Puro vs FocalWell 66
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puro
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Finally, a camera that doesn't lie to you. Puro Camera was built on a single rule: capture what is there, deliver exactly that, stop. No invisible AI. No Smart HDR rewrites. No Deep Fusion surprises. Just two honest ways to shoot — and full manual control over both. — TWO MODES, ONE TAP APART — ZERO AI Single-exposure RAW DNG, straight from the sensor. No multi-frame stacking, no computational re-painting, no hidden noise reduction. What your iPhone's sensor recorded is exactly what lands on your roll — plus a developed image, every shot. STANDARD Apple's full computational pipeline when you want it. Smart HDR, Deep Fusion, ProRAW — all available, all under your control. — DSLR-STYLE MANUAL CONTROLS — • ISO 100–6400, locked or auto • Shutter 1/8000s to 1 second • White balance: manual Kelvin (2500K–9000K) + Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, Tungsten, Fluorescent presets • EV compensation ±3 stops, fine-grained • Tap-to-focus with AE/AF lock (long press) • Switch instantly between ultra-wide, wide, telephoto, and front cameras — LIVE METERING & COMPOSITION — • Real-time 12-bin histogram • Level indicator • Six grid overlays: Rule of Thirds, 4×4, Golden Ratio, Crosshair, Diagonal, Off • Aspect ratio control: 4:3, 16:9, 1:1 — ZERO STUDIO: RE-DEVELOP YOUR RAWs — Nailed the composition but blew the exposure? Open the DNG in Zero Studio and re-develop it at any exposure, ±3 stops, non-destructively. Your original RAW stays untouched. Pure single-exposure development — no AI, no fakery, no reshoot. — BUILT FOR HOW YOU SHOOT — • 48MP RAW DNG on supported iPhones • Dual output: every shot writes both a RAW DNG and a developed image • Volume buttons as a shutter trigger • Self-timer: 3, 5, 10 seconds • Silent shooting (where the law allows) • Full EXIF metadata viewer • Optional geotagging • Smart gallery: filter by RAW, by favorites, by today, by week • Siri shortcuts: "Shoot with Puro Camera" — FREE OR PRO, YOUR CHOICE — Free includes manual controls, the histogram, the level, and 15 Zero AI captures per month. Pro unlocks: • Unlimited Zero AI captures • 48MP RAW DNG • Every lens, every camera • Zero Studio re-development Subscribe monthly, yearly, or buy once for life — no recurring fee, no upsell, you own it. — REQUIREMENTS — iOS 18 or later. RAW DNG capture requires an iPhone with a Bayer sensor (iPhone 12 and newer). Apple ProRAW where supported by your device. Puro Camera. RAW truth. Manual control. Yours forever, if you choose. — MORE — Privacy Policy: https://purocamera.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://purocamera.com/terms
FocalWell 66
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Your phone takes pictures. FocalWell takes photographs. FocalWell 66 brings the classic 6×6 medium format camera to iPhone. You compose on the ground glass of a waist-level finder: a square frame, optional grid, etched split-image and microprism rings, and an image mirrored as in a real finder or upright. Saved frames are always upright. THREE MODES • BODY: the whole camera on screen, with shutter speed, ISO and aperture controls. • MANUAL: frame on top, full exposure control below — shutter speed ruler, ISO, aperture, ±2 EV compensation, light-meter needle, 3 or 10 s self-timer, focus AUTO, POINT or MANUAL. One tap returns to auto. • QUICK: just the film rolls, lens chips and shutter. Front or back camera; flash continuous or at exposure. On iPhone Duo, in the laptop pose, the viewfinder lies below and the controls face you. FILM BEFORE THE SHOT The picker has three groups: ANALOG (color negative, slide, cine and black-and-white), VINTAGE (processing tricks, old print processes, light play) and MODERN (the unfiltered Normal look, Modern for clean medium format, and six looks that adapt to the light — one reads the scene and picks for you). Eighteen films, each an interpretation under its own name; none is a measured copy of a branded stock. Every roll previews live in the finder; press and hold one to make it a favorite. Tap the loaded film to set its color strength (0–100%), grain (0–200%) and one of six textures, live in the finder. Grain follows exposure, halation leaves a warm fringe only around real highlights, and every roll is a batch with a slight color shift of its own. SEVEN LENSES Normal, wide, portrait, soft focus, tilt-shift, fisheye and an antique meniscus, each with its own rendering and distortion. The lens is part of the frame; the film can be changed later. TWELVE FRAMES PER ROLL As on 120 film, numbered by roll and frame on a contact sheet. DEVELOPMENT Frames appear instantly, or wait in the tank for 1, 5 or 30 minutes or 2 hours, stage by stage, with a notification when ready. Push or pull from −2 to +2 stops, per frame and final. LONG AND DOUBLE EXPOSURE Hold the shutter open, or use bulb with timed 2, 4 or 8 s. "Expose again" puts your next shot on top of any frame. DARKROOM Strips lie on a light table: press and hold a frame to see it under a loupe; double-tap or pinch to zoom. Edit exposure, contrast, saturation and warmth, change the film, hold to compare. Film border and edge label on or off. Save to Photos (optionally automatic), share, or develop a photo from your library. Texture, grain, halation, bloom and color strength can also be set per frame. On supported models frames are developed from RAW sensor data; no separate RAW file is saved. FREE AND PRO Free: the unfiltered Normal look and two films (a color negative and a black-and-white), one roll each — 24 digital frames, 12 per film — the normal and fisheye lenses, three bulb and three double exposures. Free frames always carry the edge label. Pro: all eighteen films, Modern and the six looks, new films from the catalog, all seven lenses, unlimited frames, bulb and double exposure, zoom up to 3× and the edge label switch. Monthly or yearly subscription (the yearly plan starts with a free trial; cancel before it ends and nothing is charged) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage them in your App Store account. No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Frames stay on your device; the app only downloads the film catalog and verifies purchases. In 17 languages. Privacy: https://focalwell.github.io/gizlilik.html Terms: https://focalwell.github.io/kosullar.html
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Verdict
Puro and FocalWell 66 are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Puro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and FocalWell 66 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Puro | FocalWell 66 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anderson Marques Oliveira | Sezer Kusku |
In-app purchases
Puro
- Puro Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Puro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Puro Premium Lifetime$29.99
FocalWell 66
- FocalWell Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- FocalWell Pro — Yearly3 Days trial$11.991 Year
- FocalWell Pro — Lifetime$24.99









