Comparison

Fotograf vs Focos

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

Head to head
About

Fotograf

This app offers a versatile photo editing experience with high-quality filters and a user-friendly interface. Create custom presets, utilize a manual camera mode for precise exposure, and enjoy efficient workflow with auto-saving and direct library access. It prioritizes photo fidelity for professional results.

Highlights
  • 36 high-quality filters
  • Create custom presets
  • Manual camera mode with exposure slider
  • Auto-saving to camera library
  • Portrait and landscape support
  • Import custom filters from desktop app
Features
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Besides having 36 amazingly versatile, high-quality filters and a buttery-smooth interface, Fotograf does a bunch of useful things your other photo apps don’t, including: - Allows you to make your own presets by tweaking built-in filters or saving a set of adjustments as your own custom filter. - If there are, say, 3 filters that you use all the time, save them each as their own custom presets (without any additional adjustments) and they’ll show up at the very front of your list of filters for easy access at all times. - Has the perfect no-fuss manual camera mode, with a single exposure slider, to let you get perfectly-exposed shots without having to mess with a bunch of other settings. - The app automatically opens to either the in-app camera or your photo library, depending on which you last used, to get you quickly to the part where you’re choosing or taking photos. - Features a brilliantly simple way to take well-exposed flash photos: when you enable the flash, it turns it on and leaves it on until you take the photo, so you can see the effect the flash will have (and adjust exposure if you want) before taking the shot. - Works in portrait or landscape mode - so if you want to take photos in the app and edit them, you can do so without having to keep changing your phone orientation back and forth. - You can take photos and have them auto-saved in any filter - just long-press on a filter to enter the in-app camera in auto-filter mode for that filter, and every photo you take will then be automatically filtered and saved to your library. - There’s no silly and annoying extra step of having to import photos into a separate in-app library - just load and save things directly to and from your camera’s existing photo library. - The filters are grouped into collapsible sets, so you can hide whole sets of filters you don’t want to worry about. - Everything in Fotograf is tuned for photo fidelity - from the way the in-app camera takes photos to the bit depth of the adjustments (96-bit), Fotograf’s entire pipeline is engineered for incredibly high fidelity. - Use our desktop app, CameraBag Photo, to fully craft your own filters using a huge array of adjustment tools, and import them for use in Fotograf.

About

Focos

Transform your iPhone and iPad photos with DSLR-like bokeh and depth-of-field effects. This app uses computational photography to let you refocus, adjust aperture, and add multiple lights in 3D space, unlocking endless creative possibilities.

Highlights
  • AI-powered depth calculation
  • Adjustable aperture and bokeh effects
  • Refocus photos after capture
  • Add and control multiple 3D lights
  • Simulate lens characteristics
  • 3D depth map visualization
  • Augmented reality preview
Features
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Focos is a big step into the future of computational photography and light-field camera, bringing DSLR-like photography to your iPhone and iPad Pro, with beautiful bokeh effects usually achievable only with professional large aperture cameras. With the technology of computational photography, you can make unlimited changes to your photos, focus after the fact, change the aperture repeatedly, and add multiple lights in 3D space, exceeding the limits of any editing tools you’ve known before. The creative potential unleashed by Focos is endless. The Verge, "Focos has long been one of the most ambitious photo-editing apps on iOS, turning any photo into a 'portrait mode'-style image with fully adjustable depth of field, no matter what kind of camera you took it with." MAIN FEATURES - Take photos with shallow depth of field, without manually painting or making selections. - The AI engine can calculate depth of field automatically for all photos. - True 3D imaging. - Simulate large apertures to create real bokeh effects normally only possible with DSLR cameras and expensive lenses. - Import all existing photos and customize the bokeh effect. - Re-focus portrait photos that have already been taken, with a simple tap. - Choose from various simulated aperture diaphragms to generate different bokeh spot effects. - Professional options to simulate lens characteristics, such as creamy, bilinear, swirly, and reflex effects, and more. - Visualize the depth of areas within your portrait photos in a 3D view, and intuitively add depth filters. - Add multiple lights in a 3D space, and adjust the color, brightness and so on for each light. - Check the portrait picture in the real world with augmented reality technique. - It is possible to patch the depth map precisely on iPad with Apple Pencil. - Intuitive and easy to use, with built-in video tutorials. - An essential tool for all iPhones and iPads. Do you have questions or suggestions? Contact us via support @ focos . me.

