Photon Camera Reviews

Makes no sense. I love the pricing options as I’m a fan of lifetime purchases and their lifetime pricing is perfect ($39 at the time of writing). The problem however is that you cannot even try taking a photo when you download PhotonCamera and try using any of the manual settings. How are you supposed to try PhotonCamera to decide if it’s for you if you cannot even take one single photo after changing the manual settings?! Disrespectful to the user’s time. Deleted and will never use again.

I was expecting to get at least 15 seconds exposure for night time photography of the stars. Only get max of 1 second. Unfortunately, I’m unable to get refunded since I purchased this versus a subscription

PhotonCamera has such a nice polished front side but then when you open PhotonCamera and start playing around with features, you notice that it’s actually pretty limiting! Unfortunately, camera+ does not work without wifi and PhotonCamera does, but it doesn’t offer anywhere near the amount of features camera+ has. One feature in particular that is actually extremely important to me is being able to take pictures at different aspect ratios; I understand that the main purpose of PhotonCamera is taking high quality images with powerful tools related primarily to exposure & ISO + shutter speed settings but switching aspect ratios is legitimately such a no-brainer I can’t imagine why the developers specifically opted to leave it out. I can even understand leaving out digital zoom but I shouldn’t be forced into having to crop my pics after the fact just because I want a particular size. I may be wrong here but I’m pretty sure that changing the aspect ratio wouldn’t affect image quality?? It just crops what’s being taken in by the lens and leaves everything else out, there’s no actual ‘zoom’. Half ready to go develop my own app for private usage just so I can relieve myself of the absolute headache that is finding an app that simply just WORKS and has the legitimately *basic* features I’m looking for! I need freedom with the pictures I take, at LEAST enough to be able to switch aspect ratio!!

One very basic feature of PhotonCamera is missing and that’s the zoom. It only gives you three options of lenses .5 X, 1X and 3X - and you can’t manually control them. There should be a slide bar on the side of PhotonCamera , letting you zoom in without having to use only the lens features that are available.

With no warning and no means of recovery this company can and will wipe your years of photos clean. They removed iCloud integration from Lightbox photos in Camera+ without any heads-up or possible means of recovery. Where did they go?! This equates theft in my book!

Flash option does not show. No option to switch cameras. Gets extremely hot on my iPhone 15 Pro while not even recording. 10% battery drain in 2 minutes. It’s a shame because it has a lot of great features but these issues make it unusable.

As an iPhone user since day 1 (I was amongst 270,00 who purchased launch weekend), I purchased every single version/upgrade of Camera+. For some reason, they sell said app and start a new app, taking away all of the “lifetime” unlocks that loyal customers earned.

Selling to the best 1.5+ billion customers on earth is a privilege. Apple should revoke the dev accounts of companies who operate in this manner.

App impossible to use.

I bought Camera+ and the new developer took it away; why would I pay LateNiteSoft for a “lifetime license” that could be gone tomorrow?

I purchased PhotonCamera in October and it’s not allowing me access and it won’t restore either. 👎🥹

I was a loyal supporter of Camera+ for over a decade, now it has been sold by this developer and they have Photon.
The new developer revoked everyone’s “lifetime” pro license and put up a $50 pay wall.
How do we know you won’t do the same with PhotonCamera. Trust is broken.

These are the same people that created Camera+ and then decided to take everyone’s lifetime unlocks away and try to charge them again.

Don’t waste your money on ANY of their products!

Don’t bother using as a free app, unless you’re willing to fork out the heavy pricing. Each startup of PhotonCamera constantly nags you to pay. You’re better off using the stock camera app.

I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max. PhotonCamera will not access the SSD drive while other apps will. I have reinstalled it multiple times and restarted phone several times as well. Feature still isn’t available. There is no way to contact support. Just a website that says report the problem through bug reporting in app. That doesn’t exist. After a week Emailed developer directly. Still no response. Extremely disappointed having purchased lifetime license.

A $40 one time purchase or a perpetual subscription to use a camera app is ridiculous.

It’s Camera+ but it is not…

The new owner won’t respond to communications, the new app is wildly the same but a sub or $40…and they also did not respond to communications requests….

I deserve to know who and where my sub/$40 is going…

I no longer trust Camera+, so I deleted it…even though I paid for it, and the iPad app, and donated, AND PAID AGAIN recently in their now sketchy ‘hurry and buy into PhotonCamera before it goes full subscription’

So I longer trust this developer to my $40, renting a camera app imo, is just useless. Plus, it shouldn’t be as buggy as it is because they made the decade old app perfect prior to this ‘ordeal’

Very unfortunate. I hope both devs have the honor to explain what transpired since I paid.

I have a lot to say. This my perspective of my experience with PhotonCamera and developers.
I’m thorough. I don’t leave a consumer asking more questions, Hopefully!

My first impression of this developer, deceptive, trickery, what else are they hiding around the corner, and untrustworthy.

