Guerrilla Filmmaker vs Lambda Photo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guerrilla Filmmaker
This app provides advanced video recording capabilities for filmmakers and content creators. It offers manual control over focus, exposure, and white balance, with unique automation features for hands-free operation. Create custom aspect ratios and utilize gesture shortcuts for efficient workflow.
- Automated focus, exposure, white balance, and zoom
- Customizable aspect ratios
- Gesture shortcuts for quick control
- Manual focus and exposure controls
- Support for various video codecs and resolutions
- Focus peaking and false color tools
- External microphone support
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** Featured in App Store “Best New Apps” and “Make Great Videos” ** Guerrilla Filmmaker is the go-to video camera app used by professional and aspiring filmmakers, documentary makers, vloggers and anyone wanting to get the most out of the camera in their pocket. --- 5 STAR REVIEWS FOR GUERRILLA FILMMAKER --- "Love it, gotta have it" "The best, hands down, 4K video camera app!!!" "This app has some serious caliber... Automation is the most amazing part in this app." -- EXTENSIVE BUILT IN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS -- Guerrilla Filmmaker has features that no other video recording app has. We also designed the interface for quick control using touch gestures. To help you get the most out of Guerrilla Filmmaker, every feature is demonstrated through an extensive set of in-app instructional videos. --- ONE OF A KIND AUTOMATION FEATURES --- Guerrilla Filmmaker is the only video camera app that lets you automate any camera function (focus, exposure, white balance, zoom) so that you can plan your shot, playback your automation sequence and record hands free. Take full control by setting exact focus, exposure, white balance and zoom points and dial in the timing. Set up a pull focus sequence from one subject to another. Automate changing exposure as you track from indoors to outdoors. Create any automation sequence you can imagine. --- CREATE CUSTOM ASPECT RATIOS --- Use one of the built in aspect ratios including Moondog anamorphic or create your very own. Support for image flip, rotation and anamorphic squeeze to allow building aspect ratios for any custom external lens. --- GESTURE SHORTCUTS --- • Swipe to quickly change between focus, zoom, white balance and exposure • Long press to focus or expose at image point • Long press to bring up magnified inspection window for precise focus adjustment • Double tap to lock all functions to manual mode • Double tap to reset all functions to auto mode • Double tap to quickly zoom in to a predefined magnification • Swipe to remove interface elements for a clean viewfinder • Start recording right from the iOS home screen by long pressing the Guerrilla Filmmaker icon and selecting a preset setting --- VIDEO RECORDING FEATURES --- • More fine grained settings than any other video recorder app • Manual focus, exposure, white balance and zoom • Auto mode • 4K resolution (device dependent) • All device resolutions available • Video bit rates up to 150Mbps (device dependent) • 48.0kHz or 44.1kHz audio sample rate • Custom frame rates up to 240fps (device and resolution dependent) • Choose any frame rate, not just predefined frame rates • Built in aspect ratios (HD, 4:3, CinemaScope, Moondog lens, etc) • Custom aspect ratios (build your own) • Focus peaking tool • False color tool • ProRes, HEVC and H264 video codecs • Gray card calibration • Video stabilization • Support for external microphones • Headphone monitoring • Inbuilt microphone polar pattern selection • Audio meter --- CUSTOM PRESETS --- • Save your settings as a named preset • Add the preset as a home screen shortcut • Long press the Guerrilla Filmmaker app icon and select a preset shortcut to begin recording immediately from the home screen with the desired settings --- BEAUTIFUL FILM LIBRARY --- • Share your clips via AirDrop or lightning cable connected via Finder app • Share via iOS share-capable apps such as CapCut, Facebook, WhatsApp, iMovie etc • Playback with adjustable frame rate to view in slow motion or fast speed • Meta data displayed is read from the recorded file so you can be sure that what you have is what you expected --- FEEDBACK & SUPPORT --- If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know via in-app feedback or email us at feedback@guerrilla-apps.com Keep those feature requests coming and if you’re enjoying Guerrilla Filmmaker please consider leaving a review on the App Store.
Lambda Photo
This powerful photo editor allows you to create stunning images with advanced color correction and natural skin tone adjustments. Unlock all features and import/export options with a subscription plan. Experience professional-grade image manipulation on your device.
- Advanced color panel
- Natural skin tone enhancement
- Import and export features
- Professional-grade editing
- Cross-device image generation
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Lambda Photo is a professional color-grading editor for iPhone and iPad. Open JPEG, HEIC, or RAW, work with a live preview, and export a photo you can be proud of — including HDR HEIC that looks right on an HDR display and still holds up on SDR. Built for light, color, and skin. Exposure, Subject Exposure, and Relight give you control after the shot. HSL, curves, film looks, and .cube LUTs put color back in the image without pushing skin off-natural. Finish with subject, sky, and background masks, linear and radial grades, bokeh, grain, and Golden Hour. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Light: exposure, highlights, shadows, HDR, relight, subject exposure • Color: HSL, curves, temperature, vibrance, split tone, LUT import • Detail: sharpen, denoise, Ultra Denoise, texture, clarity • Finish: subject / sky / background, brush, linear, radial, bokeh, vignette • Looks: profiles, film, presets — plus your own .cube LUT or .dcp • Portrait: skin, eyes, teeth — edge-aware, on device • Batch export and edit from Photos or the share sheet • Formats: JPEG, HEIC, RAW, PNG, JPEG XL Everything runs on your device. No account required. Lambda Photo is free to edit; an optional auto-renewing Monthly Subscription removes ads after you save. SUBSCRIPTIONS Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The Monthly Subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Unused portions of a free trial, if offered, are forfeited when you purchase. Privacy Policy: https://lambdaindustriesglobal.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lambda Photo at Free against Guerrilla Filmmaker's $8.99. Lambda Photo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Guerrilla Filmmaker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Lambda Photo is free to download; Guerrilla Filmmaker costs $8.99 up front. Lambda Photo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Guerrilla Filmmaker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lambda Photo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guerrilla Filmmaker has 56 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Guerrilla Filmmaker ships an update every 2 months, Lambda Photo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guerrilla Filmmaker | Lambda Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guerrilla Apps Ltd | Lambda Industries |
Customer experience
Guerrilla Filmmaker
Lambda Photo
In-app purchases
Guerrilla Filmmaker
No in-app purchases
Lambda Photo
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
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