Screenshots

Fotograf4 screens
Focos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Focos at 51K against Fotograf's 51. Focos also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Fotograf's advantage is review sentiment (61% vs 51%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Fotograf sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Focos sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focos holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focos has 51K ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Fotograf's written reviews are positive against 51% of Focos's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fotograf ships an update monthly, Focos every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fotograf versus Focos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFotografFocos
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (51 ratings)4.7 (51K ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews — better50.5% of reviews
Number of ratings5151K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB332 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNevercenter Ltd. Co.Mosaic S.r.l.

Customer experience

Fotograf

All ratings51 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews162 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral8.6%
Negative30.2%

Focos

All ratings51,408 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews754 reviews
Positive50.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative44.3%

User reviews

Fotograf

From 51 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 High-quality, natural-looking filters
  • ⚡ Fast and intuitive user interface
  • 💾 Full resolution photo saving capability
  • 🔧 Fine-tuned adjustment sliders for precise control
  • 📱 Works as Photos app extension

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent image import glitches showing pixelated/garbled output
  • 💥 App crashes when saving edited photos
  • ❌ In-app purchase system frequently fails
  • 🔄 Photos import upside down or sideways
  • ⏳ Slow saving process that freezes app

Focos

From 51K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent depth of field control
  • 👍 Powerful photo editing features
  • 🎨 Versatile lighting and effects
  • 💡 Ability to edit non-Portrait mode photos
  • 🔍 Precise focus adjustment

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🤔 Steep learning curve for advanced features
  • 🔍 Inaccurate depth mapping in some cases
  • 🖼️ Reduced quality for free version exports

Bugs and requests

Fotograf

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Images display as pixelated Minecraft-like blocks on import
  • App freezes indefinitely with 'waiting' hourglass on save
  • High-resolution photos (8MP+) cause app crashes
  • Photos import rotated or upside down
  • Instagram doesn't recognize Fotograf edits
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  • Filter purchase system throws error messages
  • App hangs when loading photos from camera roll
  • Effects preview intensity differs from final saved result
  • Photos app extension crashes or fails to save
  • Circular blur function locked to frame center only
  • Editing sliders don't start at true zero position
  • Preview cannot be zoomed during editing
  • Lost access to purchased filter sets after updates
  • App icon gets stuck darkened with waiting indicator
  • Compatibility issues with iOS 7.x on iPad

Requested features

10 requests
  • Frames and borders for finished look
  • Video editing support
  • Selective/movable circular blur (not just center)
  • Zoom capability during editing to see details
  • Rotate function (separate from crop)
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  • Ability to assign custom filenames when saving
  • Preset sync between iPhone and iPad
  • Crop button visibility when importing from other apps
  • Front-facing camera option for selfies
  • More default filter sets included

Focos

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes or crashes when editing certain photos
  • Depth adjustments not saving properly
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between editing modes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save edited photos with depth map
  • More precise brush tools for depth editing
  • Improved hair/fine detail handling
  • Faster processing and loading times
  • Easier organization and management of edited photos

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fotograf

One-time10
  • Import Filters From CameraBag for Mac/PC$0.99
  • Filter Set: Filtered B+W$0.99
  • Filter Set: Monocolor$0.99
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  • Filter Set: Love Taza$0.99
  • Filter Set: Mattes$0.99
  • Filter Set: Portrait$0.99
  • Filter Set: Color Washes$0.99
  • Filter Set: Vintage$0.99
  • Filter Set: Philip Edsel$0.99
  • Everything$4.99
9 purchases

Focos

Subscriptions7
  • Focos Pro Weekly7 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Focos Pro Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Focos Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
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  • Weekly Subscription - Standard$3.997 Days
  • Standard Weekly - Free Trial7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Weekly Creator Bundle - FT7 Days trial2 variants$9.997 Days
  • Weekly Creator Bundle$9.997 Days
One-time2
  • Monthly subscription$1.99
  • Lifetime unlimited access$12.99

Questions

Is Fotograf free?
Fotograf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focos free?
Focos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fotograf or Focos?
Focos is rated higher. Fotograf averages 4.4 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Focos averages 4.7 from 51K ratings.
Do Fotograf or Focos have ads?
Neither Fotograf nor Focos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fotograf or Focos?
Fotograf ships an update monthly, and Focos every 2 weeks. Most recently, Fotograf was updated on October 16, 2026 and Focos on October 17, 2026.

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