CREA Services vs LibreCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CREA Services
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Crea is the production platform built for the film and photo industry. Whether you're a director looking for a DP, a production company building a crew, or a freelancer wanting to be found for the right jobs, Crea is where it all comes together. FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE Browse a curated pool of vetted freelancers. Filter by skills, location, day rate, and availability. No cold emails, no guessing. GET FOUND FOR THE RIGHT JOBS As a freelancer, your profile shows your skills, availability calendar, and day rate—so companies can reach out when the timing is right. MANAGE JOBS END-TO-END From the first message to the final invoice. Create jobs, assign crew, track milestones, share files, and handle payments—all in one place. BUILT FOR PRODUCTIONS Crea is designed around how film and photo productions actually work. No generic project management tools. No bloat. WHO IS CREA FOR? — Production companies and brands looking for reliable creative crew — Freelance directors, DPs, photographers, producers, editors, and more — Agencies managing multiple productions at once Version 1.0 — Initial release
LibreCam
Capture raw image data directly from your iPhone's sensor without any artificial processing. Offers manual controls for focus, ISO, and exposure, with options for custom color recipes and framed prints.
- Capture true Bayer DNGs
- Single-frame HEIFs
- Manual focus, ISO, exposure
- Customizable color recipes
- Framed print sharing
- Apple Watch remote control
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LibreCam is a manual RAW camera for iPhone that captures what the sensor sees, and nothing more. Shoot true Bayer DNGs, single-frame HEIFs, or both at once, with no fusion, no aggressive processing, no account, no tracking and no subscription. The stock camera applies Smart HDR, Deep Fusion, noise reduction, sharpening and tone mapping to every shot. LibreCam turns off everything that can be turned off, and is honest about what cannot. DNG: the true Bayer sensor readout. No fusion, no noise reduction, no tone mapping, no distortion correction. One frame, exactly as the sensor read it. HEIF: a single frame developed by the hardware ISP. No fusion, no HDR, no semantic tricks. LOOKS: nine fixed color recipes, applied to the HEIF as you shoot. Build your own with dials in the Look Editor, and import or export standard .cube files. The DNG is never touched. PRINT: share a shot as a framed print. Ink or paper matte, and a label with the exposure, camera, date, place and your name, set like a museum caption. A copy made for sharing; the photo itself stays as it is. LIBRECAM PRO: one purchase, no subscription, and only two things are paid: the Look Editor for your own recipes, and the Apple Watch remote. Everything else is free. FEATURES - Every physical lens on your iPhone. No digital zoom, ever. - The front camera too, with mirrored or true-to-sensor selfies. - An Apple Watch remote: shutter, readouts, framing assist. (LibreCam Pro) - Manual focus, shutter, ISO, exposure bias and white balance. Everything is automatic until touched. - Focus peaking: the sharpest edges glow amber while you focus. - Level: a horizon line that reports the tilt your photo will actually have. It never straightens anything. - Histogram: all three channels live on the glass, with marks for which one is clipping, and at which end. - Nine looks free; build your own with LibreCam Pro. - Print: a framed, captioned copy of any shot, ready to share. - Frame lock: 9:16, 2:3, 4:5 or 1:1 on the glass, the developed copy cropped to match. The DNG keeps the full frame. - Flash: off, auto or on. On auto, the bolt turns amber only when the scene will fire it. - Aperture on iPhone 18 Pro: f/1.48 to f/4 on the 24 mm lens in thirds of a stop, one tap each. Automatic until touched. - Shutter priority and ISO priority metering. - Camera Control on iPhone 16 and later: focus, aperture, shutter, ISO, EV, white balance and the lenses, right on the button. - Hardware shutter on the volume buttons. No shutter sound. - Add-only Photos access. No account, no tracking. - Optional location tagging, written into the photo on your device. A camera, not a computer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LibreCam at daily against CREA Services's every 5 days. CREA Services's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. CREA Services sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and LibreCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CREA Services ships an update every 5 days, LibreCam daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CREA Services | LibreCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hendrik Altmeyer | Timo Josten |
In-app purchases
CREA Services
- Crea Freelancer Pro Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
- Crea Freelancer Pro Yearly1 Month trial$49.991 Year
- Crea Company Pro Monthly1 Month trial$79.991 Month
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- Crea Company Pro Yearly1 Month trial$599.991 Year
LibreCam
- LibreCam Pro$5.99









