Provoke Camera vs Lucent Camera
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.
Lucent Camera
This app offers a classic black and white photography experience with granular control over lighting and composition. Manually adjust focus, ISO, exposure, contrast, and brightness to master your shots. Its simple interface provides gentle haptic feedback and optional grid lines for precise framing.
- Manual focus control
- Adjustable ISO and exposure
- Contrast and brightness settings
- Tap to auto focus
- Pinch to zoom
- Simple interface with haptic feedback
- Optional grid lines
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Lucent Camera is a classic black and white camera. It's interface lets you control every detail of the lighting and composition of your photographs. Features include: • Ability to manually focus the lens. • Ability to manually adjust iso and exposure settings. • Ability to set the contrast and brightness levels. • Tap to auto focus. • Pinch to zoom. • Simple interface with gentle haptic feedback. • Optional grid lines to line up your shots. • Totally private. Shooting in black and white can take your photography to the next level and Lucent Camera lets you control every detail to achieve mastery with the camera in your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lucent Camera at Free against Provoke Camera's $1.99. Lucent Camera also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Provoke Camera's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Lucent Camera is free to download; Provoke Camera costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Provoke Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Provoke Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lucent Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Provoke Camera | Lucent Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Toshihiko Tambo | Benjamin Lucas |
Customer experience
Provoke Camera
Lucent Camera
In-app purchases
Provoke Camera
No in-app purchases
Lucent Camera
No in-app purchases
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