Comparison

Halcyon Camera vs SnapText

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

SnapText

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Turn any image into editable text with SnapText. SnapText makes OCR simple. Capture a photo, scan a document, or choose an image from your Photos and extract the text in seconds. WHY SNAPTEXT? • Extract text from photos, screenshots, documents, and camera captures • Edit extracted text instantly • Copy or share text anywhere • Scan multiple pages and documents • Search your saved scans • Detect useful information such as links, emails, and phone numbers • Export your text for easy reuse • Clean up formatting and remove unwanted line breaks • Dark Mode and accessibility support • Works offline for core OCR features PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your text recognition happens on your device using Apple's Vision framework. No account or authentication is required. SnapText does not use third-party analytics, tracking, advertising SDKs, or external OCR/AI services. Your images and extracted text stay on your device unless you explicitly choose to share or export them. Simple. Private. Useful. Open SnapText, capture an image, extract the text, and start editing.

Screenshots

Halcyon Camera4 screens
SnapText4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Halcyon Camera at 2 against SnapText's —. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Halcyon Camera versus SnapText: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHalcyon CameraSnapText
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBirkan AksoyMuhammad Shahid Khan

In-app purchases

None

Halcyon Camera

No in-app purchases

None

SnapText

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Halcyon Camera free?
Halcyon Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SnapText free?
SnapText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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