Best Manual Focus Camera Apps

4.5😊(601 ratings)

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Take full control of your iPhone camera with manual adjustments for focus, exposure, and white balance. Capture stunning photos and videos with advanced features like timer shots, digital zoom, and 4K recording. Automatically saves your media to a secure library.

What We Love

🚀 Full manual camera control
🔒 Ability to lock focus, exposure, and white balance
👍 Useful for astrophotography and product photography
👍 Consistent high-quality photos
👍 Simple and intuitive to use

Room to Improve

🐛 Crashes frequently on newer iPhones
🐛 Exposure and white balance issues with some devices
🔍 Limited control over shutter speed and Kelvin scale
💰 Basic features locked behind paywall
📺 Inappropriate/suggestive ads in free version

Halide Mark III - Pro Camera by Lux Optics Incorporated

Zero AI, Natural Photos, RAW

Strong Contender

4.4😊(14K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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This app offers advanced manual camera controls and unique image processing for natural, film-like photos. It provides tools for precise focus, composition, and editing, allowing users to capture and refine professional-quality images directly on their iPhone.

What We Love

🚀 Powerful manual controls
👍 Intuitive and clean interface
🔍 Excellent RAW capture and editing
📷 Macro and depth features
🎨 Great image quality and color
🔧 Frequent updates and improvements

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
🔍 Depth/portrait mode limitations
🕰️ Slow performance on older devices
💰 Expensive subscription model
🔒 Lack of free trial or demo

Manual Camera – Focus, ISO, WB by Vladislav Dugnist

Slow shutter, Pro RAW photo

Worth Considering

Focus Lock & RAW Through Glass

4.3😐(456 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Take full control of your mobile photography with manual adjustments for focus, ISO, shutter speed, and white balance. Achieve professional-looking shots with reduced noise and creative motion blur effects.

What We Love

👍 Useful for manual focus
👍 Good for astronomy photos
👍 Allows specific parameter settings
👍 Great for low light environments
👍 Free long exposure photos
👍 Nice design, easy auto settings
👍 Sharp photos with control

Room to Improve

👎 Free version HEIF format
👎 Requires access to all photos
👎 Aspect ratio issues in free version
👎 Difficult to use slow shutter
👎 Cannot take selfies
👎 Limited longest exposure (1/4 sec)
👎 No telephoto lens support
👎 Inconvenient manual photo saving
👎 EXIF data not displayed natively
👎 ISO value discrepancy
👎 App crashes/knocks user out
👎 Misleading free app, subscription needed
👎 Cannot change lenses on iPhone 12Pro
👎 Limited settings and controls
👎 Patchy resolution

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Manual Focus Camera

$4.99

Macro Camera Pro: Manual Focus

Photography & DSLR Controls

Manual focus slider with haptic feedbackLens lock for Ultra-Wide macro lensReal-time focus peaking

Gain precise control over your iPhone's camera for stunning close-up photography. Manually adjust focus, lock lenses, and fine-tune exposure for professional-quality macro shots. Features like focus peaking and a variable torch help illuminate and capture intricate details.

free with in-app purchases

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Lumina: Manual Camera

Pro controls. Made simple.

Manual exposure controls (Shutter Speed, ISO)Manual focus with focus peakingFull 48MP RAW capture

Take full creative control of your iPhone photography with advanced manual settings for exposure, focus, and more. Capture stunning RAW images at full 48MP resolution and utilize features like bracketing and intelligent selfie selection for professional-quality results.

This app offers advanced manual controls for photography and videography, including exposure, focus, and white balance. It supports RAW image capture, high frame rates, and various shooting modes like burst and time-lapse. An integrated editor allows for non-destructive adjustments and creative effects.

Manual exposure, shutter speed, ISO, focus, white balanceRAW (DNG) and TIFF file format supportMultiple shooting modes (Photo, Burst, Slow Shutter, Portrait, Video, Time Lapse)

free with in-app purchases

(35K)

Manual Focus VideoCam

Rack focus pulls for video

by Blackmagic Design Inc

Digital film camera controlsCinematic 'look' for Hollywood filmsAdjust frame rate, shutter angle, white balance, ISO

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a professional digital film camera. Achieve a cinematic look with Hollywood-grade controls, including frame rate, shutter angle, and ISO adjustments. Record in industry-standard formats directly to cloud storage for seamless global collaboration.

M-Camera Lite - Manual Control Camera

(25K)

free

by Simon Ma

Manual exposure controlManual ISO controlFocus modes (Lock, Auto, Auto Continuous)

This app offers manual control over camera settings like exposure, ISO, and focus for improved photography on iPhones and iPads. It includes a timer for stable shots and automatically saves images to your camera roll.

WideAngleCam - Manual Focus

free

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Shutter, ISO, focus, ProRAW

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NeoFilm - Vintage Film Camera

Analog Profiles, RAW & Recipes

40+ handcrafted film profilesPro camera controls (ISO, shutter speed, focus)Customizable film recipes

This app transforms your iPhone into a vintage film camera, offering real-time film previews, manual controls, and a mobile darkroom. Create custom film recipes and develop your photos with a tactile, camera-like shooting experience.

Manual Controls + RAW

Manual camera controlsExposure compensationISO & shutter speed adjustment

This app provides advanced manual camera controls for your iPhone, mimicking the experience of a DSLR. It allows for precise adjustments to shutter speed, aperture, and zoom, along with shooting in various RAW formats for greater editing flexibility.