Project Indigo vs Auramy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Auramy
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Auramy shows you what is actually filling up your iPhone, and helps you clear it without guessing. Every photo and video shows its real file size. Sort your whole library by size, see the biggest files first and find out where your storage really went. No sign-up is needed: everything works on your phone, and a Google account is only used for backup. SHARE WITH ANY PHONE (NEW) • Nearby: send photos and videos to a phone next to you, in original quality, with no internet needed • No shared Wi-Fi? Scan the code on the other phone and the two connect directly • By link: create a 7-day link through your own Google Drive; anyone can download the originals in Auramy or a browser • Shared with You: everything you receive gets its own gallery category and Drive backup STORAGE AT A GLANCE • Storage split into camera photos, videos, screenshots and recordings, and everything else (downloads, messaging apps) • Sort by size, date or type, and search with words like "selfie 2024", ">100mb" or "last week" • Quick Clean: old screenshots, screen recordings, large videos and large photos in one list • Duplicate finder for exact copies and similar shots, reviewed side by side DEEP CLEAN (PRO) One tap finds similar bursts, blurry and accidental shots, RAW files and screenshots you're done with, such as one-time codes and used tickets. It picks the best shot in each burst. You see everything before anything is deleted, favourites are never touched, and deleted items stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days. RECLAIM SPACE WITHOUT DELETING (PRO) • Compress videos: 4K clips re-encoded at 1080p, keeping date and location • Slim down Live Photos: keep the photo, drop the 3-second clip • Archive to Google Drive before deleting: only what arrives in Drive is removed A SIMPLE, FAST GALLERY • Photo and video editor with filters, adjustments, crop and trim • On This Day memories • Face ID lock for the whole app • Private Vault behind its own PIN, with a decoy PIN (Pro) • Remove location and camera details before sharing (Pro) • Convert video to audio, HEIC to JPG (Pro) BACK UP TO YOUR OWN GOOGLE DRIVE • Back up photos and videos whenever you want, free • Restore them to your phone at any time, free • Free Up Space: remove from your phone what is already safe in Drive • Wi-Fi only option, category choice and live progress on the Lock Screen • Pro: original quality (ProRAW, 48 MP, 4K), automatic background backup, and folders by category, year or month Auramy only asks for the "drive.file" permission, so it can see the files it created in your Drive and nothing else. WIDGETS, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS Storage and photo widgets, Shortcuts actions and Control Centre controls. NEW PRO THEMES Titanium, Emerald and Aurora change every screen, down to the icons. AURAMY PRO The gallery, search, storage breakdown, scans, editors, widgets, backup and restore are free. Pro unlocks everything marked Pro above, unlimited bulk delete (free deletes up to 10 items at a time), storage alerts, the Neon theme and alternate app icons. Pay once for lifetime access, or subscribe yearly with a 3-day free trial. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://auramyy.github.io/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Project Indigo at none against Auramy's 2. Project Indigo also leads on iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). Auramy's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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. Auramy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Project Indigo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Project Indigo ships an update every 3 weeks, Auramy every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.
| Parameter | Project Indigo | Auramy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (702 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 702 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 347 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adobe Labs, Inc. | Mustafa YAGIZ |
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
Auramy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Project Indigo
No in-app purchases
Auramy
- Auramy Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Auramy Pro (Lifetime)$24.99









