Comparison

ProCam vs Camera Trainer

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

Head to head
About

ProCam

This app offers advanced manual controls for photography and videography, including exposure, focus, and white balance. It supports RAW image capture, high frame rates, and various shooting modes like burst and time-lapse. An integrated editor allows for non-destructive adjustments and creative effects.

Highlights
  • Manual exposure, shutter speed, ISO, focus, white balance
  • RAW (DNG) and TIFF file format support
  • Multiple shooting modes (Photo, Burst, Slow Shutter, Portrait, Video, Time Lapse)
  • High frame rate and resolution video recording
  • Non-destructive photo and video editing
  • 60 filters and 17 creative lenses
  • Live histogram and focus assist
Features
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***ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTIONS*** SHOOTING MODES - Photo - Burst Mode - Slow Shutter - Portrait Mode - supported on all dual lens camera system as well as iPhone XR and iPhone SE 2020 - 3D Photo - requires dual lens camera system - Video - Time Lapse PHOTO SHUTTER RELEASE OPTIONS - Self-Timer - Anti-Shake - Screen Shutter / Big Button - Interval VIDEO FRAME RATES AND RESOLUTIONS - VGA, 720p, 1080p - 4K Ultra HD - 3264x1836 upscaled to 3840x2160 - in-app purchase - iPhone 5s / iPad Air 2 and later - 4K Ultra HD - 3840x2160 - native support on iPhone 6s / Plus and later - 4K Max - 4032x2268 - in-app purchase - iPhone 6s / Plus and later - High frame rate: * 48 / 50 / 60 fps 720p - iPhone 5 / iPad mini and later * 96 / 100 /120 fps 720p - iPhone 5s / iPad Air 2 and later * 192 / 200 / 240 fps 720p - iPhone 6 and later * 48 / 50 / 60 fps 1080p - iPhone 6 and later * 96 / 100 / 120 fps 1080p - iPhone 6s / Plus and later * 192 / 200 / 240 fps 1080p - iPhone 8 and later * 48 / 50 / 60 fps 4K - iPhone 8 and later TIME LAPSE FRAME RATES AND RESOLUTIONS - VGA, 720p, 1080p - 4K Ultra HD - 3264x1836 upscaled to 3840x2160 - in-app purchase - iPhone 5 / iPad Air 2 and later - 4K Ultra HD - 3840x2160 - native support on iPhone 6s / Plus and later - 4K Max - 4032x2268 - in-app purchase - iPhone 6s / Plus and later - High frame rate: * 48 / 50 / 60 fps 720p - all devices * 48 / 50 / 60 fps 1080p - all devices * 48 / 50 / 60 fps 4K - iPhone 5 / iPad Air 2 and later * 48 / 50 / 60 fps 4K Max - iPhone 6s / Plus and later MANUAL CONTROLS - Manual exposure, shutter speed, ISO, focus, and white balance controls - Scroll and steppers system inspired by DSLR cameras - Tap location accurate manual focus assist - True focus peaking - Zebra stripes - overexposure warning - Live shutter speed, ISO, focus, and WB values - Manual controls are supported in all photo and video modes MAIN CAMERA FEATURES - RAW (DNG) iOS 10 - iPhone 6s / iPad Pro 9.7 and later - Lossless TIFF file format support - Intelligent 3-shot HDR - AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) with RAW support for high contrast conditions - Live light level histogram - Adjustable aspect ratio (4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 1:1) - Video pause/resume functionality - Video audio meter (Avg. / Peak signal levels) - Still photo capture during video recording - Realtime video stabilization (ON/OFF) - Video disk space indicator - Thirds grid and horizontal tiltmeter. - Date / time / location / Copyright stamp PHOTO / VIDEO EDITOR & PHOTO EDITING EXTENSION - Nondestructive editing - all edits, including cropping, are completely amendable / reversible - 60 expertly crafted filters - 17 lenses: Vignette / White Vignette / Fisheye / Tilt Shift / Macro / Tiny Planet / Wormhole / Split / Kaleidoscope I, II, III, IV, V / Ripple / Striped / Hatched / Halftone - 19 comprehensive adjustment tools - Trimming, cropping, rotating, mirroring, straightening, and perspective correction - Extremely accurate timeline with the ability to review videos frame by frame - Ability to add background music

