Comparison

Acetate vs Prismatica Camera

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

Head to head
About

Acetate

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The Digital Darkroom for Purists. Acetate bridges pure RAW capture and the soul of analog film — now for stills and motion. Built for image-makers who understand that a frame is made, not taken. Every adjustment runs on-device: no cloud, no account, no tracking. PURE RAW CAPTURE Shoot Apple ProRAW (DNG) on every supported iPhone. Acetate bypasses standard processing and writes the sensor's uncompressed data straight to your library, preserving every stop of dynamic range for post. PRO SHOOTING MODES Full manual or assisted: Auto, Program (P), Shutter Priority (S), ISO Priority, Manual (M), Night, and Long Exposure to 30 seconds. Swap ultra-wide, wide, and telephoto with a tap, or flip to the front camera. Self-timer and burst on the hardware shutter. MOTION — SHOOT CINE Video with the same discipline as stills. Full manual ISO, shutter, white balance, and focus. Up to 4K, high frame rates on supported devices, 10-bit Apple Log, ProRes 422, or HEVC. Cinematic stabilisation, Cine mode with shutter-angle control, broadcast timecode, and multi-source audio with a live meter. Bake a LUT into the file, or keep it monitor-only and grade later. THE VIDEO EDITOR Open any clip — from your library or shared straight into Acetate. Trim with frame-accurate handles, scrub and step a frame at a time, apply any look or your own .cube LUT, push exposure and tone, hold to compare, and export at source quality. The same colour pipeline as the photo editor, frame by frame. FILM LOOKS Twenty 3D LUTs in two families: research-informed film-stock emulations (Soft 400, Warm 200, Slide 100, Mono, Noir…) and art-directed looks (Teal & Orange, Bleach Bypass, '90s Cinema, Golden Hour…). Press and hold to preview live. OPEN LUT Tap any filter and the editor sliders move to reflect the look — see exactly what each LUT is doing and tweak from there. A tick mark shows the filter's value; reset snaps back, long-press clears to zero. Works for built-in films, looks, and imported .cube LUTs. BAKE YOUR OWN LUTs Save any edit as a portable .cube LUT and apply it to photos and videos with one tap — or load it in the camera and shoot your own signature look. Import from Files, iCloud, or AirDrop, in the camera or the editor. Export to Lightroom, Premiere, or DaVinci. THE EDITOR Full-strength tools: three-way colour grading wheels with per-range luma, OkLab perceptual HSL, RGB curves, split toning, filmic highlight rolloff, dehaze, texture, edge-aware denoise, and selective masks — radial, linear-gradient, and one-tap Subject / Person / Background / Sky via Apple's Vision framework. ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE Smart tools that run on your iPhone — and explain themselves. Smart LUT writes a per-scene recipe, then drops it onto editable sliders so you see and adjust every move. Plus auto-enhance, auto-straighten, and one-tap Object Removal (A15 / M1 or newer). PRO TOOLS Live RGB and luminance histograms, a luma waveform, zebras, false-colour exposure, focus peaking, a manual-focus loupe, framing guides, and a haptic level indicator. Continuous Kelvin/tint white balance with lock, plus AE lock — in photo and video, no drift mid-shot. PRIVACY FOCUSED Your photos and videos are yours. No account, no cloud, no analytics. Location is used strictly for EXIF geotagging on what you capture, and never leaves your device. Capture, edit, AI, and export all work offline. Don't just filter. Develop.

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Prismatica Camera

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Transform your iPhone into a professional camera. Prismatica gives you full manual control over your iPhone's camera — just like a DSLR. Perfect for photography enthusiasts, content creators, and professionals on the go. MANUAL CONTROLS • ISO (25-6400+) • Shutter speed (1/8000s to 30s) • White balance (2000K-10000K) • Exposure compensation (±3 EV) • Manual focus with presets REAL-TIME FILTERS Nine professional filters including Cinematic, Vintage, B&W, and Sepia — all with adjustable intensity. See your filter applied live before you shoot. PRO VIDEO • 4K at 60fps with HEVC • Cinematic stabilization • Manual exposure while recording MULTI-LENS SUPPORT Seamlessly switch between Ultra-wide, Wide, Telephoto, and Extended zoom with smooth transitions. SMART PERFORMANCE Real-time monitoring of FPS, thermal state, and battery. Automatic optimization prevents overheating. QUICK PRESETS One-tap settings for Portrait, Landscape, Night, and Auto modes. FLEXIBLE CAPTURE HEIC, JPEG, RAW, and RAW+JPEG formats. HDR, Live Photos, and burst mode included. CUSTOMIZABLE UI Draggable floating panels — arrange controls your way. Download Prismatica and unlock your iPhone's true camera potential.

Screenshots

Acetate4 screens
Prismatica Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Acetate at Free against Prismatica Camera's $0.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Acetate is free to download; Prismatica Camera costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Acetate versus Prismatica Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAcetatePrismatica Camera
PriceFree — better$0.99
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size246 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBMB ENTERPRISES LTDTanush Gupta

In-app purchases

None

Acetate

No in-app purchases

None

Prismatica Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Acetate free?
Acetate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prismatica Camera free?
Prismatica Camera costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Acetate or Prismatica Camera have ads?
Neither Acetate nor Prismatica Camera shows ads.

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