Zoty Camera vs Chroia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zoty Camera
Take full manual control of your iPhone camera with advanced settings like ISO, shutter speed, and manual focus. Apply film-style effects such as bloom, halation, and color shaping to give your photos a unique character. This app is designed for photographers who want precise control and creative freedom.
- Full manual camera controls
- ISO and shutter speed adjustment
- Manual focus control
- Film-style effects (bloom, halation)
- Customizable color shaping
- Exposure and focus lock
- Adjustable timer
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This app gives you full manual control over your iPhone camera, with the tools photographers actually want: ISO, shutter speed, manual focus, and film‑style effects like bloom, halation, and color shaping. Dial in your shot with precision: • Adjust ISO for clean or gritty exposure • Set shutter speed for motion blur or crisp detail • Fine‑tune manual focus for cinematic pulls • Lock exposure and focus exactly where you want them • Timer (3-10s) to give you time to pose Give your photos a unique character with subtle, customizable film‑inspired looks: • Bloom for soft highlights • Halation for glowing reds • Color shaping for film‑like palettes Every control is fast, responsive, and built to stay out of your way. Whether you’re shooting street, portraits, or cinematic video, you get the freedom to shape the image exactly how you want. Just a camera app made for people who love making images.
Chroia
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A camera that reproduces risograph printing — multi-plate color separation, halftone dot screens, and intentional plate misregistration, rendered live in your viewfinder and applied in full the moment you press the shutter. SEVEN REAL PRINT PROCESSES * Riso Duotone — color-separated into pink + cobalt plates, overprinted * Flat Screenprint — halftone-free spot color * Offset Newsprint — a genuine CMY rosette, vintage press texture * Photocopy — Xerox-style decay and scan noise (free) * Engraving — single-plate crosshatch * Mimeograph — blocky ink blotches * Spot Color Halftone — the most saturated color survives a black dot screen Each one is a genuinely different rendering pipeline — not one filter with seven color presets. EVERY VALUE IS A SLIDER Pick a catalog spot ink or mix your own with hue, saturation, and brightness — plus paper stock and paper grain, screen angle, dot width, halftone dots or riso grain, and misregistration strength. Nothing is hardcoded to a preset. Dial in your own look. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU PRINT Riso Duotone and every single-plate process render in full in the viewfinder — every ink plate and the intentional misregistration, exactly as saved. Offset Newsprint previews one CMY plate live for speed and composites all three at the shutter. FREE TO START Shoot with Photocopy at no cost. Full Unlock is a single one-time purchase ($5.99, not a subscription) that opens the other six mechanisms: Riso Duotone, Flat Screenprint, Offset Newsprint, Engraving, Mimeograph, and Spot Color Halftone. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'D EXPECT * HEIC capture, saved straight to a dedicated "Chroia" album in your Photos library — no separate account, no cloud * The mechanism you shot with is written into every photo's own EXIF * English and Japanese from day one No ads. No tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zoty Camera at none against Chroia's 1. Zoty Camera also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Chroia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Zoty Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
Zoty Camera ships an update every 6 days, Chroia fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Zoty Camera | Chroia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nick N | Jaehoon Lee |
In-app purchases
Zoty Camera
No in-app purchases
Chroia
- Full Unlock$5.99









