Comparison

KAMRA vs Kiso Camera

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

Kiso Camera

Features
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Professional control. Reliable capture. Kiso is built on the promise this category keeps breaking: the shot you took is the shot you keep, and what you see before you press capture is the truth. Every frame is written to Kiso's own storage before your photo library is asked for anything, and that copy is only released once the library has accepted it. The "saved" checkmark appears at that point, not at the shutter. If a call, a crash, or a thermal shutdown interrupts a capture, the frame is still on disk and Kiso hands it back to you on the next launch. Take intentional photos with direct control over exposure, focus, lens selection, and format. Capture in RAW and ProRAW. Shoot video in ProRes and HEVC with the frame rate and stabilization you chose, not the ones the app decided on. Made for street, travel, portrait, landscape, and low-light photography. No noisy dashboards. No gimmicks. Shooting, saving and recovery are free forever, with no account and no sign-in, and so is timelapse. Kiso Pro adds the monitoring instruments, screen-off recording, ProRes and ProRAW, and lossless export. Just a camera that helps you make the shot you had in mind, and proves it kept it. Kiso Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple Account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://theproperinvestment.github.io/kiso-camera/

Screenshots

KAMRA3 screens
Kiso Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kiso Camera at daily against KAMRA's every 3 weeks. Kiso Camera also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. KAMRA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kiso Camera sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for KAMRA against 5.0 for Kiso Camera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KAMRA ships an update every 3 weeks, Kiso Camera daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
KAMRA versus Kiso Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKAMRAKiso Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDornell MisterAUSTIN SHEPHERD

In-app purchases

1 purchases

KAMRA

One-time1
  • KAMRAKAMRA PREMIUM$5.99
3 purchases

Kiso Camera

Subscriptions2
  • Kiso Pro: Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Kiso Pro: Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Kiso Pro: Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is KAMRA free?
KAMRA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kiso Camera free?
Kiso Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KAMRA or Kiso Camera?
KAMRA and Kiso Camera are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do KAMRA or Kiso Camera have ads?
Neither KAMRA nor Kiso Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KAMRA or Kiso Camera?
KAMRA ships an update every 3 weeks, and Kiso Camera daily. Most recently, KAMRA was updated on October 24, 2026 and Kiso Camera on October 24, 2026.

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