Comparison

Lucid vs Field Camera & Coordinates

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

Head to head
About

Lucid

Features
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Shutter, ISO, white balance and focus — on real dials, laid out like a camera body instead of buried in a menu. The viewfinder shows exactly what saves. Pick the one thing you care about — Aperture-free Auto, Manual, Shutter or ISO priority — and Lucid floats the rest live as the light moves. One purchase. No subscription. UNFOLDS ON IPHONE DUO Open iPhone Duo and Lucid becomes a camera body: the viewfinder fills one half of the display, and the other half is a full control plate under your thumb — shutter and ISO on two live dials at once, big readouts, a labeled zoom ring, flash, timer, grid and level as buttons, your Looks and Profiles one tap from the shutter. The viewfinder turns with the camera, not the screen. Close it, and Lucid is the camera you already know. OPENS FROM THE CAMERA CONTROL BUTTON On iPhone 16 and later, set Lucid as your Camera Control app. One press opens Lucid right from the Lock Screen: no unlocking, and every manual dial is there. Half-press to adjust zoom, exposure, priority and Looks without taking your eye off the frame. WHY LUCID Most camera apps hand you a filter and a shutter button. Lucid hands you the camera. Four exposure priorities (Auto, Manual, Shutter, ISO) let you decide what to control and what to let the camera solve, live. Everything you set, you see. Everything you see, you keep. And it's yours. One purchase, no subscription. The camera doesn't stop working when the month ends. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Shoot full manual: shutter, ISO, white balance, and focus, on real dials - Choose what you control: Auto, Manual, Shutter or ISO priority — the camera solves the rest, live - Capture RAW, ProRAW, HEIF, and 48MP, keeping every bit of the file - Nail focus with peaking and a magnified loupe - Read your light with a live histogram and zebra stripes - Grade with Looks: film LUTs previewed live in the viewfinder, baked on capture - Import your own .cube LUTs - Pull long exposures, bracket, and set a self-timer - Save full setups as Profiles and recall them in a tap - Launch from the Camera Control button, even on the Lock Screen - Open iPhone Duo for a two-dial control plate beside the viewfinder - Shoot manual video too: Apple Log, ProRes, and a cinematic 180° shutter BUILT HONEST No aperture slider. Your iPhone's lenses have fixed apertures, and faking it would be a lie. No account. No analytics. No cloud. Your photos never leave your phone, and location tagging stays off until you turn it on. ONE PURCHASE. YOURS FOREVER. Try every feature free. Then unlock Lucid for a single payment: no subscription, no upsells, no expiry date. Shoot like you mean it. Support: support@lucidcamera.app Privacy: https://lucidcamera.app/privacy/

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Field Camera & Coordinates

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Field Camera stamps every photo with where and when it was taken — coordinates, compass bearing, altitude, date and time — burned into the picture and written into the file's metadata, so the record holds up in any other software. Built for people whose photos are evidence: surveyors, insurance adjusters, building inspectors, solar and telecom crews, contractors, arborists, environmental consultants and anyone who has to prove where they were standing. WHAT GETS STAMPED • Coordinates in decimal degrees, degrees-decimal-minutes, degrees-minutes-seconds, UTM and MGRS • GPS accuracy, so you know how much to trust the fix • Video, with every reading updating through the clip (Pro) • Compass bearing, labelled true or magnetic — never a confident guess • Altitude above mean sea level, above the ellipsoid, or barometric, always labelled • Tilt and roll • Local date and time, the time zone, and UTC ALL OF THAT IS FREE. Including UTM and MGRS. TWO PHOTOS, EVERY TIME Field Camera saves the stamped photo and an untouched original of the same shot. The stamp can be redrawn from that original months later with different fields, a different layout, or a coordinate format you didn't need at the time. Your originals are never modified. A STAMP YOU CAN READ Reorder the fields. Four presets — Survey, Insurance, Minimal, Everything. Four sizes, three backgrounds, top or bottom. The stamp sits on a scrim so it stays legible against a blown-out sky or a dark crawlspace, and what you see in the viewfinder is exactly what gets burned into the photo. METADATA THAT TRAVELS GPS latitude and longitude, altitude with the correct reference, image direction, positioning error, UTC timestamps and your photo description are all written into the file. Drop the photo into GIS software, a report, or a claims system and the position comes with it. YOUR LIBRARY STAYS YOURS Photos are kept inside Field Camera, not scattered through your camera roll — so clearing your camera roll never empties your library. Browse them as a grid or on a map, search by project, description or address, and export when you're ready. A copy can go to your camera roll too, if you want one. FIELD CAMERA PRO — ONE PAYMENT • Stamped video, with the readings updating as you move • Street address, reverse-geocoded onto the stamp • Project name, photo description and watermark, with reusable saved notes • Your company logo on the stamp • A map inset with a north arrow and the direction you were facing • Export to CSV, KML and KMZ for GIS and reporting • Batch re-stamp any photo from its original One payment. Not a subscription. And a promise: nothing that is free in Field Camera today will ever be moved behind that paywall. PRIVACY Field Camera has no account, no analytics and no tracking. Your photos, coordinates and notes stay on your device unless you export or share them yourself. Location is read only while you have the app open, at the moment you take a photo.

Screenshots

Lucid4 screens
Field Camera & Coordinates4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Field Camera & Coordinates at daily against Lucid's every 10 days. Field Camera & Coordinates also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Lucid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Field Camera & Coordinates sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lucid ships an update every 10 days, Field Camera & Coordinates daily. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Lucid versus Field Camera & Coordinates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucidField Camera & Coordinates
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPerry HamptonXiayu Xu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lucid

One-time1
  • Unlock Lucid$4.99
1 purchases

Field Camera & Coordinates

One-time1
  • Field Camera Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Lucid free?
Lucid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Field Camera & Coordinates free?
Field Camera & Coordinates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lucid or Field Camera & Coordinates have ads?
Neither Lucid nor Field Camera & Coordinates shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lucid or Field Camera & Coordinates?
Lucid ships an update every 10 days, and Field Camera & Coordinates daily. Most recently, Lucid was updated on October 27, 2026 and Field Camera & Coordinates on October 24, 2026.

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