Comparison

Malamute Camera vs Knurl Camera

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

Head to head
About

Malamute Camera

Capture high-resolution photos silently with this fast camera app. It offers HEIF and JPG formats, preserves EXIF data, and allows instant focus and exposure adjustment by tapping anywhere on the screen. Ideal for discreet photography in quiet settings.

Highlights
  • Silent camera operation
  • High-resolution photography
  • HEIF and JPG format options
  • Preserves EXIF metadata
  • Tap to focus and adjust exposure
  • Clean and fast interface
Features
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Malamute Camera is a clean, fast, and silent camera designed for high-resolution photography. Choose between HEIF and JPG formats, while preserving full EXIF metadata. Tap anywhere on the screen to instantly focus and adjust exposure. Perfect for quiet environments and capturing special moments without distraction.

About

Knurl Camera

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Knurl is a camera for people who would rather develop the photo themselves. It captures true Bayer RAW: the sensor's own mosaic, written straight to a DNG with none of the computational photography that normally happens on the way. No multi-frame fusion, no tone curve, no sharpening. What lands in your library is undeveloped data with all of its latitude intact, ready for Lightroom or Photos to interpret however you like. THE CONTROLS ARE THE POINT A mode wheel you turn, with the real designations: P for program, Tv for shutter priority, Sv for ISO priority, M for full manual. Every position clicks. ISO and shutter move in thirds of a stop along the standard photographic ladders, on a dial that detents at every rung. Whole stops click harder than thirds, so you can count them by feel without looking. The ends of each ladder are the sensor's genuine limits rather than round numbers, which means base ISO, the cleanest the sensor gets, is actually reachable. Exposure compensation on its own scale, in thirds, with a firmer detent at zero. In manual it becomes the meter, because compensation has nothing left to act on when both controls are already fixed. An AF/MF switch and a focus ring you turn like a ring: relative, so touching it never jumps focus, and marked near to far rather than in invented distances. Three lenses, each at its native focal length, read from the hardware. HONEST ABOUT ITSELF Bayer RAW is 12 MP and does not permit zoom. The 48 MP path would mean Apple ProRAW, which is demosaiced and partially processed, so Knurl does not offer it. When the exposure you have asked for is not achievable, it says so rather than pretending. Your shots go to a Knurl album you can browse in the app, pinch to zoom, and swipe through. Volume buttons fire the shutter. Add the Control to your Action Button, Lock Screen or Control Center to open it without unlocking.

Screenshots

Malamute Camera4 screens
Knurl Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

Malamute Camera and Knurl Camera are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Malamute Camera versus Knurl Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMalamute CameraKnurl Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPassionExDimitrios Zarkadas

In-app purchases

None

Malamute Camera

No in-app purchases

None

Knurl Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Malamute Camera free?
Malamute Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knurl Camera free?
Knurl Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Malamute Camera or Knurl Camera have ads?
Neither Malamute Camera nor Knurl Camera shows ads.

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