About

Camera Trainer

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You learn to use a professional camera by using one. Camera Trainer puts a whole camera on your device's screen — mode dial, two dials, shutter button, AF-ON, a quick menu and a lens with its rings — and walks you through it while you actually shoot. It isn't a manual and it isn't a video: it's the camera, with someone beside you explaining it. WHO IT'S FOR • You've just bought a camera and it's still in the box. • You've had one for years and never left Auto mode. • You want to buy one, but you don't know how to use it. • You gave one to your child and you want them to really learn it. All four are missing the same thing: someone beside you. THE LESSONS SIT BESIDE THE IMAGE, NEVER ON TOP OF IT You're told what to do, you do it on the real control, and you see the result in the image — without a panel covering the very thing you're supposed to be looking at. YOU START AT THE BEGINNING More than seventy lessons in eleven blocks, from your very first photo to hyperfocal distance: not too dark, not burnt out · freeze or blur movement · seeing in the dark · how much comes out sharp · all three at once · letting the camera decide part of it · focusing where you want · true colours · near and far · and photos that take their time. And around twenty challenges you pass by taking photos, not by answering questions. The app marks most of them itself: it knows the settings you shot with. AND WHEN YOU DON'T WANT LESSONS, IT'S A CAMERA The learning strip steps aside with one tap and the camera stays whole, with no text, for taking your own photos. In its place you get the histogram, the level and your last shots with the settings you used on each one. The course ends; the camera doesn't. THE CONTROLS DO WHAT THEY SAY Shutter speed is real exposure time: set 1/4 and the motion blur is there. ISO is ISO. And the light meter actually meters — spot, partial and average — so the needle moves with wherever you point. • M, Av and Tv. No program modes: this is where you learn to decide. • Bulb, plus exposures up to 30 seconds and a neutral density filter. • Full focusing: one-shot, tracking and manual; AF areas, half-press and AF-ON under your thumb, with a distance scale and hyperfocal. • White balance in kelvin, with fine tuning. • A bag of lenses: fast primes, kit zooms and telephotos. • An APS-C sensor, with the 35 mm equivalent always on screen. THE SAME CONTROLS AS ON A REAL CAMERA The controls you'll find on any modern camera: mode dial, front and rear dials, AF-ON and a quick menu. And three complete sets of names, switchable in the menu — Av/Tv or A/S, M-Fn or Fn, INFO or DISP — each with its own bag of lenses. Learn one camera. Then you'll know how to face any of them. THE PHOTOS ARE REAL PHOTOS Every shot is saved to your library, JPEG or RAW, with the settings you chose. You review them and delete them from the camera itself. AND THE CAMERA DOESN'T LIE It doesn't fake the result. Motion blur and noise come from the sensor, not from a filter, and you check them in the photo you took — just like real life. A camera that invents the result teaches you to watch a screen, not to take pictures. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO The device has a fixed aperture, so aperture is emulated through light: it changes the exposure, not the background blur. It says so here, and it says so inside the app. And that emulation is paid for in ISO: to take light away, the app lowers the sensor's gain — which is exactly what ISO does. With the aperture closed you can ask for ISO 12800 while your device runs at 600, so the noise you see is the noise of 600. The app tells you where it really went. On your own camera you pay that price in full. Camera Trainer doesn't teach you photography with videos. It teaches you by letting you use the camera until your hands know it.

Screenshots

ProCam4 screens
Camera Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Camera Trainer at none against ProCam's 9. Camera Trainer also leads on price ($3.99 vs $9.99). ProCam's advantage is chart position (#19 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). On update cadence and ads 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

ProCam costs $9.99 and Camera Trainer $3.99 up front. ProCam sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Camera Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ProCam ships an update every 6 days, Camera Trainer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
ProCam versus Camera Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProCamCamera Trainer
Price$9.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.6 (35K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings35K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#19 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTinkerworks AppsANDRES ARTURO AROCHA DIAZ

Bugs and requests

ProCam

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when deleting photos
  • Inconsistent behavior with RAW/TIFF formats
  • Issues with external mic support in video mode
  • Problems with long exposure and time-lapse features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved video editing and export options
  • Better integration with Apple's ecosystem
  • More intuitive controls and UI
  • Faster processing and saving of photos/videos
  • Expanded support for newer iPhone camera features

Camera Trainer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

ProCam

One-time9
  • Batch Photo ActionsFree
  • ZERO: Direct Sensor CaptureFree
  • AI SpatialFree
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  • The Urban Collection$0.99
  • The Elemental Collection$0.99
  • The Master Collection$1.99
  • 4K Ultra HD Time Lapse$2.99
  • 4K Ultra HD Video$4.99
  • 8K Max Time Lapse$4.99
None

Camera Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ProCam free?
ProCam costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Camera Trainer free?
Camera Trainer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ProCam or Camera Trainer have ads?
Neither ProCam nor Camera Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ProCam or Camera Trainer?
ProCam ships an update every 6 days, and Camera Trainer weekly. Most recently, ProCam was updated on October 17, 2026 and Camera Trainer on September 30, 2026.

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