Comparison

Tacticam vs Camera Sun

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

Head to head
About

Tacticam

Features
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Tacticam is a professional camera and story maker โ€” built by creators, for creators, to unlock the full potential of the camera you already carry. It works like the camera you already know: one big button, tap for a photo, hold for video. Everything professional waits quietly one tap away. FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS & VIDEOGRAPHERS โ€ข ProRes 422 and Apple Log 1 + 2 for real color grading headroom โ€ข Open Gate โ€” record with the entire sensor, reframe to any format later โ€ข 4K up to 120 fps, and 240 fps that becomes clean slow motion by itself โ€ข 48 MP photos, ProRAW and true Bayer RAW โ€” the purest file possible, no processing โ€ข Fast RAW browsing in your Roll, with 4ร— pinch-to-inspect โ€ข One control deck above the shutter โ€” formats, aids and field tools, gone the moment you tap to focus โ€ข Live sun tracker โ€” the sun's whole day drawn as a line in your actual frame, hours marked โ€ข Color meter โ€” read the light in Kelvin like a pro meter, one tap locks it as your manual baseline โ€ข Waveform, histogram, zebras, focus peaking and false color โ€ข Full manual โ€” focus, ISO, shutter, white balance โ€” plus shutter priority with a one-tap 180ยฐ rule: film-like motion, the camera does the math โ€ข Shoot through cinematic LUTs live, or import your own .cube โ€” your look, your choice, right in the viewfinder FOR CREATORS & INFLUENCERS โ€ข Easy and fast like SO-ME apps โ€” pro quality โ€ข True 9:16 capture and a built-in story editor: grade, overlay, crop, export โ€ข 237 live overlays: coordinates, altitude, weather, time, place โ€” real data from where you actually stand, never invented numbers โ€ข Your logo and your look ride along on every shot โ€” one consistent feed โ€ข Solo mode: raise a hand or say "action" โ€” the camera counts down and rolls, a slow cinematic push while you talk, and a frame light that quietly tells you when you drift out of frame โ€ข Or flip one switch and every shot lands straight in your photo library, with the look and overlay already baked in FOR HIKERS & ATHLETES โ€ข Your route, flown in 3D โ€” a real satellite flyover of the actual trail, on your photos and flying over your video clips โ€ข Route and stats straight onto the shot โ€” distance, climb, pace, heart rate: your real numbers, never invented โ€ข Works with Apple Health, GPX files, or the in-app trail log โ€” which can even shoot the hike itself, one photo every 250 metres โ€ข Apple Watch remote: the shutter on your wrist, a live preview to check your framing, crown zoom, format switching, and a tap for every landed shot THE SMALL THINGS, DONE PROPERLY โ€ข Censor tool โ€” pixelate, frost, blur or scramble anything before it leaves your phone โ€ข A full develop suite: 13 adjustment sliders plus 8-band HSL color control โ€ข Teleprompter, audio meters, C1ยทC2ยทC3 custom camera modes โ€ข Every feature explained in plain words โ€” pro depth, no jargon MADE IN NORWAY, PRIVATE BY DESIGN โ€ข No accounts, no ads, no tracking โ€” nothing that can identify you โ€ข Your photos, videos and location stay on your phone โ€ข News, tips and honest offers land in the in-app Inbox โ€” and Your Voice is a direct line to the maker: ideas land in releases Tacticam Pro is a monthly subscription with a 7-day free trial. The whole deal is shown before you tap: what unlocks today, when we remind you, and the exact date of the first charge. Cancel anytime. About a coffee a month. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.iamnordic.no/tacticam-terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://www.iamnordic.no/tacticam-privacy-policy/ Advanced formats โ€” ProRes, Apple Log, ProRAW, Bayer RAW, open gate โ€” are available on iPhone models that support them.

