Comparison

Eclat vs Truly Simple RAW Camera

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

Head to head
About

Eclat

This app provides professional camera controls with a retro, tactile interface. It offers film-inspired styles, RAW output, and intuitive adjustments directly from the viewfinder, allowing photographers to capture moments without distraction.

Highlights
  • Live, reachable camera controls
  • Retro, tactile interface
  • Film-inspired styles
  • RAW, ProRAW, and companion output formats
  • Tap-to-focus and exposure adjustment
  • Fast lens switching
Features
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See the look before you shoot. Eclat is a cinematic iPhone camera with its own RAW developing engine. Your style is live in the viewfinder while you frame, and every photo is saved with its untouched original inside. No look is ever final. STYLES, NOT FILTERS Seven styles, each a complete photographic development with its own tones, colours and grain: • Cine: night film for tungsten light, teal shadows, glowing reds • Chrome: a faded slide, muted colour, strong primaries • Positive: cool, clean slide film with natural greens • Portra: soft portrait negative, kind to skin • B&W: smooth black and white with wide latitude • Noir: pushed black and white, deep blacks and grit • Neutral: the scene as the sensor saw it What you see in the viewfinder is what you get: the preview and the saved photo use the same colour maths. ITS OWN DARKROOM On a Pro iPhone, shoot RAW and Eclat develops the sensor's data itself, with no smoothing, no oversharpening and no HDR look. Prefer Apple's processing, with night mode and every lens? Switch in one tap, and Eclat styles that image with the same engine. EVERY CONTROL UNDER YOUR THUMB The whole viewfinder is the control panel. Each setting has its own column: slide up or down anywhere in it, like turning a dial. Lens, exposure and style are there from the start; add white balance and manual focus in Settings. Tap to focus, hold to lock exposure and focus. No menus, and your eyes never leave the picture. THE ORIGINAL, ALWAYS Your photos go to the Photos library in your style. Tap Edit, then Revert, and the original is back, today or in ten years. Crops to 4:3, 3:2 or 16:9 can be undone too. READY WHEN YOU ARE Open Eclat from the Lock Screen, Control Center, the Action button or Camera Control, with your settings. Live Photos keep the style in motion. Grid, level and self-timer included. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no tracking, no upload. Eclat works offline. Free, with no ads and no subscription. If Eclat becomes your everyday camera, you can support its development with an optional tip.

About

Truly Simple RAW Camera

Capture unedited digital negatives directly from your iPhone's sensor. This app bypasses automatic image processing to provide pure RAW DNG files for manual development. It offers DSLR-like controls and essential framing tools.

Highlights
  • Pure RAW capture (.DNG)
  • Tap to focus and exposure lock
  • Hardware back-facing lens switching
  • Optional haptic shutter feedback
  • Rule-of-thirds grid overlay
  • Quick review of recent photos
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Most modern smartphone cameras automatically process every picture you take. They apply aggressive smoothing, artificial HDR, and automatic sharpening. Sometimes, you just want the actual, unedited digital negative so you can develop it yourself. Truly Simple RAW Camera bypasses automatic processing to give you the exact, unedited light that hit your iPhone’s physical sensor. NOTE: This app only works on devices with hardware capable of capturing Bayer RAW images, which means most iPhones and iPad Pros but not other sorts of iPad, sorry! It does not work with front-facing cameras, either, for the same reason (they lack that capability). Features: • Pure RAW capture: Saves uncompressed 14-bit Bayer .DNG files directly to your camera roll with zero AI processing. • Tap to focus: Tap anywhere on the viewfinder to physically adjust the lens focal plane and lock in your exposure, just like a real DSLR. • Hardware controls: Switch between the physical back-facing lenses and toggle the hardware flash. No digital zoom allowed. • Tactile feedback: An optional haptic shutter toggle lets you physically feel exactly when a photo is captured. • Visual basics: Toggle a rule-of-thirds grid to frame your shot, and switch between light and dark color themes for comfort. • Quick review: Tap the recent photo thumbnail to instantly jump to your native iOS Photos gallery. • Free: Enjoy a completely free app with no recurring fees, intrusive advertisements, or paywalls.

Screenshots

Eclat4 screens
Truly Simple RAW Camera3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Truly Simple RAW Camera at none against Eclat's 3. Eclat's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Eclat sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Truly Simple RAW Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Eclat against 5.0 for Truly Simple RAW Camera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eclat ships an update every 2 days, Truly Simple RAW Camera every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Eclat versus Truly Simple RAW Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEclatTruly Simple RAW Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Unnamed StudiosColin Wright

Customer experience

Eclat

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Truly Simple RAW Camera

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Eclat

One-time3
  • Donation$4.99
  • Donation$14.99
  • Donation$49.99
None

Truly Simple RAW Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eclat free?
Eclat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Truly Simple RAW Camera free?
Truly Simple RAW Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Eclat or Truly Simple RAW Camera?
Eclat and Truly Simple RAW Camera are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Eclat or Truly Simple RAW Camera have ads?
Neither Eclat nor Truly Simple RAW Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Eclat or Truly Simple RAW Camera?
Eclat ships an update every 2 days, and Truly Simple RAW Camera every 3 months. Most recently, Eclat was updated on November 13, 2026 and Truly Simple RAW Camera on November 13, 2026.

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