Camera+ Photo & Video App Review (iOS, $1.99)

Description

Over 10 million sold!

“The Clarity filter is iPhone photography’s secret sauce—it adds pro-camera crispness to almost any shot.”
— Kevin Sintumuang, The Wall Street Journal

“If the iPhone’s standard camera is like a digital point-and-shoot, the Camera+ app is like a high-quality SLR lens.”
— TIME: 50 Best iPhone Apps 2011

“improves on almost every aspect of the built-in camera app”
— Charlie Sorrel, Wired

“tap tap tap definitely has a winner on their hands with Camera+”
— Steven Sande, The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Winner: Best Visual Design, Best Photography App
— Best App Ever Awards


It’s all about one thing... great photos!

Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or someone who’s barely touched a camera, Camera+ will make you love taking photos.

Touch Exposure & Focus
Set exposure separately from focus. You can now easily control how light or dark your shots come out.

Shooting Modes
Use the Stabilizer to steady your iPhone and get the sharpest photos you can. There are countless uses for the Timer including taking the highest-quailty self-portraits. Capture all the action by using Burst to take rapid streams of shots.

Digital Zoom
Up to 6× zoom with advanced digital processing provides you with quality that simply blows away the competition.

Front Flash
How many times have you wanted to take a pic of yourself in a dark room but couldn’t. Well, now you can!

Horizon Level
Use the Horizon Level to eliminate taking crooked shots.

Clarity
Clarity is one of the biggest breakthroughs to happen to image processing in a long time. Clarity analyzes your photos and makes several intelligent adjustments that magically bring out details and breathe life into dull photos. With Clarity, you’ll stop throwing out bad photos… you’ll be amazed to see what it can do to photos that you’d typically consider unusable, like shots that came out too dark.

Scene Modes
Most modern digital cameras all have scene modes to help you get the best photos for your particular situation. With Camera+, you get to choose from several scene modes including Food, Sunset, Night, Portrait, Beach, and many more.

Effects
Professional photographer, Lisa Bettany created a slew of stunningly beautiful effects. Make your photos shimmer with “HDR”… get down and dirty with “Grunge”… fill your pics with emotion and despair with “So Emo”. And this is just the tip of the iceberg… there are dozens of 1-touch effects for you to experiment with.

Lightbox
All the pics you take in Camera+ go in the innovative Lightbox where you can quickly and easily skim through them and get rid of bad shots. You save only the photos you’re satisfied with so that your camera roll stays neat and clean.

Sharing
Whether you want to show your results to your friends and family or the whole world, Camera+ has got you covered. Proudly share your photos on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. Or go the more personal route and email or message them from right within the app.

iCloud Lightbox sync
Automatically sync your Camera+ photos between all of your devices. Shoot all day on your iPhone… and then edit at night on your iPad.

Crops
If you didn’t line-up your shot perfectly when you took it, you can easily fix that with Camera+. And when you want to get a bit creative, we setup a bunch of popular crop sizes for you. With a single tap, you can make your pics square, 4×6, 8×10, and more.

Borders
With Camera+ you get several great border designs, from simple black and white borders to more gritty designs, you’ll be able to add wonderful finishing touches.

Captions
Have some fun with your photos by putting captions on them. It’s a great way to really personalize your favorite shots.

Customer Reviews

• Great App!!

  by The Aceman

  I love this app!!! I use it all the time for editing and taking pictures. Top notch for sure! Although lately it's had some problems saving panoramic pics after editing them. It crashes half way through saving the pic. Please fix. This app rocks!!

• Great app!!!

  by Vibeguest

  This app is definitely better than the iPhone's camera, but I wish they could add tumblr and instagram to the share category. Also a 3D filter would be awesome. Great app!!!

• I use to love this app

  by Chasmortensen

  But now it shuts down all the time and I can't even take pictures, only edit pictures, unless I use the lab...then it shuts down.

