Comparison

DropCam Capsule Camera vs True Color

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

Head to head
About

DropCam Capsule Camera

Features
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DropCam is an art camera built around a tactile pull gesture, live viewfinder, and instant-print animation. The top capsule becomes your shooting entry: pull down to reveal the lens, tap the shutter, and your framed photo slides from the top slot before settling into a gallery grid. Key features: - Pull down from the top capsule to reveal a live camera viewfinder - A viewfinder that blends cleanly into the top edge - Retro instant-photo frames with a tactile print animation - Artistic film, darkroom, and gallery-inspired filters - Long-press the shutter to record short videos - Save to the system photo library or share prints and videos directly - Studio Pass unlocks more art filters, paper themes, clean exports, and a fuller creative workflow with a one-time purchase DropCam does not require an account and does not connect to external servers. Camera, photo library, and sharing permissions are used only when you capture, save, or share your own work. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sspro.52xn.com/privacy/

About

True Color

Features
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True Color is a real photo editor, not another filter app. It brings the color tools of a desktop editor to your iPhone: layers, curves, masks and LUTs, with every step editable for as long as you keep the project. EVERY EDIT IS A LAYER • Stack adjustment layers over your photo. Nothing is baked in until you export • Reopen a project next week and retune, reorder or switch off any layer • 26 blend modes, opacity and a channel switch on every layer • Pipeline: flip through the photo after each layer and see how the edit is built COLOR GRADING, THE PRECISE WAY • Curves, drawn right on the photo: the whole image, or red, green and blue on their own • Levels, Color Balance, Selective Color, Channel Mixer, Gradient Map and more • Hue & Saturation by color range: turn one color and leave the rest alone • Black & White with six color sliders and a tint • Tone, Exposure, White Balance, Vibrance, Detail, Vignette and film Grain MASKS: EDIT JUST ONE PART • Brush, Gradient, Luminosity, Subject and Depth masks • Combine them with Add, Subtract and Intersect • Blend If: let an edit land only in the shadows, or only in the highlights FILTERS, LOOKS AND LUTS • Film and cinema filters, each with its own Intensity • Import your own .cube and .3dl LUTs • Save any stack of layers as a Look and put it on the next photo • Alchemy: mix styles on a pad and keep the recipe as your own Look A WHOLE SHOOT AT ONCE • Edit a series of up to 30 photos together: grade one and the rest follow • Fine-tune any single photo without breaking the set RAW, DONE PROPERLY • Opens RAW and ProRAW with a develop stage of its own • 16-bit TIFF export from the RAW LEARN AS YOU EDIT • The Academy: short, free lessons on real photos, with the tools right there • Learn why a move works, not just where to tap PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos are edited on your iPhone. No account, no upload. Projects, Looks and LUTs sync through your own iCloud. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPHONE DUO Portrait on every iPhone, and a wide landscape editor when an iPhone Duo is open. FREE AND PRO True Color is free to download. The free editor gives you up to three layers on every photo, the everyday adjustments (Tone, Exposure, Brightness & Contrast, White Balance, Vibrance, Hue & Saturation, Black & White, Detail, Vignette and Grain), crop, every Academy lesson, and export with a small "Made with True Color" mark. You can try every Pro tool on your own photo before you decide. True Color Pro is needed to save an edit that uses one. Pro unlocks unlimited layers, Curves, Levels, Color Balance, Selective Color, Channel Mixer, Gradient Map and the other advanced layers, masks and Blend If, filters, Looks and LUT import, Alchemy, series of more than two photos, unlimited saves from the one-tap tools, and export without the mark. SUBSCRIPTION True Color Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, offered in three lengths: • Pro Weekly, $4.99 per week • Pro Monthly, $7.99 per month • Pro Yearly, $29.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically for the same period at the same price unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by region. Terms of Use: https://gettruecolor.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://gettruecolor.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

DropCam Capsule Camera3 screens
True Color4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: DropCam Capsule Camera at 3 against True Color's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. DropCam Capsule Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and True Color sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
DropCam Capsule Camera versus True Color: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropCam Capsule CameraTrue Color
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperlecooIhor Malovanyi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DropCam Capsule Camera

One-time1
  • DropCam Studio Pass$0.99
3 purchases

True Color

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly - Best Value7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is DropCam Capsule Camera free?
DropCam Capsule Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is True Color free?
True Color is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DropCam Capsule Camera or True Color have ads?
Neither DropCam Capsule Camera nor True Color shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DropCam Capsule Camera or True Color?
DropCam Capsule Camera ships an update every 3 months, and True Color every 3 months. Most recently, DropCam Capsule Camera was updated on October 31, 2026 and True Color on November 10, 2026.

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