GridCam vs After24
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GridCam
This app enhances mobile photography by overlaying 13 professional composition guides live on your camera's viewfinder. It helps users frame balanced, aesthetic, and professional shots instantly, with manual controls and RAW output for maximum editing flexibility.
- 13 professional composition guides
- Live overlay on viewfinder
- Manual camera controls (ISO, shutter speed, WB, focus)
- DNG RAW output
- Post and Story modes
- Built-in level
- Pinch to zoom
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GridCam is a cinematic camera app that brings professional composition guides and advanced manual controls to your iPhone. It combines the composition principles used by filmmakers, photographers, and artists for centuries with professional camera controls and real-time film looks in one seamless camera experience. Because a great photograph is created before you press the shutter. COMPOSITION Create stronger compositions with confidence. Use Rule of Thirds, Golden Ratio, Phi Grid, Fibonacci Spiral, Golden Triangle, Symmetry, Vanishing Point, Frame Within a Frame, Leading Lines, and many more composition guides directly on the live camera preview. Save your favorite guides, switch between them with a single swipe, and compose every shot with precision. MANUAL CONTROLS Bring a professional camera experience to your iPhone. • White Balance (Kelvin) • ISO • Shutter Speed • Manual Focus Use Focus Peaking to visualize sharp focus areas. Use Zebra Stripes to instantly identify overexposed highlights. Lock exposure and focus with AE/AF Lock, then freely recompose your shot. Manual settings are preserved when switching between lenses, so your shooting workflow stays uninterrupted. FILM LOOKS See your final image before you take the photo. Color profiles are applied in real time while shooting. Film Grain and Halation effects work independently from color profiles, allowing you to change the look at any time while preserving your original image. RAW SUPPORT Capture photos in unprocessed DNG format whenever you need maximum editing flexibility. Keep your original image intact while applying and changing different color looks whenever you want. ALWAYS READY Launch GridCam instantly with Home Screen widgets and Control Center shortcuts. Keep your most recent photo just one tap away. Terms of Use: https://gridcam.framer.website/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://gridcam.framer.website/privacy-policy
After24
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You can't see them until the roll is finished. After24 brings the disposable film camera to your iPhone: analog, grainy, date-stamped retro photos. Each roll has 24 exposures. You can't look at your photos until you finish the roll, drop it off at the photo lab, and wait for it to be developed. - Pick today's camera Standard, Retro, and Monochrome. Each camera has its own look, and each holds its own roll, so you can shoot all three separately. - Shoot and wind Press the shutter, then wind to the next frame. What you caught stays a mystery. - Drop it off and wait When all 24 frames are shot, add a name and a note and drop the roll off at the lab. Development takes 24 hours, and you'll get a notification when it's ready. - Open the envelope Your prints and negatives come back in a photo lab envelope. Shifts in exposure and color are kept as happy accidents, just like real film, and each print carries a date stamp in the corner. Save your favorites to your photo library. - Your photos stay on your device Photos are encrypted and stored on your device, and are never sent anywhere. - After24+ (one-time purchase) ・No ads ・Choose a development time of 24, 12, 6, or 1 hour ・Swap an unfinished roll for a fresh one
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GridCam at none against After24's shown. After24's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. GridCam sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and After24 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GridCam ships an update fortnightly, After24 every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | GridCam | After24 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zeynep BAKILAN | kozuma shun |
In-app purchases
GridCam
- GridCam Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- GridCam Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Weekly Premium$5.997 Days
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- Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
- GridCam Pro$59.991 Year
- GridCam Pro$59.99
After24
- After24+$4.99









