Eclat vs Truly Simple RAW Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Eclat sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Truly Simple RAW Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
Eclat ships an update every 2 days, Truly Simple RAW Camera every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Eclat | Truly Simple RAW Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Unnamed Studios | Colin Wright |
Customer experience
Eclat
Truly Simple RAW Camera
In-app purchases
Eclat
- Donation$4.99
- Donation$14.99
- Donation$49.99
Truly Simple RAW Camera
No in-app purchases