• An App Gone Wrong

  by Plow love

  This was an great app until now, it constantly goes black when try to save a picture! Disappointed

• by danxyella

  been using this photo app for months and months and it is still my #1 go to camera/photography app. I literally don't think I could use anything else. pictures come out so lovely and the filters are so perfect! honestly, you won't be disappointed. not to mention, the creator/creators have the best sense of humor and I thoroughly enjoy reading their updates to the app

• Ms

  by Allofthebicknamesaretaken

  I love this app, but ever since i upgraded i am unable to use the camera without opening it in the app store.

• Great App! My go to photo app.

  by The Frick

  Help! sometimes i cant see the image i am about to take. This is a new problem. Any suggestions?

• Don't do this

  by RafaelxRafael

  Be who you are

• Not hard to learn after all

  by Lou Plummer

  I've had this app for years and neglected to use it because I thought I'd need technical know how to use it well. Not so. Now I'm kicking myself.

• Stopped working

  by TheBuddhagod

  Can't save edited photos in light box for some reason, midway through save phone turns off and reboots. Imma try uninstalling and reinstalling but please look into this. Otherwise it's been a great app

• Best best best

  by Erdyydxb

  Best cam app dottttt

• Great app!

  by Lauren Liller Miller

  Camera+ is the only app that I look forward to reading the update description! Bravo to whomever writes those!!!

• Was great now bloated and slow

  by pdy05

  This was a great app - now it's bloated and slow not to mention the frequent black screen of death

• Love!

  by tarynbriana

  Replaced the actual camera for this and love it, only down fall is it's been slow to open since the last update. Otherwise i love it!

• Camera

  by Celeastar

  Love the fast shutter clicks to obtain the right shot. Does just drop out bit not as often as it used to. Overall with light box editing and other features is worth the expense just be patient for it to load. Once it does..... Bam! You are ready to capture something wonderful.

• Best camera app, period

  by Matthew Miller

  The best camera app period!

• Used to be a 5-star app

  by David Wilson-Okamura

  Right now this doesn't work at all on my iPod Touch 5G. The three stars are for the three years when it did work.

• Great

  by Inirv

  Thanks. And keep up the good work.

• Black screen

  by Rojabella660

  Experiencing black screen issue regularly. iPhone 5 OS6 after last update. Forcing me to switch camera apps often. Otherwise love the app. But please fix this. Thanks.

• Recomendado

  by Italo Salas Escarcena

  El mejor complemento para el uso de la cámara en iOS.

• Doesn't work properly

  by Heartagram143

  When I open the app the screen is black. I can still take pictures but I can't see what I'm taking a picture of. Worked fine before the last update. Deleted the app it's worthless to me now sadly I paid for it.

• UPDATE BREAKS APP! Screen is black

  by Mick_Swagger

  Title is self explanatory. Post update app is broke. Only shows a black screen. I'm on 4s and app is now useless. Update: weeks and no updates. Save your 99 cents.

• Black screen

  by Rico8885

  I got nothing but a black screen. Cant see anything.. Plz fix it

• The app freezes when I try to import pics from my albums

  by Diesel..

  Please fix it.... Previously the app had worked great...

• Very nice, but...

  by By Corby C

  Very nice app, with a lot of options and effects. But it is constantly crashing for me, especially when I am trying to save a picture. Resulting in me having to uninstall and reinstall the app, therefore I lost all of my pictures that it would not allow me to save!

• Needs fish-eye lens

  by Cma880

  Everything's cooler in fish-eye lens!!

• Not so much anymore...

  by aallanso

  This was my #1 app for a long time. Now, however, it crashes frequently and, at times, shuts my phone down. I'm very disappointed in its decline, because a year or two ago I would've rated it 5 stars. Bummed!

• Black screen after update

  by Previous satisfied user

  Please fix the black screen. The app is not useable unless I take a pic from the iPhone camera and import to the app.

• Doesn't work

  by geetargirl05

  It won't let me save photos to my phone anymore

• Defrocked

  by J.Z.M.

  Crashing like crazy, missed some important pictures. Deleted.

