Professional Camera vs Pure Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Professional Camera
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ProCam turns your iPhone into a real camera. Full manual control, professional film looks, and RAW capture — with a clean, dark viewfinder built for people who care about their photos. Shoot the way a photographer shoots. Dial in exposure, ISO, shutter speed, white balance and focus by hand, each with a live readout like a cine viewfinder. Frame with a rule-of-thirds grid and a real-time artificial horizon, and read your exposure off a live RGB histogram. Then make every frame yours. Apply one of 12 hand-built film looks, import your own .cube LUTs, and fine-tune with a full pro editor — exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, temperature, tint, sharpness and vignette. Save your signature as a preset and reuse it in a tap. Everything runs on your device. No account, no cloud, no tracking. Your photos are yours alone. FREE • Full manual controls — ISO, shutter, exposure, white balance, focus, focus lock • Live RGB / luma histogram, rule-of-thirds grid, CoreMotion horizon level • 3:4 and 4:3 aspect ratios, tap to focus • Import photos and edit with real pro adjustments • Save your captures and edits to Photos PROCAM PRO • 12 professional film looks + import custom .cube LUTs • RAW / ProRAW capture for maximum editing latitude • Focus peaking and zebra for precise focus and exposure • Full pro editor plus custom presets • 1:1 and 16:9 aspect ratios • EXIF viewer, signature and date stamps, film-style frames • Face ID–locked private album for sensitive shots ProCam Pro is a subscription: • Weekly with a 3-day free trial, then $3.99/week • Yearly $17.99 Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/terms.html
Pure Camera
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Pure Camera brings authentic true photography to your iPhone. Images are rendered directly from the iPhone’s raw sensor data through a simulated film process rather than applying a filter to a preprocessed photograph. Most camera applications begin with a processed image and apply color grading. Pure Camera utilizes raw sensor data without multi-frame fusion, Smart HDR, sharpening, noise reduction, or upscaling. The result is a photograph developed through an authentic film emulation—incorporating gamma, color separation, interlayer effects, and grain—using traditional darkroom characteristics rather than post-processing adjustments. This unique approach produces authentic, unprocessed images.. Nine Film Stocks Options range from neutral, accurate profiles to saturated slide film, faded prints, motion-picture stock, and high-contrast black-and-white. Each profile is derived from genuine film properties rather than visual inspiration. Manual Control Users have full control over ISO, shutter speed, white balance, exposure compensation, and aspect ratio. Preferred settings may be saved to named banks and selected with a single tap, or the application may be left to manage exposure automatically. Grain as a Variable Grain is a selectable parameter rather than a fixed attribute. Settings include off, weak, normal, and strong; intensity scales realistically with exposure—subtle at low speeds and more pronounced at higher speeds. Reliable Viewfinder The preview is calibrated to match the final developed image, ensuring accurate framing rather than a generic live-view approximation. Pure Camera is designed for photographers who prefer traditional camera behavior: exposure, focus, and composition are user-defined, while the film handles the remainder authentically. Premium The application is fully functional but limited to the primary lens. Access to additional lenses is available via a one-time in-app purchase with family sharing enabled.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Professional Camera at 17.0 against Pure Camera's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Professional Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Pure Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Professional Camera | Pure Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emine Saridogan | Gijs Raggers |
In-app purchases
Professional Camera
- Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Yearly$17.991 Year
Pure Camera
- Premium$4.99
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