Codecam vs Grid Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Codecam
Unlock the full potential of your iPhone camera with advanced manual controls for both photos and videos. Adjust settings like shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and focus for professional-quality results. Explore various compression and frame rate options for video recording.
- Manual shutter speed and ISO
- Manual white balance (temperature, tint)
- Manual focus control
- Adjustable video compression and frame rates
- Video zoom with focal length display
- Video stabilization options
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All the power of the iPhone camera at your fingertips! With the incredibly capable camera that is your iPhone, and Codecam, the most simple, easy to use, yet very powerful app, you can enjoy the unlimited possiblities that the complete control over your iPhone's camera can provide! Photo features: - shoot in JPEG, like the stock camera app, or shoot JPEG+RAW, which also records a DNG file next to your jpeg (it will still look like a single photo in the photos app). You can import the DNG to you computer, or edit it on your iPhone with an app that supports DNG raw files. - manual shutter speed, ISO. Lock your exposure by picking a new value, or by long pressing the automatically selected one. Long press again to go back to auto. You can also swipe up and down on the screen to apply an exposure compensation while in automatic exposure mode. - manual white balance: temperature and tint. You can lock the current value just like the exposure, or pick the exact values. White balance presets are also available: Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, plus two Incandescent and Fluorescent presets. - manual focus: switch between auto an manual focus by tapping the button, or by tapping an area on the image to focus on it. A slider to manually focus is also available. Video features: - video zoom: you can zoom by pinching the image, up until the point where upscaling would occur. For 4K, you can override this behaviour to allow zooming until the 1080p crop. The approximate focal length for the given zoom is also shown on the screen (converted to the equivalent focal length of a Super 35 or Full Frame sensor). - the same manual controls for shutter speed, ISO, white balance and focus as in photo mode. Smooth autofocus using Focus Pixels on the iPhone 6 or newer is available. - compressions supported: 15 Mbit, 25 Mbit, 50 Mbit, 75 Mbit, 100 Mbit, 200 Mbit, 400 Mbit in H.264 (or H.265 in newer devices) with selectable IPB or ALL-I modes, and MPJEG compression with either optimal (9/10 or 8/10 for 4K) or full quality (10/10) setting (note: the displayed bitrate in MJPEG mode is an estimation of the maximum possible bitrate) - frame rates supported: 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p30 - additional frame rates supported by iPhone 5s: 720p50, 720p60 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 6: 720p120 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 6: 1080p50, 1080p60, 720p240 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 6s and 7: 1080p120, 2160p30, 2160p25, 2160p24 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 8, X, 11, 11 Pro: 1080p240, 2160p50, 2160p60 - video stabilization is supported, you can toggle between on, off or cinematic, depending on availability on your device - show shutter angle instead of shutter speed - cinematic 1:2.35 overlay: crop mark option is available in the settings menu to switch between 16:9 and cinemascope. This feature is for composition only, the image that will be recorded is the full 16:9 frame. Additional features: - automatic save to camera roll: all images and supported videos are saved to the camera roll - gallery: You can see the images and videos you took in a grid or loupe view, with full metadata. You can also share them, or delete them right in the app.
Grid Diary
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Grid Photos Diary is an application that allows you to personalize and save photos. You can customize your photo album type according to your favorite style. You can record the best and most memorable moments of the day, or you can record many things in a day according to your own preferences. Use Grid Photos Diary for the following purposes: -Save great and precious photo libraries and photo albums -Add description for each album collection -Add diary according to calendar format -Free style album collection, record many beautiful things in a day FEATURES: -Wonderful user interface -Calendar album collection -Private album collection -Support for editing photos of your choice -Add a wonderful text description to your album -Card style custom photo album Disclaimer: To ensure maximum security, Grid Photos Diary will not keep your photos or data on any type of server. It only uses the internal storage of the device. If you delete the application, the photos and data saved in the application will also be deleted. Therefore, if you need to delete the app for any reason, please make sure to export your photos, videos from the app to the device's photo library! User terms: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoN8WlmviUJ2k_l3CJ_VArsjTupitjR59ZC3EeMYtdI/edit?usp=sharing Privacy agreement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoN8WlmviUJ2k_l3CJ_VArsjTupitjR59ZC3EeMYtdI/edit?usp=sharing Subscription Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IjKpdZ4MNNks1tJ-EfxMXeSxPUc80GHuSAiaLNBV3rY/edit?usp=sharing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Codecam at none against Grid Diary's 1. Grid Diary's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Grid Diary sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Codecam asks for nothing beyond the download.
Codecam ships an update monthly, Grid Diary every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and February 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Codecam | Grid Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (24 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Laszlo Varadi | 鹏 陈 |
In-app purchases
Codecam
No in-app purchases
Grid Diary
- Photo Diary Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year









