Provoke Camera vs Camera1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Provoke Camera
This app creates gritty, grainy, black and white images inspired by 1960s Japanese photography. It offers various film formats and live view effects, and can also import and edit existing photos from your camera roll.
- Gritty, grainy black and white image creation
- Inspired by 1960s Japanese photography
- Square format 126 and 35mm format 135
- 9 black and white live view effects
- 4 color live view effects
- Import and edit photos from camera roll
- Supports TIFF uncompressed files
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Doesn't support iPads. Developed in collaboration with Glyn Evans [the founder of iPhoneography], Provoke Camera was inspired by Japanese photographers of the late 1960’s like Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira and Yutaka Takanashi. Simple, elegant and easy to use, Provoke Camera does just one thing, produce black and white images with that gritty, grainy, blurry look reminiscent of the “Provoke” era of photography, and in two great formats; square format 126 and 35mm format 135. Provoke Camera features 9 great black and white and 4 color live view effects, in 2 great film formats, 126 [1:1] and 135 [3:2]: 1. HPAN High Contrast 2. NPAN Normal 3. LPAN Low Contrast 4. X800 More High Contrast with more noise. 5. I800 IR like filter. 6. Z800 +2EV with more noise. 7. D100 Darken with Blur (4Pixel) 8. H100 High Contrast with Blur(4Pixel) 9. E100 +1.5EV with Blur(4Pixel) 10. Nofilter 11. 100 Old Color 12. 100U Vivid and Sharp 13. 160N Soft In addition to capturing beautiful, gritty, grainy, contrasty black and white images, Provoke Camera will also allow you to import photos from your camera roll and apply any one of its “Provoke” effects. And Support TIFF Uncompress image file. Also support Photo Extension with iOS8 later. You can use Provoke Filter in Photos App.
Camera1
This app offers a dedicated manual camera experience for black and white photography. It provides full creative control over contrast and exposure in real-time, allowing users to develop their vision before capturing the shot. Users can also manually adjust focus and exposure for professional-quality monochrome images.
- Black and white photography only
- Manual focus and exposure control
- Real-time contrast and exposure adjustments
- Live histogram and over-exposure warning
- Support for RAW, ProRAW, TIFF, and JPEG formats
- Zen mode for distraction-free shooting
- Multiple crop formats and grid views
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Camera1 is the dedicated Black & White manual camera for iPhone. No colour, no compromise — just pure monochrome photography with full creative control. DEVELOP YOUR CREATIVITY Learn to "see" in Black & White through Camera1 unique simultaneous contrast and exposure adjustments. Explore the infinite black and white image possibilities in real-time, such as high-key/low-key right in the viewfinder, before taking the shot. Use the Zen mode to focus all your creative attention on the picture, and not the camera or technique. TAKE CONTROL Take control of the camera, with manual overrides of exposure and focus. Super easy access to focus lock using the manual focusing slider, for ultra-fast shooting - as the camera won’t need to re-focus between shots. PROFESSIONAL OUTPUT Camera1 takes full advantage of your camera hardware and saves in a variety of different file formats, including JPEG, TIFF, RAW & ProRAW / DNG, allowing for maximum editing flexibility in applications like Photoshop and Lightroom later in your workflow. Advanced iOS image processing such as Deep Fusion and Smart HDR is used on supported devices. Live histograms, flash, grid views and a range of manual controls allow you to get the perfect shot, every time. Features • Black & white photography only: commit to Black and White at shooting time. • High-quality image processing engine. Take full advantage of your device camera hardware. • Manual focus (with magnification of the center focusing area), focus lock, spot focus, auto-focus • Manual exposure compensation, or use Auto exposure • Live histogram, when adjusting exposure, optional over-exposure warning indicator (zebras) • 6 contrast/color filters for Black & White: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, infrared (simulated) • Manual contrast control • High-resolution capture (48MP) (*) • Support for multi-lens devices - standard, telephoto and ultra wide-angle (*) • ProRAW, RAW, JPEG, HEIC, TIFF file formats. DNG files contain colour information, allowing later editing. A full-resolution JPEG, processed to Black and White by Camera1 is saved alongside the DNG file, to the camera roll • Support for iOS Deep Fusion and Smart HDR (*) • Tap on the picture to take the shot • 5 crop formats: 3:2, 4:3 (native), 1:1, 16:9, 2.35:1 (panorama) • Zen mode: all controls disappear, leaving only the viewfinder on the screen for the ultimate picture-taking experience • 3 flash modes: On, Off, Torch • 2 framing grid types: Rule of Thirds and Golden Triangles • Live view of all controls above • iOS Widget - quickly launch the app from your lock or home screen • Camera Control: use hardware camera control to launch Camera1, or to take shots (iPhone 16 Pro & Pro Max) • Black and White camera roll, image viewer at full resolution "The most brilliant Camera App in recent years" -- Keisuke Takahashi "I like the results-a bit like film (Tri-X) with a slight grain pattern. Lots of latitude" -- Eric Mencher @emencher Don't forget to tag your pictures with #camera1app ! Privacy-first • Camera1 does not embed any tracking / third-party SDKs (*) Compatibility Notes Camera1 features depend on the capabilities of your iOS device: • High-resolution (48MP) capture: iPhone 14 Pro and later Pro models • ProRAW capture: iPhone 12 Pro and later Pro models • RAW capture: iPhone 6S and later, iPad Pro • Smart HDR & Deep Fusion: iPhone 11 and later • Multi-lens support (standard, telephoto, ultra wide): devices with multiple rear cameras • Ultra Wide lens may not support RAW or manual focus/exposure on some devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Camera1 at 128 against Provoke Camera's 6. Camera1 also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 65%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Provoke Camera's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On rating, 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
Provoke Camera costs $1.99 and Camera1 $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Provoke Camera against 4.7 for Camera1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Camera1 has 128 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Provoke Camera's written reviews are positive against 76% of Camera1's.
Provoke Camera ships an update every 2 months, Camera1 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Provoke Camera | Camera1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 4.7 (128 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews | 75.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 128 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Toshihiko Tambo | Sebastien Ardon |
Customer experience
Provoke Camera
Camera1
In-app purchases
Provoke Camera
No in-app purchases
Camera1
No in-app purchases









