Cam vs EMST Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā 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.
EMST Camera
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EMST Camera is a film-inspired camera app you operate like a camera. Not a filter you drop on afterwards. Pick a look, set your exposure, aperture and focal length, and shoot. Live preview of the settings directly in viewfinder. YOUR CONTROL ⢠A dial-based shooting interface: one scroll wheel drives exposure, aperture, focal length and aspect ratio. ⢠Aperture dial with depth-of-field rendering. ⢠Focal length presets pinned to your iPhone's real lenses. ⢠Mirrorless-style autofocus: a persistent AF box, tap to move it, AF lock to recompose. ⢠Grid and level overlays when you want them, nothing when you don't. YOUR LOOK ⢠Built-in film-inspired looks, from warm evening color to cool dusk tones and true monochrome + Natural for a clean, untouched capture. ⢠Every look is tunable: grain, halation, vignette, clarity and color temperature. PRIVATE BY DESIGN ⢠No account, no ads, everything happens on your device. Open the camera straight from control center or lock screen with shortcut extension. EMST Camera iOS app from Emaki Studio, a small independent photo toolkit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: EMST Camera at Free against Cam's $2.99. Cam's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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EMST Camera 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, EMST Camera every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cam | EMST Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free ā better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days ā better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 ā better | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Max Retik | Tomas Ourednik |
In-app purchases
Cam
No in-app purchases
EMST Camera
No in-app purchases









