Comparison

CamBe vs Scatto

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

Head to head
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CamBe

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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/

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Scatto

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Scatto turns your iPhone into a real camera. A viewfinder that responds like a camera body: tap to focus and expose, hold for AE/AF lock, pinch for continuous zoom, drag to compensate exposure. The shutter is always ready โ€” shoot in quick succession while development happens in the background โ€” and you can also fire with the volume buttons or, on iPhone 16, with the Camera Control. JUST LIGHT โ€” RAW, the honest way Capture native Bayer RAW with computation turned almost all the way down: no aggressive HDR, no over-sharpening, no "smart" reprocessing. Your library gets the negative โ€” pure DNG, no forced sidecar; opt in and an HEIC companion rides along with an adaptive gain map: the sensor's full dynamic range, real HDR with zero tone mapping. Then, the moment of truth: press and hold in the review to compare the very same shot against Apple's processing. You'll see the difference. Apple ProRAW is supported on capable devices. FILM LOOKS, LIVE IN THE VIEWFINDER Twelve procedurally-built film stocks modeled on real references โ€” from '60s slide film to tungsten night negative with its signature red halation, from professional portrait stock with protected skin tones to black & white pushed to 1600 โ€” shown in real time as you compose: what you see is what you get. Grain that lives in the midtones like the real thing, halation glow, vignetting. And your RAW always stays clean: the look is baked into the HEIC only, fully reversible from the digital negative. MANUAL CONTROLS THAT FEEL LIKE A CAMERA โ€ข Shutter Priority and ISO Priority, plus full Manual with long exposures up to the sensor's real limit โ€ข Analog needle light meter and live RGB histogram โ€” free, to learn exposure โ€ข Focus peaking and zebra stripes on blown highlights to nail focus and exposure โ€ข Dedicated Macro mode, gyro level, 3/10s self-timer โ€ข Logarithmic control dials with haptic detents A FULL RAW EDITOR A professional, non-destructive editor. RAW files are re-developed from the negative on every adjustment: exposure, white balance, sharpening and noise reduction work inside development itself, where quality is highest. Then highlights, shadows, whites and blacks; master and RGB tone curves; eight HSL color bands; clarity, vignette and grain; Looks with adjustable intensity; interactive crop with straighten, rotation and mirroring. Hold to compare, histogram always in view. Every edit exports a new photo โ€” your original is never touched โ€” and a pure develop keeps gain-map HDR. YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY Open your photo roll without leaving the viewfinder and edit any picture. Bring the RAW files from your DSLR or mirrorless too: they open as true negatives and re-develop at full quality. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Scatto collects nothing. Everything happens on your device. No accounts, no analytics, no trackers, no network. Your photos are yours. FREE, AND PRO Free forever โ€” everything the system Camera does, plus the tools to learn: tap to focus and expose, AE/AF lock, continuous zoom, level, self-timer, volume buttons and Camera Control, HEIC or JPEG capture, the analog meter, the live histogram, review with EXIF, two live Film Looks (Chrome 64 and Mono 400), the library gallery and the basic editor (exposure and crop). Scatto Pro unlocks: native RAW / Just Light and ProRAW, Manual / Shutter / ISO Priority with long exposures, manual white balance and focus, focus peaking, zebras, macro, all twelve Looks, film aspect ratios, advanced grids and the full editor โ€” advanced light, color, curves, HSL, RAW-level detail and effects. Scatto Pro is available as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial, a monthly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scatto-web-bice.vercel.app/en/privacy/

Screenshots

CamBe4 screens
Scatto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CamBe at none against Scatto's 3. CamBe also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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. Scatto sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. CamBe asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
CamBe versus Scatto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamBeScatto
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size34 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMING-TA HSIEHManuel Minelle

In-app purchases

None

CamBe

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Scatto

Subscriptions2
  • Scatto Pro$1.991 Month
  • Scatto Pro7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scatto Pro Lifetime$34.99

Questions

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

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