Cam vs PlainCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Cam
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Cam Era turns your iPhone into the digital camera you grew up with. no ugly skin sharpening. no janky HDR. no computational photography. skip the over-processing. your photos come out looking like they were taken on a camera, not a phone. choose between 4K, HD, and SD resolution. add bloom, chromatic aberration, film grain, and lens vignette for the full analog look. burn the date into your photos like a real camera date-back. choose your font, color, format, and style. skeuomorphic design with physical shutter button, zoom rocker, flash toggle. tap to focus. add stickers because why not. no two cameras look the same.
PlainCam
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PlainCam is a minimal iPhone camera focused on photo capture and output control. It keeps the shooting interface quiet while keeping the essential controls close: viewfinder, shutter, flash, exposure compensation, grid, front/back camera switching, and rear physical lens selection. In Settings, you can choose JPEG, HEIC, and, on supported devices, RAW DNG, RAW + JPEG, or RAW + HEIC output. PlainCam does not require an account, does not upload photos, and does not include ads or social features. Captured photos are saved to the system Photos library. The in-app gallery is only used to browse photos saved by PlainCam. RAW availability depends on the current iPhone and lens hardware. If RAW capture is not reported as available, PlainCam does not present RAW as an output option.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PlainCam at Free against Cam's $2.99. Cam's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
PlainCam is free to download; Cam costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cam ships an update every 11 days, PlainCam every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Cam | PlainCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free โ better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days โ better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Max Retik | ๅ่ฑช ้ |
In-app purchases
Cam
No in-app purchases
PlainCam
No in-app purchases








