Comparison

Project Indigo vs Raca Player

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

Head to head
About

Project Indigo

This app offers advanced computational photography with manual controls for a natural, SLR-like image look. It captures bursts of photos to create high-quality images with reduced noise and enhanced dynamic range, suitable for both casual and professional users.

Highlights
  • Computational photography pipeline
  • Natural image look (SLR-like)
  • Full manual camera controls
  • Photo and Night modes
  • Super-resolution for zoom
  • Macro mode
  • Live viewfinder with histogram and zebra striping
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Welcome to Project Indigo, a new camera experience from Adobe Labs. With a custom computational photography pipeline, a natural image look, and full set of manual camera controls, it offers something for professional and casual photographers alike. Also with new controls for computational cameras and a glimpse into the future of AI image processing on our Tech Previews page. Available for iPhone 12 and 13 Pro/Pro Max, and all 14, 15, 16, or 17-series devices, and initial support for iPads. For best experience we recommend using iPhone 15 Pro or newer. A COMPUTATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CAMERA Instead of capturing a single photo, for every shutter press Indigo captures a burst of photos and combines them together to produce a high-quality photo with lower noise and higher dynamic range. PHOTO MODE VS NIGHT MODE Photo mode is intended for everyday use in good lighting and has zero shutter lag, meaning it captures the moment you wanted. Night mode is intended for use in low light. In this mode images are captured after you press the shutter button, but use longer exposure times, further reducing noise. NATURAL LOOK Photos produced by Indigo employ computational photography and AI to produce a natural (SLR-like) look for your photos, including special (but gentle) treatment of subjects and skies. This look is applied when generating JPEG images and is embedded as a rendering suggestion in raw DNG files (if enabled). All raw pixels remain intact – the look does not alter them. PRO CONTROLS Take full control of how Indigo captures the image: manually specify focus, exposure time and ISO, exposure compensation, or white balance. Includes an optional magnified loupe for setting precise focus, and white balance control allows you to tap on an object known to be neutral gray. Unique to Indigo’s Night mode is manual control over the number of frames aligned and merged into a final photo. More frames result in lower noise but longer capture time. There is also a Long Exposure mode: if the phone is on a tripod, this allows the capture of synthetic long exposure effects like “water-into-silk" with infinite number of frames where the camera captures and merges images until stopped. SUPER-RESOLUTION FOR ZOOM Using pinch-to-zoom in any camera app often results in image quality loss. To recover the image Indigo employs multi-frame super-resolution which can restore much of the lost quality. ‘SR’ indicator on the zoom buttons shows when it is active. MACRO MODE Enable Macro from the viewfinder and capture stunning close-up shots. VIEWFINDER Provides a view of the camera parameters that will be used for capture, a live histogram of the scene, zebra striping that shows you where there are over-exposed areas in the image, and a level to help you capture straight images. LIGHTROOM INTEGRATION Adobe Lightroom for mobile is the most powerful photo editor in the App Store. Indigo filmstrip allows you to send an image directly to Lightroom mobile app for editing. In addition, our raw DNG files provide maximum compatibility with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. TECHNOLOGY PREVIEWS Technology Previews will be a place where we will offer an early look at technologies that may eventually be deployed in Adobe’s flagship products, or that already appear in these products in a slightly different form: - AI Denoise is a variant of the AI-based denoising from Camera Raw and Lightroom desktop clients. It uses DNG as input, and it saves a new DNG to your camera roll. - Remove Reflections is a variant of the technology from Camera Raw and Lightroom desktop clients. It uses DNG as input, and it saves a medium-resolution JPEG to your camera roll. It tries to remove reflections when shooting through plate glass windows covering most of the camera field of view. - Face Dewarp corrects warp on faces near the edge of images captured using wide-angle lenses. It uses DNG or JPEG as input and saves a JPEG to your camera roll.

About

Raca Player

This app plays various video and audio formats from your device or internet URLs. It offers easy streaming to Smart TVs via AirPlay and includes audio recording capabilities. Upgrade for an ad-free experience and unlimited streaming.

