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iPhone’s can be great devices for taking beautiful photos. Even though they may lack some features of higher-end cameras, there are still many ways to upgrade your pictures. While having a good working knowledge of the iPhone camera’s built-in features can help plenty, sometimes you may want something more to give your photos a bit more oomph.
In these cases, third-party apps can help you to take better pictures, providing you with extra features and editing you can’t get without them. In this article, we’ve rounded up the best iPhone camera apps to help you take better, professional-looking photos that will impress anyone you share them with.
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1. Focos
Focos provides some added features to the iPhone camera which are very helpful in focusing on your subject in photos. While portrait mode on the regular iPhone camera app is able to keep people in focus and blur out the background, with Focos you can achieve this with any subject. There is an aperture scale you can use to focus on your subject, or you can also edit a previously taken photo to blur out the background in this way as well.
Besides this feature, Focos also provides exposure and white balance settings, a timer, a leveling feature, a grid, and more. The app also has a wide range of powerful editing features. You can use Focos for free, but you can upgrade for $3.99 a week, or $69.99 a year.
2. Halide
Halide is an amazing app for iPhone photographers, providing tons of extra features that are extremely useful. One of the best features of Halide is its Macro camera, which allows you to take zoomed-in photos without sacrificing quality. Another great feature is that you can take photos in RAW, which is great for editing your pictures later on, as it won’t compress the quality of your image.
Halide requires a subscription of $11.99 a year, or $2.99 a month to use the app. There is also a 7-day free trial available so you can try out the app first.
3. 1998 Cam
If you want to easily take vintage-looking photos, 1998 Cam is the best option. It provides multiple features to give your photos an old-school vibe without needing to do any editing. You can turn certain features on or off, including a date stamp, dust effect, light leak effect, high resolution, and more.
1998 Cam is free to use, but you can access the entirety of features like filters, no ads, unlimited presets, video effects, and more by upgrading for $2.99 a month, $17.99 a year, or permanently for $39.99.
4. Camera+
Camera+ is a camera app with a wide range of manual features to help you achieve beautiful photos. One of the best aspects of this app is the ability to lock exposure and focus, so that even if you move your camera around, the exposure and focus will remain the same. There are also many other helpful features, like stabilization, smile detection, burst photos, a timer, and bracketing.
You can use many of the features on Camera+ for free, however you can get access to much more by upgrading the app for $4.99 a month, $34.99 a year, or a one-time purchase of $49.99.
5. Photoshop Camera
This camera app, made by Adobe, provides a huge library of lenses you can use while taking photos. These are essentially special effects which you can see while using the camera. This is a great option to see exactly how your photo will turn out before you even snap the picture, and allows you to skip the editing. There are many pre-installed lenses available, but you can also add more by browsing the Lens Library.
Photoshop Camera is completely free to use, and all extra lenses are free to download.
6. Dazz Cam
Ever wanted to take photos with old, vintage cameras? Dazz Cam makes this easy by giving you the ability to shoot with all types of older cameras, all from your iPhone. All you do is choose which camera you’d like to use, snap a photo, and the filter will be applied. This can make for very unique and nostalgic-looking pictures without having to deal with outdated technology.
Dazz Cam provides some camera filters for free, however you can upgrade at $5.99 a year, or a $14.99 one-time purchase to access every camera the app offers.
7. RAW+
RAW+ allows you to use your iPhone camera as if it were a DSLR camera. This app gives you manual control of the ISO, as well as shutter speed. You can also change the white balance settings, so you can achieve the perfect lighting for whatever environment you’re in. This camera also allows you to shoot in RAW format, as well as JPG, or both. Overall, it’s a very powerful app that can help you take professional looking photos using only your iPhone.
If you’re using RAW+ for free, you have a 5-photo trial before you’ll need to upgrade to premium for $4.99 a month, $9.99 a year, or lifetime for $19.99.
Take Beautiful Photos With These Apps
Run-of-the-mill photos you might usually take with your iPhone camera and turning them into masterpieces can be done by using any of these apps. You’ll have access to more and better features, and thus more creative freedom to capture the world around you and impress those you share your photos with.
Do you use any other camera apps for iPhone? Let us know below.