• Can't find customer supports email?

  by AFarmhouseFull

  I purchased this and while I am very pleased with it when it works I am unhappy it doesn't work at all most of the time. When I open it to the camera the screen is black and I cannot see out of he view finder. I would love someone to help me resolve this issue but I didn't see any sort of email for ad support on the page it took me FOR ad support...

• Constantly crashing after update

  by Rbales81

  Title says it all, constantly crashing after update

• Best cam app

  by Tripod07543

  If I imported a panoramic pic then use the straighten function the output photo is all black I hope this review doesn't sound fake. Have been using for a long while. This is the best cam app. I have even stopped photoshopping photos. I wifi my photos directly to my phone from the dslr. Then edit in camera+. Streamlined my workload.

• Sync to iPhoto's

  by ginrl

  Sure wish it were possible to sync the camera+ photos to my iPhoto albums.

• Good app!

  by Ckjcchjb

  This app has always been amazing, butt the last update it won't let me save the pictures or save them.

• Crash, crash, crash...

  by DonkeyPhone

  This has been my go-to camera app for almost 2 years.....but the recent update just messed it all up. It crashes constantly, for no real reason. So now I'm using the preinstalled camera app while I wait for Camera+ to do the bug fixes....c'mon guys! I miss my favorite camera app!

• KEEPS CRASHING

  by FunnyAppleGuy

  I hate this app every time i try to save the picture or share it crashes !

• PISSING ME OFF

  by Brandonxbrootal

  No matter how little bit of editing I do to a picture the app crashes when I try to save it to my camera roll. I've done everything a thousand times to try and fix this with no results. Please fix

• Disappointed

  by McSorelys

  Read lots of great reviews about this app but it crashes a lot with the most recent update. All you get is a black screen.

• Black Screen

  by Zoeda

  New update causes black screen when opening. Have to launch it twice to use it. Please fix the issue.

• Bad Update!

  by Chowder08857644

  Update didn't fix the save bug. App crashes each time I try to save an edited picture...

• Frustrated

  by Wanderluster2

  So frustrated with what must be changes to recent update. Can no longer post to Facebook directly from app. And, I can't even start the camera without first going to another camera app first. The camera lens won't work unless I first open the lens from the iPhone camera. Please fix.

• Can't change iso and shutter speed manually

  by P3nguinSt3p

  It need to be changing iso manually and not just move it up and down to change the iso and shutter speed manual.

• Crashes and Facebook logins

  by onlineaddy

  The app repeatedly asks me to log into my Facebook account when sharing. It also crashes when choosing an album. Please fix.

• saving photos cause phone to crash

  by DynoBunny

  After the last update, everytime I try and save a photo the phone crashes, and the photo isn't saved. I've had this App for years and love it, I just want it to work again!!!!

• Great app when it works...

  by JustPeachy12

  Love many of the features this app offers but it crashes every time I use it on my iPhone 4S (iOS 7.0.4). It normally takes 2-3 attempts to open; I can usually only edit 1 photo but rarely save in the same session. I would give 5 stars on the features it offers but have dropped down to only 1 star due to the fact that it crashes so frequently. Maybe it performs better on the 5 but hopeful that some updates are coming soon for those of us still on the 4.

• Please fix!

  by Faeriedustdreams

  Up until now , this was my all time favorite go to photo app. I used it daily. Now with the latest update, it constantly crashes on opening. I tried deleting the app then re adding it...working for one photo then crashed again. Please fix soon! I have a iPhone 4S with the latest iOS update.

• Black screen

  by ColinCPeterson

  Used to be my go to app. But now it just opens to a black screen as if the iphone camera hasn't been activated. Stinks, because I loved this app.

• Great for years, but now past its prime?

  by @Carl

  This has been at the top of my Home screen for years and has been my default camera. It did a great job and was better than the default option. Now, however, they've tried to add too much to compete with Snapseed, VSCO, etc. It ends up being a big, slow mess. On the 5S, the shutter lag is such that most of my photos end up blurry or of something other than the intended image. Compare this to the default camera, which can take a dozen good photos in the same time Camera+ takes one bad one. Crashes constantly, won't save photos (which means they're lost forever if you use Camera+ to shoot!), edits often can't actually be undone, dupes are created, etc. Needs mucho help. If you don't want to lose photos, take them with the regular camera!!!

