AirSLR vs iReplica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirSLR
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This APP is the simple camera app that can take pictures as if taken with a digital SLR to blur the part other than in focus and zoom in/out(tele,wide,fish-eye like). The functions of this app are as followings. ・You can determine the focus and exposure positions by tapping the preview screen. ・Two markers, one for focus and one for exposure, are displayed at the tapped position. ・The markers can be dragged to separate positions. ・You can create a gentle blur from the focus point outward. ・You can choose between circular and linear blur shapes. ・Use a pinch gesture to zoom. ・You can choose between the back camera and the face camera. (Only models with a face camera) ・There are instant shutter and 2-second timer shutter. ・Photos taken are stored in the camera roll and within the app. ・A list of taken photos is displayed. ・Images can be processed with approximately 60 filters, including brightness adjustment, contrast, blur, sharpening, sepia, monochrome, edge detection, and sketch. This app includes the following open sources. AQGridView(Copyright(c)2010-2011, Kobo Inc.) and GPUImage(Copyright (c) 2012, Brad Larson, Ben Cochran, Hugues Lismonde, Keitaroh Kobayashi, Alaric Cole, Matthew Clark, Jacob Gundersen, Chris Williams. All rights reserved.) [Note] It does not guarantee reliably taking pictures in any case. We are not able to offer compensation for any damages or losses that may occur during its operation.
iReplica
Capture and process photos to closely replicate what the human eye sees. This app offers RAW image capture with two processing pipelines for detailed adjustments, contributing to vision research.
- RAW photo capture
- Two image processing pipelines
- Automatic and Manual camera modes
- HDR image capture
- Adjustable exposure and temperature
- Save RAW and processed images
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If you've ever wanted to capture a photo that closely resembles what your eyes see, the iReplica is just the app for you. iReplica provides users with the ability to both capture and save pictures in RAW, while also providing two different processing pipelines to adjust the image. iReplica is currently in its initial stages, and we are regularly improving its mechanics. The camera application is inspired by work from the laboratory of Dr. Alonso. The app is written by Adam Khoukhi, who is supervised by Hamed Nasrabadi, both are in the laboratory of Dr. Alonso. The purpose of developing this application is to provide vision research in order to better understand how the human eye works. So you will be able to closely replicate what your eyes see on your phone and contribute to world-class vision research! The Capture Photos stage is, simply, where you will capture the photo. iReplica captures photos in RAW. Under the viewfinder display is the capture adjustment segment selector. Currently, we have two modes: Automatic Mode and Manual Mode. In automatic mode, you can select the correct segment depending on whether you are indoors or outdoors. This selection will help us better understand the ambient light in your environment, which will prompt you with a slider to adjust the photo’s exposure. The application uses HDR and captures 4 images, 3 of which will be relative to the captured photo with the selected shutter speed. Select the indoor segment if you would like the relative images to be brighter, and the outdoor one if you would like them to be darker. As for Manual Mode, you have the freedom to choose the shutter speeds for all four images. The app also supports Auto Exposure where you can click anywhere on the viewfinder to automatically adjust the exposure to match well with the point of selection. Lastly, you can adjust the temperature by swiping up or down on the viewfinder to adjust the temperature of the captured image. Once you capture a photo, the application will also capture 3 more images of different exposure. The application then starts processing the RAW sensor data. Since the photo is captured in RAW, we must first read and process the unprocessed sensor data in order to display an image. If you would like the RAW data, no worries, you can save the RAW photo alone or with the processed image. Processing the RAW sensor data does take some time and is done under the hood. While the screen has a loading page, the application first reads the unprocessed sensor data. It then applies a black level so the image doesn’t look saturated, and applies a white balance so that white looks white and not green or yellow. Once the color is correct, the application demosaics the Bayer pattern and applies the appropriate color space conversion. Lastly, HDR is implemented. The first method, standard, applies a gamma correction. In this method, you can process the image by adjusting its gamma correction, mean, and saturation. The other method, ONOFF, is our custom method that involves adjusting a weight, alpha value, an off beta value, an on beta value, and a saturation factor. This method is closely related to what our eyes see, and was based on the biological functions of sight. Once you're done editing, you can save the photo to your Photos by clicking the save button on the top right corner. There, you will have 3 saving choices; click on the RAW if you would like to only save the captured photo in RAW. This will save a DNG file, about 12 MB in size, in your Photos. The preview that you see for the RAW is simply a jpg preview. Click on Processed if you would like only to save your processing of the captured photo. This will save a png file that looks identical to the image displayed on your screen. If you would like to save both, then click on RAW+Processed (Note: this will save two separate files).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: iReplica at none against AirSLR's shown. iReplica also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AirSLR ships an update every 5 months, iReplica every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirSLR | iReplica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HIROFUMI MARUO | Jose-Manuel Alonso |
In-app purchases
AirSLR
No in-app purchases
iReplica
No in-app purchases









