Comparison

4S Camera vs SpatialLoop

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

Head to head
About

4S Camera

Features
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4S Camera lets you turn off, one by one, seven kinds of automatic “processing” that today’s iPhone applies when you take a photo. Have you ever felt that a photo looked different from what you saw — too bright, too sharp, a little unnatural? When you press the shutter, iPhone often combines multiple frames, lifts shadows, and sharpens edges automatically. Stock Camera settings do not let you turn those off item by item. 4S Camera is for shooting with that automatic processing turned off. It is not an app for prettier photos, and not a retro filter. Blown highlights and grain in dark areas stay as the result of cutting. It does not weaken processing after a photo is already taken. It does not use multi-frame data such as Apple ProRAW. It changes the capture path: a single-frame Bayer RAW from the sensor is developed into a JPEG without the corrections you turned off. What you can turn off (set to zero / disabled): 1. HDR-style tone: lifts dark areas and holds bright ones (not multi-frame fusion) 2. Sharpening: makes edges look crisp 3. Noise reduction: smooths grain and color blotches 4. Lens distortion correction: fixes edge stretch from the lens 5. Look controls: detail, highlight/shadow recovery, moiré reduction, and similar finishing 6. Extended dynamic range (EDR) 7. Capture / develop “Auto”: hand-off to newer automatic processing (and related capture helpers) When a switch is On, we do not add our own look — we leave that item to iPhone’s default. What we cannot turn off: We cannot make iPhone image processing completely zero. These basics remain: • Minimum device preprocessing before RAW • Color conversion and the basic contrast curve needed for JPEG Modes and what “4S” means: • Simple: pick 4S, 8, or XS (this is where you start) • Detail: era slider plus the seven switches “4S”, “8”, and “XS” are not recreations of those iPhone cameras. They are a scale for how much processing is left on. Leftmost 4S means all seven corrections are off. Note: • Live viewfinder and the saved JPEG can differ in brightness and color. That is not a bug — the finder is an approximate preview. The saved photo is the result. • Requires a physical iPhone that can capture sensor Bayer RAW. Pricing (no subscription): Turning processing off to shoot stays free. • First 7 days: full access (nothing renews automatically) • After that (free tier): 4S (all seven off) shooting and JPEG save stay free • One-time ¥500: 8 / XS, Detail (seven switches), DNG save, crop, and shooting assist (non-consumable)

About

SpatialLoop

Features
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Turn any photo into a looping parallax video -- right on your phone, in seconds. Pick a photo. SpatialLoop reads its depth and builds a smooth, seamless parallax loop you can share anywhere video works: Stories, Reels, messages, wherever. HOW IT WORKS Choose a photo from your library. SpatialLoop analyzes it on-device and generates a subtle depth-based motion -- foreground and background drift at different speeds, the way a real spatial photo would. Adjust the motion style and intensity, then export a square video that loops perfectly with no jump cut. ON-DEVICE, BY DESIGN Nothing you pick ever leaves your phone. The whole pipeline -- depth analysis, motion, rendering -- runs locally. There's no account, no upload, no server round-trip. FREE TO USE Every export is free, watermarked, ready to share immediately. Pick a photo, preview the loop, export -- that's the whole flow. WHAT IT ISN'T SpatialLoop doesn't edit photos, apply filters, or replace a video editor. It does one thing: turn a single flat photo into a shareable looping video.

Screenshots

4S Camera3 screens
SpatialLoop2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SpatialLoop at none against 4S Camera's 1. 4S Camera's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 4S Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SpatialLoop asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
4S Camera versus SpatialLoop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter4S CameraSpatialLoop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTAKEHITO AWASHIMAEdwin Andermyr

In-app purchases

1 purchases

4S Camera

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$2.99
None

SpatialLoop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 4S Camera free?
4S Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SpatialLoop free?
SpatialLoop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 4S Camera or SpatialLoop have ads?
Neither 4S Camera nor SpatialLoop shows ads.

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