Best Camera Obscura Apps

4.0😐(263 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This camera app offers advanced manual controls and professional formats like ProRAW for enhanced photo and video capture. Its intuitive design and tactile interface allow for precise adjustments, while features like focus peaking and histograms aid in achieving stunning results.

What We Love

🚀 Powerful manual controls
👍 Intuitive and clean interface
🎨 Customizable presets and filters
💡 Unique camera gestures and UI
🎥 Supports video recording

Room to Improve

💰 Subscription-based model
🔒 Locked features behind paywall
🐛 Crashes and stability issues
🤔 Unintuitive controls and settings
🤷‍♂️ Lack of support for newer iPhone lenses

Trace Table - Light Box by WHATSTICKER APPS SRL

Ar Tracing Projector & Drawing

Strong Contender

4.4😊(10K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This app provides a digital light box and AR projector for tracing drawings, photos, and artwork. It offers features like adjustable brightness, outline mode, and digital painting tools to aid your creative process.

What We Love

🚀 No ads
🔒 Screen lock feature
👍 Helpful for beginners and artists
👍 Allows using own photos
👍 Simple and easy to use
👍 Bright screen for tracing
👍 Useful for various purposes (drawing, embroidery, etc.)

Room to Improve

💰 Paid features/subscription required for full functionality
🐛 Occasional crashes or issues with the app
🐛 Difficulty moving/resizing the image
🐛 Unexpected behavior when using undo/reverse functions

sketch.AR - Draw & Trace by 小舟苏

Photo to Paper Art Guide

Worth Considering

Camera Lucida™: AR Drawing

0.0(0 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Transform your device into an AR drawing projector to trace any image onto paper, canvas, or walls. This app guides your strokes in real-time, making it easy for beginners and artists to create detailed artwork. Record your process as a time-lapse video to share your creations.

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Masterful drawing in minutes!

$14.99

This app uses your device's camera to superimpose a reference image onto your drawing surface, guiding your hand to create detailed art. It offers advanced features and tools to enhance your sketching and painting skills, making art creation easy and fun.

AR image superposition for drawingAdvanced image filtersZoom lock for detail

Ricalko: Camera Lucida Artwork

(1.9K)

paid

Art Projector AR Learn Drawing

Project photos for tracingLayer separation for detailed drawingPerspective mode for angled projection

Transform photos into traceable art projections using your device's camera. Ideal for both aspiring artists and experienced creators, this tool offers features like layer separation and perspective correction to help you achieve stunning results on any surface.

The Assistant in the darkroom

(83)

subscription

Camera Obscura | Москва

$8.99

Camera Only Authentic-Capture

Capture Only, No filter, No AI

Panorama: Spherical Camera

by Daniel Monahan

Spherical panorama captureOn-device stitchingInteractive exploration

Capture immersive 360-degree photos and videos of your surroundings. Explore your creations by moving your phone or dragging on the screen. Share your panoramas as standard images, interactive 360s, or cinematic videos.

Grayn: Analog Film Camera

(3)

free

Film color. Your own recipes.

16 film stocks from major brandsLive LED light meterReal manual exposure controls

$2.99 | 100% OFF

This app simulates a real film camera experience on your iPhone, offering a variety of film stocks, manual exposure controls, and a live light meter. You can also create and share custom film looks.

free with in-app purchases

(3)

Kassette: VHS & Retro Camera

Tape, Fisheye & 90s Effects

24 Snaps: Film Roll Camera

Make Memories, not Content

Dossier - Anonymous Camera

For real estate, legal, press.

Ricalko: Camera Lucida Drawing

Artwork Projector AR Learn Art

$5.99

This app projects photos onto any surface, allowing you to trace them with your own hands. It's designed for both beginners learning to draw and experienced artists looking to refine their skills. Features include layer separation, creative filters, and AR projection.

Project photos onto surfacesTrace images with your handLayer separation for learning

StillCam 4K – Silent Camera

(4)

paid

Silent shutter. 4K at night.

4K photo and video captureBuilt-in Night ModeManner-friendly silent shutter

Capture moments in silence with this 4K camera app. It offers high-quality photo and video, a built-in night mode for low-light conditions, and respects your device's silent switch. Ideal for quiet environments and discreet photography.

free with in-app purchases

Eclipse: Black Screen Camera

Silent photo, video and audio

Invisible Mode with dark screenAdvanced focus and stabilizationHigh photo and video quality

Capture photos and videos discreetly with a black screen, ensuring your privacy. This app offers advanced focus and stabilization for high-quality images, perfect for journalists, investigators, and privacy-conscious users.

🔧 Utilities

(16)

free

Animated Antique Posographe

A 1920s mechanical marvel

1920s mechanical exposure calculator animationIllustrates mathematical principlesVisual aids for understanding mechanics

Explore the mechanics of a 1920s photographic exposure calculator. This app animates the device, illustrating the underlying mathematical principles with visual aids. It's a fun and educational tool for understanding historical photography technology.

📚 Education

(1)

free

Time Warp Scan: Live Camera

Blue Line Photo Video Filter

Live blue-line time warp effectAdjustable scan direction and durationMultiple scan-line styles

Create surreal photos and videos using a live blue-line time warp effect. This app processes all camera frames on your device, offering full control over scan direction, duration, and style without ads or watermarks.

Like a disposable camera