DSLR Camera vs RAW Power
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DSLR Camera
Capture and edit stunning photos and videos with manual camera controls, AI-powered filters, and advanced editing tools. Offers features like RAW capture, AR effects, and predictive filter selection for professional-quality results.
- Manual camera controls (Shutter, ISO, Focus)
- AI-powered predictive filters
- RAW photo capture
- AR Portrait and AR Assistant
- Advanced photo editor
- Bokeh and Dual Filter effects
- Hand timer and Face Tracking
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DSLR Camera for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and iMessage the complete app for Photo and Video with Manual Controls, Advanced Editor and 200+ Professional Filters. You can shoot and record with the full advantage of the camera on your device, for spectacular shots and videos even at night. • Constantly updated since 2014 to ensure better performance - Most downloaded app in 30 World Stores - Selected like "App of the Day" in many world stores Made with love in Sicily The app is designed to be used by beginners and experts. 3 modes: Auto Mode - for automatically perfect photos and videos Manual Mode - modifies: Shutter Times, ISO Sensitivity, Manual Focus, Manual WB P Mode - to shoot and record, choose perfect exposure quickly and easily Then only one with AI to predict the best filters for your photo • Perfect shots and videos DSLR Camera offers you the ability to capture and film your subjects, automatically with the ability of controlling manual function to control shooting time and ISO. The controls are designed to be simple and complete • Hand Timer Use your hand to tell your iPhone how many seconds to wait before taking a shot • RAW Shot beautiful photographs in RAW format for a Professional quality • Predictive Filters A powerful feature that automatically select the filters most appropriate for your photos • AR Portrait Take unique portraits using the LiDAR sensor and AR. Easily place stickers and graphics between the subject and the background, adjust the blur and enjoy the new photo taking experience. • Bokeh Take shots by adjusting the intensity of the blur and the depth at which the effect is applied. • Widgets Use exclusive widgets that automatically select and improve every shots • AR Assistant Use the augmented reality to study and choose the best point of view for your photo or video. Use the tutorial to learn various photographic techniques • Siri Shortcuts Control the app with the voice You can say "Hey Siri filter last shot" and Siri will automatically use a predictive filters to correct your photo • Advanced Focus Choose the focus to highlight the subject using Focus Macro to capture even minute details, Focus "Infinity" to perfectly define subjects that are far away. • AFC - No more blurry photos Hold down a point of the frame to track the subject you chose and DSLR Camera app will focus on what you have chosen. • Face Tracking - Selfie and Perfect Portraits Faces in your photos will always be at the right brightness • Selfie Comparison Thanks to ML the app evaluate face quality in a picture to help you in selecting the best shot • Music Filters This exclusive feature creates and recommends filters based on the music you are listening to and the mood of the moment. • Dual Filter The Dual Filter feature allows you to correct and post-produce the subject and background separately. • Advanced Editor Edit easily all your photos thanks to the integrated editor. Photo Editor is fast and complete, allowing you to make your shot even better. You can adjust: Exposure, Contrast, Lights, Shadows, Color Temperature, Saturation, Vividness, Structure, Sharpness, Photo Noise, and Vignette. Complete with all the Tools to resize, crop, and adjust your photos. • 200+ Filters 200+ exclusive Photo Filters to make your photo unique • Cinematic Videos Select recording quality and take videos in 4k, lock exposure, for a cinematic result • MultiCam You will be able to take photos and record videos using two cameras simultaneously, to obtain unique and innovative results • iMessage App • Apple Watch Remote DSLR Camera also offers: 3 Shots mode, Predictive Filters, AFC, RAW (DNG), Manual Controls, Photo Editor, 200+ Photo Filters, 3D Touch Support, 4k Video, Manual Focus, Night Mode, Auto WB, Jump Shot, Timer, Photos Effect, Tone Curves, Advanced Blur, Advanced Correction Tools, Text, Splash, Resize, Crop, Dual Camera Zoom, Digital Zoom, Selfie Flash. Easy, Complete and Powerful!
RAW Power
This app offers advanced RAW image processing and organization for your photo library. It allows for precise, non-destructive editing with a wide range of tools, and syncs changes across devices. Manage albums, filter images, and enhance photos with features like Depth Effect.