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Camera Sun

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We've all struggled trying to get the perfect exposure for a shot, trying to get the photo right, while balancing a phone about to fall out out finger tips, shutter out of reach, just before we drop it and miss the shot. Our twisty fingers never had a chance. Enter Camera Sun - The app designed to be the best way of being a real photographer on your phone. Developed by a real DSLR photographer. Made for Humans like us. The revolutionary dials and slide to shoot shutter are made to feel as if you are taking pictures with a real photography tool. Simply slide to adjust the controls you want, and without lifting a finger, swipe your thumb to the shutter area to nail the shot. TOP FEATURES - Designed for how we actually hold our phones. - Shutter speed, ISO, focus and white balance on dials under your thumb. - Press, or slide onto, the shutter arc to shoot. Precise, intuitive control. - A real manual camera, one-handed plus an AUTO mode with one giant shutter. - An always-on readout shows your shutter speed and ISO in one fixed spot: white means you set it, orange means the camera is adjusting it live. QUICK START Everything lives on concentric dials anchored to the corner of the screen, right under your thumb. - Turn the rings to set shutter speed, ISO, focus and white balance. - Haptic clicks, just like a real dial. - M, Tv (shutter priority), Sv (ISO priority) and AUTO. - A live exposure meter. Tap it to zero your exposure. - The inner ring adjusts the selected setting; the outer ring drives EV compensation โ€” or the second exposure parameter in full manual (M). - Left-hand mode in Settings flips everything. TAKING A PHOTO Press the red shutter arc, or just slide your thumb onto it. It fires when you touch it. The volume keys and the Action button fire it too.โ€จ Adjust, Shoot, re-adjust, shoot: take a shot, slide back to the dials to change a setting, then slide onto the arc again. One photo per touch, all without lifting your thumb. In AUTO the whole corner becomes one big shutter. Slide onto it to shoot; slide out and back in to shoot again. CHOOSING YOUR LEVEL OF CONTROL AUTO - point and shoot. Tap the screen to focus. Camera Sun handles the rest. Tv - you choose the shutter speed (freeze or blur motion); the app adjusts ISO live. Sv - you choose the ISO (how sensitive the camera is to light); the app adjusts the shutter speed live. M - Manual. You control both shutter speed and ISO. If you get stuck, tap the light meter and Camera Sun balances the exposure for you. FOCUSING Tap anywhere on the screen to focus on that spot. Prefer to focus by hand? Tap FOCUS to switch to manual, then turn the inner dial, just like the focus ring on a lens. Tap FOCUS again to go back to autofocus. WHITE BALANCE Turn the WB dial to lock a colour temperature. Tap WB again to hand it back to auto. BURST Turn on "Burst on hold" in Settings, then keep holding the shutter arc: the count ticks up as each frame saves. Burst not available in AUTO. Reviewing your shots After your first photo, a thumbnail appears in the opposite corner. Tap to browse pics you've taken this session. Camera Sun never looks through your photo library - older photos stay safely in the iPhone's Photos app. SETTINGS - Fire on pull turn slide-to-shoot off if you'd rather only press. - Burst on hold - Corner shutter button โ€” add a second shutter button in the corner of the dials - Left-hand mode - Reach - resize the dials PRIVACY FIRST Camera Sun can only ADD photos to your library; it never reads it. No account, no tracking, no analytics. One-time purchase, no subscription. We do not collect any data. Note Zoom modes depend on the devices inbuilt camera

Screenshots

Tacticam4 screens
Camera Sun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tacticam at Free against Camera Sun's $2.99. Camera Sun's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Tacticam is free to download; Camera Sun costs $2.99 up front. Tacticam sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Camera Sun asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tacticam ships an update every 2 weeks, Camera Sun every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Tacticam versus Camera Sun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTacticamCamera Sun
PriceFree โ€” better$2.99
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size22 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKasper M. de ThurahZAHIR MIRZA

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tacticam

Subscriptions1
  • Tacticam Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
None

Camera Sun

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tacticam free?
Tacticam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Camera Sun free?
Camera Sun costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tacticam or Camera Sun have ads?
Neither Tacticam nor Camera Sun shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tacticam or Camera Sun?
Tacticam ships an update every 2 weeks, and Camera Sun every 2 days. Most recently, Tacticam was updated on October 4, 2026 and Camera Sun on October 8, 2026.

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