Comparison

KAMRA vs Honesmith Optics

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

Head to head
About

KAMRA

This app simulates the look and feel of analog film photography with realistic grain, halation, and color grading. It offers multiple film stocks and randomized effects for unique results with every shot.

Highlights
  • 8 hand-tuned film stocks
  • Realistic grain structure
  • True halation and bloom effects
  • Randomized tone and light balance
  • Live graded viewfinder
  • Adjustable soft focus
  • Multiple lens options
Features
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KAMRA. Film camera. No excuses. Eight hand-tuned stocks — Kodak Gold, Fuji C, Velvia, Ilford, Portra, and more. Each one built with its own grain structure, halation, colour curves, and shadow tint. Applied the moment you shoot. Grain that reads the light. Coarser in the shadows. Finer in the highlights. Animated every frame. Halation that bleeds warm and red from your highlights — not a glow filter. Physics. Every frame gets a randomized tone, light balance, and shadow depth. Same scene. Never the same photo. KAMRA shoots like film feels. — 8 colour-graded film stocks — Real luminance grain · ISO 100 to 3200 — True halation & bloom — Live graded viewfinder — Randomised light leaks per shot — Soft focus with adjustable bloom — 0.5× · 1× · 2× lens switching — Self-timer · flash support — Home screen widget

About

Honesmith Optics

Features
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Some photos are better when you make the decisions yourself. Honesmith Optics is an iPhone camera built for RAW and manual photography. Focus and exposure metering can be controlled independently, while manual focus, P/S/M exposure modes, RAW and ProRAW give you direct control when shooting close-up subjects, backlit scenes, or with external lenses. Focus here. Meter there. Tap the preview to set focus. Press and hold to place exposure metering independently. Your subject can stay in focus without forcing you to meter from the same part of the frame. EV compensation gives you a quick final adjustment when you want the image brighter or darker. Shoot RAW. Keep more room to edit. On supported iPhones and camera configurations, Honesmith Optics can capture Bayer RAW or Apple ProRAW and save the original image as DNG, giving you more flexibility for exposure, color, and post-processing. Take more control when you need it. Manual focus, magnified viewing, and Focus Assist make precise focusing easier for macro photography, external lenses, and shallow depth of field. You can control: • ISO • Shutter speed • White balance • Auto and manual focus • Independent exposure metering • EV compensation • RAW / ProRAW • JPEG / PNG • Aspect ratio and filters • Timer • Volume-button shutter • High-resolution photos and 4K video on supported devices No account. No subscription. Your photos stay yours. Honesmith Optics does not require a Honesmith account and does not use Honesmith cloud processing for your photos. Core photo, video, and RAW processing stays on your device. There are no ads or usage analytics. Advanced features are available through one-time in-app purchases. There is no subscription. Whether you are learning manual photography, shooting RAW, working with macro or external lenses, or simply want more control than the built-in camera gives you, Honesmith Optics gives you a more deliberate way to shoot with iPhone. Availability of RAW, ProRAW, high-resolution capture, video formats, and certain camera controls depends on your iPhone, physical lens, iOS version, and current capture configuration.

Screenshots

KAMRA3 screens
Honesmith Optics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Honesmith Optics at weekly against KAMRA's every 3 weeks. Honesmith Optics also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. KAMRA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Honesmith Optics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KAMRA ships an update every 3 weeks, Honesmith Optics weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
KAMRA versus Honesmith Optics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKAMRAHonesmith Optics
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDornell MisterShih-Chen Yang

In-app purchases

1 purchases

KAMRA

One-time1
  • KAMRAKAMRA PREMIUM$5.99
1 purchases

Honesmith Optics

One-time1
  • Honesmith Optics Pro$11.99

Questions

Is KAMRA free?
KAMRA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Honesmith Optics free?
Honesmith Optics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KAMRA or Honesmith Optics have ads?
Neither KAMRA nor Honesmith Optics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KAMRA or Honesmith Optics?
KAMRA ships an update every 3 weeks, and Honesmith Optics weekly. Most recently, KAMRA was updated on October 24, 2026 and Honesmith Optics on October 28, 2026.

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