Comparison

Halide Mark III vs Landscape Format Finder

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
Read full description

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

Landscape Format Finder

Features
Read full description

Your camera roll is mostly portraits: selfies, screenshots, quick snaps. But somewhere in there are the horizontal shots and clips you actually need, whether that's a wallpaper, a printed frame, or B-roll for your next video. Landscape Finder finds them all in seconds. HOW IT WORKS • Tap Scan. Landscape Finder checks your library and picks out every photo and video that's wider than it is tall. • Browse results in a clean grid, filtered by Photos, Videos, or both. • Swipe through matches full-screen like a gallery, photo to video and back. • Select several at once and share, export, or save them to a dedicated "Landscape Finder" album. Nothing is ever moved or deleted from your library. BUILT FOR VIDEO MAKERS Editing needs horizontal footage, and your camera roll rarely sorts itself. Landscape Finder pulls out every widescreen clip alongside your photos, so B-roll, intros, and thumbnail shots are ready to drop straight into your timeline or export to your editing app. WHY LANDSCAPE FINDER • No more endless scrolling to find the one horizontal shot you took last summer. • Perfect for building a wallpaper, thumbnail, or print collection without digging through your whole camera roll. • 100% on-device. Landscape Finder only reads what you scan and never uploads your photos anywhere. • Fast. Thousands of photos are scanned in seconds, no cloud processing required. FREE & PRO Scan up to 300 recent photos for free, any time. Landscape Finder Pro removes the limit so you can scan your entire library, however large it is. Got landscape shots and clips buried in your camera roll? Find them. Sort them. Use them. Legal and Regulatory In-app purchases and subscriptions are governed by Apple´s standard terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Halide Mark III4 screens
Landscape Format Finder3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Halide Mark III at #162 against Landscape Format Finder's unranked. Landscape Format Finder's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Halide Mark III sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Landscape Format Finder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Halide Mark III versus Landscape Format Finder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHalide Mark IIILandscape Format Finder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (14K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings14K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#162 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLux Optics IncorporatedShervin Koushan

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

Landscape Format Finder

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
2 purchases

Landscape Format Finder

Subscriptions1
  • LandscapeFinder Pro$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • LandscapeFinder Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Halide Mark III free?
Halide Mark III is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Landscape Format Finder free?
Landscape Format Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Halide Mark III or Landscape Format Finder have ads?
Neither Halide Mark III nor Landscape Format Finder shows ads.

Other comparisons