Comparison

Halide Mark III vs MultiCam Fusion

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

Head to head
About

Halide Mark III

This professional camera app offers advanced manual controls and powerful tools for deliberate photography. Capture stunning RAW images, utilize Neural Macro for close-ups on any iPhone, and access features like focus peaking and histograms. Learn photography with included lessons and customize your shooting experience.

Highlights
  • Manual exposure and focus controls
  • Neural Macro for close-up shots
  • 14-bit RAW and ProRAW capture
  • Exposure tools: histograms, waveform, zebras
  • Focus peaking and loupe
  • Gesture-based interface
  • Included photography lessons
Features
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Halide unleashes your iPhone’s camera. Disable iPhone processing for natural photos, apply powerful film situations, access manual controls, and more. Halide has over 24,000 5-star ratings and is an App Store Editors’ Choice and Apple Design Award winner. Halide’s Looks are built into the camera itself, changing how your photo is captured and processed - not just a color filter applied after the fact. These are the best photos you can get out of an iPhone. Start with Process Zero for natural, film-like results, without any AI or computational photography. Explore our rich set of creative Looks developed with Hollywood colorist Cullen Kelly, and powered by sophisticated film simulation. For nine years, Halide has set the standard for professional iPhone camera control. Nail your manual focus with Focus Peaking and the Focus Loupe. Compose your shots with intention using sophisticated framing guides, from a basic grid and rule of thirds, to the golden ratio and rabatment of the rectangle. Get perfect macro shots with Halide's dedicated Macro Mode. Hate editing? Halide gives you amazing results straight out of the camera. But when you need to fine-tune, Photo Lab makes it fast and intuitive. Try dramatically different Looks, adjust framing and exposure, experiment with film simulation, or rescue details in highlights and shadows with Tone Fusion. You can even import and load RAWs from other apps, such as Apple’s own camera app, or standalone cameras by Canon, Nikon, Sony, Leica, Fujifilm, and Hasselblad. Specific formats are listed below. *Halide is a paid app. Try it free for 7 days with an annual membership, or buy it outright with a one-time purchase — no subscription required.* Features: - Shoot without Apple’s computational photography for stronger contrast and more natural results. - Photographic Looks developed in collaboration with esteemed Hollywood colorist Cullen Kelly. - Rescue details in shadows and highlights with a Tone Fusion slider inspired by darkroom dodging and burning. - Try any Look on existing ProRAW files - including photos shot in Apple’s camera app. - Become a better photographer by signing up for our 10-day tutorial directly from the app. - Full manual exposure controls including shutter speed, ISO and white balance. - Technical Readout to view all details of your iPhone camera hardware. - Also runs on iPad, for an amazing Photo Lab experience. RAW File Support: - DNG (iPhone, Leica) - CR2 (Canon) - CR3 (Canon) - NEF (Nikon) - RAF (Fujifilm) - ARW (Sony) - FFF (Hasselblad) Terms of Use can be found here: https://halide.cam/terms Privacy: https://www.lux.camera/privacy/

About

MultiCam Fusion

Features
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MultiCam Fusion is a professional multi-camera recorder for modern iPhones. Record synchronized camera feeds from the front camera and rear lens stack, where your device supports Apple multi-cam capture. Choose all available cameras, front plus rear, or rear lens stack modes, then control codec, resolution, bitrate, frame rate, Apple Log support, and native stabilization mode. For advanced capture, adjust shutter, ISO, exposure bias, focus, and white balance directly beside the live preview. Apply controls to one selected feed or all active cameras. Record to app storage or a Files location, including external USB-C SSDs on supported iPhones. Exports are packaged for professional workflows with individual feed videos, sync preview, metadata, calibration estimates, and machine-readable dataset manifests. Those manifests preserve feed roles, timing, dimensions, approximate intrinsics, recording settings, and reconstruction hints so captures can move into external photogrammetry and 3D Gaussian Splatting workflows using tools such as COLMAP and OpenSplat.

Screenshots

Halide Mark III4 screens
MultiCam Fusion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Halide Mark III at Free against MultiCam Fusion's $0.99. Halide Mark III also leads on chart position (#150 vs unranked). MultiCam Fusion's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Halide Mark III is free to download; MultiCam Fusion costs $0.99 up front. Halide Mark III sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. MultiCam Fusion asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Halide Mark III versus MultiCam Fusion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHalide Mark IIIMultiCam Fusion
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (13K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings13K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#150 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLux Optics IncorporatedVinicius Lube

Bugs and requests

Halide Mark III

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Photos not saving properly
  • Zoom functionality issues
  • Landscape mode UI problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Shutter speed adjustment
  • Live depth/bokeh preview
  • Custom white balance
  • Time-lapse and video recording
  • Ability to save settings/presets

MultiCam Fusion

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Halide Mark III

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Camera, Editor, and Lessons$9.991 Month
  • Pro Camera, Editor, and Lessons7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • One Time Purchase$69.99
None

MultiCam Fusion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Halide Mark III free?
Halide Mark III is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MultiCam Fusion free?
MultiCam Fusion costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Halide Mark III or MultiCam Fusion have ads?
Neither Halide Mark III nor MultiCam Fusion shows ads.

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