Halcyon Camera vs 男友相机
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Halcyon Camera
Capture photos and videos with the authentic look and feel of classic film stocks. Offers professional manual controls, advanced editing tools, and various shooting modes like long exposure and slow-motion.
- Authentic film stock simulations
- Full manual camera controls
- Long exposure and slow-motion video
- WYSIWYG editing with film simulation
- Pro video recording options
- Built-in pro overlays and grids
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Halcyon brings the soul of film to your iPhone. Twelve hand-crafted film stocks — Kodak Portra 400, Cinestill 800T, Velvia 50, Tri-X 400 and more — each with the temperature, tone curve, grain, and halation of the real thing. Apply them live, before you take the shot, and what you see is exactly what you get. REAL PRO CONTROLS, ONE-HANDED. Full manual ISO, shutter, focus, white balance, and exposure. Tap to focus. Long-press for AE/AF lock. Pinch to zoom. Volume buttons fire the shutter. Lens switcher for ultrawide, wide, telephoto. Halide-style focus loupe magnifies the sharpness plane as you rack focus. Histogram, waveform, focus peaking, zebras, false color, horizon level — when you need them, hidden when you don't. NEW IN 3.2 — LONG EXPOSURE, SLOW-MO, LIVE PHOTO. • Multi-frame long exposure — 2, 5, 10, or 20 second stacks with automatic alignment for handheld light trails, silky water, and star fields • Slow-motion capture at 120fps and 240fps • Live Photo for every film stock — the frames before and after, with the film baked in • Thermal and storage health warnings before a long take can bite you • Alternate app icons: Amber, Midnight, Noir BUILT-IN PRO OVERLAYS. • Histogram — real-time RGB • Waveform — luminance monitor • Focus peaking — see what's sharp • Focus loupe — Halide-style magnifier • Zebras — highlight clipping alert • False color — exposure map • Horizon level — stop crooked photos • Rule-of-thirds grid • Cinematic frame modes — square, 3:2, 16:9, half-frame • Live ISO / shutter chips PRO VIDEO WITH FILM SIMULATION. Record HEVC, ProRes 422 HQ, or Apple Log with the film baked in. Cinematic 24fps, 4K, live audio, plus 120/240fps slow-motion. EVERYTHING IS YOURS. WYSIWYG: every effect — film, grain, halation — is baked into the saved photo. ProRAW is preserved as alternate. Create custom film recipes with a 14-slider editor. Save them, share them, refine them. YOUR PHOTOS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE. No analytics. No data collection. No network requests. Nothing leaves your iPhone. Made with care for everyone who misses film.
男友相机
This app helps users take better photos by providing on-screen composition guides and real-time feedback. Simply select a template, align your subject within the虚线 (dashed lines), and capture the shot. It offers intuitive guidance for portraits, still life, and landscapes without requiring photography knowledge.
- Composition templates
- On-screen reference lines
- Real-time alignment feedback
- Portrait, still life, and landscape modes
- Local processing for privacy
- No registration required
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「你帮我拍张照。」 他拍了十张,没一张能看。 男友相机就是为了解决这件事做的。 选一个构图模板,取景画面上会浮出一层参考线——人站在哪、占多大、机位多高、镜头偏多少度,全都用虚线标好了。照着摆就行,不用懂三分法,也不用记什么黄金比例。 【三步】 1. 挑一个构图,人像、静物、风景 2. 把人放进虚线框里 3. 按快门 【手机歪了它会说】 打开「构图引导」,App 会盯着取景画面里人的位置和手机的角度,实时给一句话:往左转一点、手机再抬高些、人往右站。摆到位提示就消失。 这部分全在手机本地算,画面不上传,也不做人脸识别,只看人大概在画面的什么位置。 【关于收费】 一次性买断,没有订阅,没有内购,没有广告。以后新增的构图模板不再另外收费。 【关于隐私】 不用注册,没有账号。照片只存在你自己的手机相册里,我们看不到,App 里也没有任何上传照片的通道。没有接第三方广告或统计 SDK。 构图模板会联网更新,断网时内置的模板照常能用。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 男友相机 at 83% against Halcyon Camera's 0%. 男友相机 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Halcyon Camera's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Halcyon Camera is free to download; 男友相机 costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
男友相机 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Halcyon Camera's written reviews are positive against 83% of 男友相机's.
Halcyon Camera ships an update every 2 days, 男友相机 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Halcyon Camera | 男友相机 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Birkan Aksoy | Yiwu Aolinai Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Halcyon Camera
男友相机
In-app purchases
Halcyon Camera
No in-app purchases
男友相机
No in-app purchases