- Advanced RAW processing
- Non-destructive editing
- Photo library organization
- Cross-platform editing
- Batch processing
- Depth Effect enhancement
- LUT support
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OVERVIEW — ADVANCED RAW: Unlock the power of Apple's RAW engine with easy-to-use controls. Develop images with the same outstanding RAW processing in Apple’s Aperture professional photo app. Unique adjustments let you improve your images in ways that can't be done in any other app. — ORGANIZE: RAW Power is a complete photo app to organize and manage your photo library. Fully compatible with iCloud Photo Library, so all changes are synced. Every image and every change is available to every app on your iPhone or iPad. — RATE & FILTER: Filter albums by file type, rating, flag, and edit state. Ratings and Flags sync over iCloud Photo Library! — FILES.APP: Store images in the Photos library or Files.app. Use our new Share extension to import from other apps directly into RAW Power’s Files container. Same non-destructive editing, rating, and filtering features! (iCloud syncing is not supported). — NOT JUST RAWs: RAW Power is great with JPEGs, with many tools missing from the Photos app. Plus an innovative Depth Effect for photos shot on iPhones with a dual camera system. — EDIT CROSS-PLATFORM: Edit on iOS and continue on the Mac (or vice-versa) using RAW Power 3 for macOS. — BATCH PROCESSING: Apply presets, paste adjustments, and export multiple images. Export to the photo library or to Files.app. Using iOS 16 or later? You may be interested in Nitro Photo. It includes masking, XMP support, synchronized Pan and Zoom and many other features. Search for 'Nitro Photo' on the App Store. ORGANIZATION AND DISPLAY — Zoom up to 800% for extremely precise adjustments. — Create and rename albums, delete images from albums and the library, and move images into albums. Full access to your folder hierarchy. — Display file name, exposure information, flash status, and location with a map. REAL-TIME EDITING — Full non-destructive editing. All changes stored in the iOS Photo Library and iCloud Photo Library, so you can edit on one device and continue on another, without loss of quality. Even between Mac and iOS! — Optimized for small screens. Choose which adjustments to show by default and in what order — Unparalleled highlight recovery with Boost and Recovery sliders. Real-time control of Apple's RAW engine, including Noise Reduction, Black Point, Gamut Mapping and more — Auto Enhance, Auto White Balance, Auto Levels and Auto Curves. Apply them to multiple images at once! — Apply presets, and Copy / Paste Adjustments to one image or many — Histogram with Clipping Indicators and Hot Pixels Overlay — LUTs (Look up tables) with built-in looks and film simulations. Add your own! — Crop and Straighten, Rotate and Flip, White Balance with sampler and auto — Highlights, Shadows, Vibrancy, Local Contrast and incredible Lighten and Darken sliders — Curves and Levels. Curves has Linear and Lab modes, and samplers — Depth Effect to enhance photos shot with the dual camera system — Chromatic Aberration to correct lens artifacts, Perspective, Black & White, Vignette with a controllable center point — All sliders are real-time and GPU accelerated — High-precision, deep color imaging engine — Export JPEG, PNG, and TIFFs (8- and 16-bit) to Files.app or Photos.app COMPATIBILITY — Compatible with hundreds of cameras, including iPhone RAW images. (EXTENDED SUPPORT REQUIRES iOS 14. Full List at https://www.gentlemencoders.com/extended-raw/index.html) RAW support is downloaded in the background by Apple. Your device must be on WiFi and plugged in to get updates. — Great with JPEGs, TIFFs, PNGs, and most DNGs — Video Tutorials (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7l78rOzFxaHG-e5AT-MGWQ) RAW POWER for MAC RAW Power is also available on the Mac App Store as a Photos Extension and standalone app with Photos Library support. Rated 4.5 stars worldwide! ABOUT GENTLEMEN CODERS Gentlemen Coders was founded by a former Senior Director of Engineering at Apple. For more information, visit www.gentlemencoders.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DSLR Camera at $2.99 against RAW Power's $12.99. DSLR Camera also leads on chart position (#144 vs unranked) and ratings volume (2.9K vs 874). RAW Power's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (61% vs 44%). On rating, update cadence, 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
DSLR Camera costs $2.99 and RAW Power $12.99 up front. DSLR Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RAW Power asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for DSLR Camera against 4.6 for RAW Power. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.9K and 874 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of DSLR Camera's written reviews are positive against 61% of RAW Power's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DSLR Camera | RAW Power |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.9K ratings) — better | 4.6 (874 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.3% of reviews | 60.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 874 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #144 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 237 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fulvio Scichilone | Gentlemen Coders |
Customer experience
DSLR Camera
RAW Power
Bugs and requests
DSLR Camera
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when switching between lenses
- Photos not saving properly
- Manual settings not applying correctly
- AR features not functioning as expected
- Slow performance on newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for 16:9 aspect ratio
- Implement night mode and better low-light performance
- Allow saving of custom camera settings
- Improve video recording capabilities (e.g. frame rates, stabilization)
- Integrate with photo editing apps for seamless workflow
RAW Power
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DSLR Camera
- Black & White collection$0.99
RAW Power
No in-app purchases
Questions
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