic Book or Macro Camera Pro?
Live Comic Book ships an update every 2 months, and Macro Camera Pro every 2 weeks. Most recently, Live Comic Book was updated on October 9, 2026 and Macro Camera Pro on October 7, 2026.

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