Comparison

(Not Boring) Camera vs orma | photo journal

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

Head to head
About

(Not Boring) Camera

Capture unique, honest, and inspiring photos with a playful camera interface. Offers professional-level controls, natural image processing, and customizable color grading with LUTs. Enjoy a tactile, 3D interface and one-second capture from lock screen.

Highlights
  • SUPER RAW™ capture
  • 3D LUT color grading
  • Customizable camera interface
  • HDR support
  • 3D camera interface with haptics
  • Manual pro controls
  • One-tap fast capture
Features
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"The most fun camera app I've used in forever." — The Verge "My go-to for iPhone photography" — Washington Post "It’s so fun to use." —MKBHD Capture unique, honest, inspiring photos like the Pros in a fun, playful camera. SUPER RAW™ No AI or over-processed photos. Just natural grain, sharper images, & film-like exposures. Save Raw digital negative files (DNG) for processing in other tools like Darkroom, Lightroom, or Photoshop. Or capture using Apple's professional-level ProRaw. SKIP THE EDITS From snap to share. !Camera is the first camera app to enable professional color grading with 3D LUTs (”lookup tables”) used in high-end workflows by professional photographers to achieve realistic film simulations and unique cinematic looks. Use !Camera’s presets, add LUTs from your favorite creators, or make & import your own! New Styles and pro collaborations released every season. MAKE IT YOURS Customize every part of your camera to fit your vibe. Share colorways with others. HDR Extend your photo’s dynamic range with HDR to save additional highlight detail and color depth. LOVE THE FEEL Click. Tick. Snap. First fully-3D camera interface with dynamic lighting, sounds, & custom haptics that evokes the feel of holding a real camera. PRO CONTROL Use Auto mode for easy captures or switch to Manual for full control over exposure, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and focus with pro-level tools like focus peaking, histogram, and zebra stripes. ONE-TAP FAST From lock screen to first snap in under 1 second. Add shortcuts to your lock screen, home screen, widgets, camera control, control settings, wherever. 100% PRIVATE We collect nothing. We store nothing. We share nothing. Plans: https://notbor.ing/plans Support: https://notbor.ing/support Terms: https://notbor.ing/terms Privacy: https://notbor.ing/privacy

About

orma | photo journal

Effortlessly capture and organize your most cherished memories with AI-powered storytelling. This app intelligently curates your photos and videos, creating immersive highlight reels and private sharing options to help you relive special moments.

Highlights
  • AI-powered storytelling
  • Smart photo curation
  • Contextual memory details
  • Immersive highlight reels
  • Seamless private sharing
  • Organized timeline
Features
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Orma – Your Photo Journal Orma is a photo journal for your life. It turns the photos already on your phone into stories you'll want to revisit, whether that's a wedding, a birthday, a trip abroad or just an ordinary month. Most photos get taken and never seen again. Orma helps you keep them, sort them into chapters and come back to them. A photo journal that writes itself Add photos from a day, a trip or an event, and Orma turns them into a journal entry called an orma. It groups your shots into chapters, picks the best ones and adds captions, places and dates, so every memory has its story. Every month, a new chapter Each month becomes its own page in your journal. When the month ends, Orma develops it into a story you can open, relive and share. Relive it your way Recaps: short highlight videos made from your best moments Scrapbook: a single picture of cutouts of the people and moments from your orma Story view: a scrolling, photo-first book of every chapter On this day Go back in time to see what you were doing on this day in past years. Journal together Invite friends and family to add their photos to the same orma, whether that's a wedding, a reunion or a group trip. Everyone's view of the day ends up in one place. Print your journal Turn any orma into a printed photo book and have it delivered to your door. Private by default Your journal is yours. You decide what to share and who sees it. From your everyday moments to big trips abroad, Orma keeps your memories in one place. Download Orma and start your photo journal today.

Screenshots

(Not Boring) Camera4 screens
orma | photo journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: orma | photo journal at 5.0 against (Not Boring) Camera's 4.6. orma | photo journal also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (16.1 vs 18.2). (Not Boring) Camera's advantage is ratings volume (5.3K vs 18) and chart position (#47 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. (Not Boring) Camera sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and orma | photo journal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

orma | photo journal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: (Not Boring) Camera has 5.3K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of (Not Boring) Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of orma | photo journal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

(Not Boring) Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, orma | photo journal weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
(Not Boring) Camera versus orma | photo journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter(Not Boring) Cameraorma | photo journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.3K ratings)5.0 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.3K — better18
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#47 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.216.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB116 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNot Boring Software LLCJerin Oommen

Customer experience

(Not Boring) Camera

All ratings5,229 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews436 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral9.6%
Negative20.6%

orma | photo journal

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

(Not Boring) Camera

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Inability to focus on nearby subjects

Requested features

2 requests
  • Video and slow-motion mode
  • Brightness matching between viewfinder and final image

orma | photo journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

(Not Boring) Camera

Subscriptions4
  • Super !Boring Monthly$7.991 Month
  • !Camera Plus Yearly$14.991 Year
  • !Camera Plus Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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  • Super !Boring Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • !Camera Plus Lifetime$59.99
2 purchases

orma | photo journal

One-time2
  • Orma Wedding Plan$49.99
  • Orma Conference Plan$49.99

Questions

Is (Not Boring) Camera free?
(Not Boring) Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is orma | photo journal free?
orma | photo journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, (Not Boring) Camera or orma | photo journal?
orma | photo journal is rated higher. (Not Boring) Camera averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5.3K ratings, while orma | photo journal averages 5.0 from 18 ratings.
Do (Not Boring) Camera or orma | photo journal have ads?
Neither (Not Boring) Camera nor orma | photo journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, (Not Boring) Camera or orma | photo journal?
(Not Boring) Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, and orma | photo journal weekly. Most recently, (Not Boring) Camera was updated on October 25, 2026 and orma | photo journal on October 24, 2026.

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