• So sad :(

  by nyjenvt

  It pains me greatly to be giving a one star review of this app as I truly love it....when it works, which, unfortunately, it has not for some time now. I love all the new features of 5 but they are deemed useless when I am unable to save photos edited with them. I was so excited to get the last update hoping it would solve this issue but, alas, it did not. PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE figure out a fix for this!! Yep, I'm begging. That's how much I love this app but am so sad that I haven't been able to use it for so long now. :(

• User

  by Fabphotobabe

  Love the features, hasn't worked in a while, I just get a black screen when I try to take pictures. Sent several please fix prompts. No response

• GREAT BIG PAPER WEIGHT

  by Ismellmopwho

  Continuously crashes and the camera "shutter" doesn't open. Horrible app that need an update now!

• Do not update!!

  by Slcgunpilot

  Great app, unless you haven't upgraded to the latest iOS. You won't be able to use the camera, and it crashes often, esp while trying to save photo edits. I wish I could get the old version back!

• Needs to be updated

  by Bree#11

  Used to be the most phenomenal camera app ever. Now, it just crashes on me constantly. I'm hoping this can be fixed

• Crashes

  by icebatrox101

  This app used to work perfectly fine, but over the past few months it continues to crash. It's up to date and every time I try to save a photo, the app crashes. Annoying because the photos I edit just stay in the app.

• Not working!

  by Samhig

  I just bought this - immediately crashed three times. Nothing shows up on the screen - I have no idea what I'm taking a picture of. Disappointed so far!

• Used to be great.

  by IG: a_beautiful_mind

  I used to love using this app, it's an AMAZING photo app. But here lately, (if it doesn't crash just trying to open it) it crashes when I go to the light room, every time. Every single time. My 4S seems to be maybe getting slower so it might just be my phone, but I miss using this and would love to see the stability on the 4S improved. Other than that, if you have the 5 or newer (I'm sure you'd have no problem running it) it's an amazing app and well worth the purchase.

• Used to be my Go-To Camera app

  by Genericnic

  Like many of the other recent posters, I have complaints about the current version (5.0.1). I use an iPhone 4S with iOS 7.0.4. I’ve been using Camera+ for well over a year and loved it. Now, however, it opens slowly and crashes when I try to save an edited image to Camera Roll. The crash causes a soft reboot. Very annoying. Until they get it fixed, I would not recommend either updating if you already have the app or getting it if you don’t. I really hope that the developers put a bit more emphasis on correcting these problems than on adding additional features. Features are only good if the app is stable.

• I love this app...

  by emily_rose

  ... But sometimes it crashes repeatedly, and I've gotten a black screen instead of photos when attempting to save an image. Overall, I love this app and have not had this problem until recently. Hope it is fixed in an upcoming update, but still my favorite photo program out there for iPhone.

• Fix the crashes!

  by Tball1117

  Great app if I could save it to my photo stream, it crashes every time I try.

• suggesttion

  by lazymalay

  a timer for burst shoot needed in this app.

• Better the Photoshop app

  by Queenspade

  Love this app!!! I really like that I can resize to specific sizes 4x6 5x7 etc. You can't find that with other apps. Many sophisticated frames and features to choose from to. Would like to see the ability to manually adjust contrast, exposure etc. Update 2014 January Still Love this app! Use it daily. They have done a great job keeping up with enhancements. They have implemented improvements above review. I would like them to add TEXT. Text other than the ones offered in the frame area. I want the ability to move and personalize a watermark signature.

• Great App!

  by Bibi90210

  I've been using Camera + for almost 2 years and I love it! They're always updating the app! This app was well worth .99 cents

• iPhone 4s

  by DamoStudios

  Can't save pics without it crashing

• Love ap, but it keeps crashing, making ap useless

  by Heather 82

  Love this ap; unfortunately since the last update, the ap is useless as it crashes literally every time I use it. Reading through recent reviews I see that I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. It's very disappointing as I have really enjoyed using this ap in the past and would recommend it to others... assuming it worked. Please fix the bugs and make the ap useable again.

