Argentum Camera vs Silver B&W Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Argentum Camera
Capture stunning black & white photos with real-time processing and classic-inspired filters. This app offers intuitive controls and advanced features for street photographers, allowing you to compose and shoot with ease.
- Real-time black & white processing
- Six classic-inspired filters
- Live Photos support
- Street shooting mode
- Double exposure mode
- RAW image capture
- Adaptive interface layout
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Argentum Camera is a Red Dot Award-winning black & white camera app developed with street photographers in mind. It allows you to shoot high-quality black & white images without complicated adjustments or the need for post-processing. Argentum Camera offers six filters, each aesthetically inspired by the classics of black & white photography, such as Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn, Garry Winogrand, Yousuf Karsh, and Dorothea Lange. Want to bring your black & white photos to life? Try shooting Live Photos with Argentum. All images (Live Photos and stills) are processed in real-time, so you can see an Ansel Adams inspired landscape treatment or Irving Penn inspired portrait tones right on your screen while you're still composing your shot. Argentum Camera's interface is simple but functional, a balance between the modern sleekness and the classical forms. It is hardly noticeable and allows you to focus fully on composing the shot. It is also the first camera interface that adapts to the shift in handling. In the landscape mode, the shutter button slides to the end of the panel, placing it right under your thumb. FEATURE HIGHLIGHT Real-time Processing Argentum Camera processes images in real-time. The image you see while composing your shot is exactly the result you’ll get when you press the shutter button. Two Additional Shooting Modes Street shooting mode turns your whole screen into one large button. Tap it anywhere to take a shot. Double exposure mode lets you superimpose two different images in a single photo with real-time preview. Pro-tip: go for underexposure on both shots to compensate for exposing the sensor to light twice. Live Photos Bring your black & white images to life by turning the Live Photo mode on. Instant Preview This option lets you have a quick look at the photo you just took right after pressing the shutter button. No need to go all the way to the Gallery to check if you got the light or focus right. Keep Original Photos When this option is switched on original unprocessed photos will be stored in your Camera Roll. JPEG, HEIC, TIFF and RAW Save original and processed photos in JPEG, HEIC, or TIFF. Additionally, save the original photo in RAW. Adaptive Interface Layout In the landscape mode, the shutter button is shifted and placed right under your thumb. Torch & Flash In addition to the standard flash option, there is also a torch mode that provides continuous lighting for better control. AF/AE Lock Tap and hold on the screen to lock focus and exposure while composing the shot. Rich Metadata Argentum Camera saves your location and the filter you used in the EXIF, so you can always keep track of your best photos. LEGAL Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://argentum.camera/legal/privacy-policy.html
Silver B&W Camera
Capture stunning black & white or color photos and videos with advanced manual controls. Offers RAW and ProRAW formats, customizable B&W transformations, and various video resolutions and frame rates.
- Manual focus and exposure
- B&W and color photo modes
- RAW and ProRAW capture
- Customizable B&W color transformation
- 4K and Full HD video recording
- Manual white balance
- Image stabilization
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Color and black & white camera app with ProRAW and RAW formats and manual control support for every photography enthusiastic. You can take great B&W photos where color is transformed to grayscale just the way you want. And you can take great color photos — even in RAW or ProRAW format and you can control the camera with manual focus and exposure settings. Users in over hundred countries have downloaded this camera app. Color adjustment sliders for B&W transformation and quick access mode buttons are shown on screen alongside preview window. After settings are selected preview window can be expanded to full screen for better viewing if so desired. Great photo features include • ability to shoot B&W or color photos (default mode can be selected in settings) • sliders to set how light or dark red, green and blue color are transformed to grayscale • quick access buttons to select color mode, natural b&w transformation or any single color channel to grayscale transformation • exposure bias +/- • manual exposure (ISO and shutter speed) • manual white balance • manual focus • zoom with control buttons or pinch gesture • flash mode selection • camera lens selection if device has multiple cameras • image stabilization setting (automatic or off) • RAW and ProRAW mode (**) (see additional information on www.ahola.dev/raw) • JPEG and HEIC photo formats (**) Also great video features • 4K, Full HD and 720p video (*) • 60, 50, 30, 25 and 24 fps (*) • video stabilization standard, cinematic or off (*) • color and B&W • H.264 and HEVC video file formats (*) This app is free download and is ad supported. If paid version is previously downloaded or in app purchase of full version is made at any time then no ads are shown. ** Note about app privacy: Ahola Development does not collect any user data or track users in any way. All data collection and user tracking is done by ad framework used in app. This framework is Google AdMob and it operates in confinement set by Apple in iOS and iPadOS systems restricting access to user private and personal data. ** (*) Actual available settings are depending on a device capabilities and selected combination of settings. For example cinematic stabilization mode may not be usable or available. Mismatching settings are downscaled to best available device capability. 4K video with 24, 25 or 30 fps on iPhone 11 Pro and later devices. HEVC video mode requires supported device. (**) HEIC and ProRAW requires supported device otherwise feature can not be used.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Silver B&W Camera at 5.0 against Argentum Camera's 4.3. Argentum Camera's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Argentum Camera sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Silver B&W Camera sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Silver B&W Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Argentum Camera has 95 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Argentum Camera ships an update every 10 days, Silver B&W Camera every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Argentum Camera | Silver B&W Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (95 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 55th Street Ventures | Ahola Development |
Customer experience
Argentum Camera
Silver B&W Camera
In-app purchases
Argentum Camera
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- AA Filter$7.99
- IP Filter$7.99
- GW Filter$7.99
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- YK Filter$7.99
- DL Filter$7.99
- HCB Filter$7.99
- Lifetime$39.99
Silver B&W Camera
- Free Trial (no ads)Free
- Full Version (no ads)$1.99
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