RawCam vs Atelier Easel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RawCam
Capture and edit high-quality RAW photos with advanced controls. Apply live presets, adjust exposure, and fine-tune every aspect of your images. Your original RAW files remain untouched.
- Shoot Bayer RAW and Apple ProRAW
- Live exposure, ISO, and white-balance readings
- Manual ISO and shutter speed control
- Live preset application with adjustable strength
- Comprehensive photo editing tools
- Save custom presets and import LUTs
- RAW files remain unchanged
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RawCam is a simple camera for shooting RAW and editing it yourself. Shoot Bayer RAW or Apple ProRAW, see a preset live as you shoot, then edit the photo right here. Your RAW is never changed. SHOOT RAW • Bayer RAW by default, saved as DNG. Apple ProRAW on supported cameras. • Live exposure, shutter, ISO and white-balance readings • Manual ISO and shutter; changing EV returns them to Auto • White-balance presets and native rear-lens selection • Tap to focus, drag near the focus point for brighter or darker, touch and hold to lock focus • Flash, timer, grid with level, histogram and zebra warnings • Three-shot exposure bracketing for Bayer RAW with automatic exposure • Volume-button shutter and an App Shortcut for Siri, Shortcuts and the Action Button PRESETS Pick a preset before you shoot and see it live in the viewfinder, with its strength, grain, halation and softness. RawCam saves the untouched RAW plus a JPEG or HEIC copy with the preset, side by side in Photos. Five presets come with the app: Daybreak, Sunday, Noche, Reel and Silver. Save your own edits as presets, or import 3D .cube LUTs from Files, and use them on the camera and when you edit. EDIT Open a photo from the Roll and tap Edit, or bring in any photo with + in the Roll: RAW, JPEG, HEIC or PNG, from your library or Files. • Change the preset, its strength and texture at any time • Exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, warmth, tint, saturation, vibrance and sharpening • Crop, rotate, flip and straighten • Save the edits you use most as presets • Touch and hold the photo to compare with the original • Edits to a capture are kept, so you can come back to them Save adds a new JPEG to Photos. The RAW stays exactly as it was. Copies keep the camera details, and the location only when Save location is on. THE ROLL Your RawCam photos, inside the app. Tap the photo stack to see your latest shot. Zoom into originals, check the settings of each shot, export the JPEG or the original DNG, and delete what you don't want. With full Photos access, photos you delete in the Photos app leave the Roll too. Viewing originals needs Photos access; limited access works. Location tagging is optional and off by default. PRIVACY No account, analytics, advertising or developer-operated server, and nothing is collected. Presets and edits are applied on the device; your photos are not uploaded. Opening an iCloud original or a saved-location map may use Apple services. CAMERA SUPPORT RAW formats and resolution depend on the camera. Bayer RAW is about 12 MP, the limit for third-party camera apps. ProRAW includes Apple processing and does not guarantee 48 MP. Bayer RAW can show more noise in low light. If a lens can't capture the chosen RAW, RawCam tells you instead of saving something else.
Atelier Easel
Create and edit images with a comprehensive suite of tools for painting, drawing, and photo manipulation. Supports layers, masks, and various brushes, with advanced features for Apple Pencil users on iPad. Seamlessly integrate with your photo library and other creative apps.
- Layer-based editing with masks and groups
- Advanced painting and drawing tools
- Apple Pencil pressure and tilt support
- Comprehensive photo retouching and adjustment tools
- Support for multiple file formats including PSD
- Integration with Photos app and Shortcuts
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Paint, draw, and edit images with layers, brushes, and filters, by touch or with Apple Pencil on iPad. Easel is an image editor for iPhone and iPad. Paint with your finger, or with an Apple Pencil on iPad that responds to pressure and tilt. Work in layers with masks and groups, and edit photos directly from the Photos app. Files - Open Easel images, PNG, JPEG, HEIC, Photoshop (.psd), and Pixelmator Pro (.pxd) files - Save as an Easel image, PNG, JPEG, HEIC, or Photoshop (.psd) with layers, masks, and groups - Export presets that save a format, a quality, and a maximum size, and export several at once - Edit a photo from the Photos app's Edit menu - Preview Easel and Pixelmator Pro images in Files Painting and Drawing - Brushes, an eraser, fill and gradient tools, and an eyedropper - Round, pencil, calligraphy, airbrush, and chalk brush tips, with paper grain - Save your own brushes by name, alongside a few built-in ones - A ruler you move, turn, and stretch with your fingers, so you can draw straight lines along it - Vector shapes, lines, and arrows, plus a pen tool, node editing, and combining shapes by unite, subtract, intersect, and exclude - Text, including text along a path - Symmetry drawing: vertical, horizontal, or both - Swatches saved with each image Apple Pencil on iPad - Pressure and tilt shape each stroke - Shade with a tilted pencil, and turn the calligraphy nib as you lean it - See the brush outline under a hovering Apple Pencil or pointer Retouching - Smudge, blur, mosaic, heal, and clone - Liquify to push and pull pixels - Fill a selection from its surroundings - Remove the background, keeping the subject - Adjust exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, vibrance, temperature, tint, hue, sharpness, and vignette Selecting and Transforming - Rectangle, ellipse, lasso, color-based, and object selection, including selecting a subject - Move, crop, rotate, and flip - Distort a layer in perspective or warp it on a grid - Guides, rulers, and snapping to help line things up Layers - Layers with blend modes, groups, and masks - Filters and adjustments on a layer: black and white, sepia, saturation, brightness, contrast, levels, curves, color balance, gradient map, mosaic, noise reduction, and Gaussian, motion, zoom, and lens blur - Change the canvas size, and place the artwork by an anchor, scale it to fit, or stretch it to fill Shortcuts - Resize images, convert their format, and remove their background with Shortcuts actions you can chain together Working Faster - Keyboard shortcuts with a hardware keyboard to copy, paste, nudge layers, size brushes, and zoom - A history panel to go back to any step and compare with the original
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RawCam at every 5 days against Atelier Easel's fortnightly. RawCam also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Atelier Easel's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RawCam ships an update every 5 days, Atelier Easel fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RawCam | Atelier Easel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Santiago Alonso Alexandre | Justin Xin |
Customer experience
RawCam
Atelier Easel
In-app purchases
RawCam
No in-app purchases
Atelier Easel
No in-app purchases









