Comparison

CamBe vs PlainCam

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

Head to head
About

CamBe

Features
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Every photo you take is rendered with an 80s film look โ€” warm tones, lifted blacks, soft grain, gentle vignette. But the moment you press the shutter, it starts fading. Slowly. Irreversibly. HOW IT WORKS Photos live only inside CamBe. Each time you open your album, the app calculates exactly how much time has passed since each shot was taken and renders the current fade state in real time. 0โ€“3 months โ€” Film original. Warm, grainy, alive. 3โ€“8 months โ€” Blues pull back. A pink-red drift sets in. Contrast softens. 8โ€“12 months โ€” Detail blurs. The image starts dissolving. After 1 year โ€” Terminal state. Almost white. A faint ghost of what was there. WHAT YOU CAN DO ยท Shoot with a built-in film look ยท Watch your photos age over real calendar time ยท Import photos from your camera roll โ€” if timestamp data exists, they get sorted by when they were actually taken and rendered with the fade they've already earned ยท Export the current faded state to your camera roll at any point ยท Delete a photo permanently WHAT YOU CAN'T DO Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ You can't slow it down. You can't speed it up. You can't restore the original. That's the point. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

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.

Screenshots

CamBe4 screens
PlainCam3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: CamBe at 3 against PlainCam's 1. CamBe also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
CamBe versus PlainCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamBePlainCam
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size34 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMING-TA HSIEHๅ˜‰่ฑช ้‚“

In-app purchases

None

CamBe

No in-app purchases

None

PlainCam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CamBe free?
CamBe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlainCam free?
PlainCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CamBe or PlainCam have ads?
Neither CamBe nor PlainCam shows ads.

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