Halide Mark III vs Muni Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Muni Cam
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Muni Cam is the official camera of the inaugural Muni World Championship™ — The Public's Major™. Capture a branded photo or video on the course and share it to Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube in seconds — with native-smooth, jitter-free video and in-sync audio. REACTION CAM Front and back cameras at once. Drag the selfie bubble anywhere — your reaction gets burned into the shot right where you put it. (iPhone XS and newer) FRAMES Pick a championship frame — Minimal, Seal, Lockup, Ticket, Ticks, or Clean — sized perfectly for Stories and Reels. STICKERS & BADGES Drop on event stickers — I'm Playing, The Public's Major, Est. 2026, the hashtag, FORE!, CADDIE, Cookout, and the venue — in green or gold. Add YOUR NAME on an official badge. Drag, pinch, rotate, and arrange. FILTERS Six looks made for the course: Golden Hour, Sunday Red, Vintage Muni, Merch Green, and Mono — live in the viewfinder, baked into photos and video. FX & HOLE RESULTS Make it rain — trophies, cash, confetti, or the event's actual award certificates falling over your shot, live in the preview and burned into your video. Log the hole with a RESULT badge: pick the hole, pick the score (Ace all the way to "in the pond"), and the celebration fires on its own. BRAND A PHOTO Already got the shot? Pull any photo from your library and give it the full championship treatment. SMOOTH VIDEO Records through the iPhone's hardware camera for buttery, broadcast-clean 1080p video. What you see is exactly what you save. MADE FOR SHARING - 9:16 Story, 1:1 Square, and 4:5 Post formats - One-tap save to your camera roll - Native share to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Messages - Copy a ready-to-post caption and hashtags - Safe-zone-aware framing so nothing important gets covered Everything happens on your device. July 18, 2026 · North Park GC. The Public's Major.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Muni Cam at none against Halide Mark III's 3. Muni Cam also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Halide Mark III's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and chart position (#156 vs unranked). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Halide Mark III sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Muni Cam asks for nothing beyond the download.
Halide Mark III ships an update every 11 days, Muni Cam monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Halide Mark III | Muni Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #156 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lux Optics Incorporated | AscenHD LLC |
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
Muni Cam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Halide Mark III
- Pro Camera, Editor, and Lessons$9.991 Month
- Pro Camera, Editor, and Lessons7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- One Time Purchase$69.99
Muni Cam
No in-app purchases
Questions
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