• Epic Update Fail...

  by K'Shanti

  I'm using this app as my main Camera with my iPhone 4S, but still on iOS 6. As a result, The update just... fails. The viewfinder is black, just black. On the iPad it just crashes. Useless. Good thing I retrieved the previous versions from my Recycle Bin, otherwise I wouldn't be using THIS app for a while. Another point against iCloud syncing...

• Amazing

  by BraginWoW

  This is just amazing and work at the finest. I will always use this app for my pictures because of all the great features it has.

• Wow!!!!

  by Cynthia Frediani

  I'm blown away! This app is worth more than I paid for it. I can say that now because I already bought it! Totally tubular Bro.

• Screen is black. Update breaks app

  by Mick_Swagger

  Title is self explanatory. Post update app is broke. Only shows a black screen.

• Crashing again after update!

  by Fix all the crashing!

  Yet more crashing after the latest update. If you're lucky enough to get the app to open after 5-10 seconds, it immediately crashes after pressing the shutter or after trying to save pictures. I have found myself using the stock apple camera app more and more rather than this since I know the stock app will at least open and save my pictures when I need it to.

• Camera Plus Update

  by No. Potomac

  I have a problem with Camera Plus. This was my favorite "camera" , but since my last update it has been a disaster. When I turned it on, the screen is black! I take most photos blindly! Then after I edit them, I try to save them, it won't let me...it crashes! I have to start all over again! I never had a problem before this update. I have a 4s phone, and I still use the IOS6. Help me out!!!

• Crashes!!!

  by Please fix1234

  Only works 1/4 of the time and even crashes right after taking a pic then it does not save the pic!!! Please fix !!

• flash back.

  by bbleyo

  IOS6.12 after update 5.01, why turn the camera on a black screen? Point settings immediately flash back.

• Worthless since last update

  by Nic42384

  Ever since the last update, there is only a black screen instead of the viewfinder when I try to take pictures. Please fix this because I used to use this photo app exclusively.

• Crashing

  by MURSTAD907

  love the app! However it keeps crashing when I do to save an edited photo to my albums. Once the bug is fixed I'll give it 5 stars!

• Best photo app

  by Hollister_BeachBoi

  This is my go to app for taking photos and editing them. The very best you can use.

• Not working.

  by OgnarPliskin

  I have an iPhone 4S and Camera+ used to work like a charm, but now all I get is a black screen. No visible picture even after I remove and re-download the app. Please fix.

• Matt

  by Pollmr

  The app is great but every time I try to save my work the app keeps crashing.

• Big problem

  by Happy jen

  I am having a serious problem!!! I need it fixed. It logs me off fAcebook and i cant upload photos. It automatically pulls up the camera+ album. When i go to change it it tells me to allow access to photo and contacts and then crashes. This has always beenmy favorite app!

• Camera Crash+

  by Salvador Avila

  Crashing all the time - fix it!

• Updates!

  by P.Alvarez

  Great app! I have been using Camera+ for almost two years now and have loved it since day one! The developers are what make this app so great. They are always improving and updating at no extra cost to the users. The last update was huge, I felt like I got a whole new app on top of what I already had. I really feel like the developers care about their product and are not just trying to nickel and dime customers. The update descriptions also make me chuckle.. It's good to know there are real people behind the app and not just some money hungry robots. The app itself is great. It has been my go-to editing app for my iPhone 4S and now my 5S. I loved this app when it was just simple but amazing filters and light effects, but now with the new "Lab" update you can manually adjust brightness contrast or saturation, add blur or sharpness, add vignette or my personal favorite... layer the filters and adjust filter strength of each one.. Essentially giving you way more filter combinations than you actually pay for. I used to use Snapseed every now and then for the manual lighting/effects edit ability but now with the new Camera+ I don't need Snapseed anymore, which is great cause I can always use the extra data space! Camera+ is well on its way to being the all in one photo editing app in the App Store if it is not already. I highly recommend! 5 stars.

