Comparison

First Phone Camera vs Scatto

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

Head to head
About

First Phone Camera

Features
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No subscription Ā· No login Ā· No ads Ā· No server. A camera inspired by 2000s Korean phone photos. All 10 base looks and 3 skins are included. Extra looks, photo booth, camcorder and skin/icon packs are optional in-app purchases, with a one-day trial for each pack. ā–  Your phone-camera years First Phone, Night Flash, Cafe 2009, Mini Homepage, School Trip, Homepage Blue, Rainy SMS, Digicam, MP3 Player and PC Room recreate tiny-sensor softness, color noise, sharpening, bloom and grain. The viewfinder and saved photo use the same film engine. Adjust intensity, softness, noise and saturation. ā–  Dates and captions Choose LCD or pixel date stamps, four corner positions, date formats, time and a short caption. Use the time machine to pick a date. An optional setting also synchronizes the photo metadata date. ā–  Silent and 12MP capture Silent mode saves a video frame as a photo and mutes shutter, timer and save sounds. Sound mode uses the same phone-camera resolution with a soft click that follows the Ring/Silent switch. 12MP uses photo capture capped at 12.5MP and may play the system shutter sound. Actual dimensions depend on your device and camera. Choose Era look, Era size or Modern quality. Live Photo is available in 12MP mode on supported devices. ā–  Four-shot photo booth — optional pack One tap takes four photos and saves a strip. Choose from 12 original frames, draw, add stickers and captions, and export a long strip, grid or story. The booth pack also includes extra photo-card templates. ā–  Develop photos and videos again Pick up to 20 photos or videos. Videos can be up to three minutes each, with audio preserved. Pause and resume recording, shoot 15 fps phone-cam video, or use the camcorder pack with REC, timecode and captions. Originals and recipes stay locally within a 500MB default limit. Oldest originals are removed at the limit; saved Photos assets remain. Retained originals can be developed again after reopening the app. ā–  Cards and recipe sharing The included album card adds a caption, BGM title and privacy badge in square or story format. Extra templates, draggable stickers and optional now-playing title entry are available. BGM is text only; music is not added to the export. Share a look recipe as a QR code. ā–  Make it your camera FP-09, DIGI-K and CY-04 are included. The optional pack adds FLIP-02, SWV-06 and TCH-08 with distinct shutter sounds, plus six app icons. Selfies, zoom, focus, exposure, flash, 3/5/10-second timers, grids, level, volume shutter, HEIF/JPEG, EXIF, an optional album and film-roll mode are supported. Location tags are saved only when enabled. ā–  Quick launch and memories Today's Phonecam and On This Day widgets, controls that open the app from Control Center or the Lock Screen, and an Action Button shortcut. On supported devices, Camera Control changes the look and intensity. Photos and videos are processed on this iPhone and saved to Photos. No account, server upload, advertising or tracking. Supports Korean, English and Japanese.

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Scatto

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Scatto is two tools in one: a full RAW editor for your whole library and a camera built for photographers. A FULL RAW EDITOR — FOR EVERY PHOTO Open any photo in your library, including RAW files from your DSLR or mirrorless, and develop it like in a digital darkroom. RAW files are redeveloped from the negative on every adjustment: exposure, white balance, sharpening and noise reduction work inside development itself, where quality is highest. • Light: exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites and blacks • Color: white balance, tint, vibrance with protected skin tones, saturation • Master and per-channel R, G, B tone curves • Eight HSL bands: hue, saturation and luminance, color by color • Detail: sharpening, luminance and color noise reduction, clarity • Effects: vignette and grain • Twelve film Looks with adjustable strength • Interactive crop with aspect ratios, straighten, rotation and mirroring Hold to compare before/after, histogram always in view. Non-destructive: every edit exports a new photo and your original is never touched; a pure develop keeps gain-map HDR. A REAL CAMERA A viewfinder that responds like a camera body: tap to focus and expose, hold for AE/AF lock, pinch for continuous zoom, drag to compensate exposure. The shutter is always ready — shoot in quick succession while development happens in the background — and you can also fire with the volume buttons or the Camera Control. JUST LIGHT — RAW, the honest way Capture native Bayer RAW with computation turned almost all the way down: no aggressive HDR, no over-sharpening, no "smart" reprocessing. Your library gets the negative — pure DNG; opt in and an HEIC companion rides along with an adaptive gain map: real HDR with zero tone mapping. In the review, press and hold to compare the same shot against Apple's processing. Apple ProRAW is supported on capable devices. FILM LOOKS, LIVE IN THE VIEWFINDER Twelve film stocks modeled on real references — from '60s slide film to tungsten night negative with its red halation, to black & white pushed to 1600 — shown in real time as you compose. Grain in the midtones, halation, vignetting. Your RAW always stays clean: the look is baked into the HEIC only. MANUAL CONTROLS • Shutter Priority and ISO Priority, plus full Manual with long exposures up to the sensor's real limit • Analog needle light meter and live RGB histogram — free • Focus peaking and zebra stripes on blown highlights • Dedicated Macro mode, gyro level, 3/10s self-timer • Control dials with haptic detents PRIVATE BY DESIGN Scatto collects nothing. Everything happens on your device. No accounts, no analytics, no trackers. Your photos are yours. FREE, AND PRO Free forever: tap to focus and expose, AE/AF lock, continuous zoom, level, self-timer, volume buttons and Camera Control, HEIC or JPEG capture, the analog meter, the live histogram, review with EXIF, two live Film Looks (Chrome 64 and Mono 400), the library gallery and the basic editor (exposure and crop). Scatto Pro unlocks the full editor — advanced light, color, curves, HSL, RAW-level detail, effects and every Look — plus native RAW / Just Light and ProRAW, Manual / Shutter / ISO Priority with long exposures, manual white balance and focus, focus peaking, zebras, macro, film aspect ratios and advanced grids. Scatto Pro is available as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial, a monthly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scatto-web-bice.vercel.app/en/privacy/

Screenshots

First Phone Camera4 screens
Scatto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: First Phone Camera at none against Scatto's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Scatto sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. First Phone Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
First Phone Camera versus Scatto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst Phone CameraScatto
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSungho ParkManuel Minelle

In-app purchases

None

First Phone Camera

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Scatto

Subscriptions2
  • Scatto Pro$1.991 Month
  • Scatto Pro7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scatto Pro Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is First Phone Camera free?
First Phone Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scatto free?
Scatto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do First Phone Camera or Scatto have ads?
Neither First Phone Camera nor Scatto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, First Phone Camera or Scatto?
First Phone Camera ships an update every 2 months, and Scatto every 2 months. Most recently, First Phone Camera was updated on October 16, 2026 and Scatto on October 13, 2026.

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