Project Indigo vs Alpha GPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project Indigo
This camera app uses computational photography and AI to capture high-quality images with natural-looking results. It offers manual controls for professionals and advanced features like super-resolution zoom and macro mode for all users.
- Computational photography pipeline
- Natural image look with AI
- Full manual camera controls
- Super-resolution zoom
- Macro mode
- Live viewfinder with histogram and zebra stripes
- Lightroom integration
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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-series or newer iPhones, with 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 photo 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.
Alpha GPS
Automatically add GPS location data to your photos as you shoot. This app syncs your iPhone's location with compatible cameras via Bluetooth, ensuring your images are geotagged reliably in the background. It also offers remote shutter control and camera clock synchronization.
- Automatic GPS location syncing
- Reliable background operation
- Support for multiple cameras
- Remote shutter control
- Camera clock synchronization
- Guided setup and troubleshooting
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Geotag photos automatically while you shoot. Alpha GPS sends your iPhone’s current location to compatible cameras over Bluetooth. Pair your camera once, switch it on, and the app reconnects automatically - keeping GPS data up to date in the background. KEY FEATURES • Automatic GPS location syncing • Reliable background operation and reconnection • Support for multiple cameras at the same time • Remote shutter control on supported models • Camera clock and time-zone synchronization • Guided setup and practical troubleshooting • No account, advertising, or paywall • Free and open source COMPATIBILITY Designed for cameras that support Bluetooth location linking, including compatible Sony Alpha, ILCE and ZV models. Confirmed reports include the A6400, A6700, A7 V and ZV-E10. HOW IT WORKS 1. Enable Bluetooth location linking on your camera. 2. Pair the camera with Alpha GPS. 3. Keep shooting while location data is transferred automatically. PRIVACY Your location is used only to send coordinates to connected cameras. Alpha GPS does not create or sell a location history. Optional diagnostic reporting can be disabled at any time. Alpha GPS is an independent open-source app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any camera manufacturer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Alpha GPS at 100% against Project Indigo's 45%. Alpha GPS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Project Indigo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (726 vs 6). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Alpha GPS sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Project Indigo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alpha GPS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Project Indigo has 726 ratings behind it against 6, 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 100% of Alpha GPS's.
Project Indigo ships an update every 3 weeks, Alpha GPS every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project Indigo | Alpha GPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (726 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 726 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 347 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adobe Labs, Inc. | Sascha Alexander Rudolf |
Customer experience
Project Indigo
Alpha GPS
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
Alpha GPS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Project Indigo
No in-app purchases
Alpha GPS
- Donation (Tier 1)$1.99
- Donation (Tier 2)$2.99
- Donation (Tier 3)$4.99
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- Donation (Tier ❤)$11.99
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