Comparison

Compo vs Composition Camera Guides

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

Head to head
About

Compo

Features
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Most camera apps hand you a grid. Compo tells you what to do with it. Pick a shot recipe (Golden Hour Backlight, Room to Look, 45Β° Diner's View) and Compo draws its composition straight onto the live viewfinder: where the subject sits, where the eye travels, and what angle to shoot from. A live angle badge counts your tilt as you move, and turns green the moment you hit the angle the shot was built for. WHAT YOU GET β€’ 32 shot recipes across portrait, food, product, landscape and architecture β€’ Placement guides drawn on the live frame: drag a handle to fit them to your actual subject β€’ Live angle guidance from the gyroscope, with a haptic tap at the target β€’ A four-step checklist on every recipe: light, angle, zoom, placement β€’ The reason each shot works, with a diagram and a finished photograph β€’ Simulated aperture, applied to the photo you saved, not a preview trick β€’ Live Photo capture β€’ An album of what you shot, each frame captioned with the recipe you framed it with YOUR PHOTO IS A PHOTO The overlay is interface, not artwork. Nothing is ever burned into the file: what lands in your library is a full-resolution photograph with the guides gone. FREE TO START Eight recipes, the whole camera, the guides, the angle feedback and the checklists are free, forever. Compo Vol. 1 unlocks the remaining 24 recipes across every category as a single one-time purchase. There is no subscription. Nothing renews, and there is nothing to cancel. Vol. 1 stays unlocked on every device signed in to the same Apple ID. PRIVACY Your camera frames, your photos and your motion readings stay on your device. Compo has no account, no advertising, no analytics SDK and no cross-app tracking. When you open the album, it looks up only the photos it saved itself. Requires an iPhone running iOS 17 or later. Camera access is asked for when you first frame a shot, not at launch, so you can browse every recipe before granting anything.

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Composition Camera Guides

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Do your photos feel a little off? The cause may be composition. Composition Camera lets you shoot with 38 guides laid over the viewfinder. With Compare, you can also photograph the same subject with different guides and see, side by side, how each one changes the picture. COMPARE β€’ Pick 2 to 4 guides and shoot them one by one, in order β€’ Your progress and the current guide are shown while you shoot β€’ After each photo is saved, the app moves on to the next guide automatically β€’ When you finish, view your photos side by side, labeled with each guide name β€’ Tap any photo to enlarge it, and retake only the compositions you want SHOOT WITH GUIDES β€’ Guides sit over the viewfinder so you can check subject position, negative space, and the flow of the eye as you shoot β€’ Swipe sideways to switch guides β€’ Swipe the guide chip up or down for direction and layout variants β€’ Show or hide the guide lines with one button 38 GUIDES Free (6): Rule of Thirds, Centered Composition, Symmetry, Diagonal, Triangle, Leading Lines Included with Full Unlock: every core guide (Golden Spiral, Golden Ratio, and more), Alphabet composition guides, and combined multi-guide compositions. Full Unlock is a one-time purchase that unlocks every guide. There is no subscription. PRIVATE AND SIMPLE β€’ Guide lines never appear in your saved photos β€’ Photos are saved to your device's Photos library β€’ No account, no ads, no cloud uploads Landscapes, streets, food, portraits, travel snapshots. Start with the 6 free guides and see what a small change in framing can do.

Screenshots

Compo4 screens
Composition Camera Guides4 screens

Verdict

The call

Compo and Composition Camera Guides are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

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

Both are free to download. Compo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Composition Camera Guides sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Compo versus Composition Camera Guides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompoComposition Camera Guides
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYafet Trakan TangkumanKENTO MORI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Compo

One-time1
  • Compo Vol. 1$2.99
1 purchases

Composition Camera Guides

One-time1
  • Unlock All Guides$3.99

Questions

Is Compo free?
Compo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Composition Camera Guides free?
Composition Camera Guides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Compo or Composition Camera Guides have ads?
Neither Compo nor Composition Camera Guides shows ads.

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