Fine Camera vs RICOH THETA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fine Camera
Capture unique photos with a variety of creative lenses and effects. Features include hand blur correction, continuous shooting, and a special selfie mode with gesture control. Easily create GIF animations from your burst shots.
- Hand blur correction
- Fish-eye and Sphere lenses
- Color Accent filter
- Continuous shooting modes
- Selfie mode with gesture control
- GIF animation creation
- Over 30,000 image effects
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# Fine Camera has the following features # ( 1 ) The hand blur correction function enable you to take one shot and burst shooting casually ( 2 ) Fish-eye Lens, Sphere Lens, Color Accent, ... live effects – How do you use these effects? ( 3 ) Continuous shooting that doesn’t miss a photo opportunity like a driving recorder ( 4 ) At “Selfy mode”, you can start and stop the self-timer with both eyes wink or passing your hand over a proximity detector near a camera. ( 5 ) More than 30,000 image effects are available. (Please note that this is an app for iPhone) ( 1 ) At last, the hand blur correction is available It's also possible to choose the bleat of cat, dog, elephant and so on from the menu screen as shutter sound, and the volume can be controlled by a volume button of iPhone. This app also has the simple hand blur correction function at taking photographs continuously, so a picture can be taken casually. ( 2 ) Fish-eye Lens, Sphere Lens, Color Accent and so on "Color Accent" filter is a live effect for which only a kind of color can be left in the monochrome. The picture which is being seen becomes a picture just as it is. ( 3 ) Two types of continuous shooting - “Burst BA” and “Burst A” “Burst BA” (Burst shots Before a shutter and After the shutter) This app perform continuous shooting of a total of nine sheets, i.e. four sheets before pushing a shutter, one sheet right after pushing a shutter and four sheets after pushing a shutter, in order not to miss a photo opportunity. So, it’s no problem, if you push a shutter after you feel “Oh! It was NOW!”. “Burst A”(Burst shots After a shutter) When you push a shutter , shutter sound sounds just once and the rest of eight are taken with no shutter sound. First shutter sound could have photogenic subject look at the camera and then take eight shots silently. You can select shutter sound from silent shutter, animal calls and sounds recorded by you. It’s easy to make a flip photo (animation GIF) using burst shots and share the photo at Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr and Google+. You can make sure the actual behavior of the flip photo (animation GIF) at http://www.suzuki.haru.gs/wp/finecamera/. ( 4 ) In order to take selfy shots easily, “Selfy mode” was provided. Default setting of the “Selfy mode” is as follows. - self-timer cancel with both eyes wink and passing your hand over a proximity detector near a camera. - timer duration is 2.5 secs. In order to detect your wink correctly, please don’t look at display but look at a camera. At the configuration screen, you can set various conditions regarding self-timer start/cancellation. Please note that the wink detection requires power consumption than usual. So, when you use the “Selfy mode”, please pay attention to the power consumption. ( 5 ) Because 2 kinds of image effects (filter) can be applied to one photo covering a mask over it, 28 (effects) x 5 (masks) x 28 (effects) x 8 (lens) = more than 30,000 kinds of image effects can be applied to one photo. Select mask -> Select mask filter (background image effect) Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Vibrance, Exposure, White balance, Highlight (darken bright portions), Shadow (brighten shadows) and Sharpness can be adjusted in real time. Shadow (brighten shadows) that suppresses blown out highlight is useful. Newly saved photo is added to the very end of a camera roll and original photo isn’t modified. When you save a photo, because you can delete the location information of the photo, it won’t be abused for a stalker crime etc. This app detects apps which can handle photos and installed in your iPhone. So, you can share your photo easily with those apps. The manual and movies are available at the following sites. - Fine Camera http://www.suzuki.haru.gs/wp/finecamera/ - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SimpleezCalc - Youtube http://youtu.be/NyJGh5L_RCk Please note that this app doesn’t support iPhone6 and earlier models.
RICOH THETA
Capture, view, and share immersive 360° photos and videos with a compatible camera. Control your camera remotely, preview shots in live view, and experience your spherical images by spinning, enlarging, or shrinking them. Easily share your creations on social media.
- Remote camera control
- Live view preview
- 360° image and video viewing
- Spherical image sharing
- Switch between photo and video modes
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Make life fun and work convenient with the 360° camera RICOH THETA The 360° camera RICOH THETA greatly surpasses your field of view to capture the entire surroundings with a single shutter click. You can view and share on a computer or smartphone the images and videos you shoot. This app enables you to do every task, specifically taking images and videos, viewing them and also sharing them, on your smartphone. * A separately sold RICOH THETA series camera is required to shoot spherical images. ◊ RICOH THETA and Wi-Fi connection Be sure to install this app onto your smartphone and connect it to a RICOH THETA series camera. Using this app will enable you to capture images remotely and view spherical images. - Remote shooting In still image mode, you can shoot while checking images in live view. You can also switch between still image mode and video mode by the app. - Viewing Captured images and videos can be viewed using this app. Spin around, enlarge, or shrink... Experience the fun of seeing the entire space around you in a spherical image. ◊ Sharing on Social Networking Services You can share on Twitter, Facebook, and other social network services the spherical images you shoot. Show the world a new way of enjoying photos by 360° images that provide a feeling of being where the image was taken. ◊ Note * Not compatible with iPod Touch devices. * Please visit www.theta360.com for additional compatibility information. * Compatibility is not guaranteed for all devices. * Compatibility is not guaranteed for devices without GPS capabilities. * Compatibility information may be changed at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RICOH THETA at Free against Fine Camera's $1.99. RICOH THETA also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Fine Camera's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 23%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
RICOH THETA is free to download; Fine Camera costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 26, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fine Camera | RICOH THETA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 23.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroyuki Suzuki | Ricoh Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Fine Camera
RICOH THETA
Bugs and requests
Fine Camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
RICOH THETA
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch after recent updates
- Unable to connect to camera after firmware updates
- Interval shooting not working on iOS
- Incompatible with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to batch select and share images
- Option to store photos within the app without cluttering device gallery
- Offline viewing of 360 photos with 3D effects
- Timer and interval shooting functionality
In-app purchases
Fine Camera
No in-app purchases
RICOH THETA
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Fine Camera free?
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Do Fine Camera or RICOH THETA have ads?
Which is updated more often, Fine Camera or RICOH THETA?
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