• Camera +

  by Angkellyheinrich

  I love the App. And the update info is always worth a read. Thanks for the laughs and the great pics :)

• Newest update broke the app

  by Gravityisweak

  Sadly, after the latest update the app is completely useless. All I see is a black screen.

• Great app

  by Robertojuan

  I use this app far more often than the iPhone camera app. The "clarity" button alone is worth the price.

• Awesome

  by Mohammad_s

  Awesome

• Great App...Bad Crashing

  by Snsuharjono

  The camera effects and all it's features are awesome. But. When I try to save a photo to the camera roll. The app either crashes or my phone restarts. It wasn't like this till the recent update. Fix it pls!! iPhone 4S 16GB iOS7 5 star for features and for performance. 1 star for compatibility.

• Crashes

  by Si Jun

  Hello, I've been using this app for a long time now, however recently ( 1 month) it has been crashing every time I try to start it up. Please fix this bug.

• Outstanding

  by meNstl

  I've tried many camera apps, but this is by far the best. Easy to use and accurate. It makes my iPhone behave like a higher end camera. I use it to take pics of items to sell online. Excellent!

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  by David Fischer

  I have an iPhone 4s and Itouch 5g running ios 7 and itouch 4g running ios 6. Since the jan 7 update this app it keeps crashing when saving most High Quality photos. This renders this once great app useless. Please fix now!

• was great, but now very broken

  by emark

  Camera+ has been a great improvement on Apple's Camera but recently broke entirely on iPhone 4s iOS 6 & 7. Support seems to have disappeared, and is certainly not reachable from within the crashing app, if that is the expected path. Please fix and I will re-review.

• Slow speedboat!

  by AnthonyA.

  What's the point in having such a great editing app if you can't save or share any of the pictures? App crashes on save/share. Unacceptable.

• Love the app...but...

  by belle9l

  Since the new update meant to fix the many crashes, I am hardly able to use the app because it is CONSTANTLY crashing now. I hope a fix for the fix will be available soon. :(

• Still crashing.

  by XXLAsian

  My favorite photo app by FAR!!! But it still crashes when trying to save Pics edited in the Lab on my 4s. Come in guys, get it right!

• Fun

  by Mjelley

  I'm enjoying this app very much. It has the filters and frames etc that you'd expect. I'd like it to import more than one picture at a time, but I haven't played around with it enough yet either.

• Long-time user

  by Drmr1

  Have used this camera app in past versions and have been very happy with its performance. But since I updated to newest version on my 4S, iOS 6, I've had constant loading problems where the app opens and the settings are responsive but it takes upwards of ~15 seconds to bring up the camera view from the black "loading" screen. I regret updating to this version.

• Keeping...my .99 cents worth

  by Yep I know

  Since up dating (not by choice) but got NOTHING BUT BLACK SCREEN & NO PHOTOS!! 4 THIS -3 stars!! Now re-installing IF MY ALL PHOTOS AREN'T THERE...1star!! Fix it...NOW!!! ***16 Apr 2013***

• Great, but crashes

  by Ismellmopwho

  I'm able to edit the photos but since the update it crashes and resprings my phone every time when trying to save and reboots when trying to copy them. The camera rarely responds and looks like I'm taking a picture of blackness.

• Crashes on ipad too!!

  by Lala123zzz

  Generally rely in this app but latest version is a bust! App freezes and unable to access my photos. It's going on a week and no real update on ETA. Patience is fading fast. Need ipad fixed ASAP for class!

• Still love this app

  by Reb Deb

  And I adore your bug-squashing updates. I will never subscribe to automatic updates--always allow a day or two to go by to make sure the update is stable before I download it--and I look forward to reading your descriptions every time. Especially the poor atheist programmer--I'm a rabbi, so it hit my funny bone in multiple ways.

• Was once a good app

  by Elaine Greywalker

  Some of the nicest filters around with "I love analog" and "Hollywood". The update notes are entertaining and endearing. However, the most recent update crashes on 4S constantly. Lost three photos. Deleted and reinstalled. No difference. Emailed developers. No response.

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