Acetate vs Noira Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Noira Cam
Capture photos with a vintage analog feel using live previews and film-inspired looks. Organize your shots in a personal roll, then refine them in a studio with advanced editing tools and RAW support. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience designed for intentional photography.
- Live analog camera preview
- Film-inspired looks and presets
- Built-in photo roll
- Advanced editing studio
- RAW and ProRAW support
- Import LUTs and .cube files
- Ad-free and private by design
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Noira Cam is a calm analog camera with a built-in roll and a small studio for finishing your shots. CAMERA • Live preview with warm grain and film-inspired looks before you tap the shutter • Adjust warmth and brightness in the viewfinder • Pick aspect ratios for feed, square, story, and more • Optional minimal frame and watermark on new captures • Front and back camera with zoom YOUR ROLL • Every capture lands in your Roll on this device • Reopen photos, compare before/after, and share when you are ready • Copy edits between photos with saved recipes STUDIO • Import from Photos, Files, or an existing Roll photo • Crop, grade, effects, and frame tools • RAW, DNG, and ProRAW support with develop controls • Import industry-standard .cube LUTs • LOG Base prep for video LUTs on stills • Feed Preview to see how a framed shot reads in a profile grid • Export to Photos when you choose LOOKS • Built-in presets plus free Look packs from the Look Store • Favorites for presets you use often • Intensity control on every look PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account required • Photos stay on your device unless you export or share them • No ads and no tracking Noira Cam is for photographers and creators who want a tactile, film-forward workflow. Shoot with intention, keep your roll, polish in Studio.
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Verdict
Acetate and Noira Cam are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Acetate ships an update every 6 days, Noira Cam every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acetate | Noira Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 246 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BMB ENTERPRISES LTD | Luiz Mello |
In-app purchases
Acetate
No in-app purchases
Noira Cam
No in-app purchases