Highlights
  • Plays various video and audio formats
  • Streams video URLs
  • Accesses videos from Photos App
  • Records and plays audio
  • Supports AirPlay for Smart TV streaming
  • Offers dark and light mode UI
  • Connects to Apple Music
Features
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Raca Player do not offer and supply any videos or audios. It only shows contents which added by USERS and play these USER contents in Video Player. Raca Player is only the third-party tool for helping user to read their videos, audios which created by the users. It is the user responsibility to ensure the legality of their videos, audios. Raca Player is the video player that supports various video popular formats (for example .mp4, .avi, .mov, m4a, .mkv…) with the best user-friendly UI and very simple to use. You can play these videos on every Smart TV with support AirPlay protocol. This app has been designed to bring the easy experience for user when opening it on Smart TV via AirPlay. Let discover the best functions which we will supply for you: 1) Read videos in Photos App. This app has been designed to read your Videos in Photos App which you supply permission. We only read the videos which you allow, and arrange it in Grid or List Type to help you open it easily. We DON'T collect any video data in your phone. Privacy is the most important thing in Raca Player. 2) Streaming Directly Video URL from Internet. You can stream any video URL video popular formats (for example .mp4, .avi, .mov, m4a, .mkv…) via Network Url option. 3) Open video Files in your phone If you have any video files in your phone, You can open it directly via Browse File option. 4) Recorder Supported You can record your funny voice and play it. You can manage (including save, delete, sharing...) it very easily. Of course, we DON'T collect your record audios. Privacy is the most important thing in Raca Player. 5) Connect to Apple Music. In this app , we support you to connect to your Apple Music account. When it is connected, you can search any songs and play it in Raca Player. 6) Support AirPlay protocol. This is best function in Raca Player. Our app is designed to help user to be easy sending every media contents to Smart TV via AirPlay. You can play your videos, your video URls, your audio record to your Smart TV which supported AirPlay protocol. Everything is super easy. 7) Support dark mode and light mode UI. 8) Upgrade to Premium Member With Premium Member, You can unlock all functions, remove all ads, and stream unlimited videos. It is also important to know more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://racaplayer.org/privacy-policy.html https://racaplayer.org/terms-of-service.html App Permissions: It is important to grant the necessary permissions for the proper functioning of Raca Player. Our Application is designed with your privacy in mind, so it does not collect any your personal information. If you have any problem you can write us to help@racaplayer.org and we will gladly attend your request.

Screenshots

Project Indigo4 screens
Raca Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Raca Player at 4.6 against Project Indigo's 3.8. Raca Player also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.5). Project Indigo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Raca Player sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Project Indigo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Raca Player holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Project Indigo has 702 ratings behind it against 69, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Project Indigo's written reviews are positive against 50% of Raca Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Project Indigo versus Raca Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProject IndigoRaca Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (702 ratings)4.6 (69 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings702 — better69
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size347 MB73 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAdobe Labs, Inc.Oskarina Ramos

Customer experience

Project Indigo

All ratings702 ratings
Positive64.1%
Neutral11.5%
Negative24.4%
Written reviews1,193 reviews
Positive45.3%
Neutral15.8%
Negative39.0%

Raca Player

All ratings69 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Project Indigo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Shutter sound cannot be disabled
  • AI-based features causing loss of detail

Requested features

3 requests
  • Support for higher resolution photos
  • Improved tap-to-focus functionality
  • Better optimization for battery and thermal performance

Raca Player

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Project Indigo

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Raca Player

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$7.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Project Indigo free?
Project Indigo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Raca Player free?
Raca Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Project Indigo or Raca Player?
Raca Player is rated higher. Project Indigo averages 3.8 out of 5 from 702 ratings, while Raca Player averages 4.6 from 69 ratings.
Do Project Indigo or Raca Player have ads?
Raca Player shows ads; Project Indigo does not.
Which is updated more often, Project Indigo or Raca Player?
Project Indigo ships an update every 3 weeks, and Raca Player every 3 weeks. Most recently, Project Indigo was updated on October 18, 2026 and Raca Player on October 17, 2026.

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