I can’t use anything on PhotonCamera unless I purchase a subscription upfront or sign up for a week long free trial!
The developer did not mention it in the AppStore adversement.
I didn’t know until downloading PhotonCamera and attempting to test out the camera and see which features were available.

I don’t want to subscribe to a week long free trial to test out the features. I’m a busy person. A week long free trial is not conducive to my needs or expectations when I select an app. When I install an app sometimes I’m not able to try it out for several weeks. Sometimes I’ve forgotten I installed an app because I got busy waiting for PhotonCamera to finish installing. Months later I realize I installed a new app, oopsy!!
I think you get what I’m trying to convey?

Also, there is no indication that you must purchase a subscription or sign up for a free trial in order to use PhotonCamera !! I feel you’re deceiving Apple customers by not mentioning that tid bit of information next to your icon in PhotonCamera Store. It just says, “in app purchases”. It should say , “ must sign up for 1 week free trial to use PhotonCamera , & in-app purchases required”
Some apps inform the apple customer upfront with no hidden agendas. That is called Honesty and Integrity.

I need an app that doesn’t require me to purchase something just to use the most basic features. It’s not fair.

Nowadays consumers must pay for a subscription with everything online!!
I dont know how people pay for all the subscriptions!!!

Poor people fall between the cracks of opportunity success and incredible talent invisible in the eyes of the privileged due to the hundreds of subscriptions necessary to access educational tools.

I suggest a sponsorship supported by members given the option to donate an annual membership for someone with talent living below the poverty level. (Full access to all features of course. Not specific package made for low income either)

I don’t like being deceived. It has suddenly become the new norm online. If I remember correctly, false advertisement is against US Federal Law. advertising with the intent to lure the consumer in using and/or purchasing a product by means of deception.

I just downloaded PhotonCamera . For years I’ve enjoyed Camera+ so I thought it was no brainier. But after poking around am I missing how to zoom? Or is that a paid feature? I can’t truly rate PhotonCamera until this question is answered.

Just downloaded. I can’t see how to choose the different lenses (24mm, 28mm, 35mm). Nor can I zoom in to compose a shot. What am I missing?

Not happy that I lost zoom feature!

Inexplicable but the 2X lens is not available with PhotonCamera which is inexcusable. In other respects PhotonCamera has nice controls, but compared to the competition PhotonCamera fails until this ommission is corrected.

Howwwww

Love the concept of saving the external usb c however there must be a bug that after taking a picture it just spins and hangs . Once they get the bugs fixed I will reevaluate. Seems promising

PhotonCamera is stable and offers the simple yet powerful interface I’ve come to expect from the Camera+ team, but there’s room to grow. I’ve been a passionate Camera+ fan for years now and I noticed recently that PhotonCamera is now distributed by some other dev on PhotonCamera Store. I don’t know the full story, but it seems like the OG team may have lost PhotonCamera and Photon is them starting fresh. As it stands, it works, but it’s missing 3 key features that will keep me on Camera+ for now. Don’t get me wrong, I like that it’s stripped down (Camera+ can feel bloated) but I’d love to see the following features added down the road:

1. A dedicated Macro mode. If I switch to the .5 lens and play with focus, I can sort of do macro, but the perspective is still off and I’d love to see it “just work” like Camera+ and the stock Apple Camera app.
2. In-App photo library (lightbox) The lightbox is my favorite feature of Camera+. The ability to snap photos and review them before sending them off to iCloud is huge for me.
3. Integration with REC. I love REC. And I love how REC and Camera+ have buttons in the apps that let you switch between them. If Photon is the new hotness, I’d love to see that integration added.

I’ll keep it installed and follow updates as they come. I’m excited for what the future holds!

V. 1.0.2 is a little buggy - though it functions pretty well, we encountered things like focus peaking not switching when toggled. Also found the "wheel" control worse than a normal slider as it lacks positional feedback. Choice of formats is nice and UI is nice other than the wheel, though we had to read manual to understand icons' roles

Controls are optimized for portrait shots. Difficult for landscape shots which I consider the pro mode, as such , I’ll pass on PhotonCamera

I’m not sure why but the stock camera app is providing better quality (sharp and distinct) photos compared to PhotonCamera.

I just spent a twilight even at park to test this particular APP out! In many ways I’m impressed with the minimalist yet simple tools and controls exist, but I’m kinda surprised that I have no control over the wide angle, standard and telephoto lens controls!! They already exist in my iOS (13 Pro Max) iPhone, so I’m puzzled at the lack of that very basic professional feature. Please get back with me, maybe a guarantee that you’ll have it NEXT update… I might just spend the $40
- JOE

Great app

Beautiful and functional?! Sign me up (literally)!

Great

I especially love the USB mode on PhotonCamera, which allows me to offload larger photos to a USB drive! Is there any chance we can get a bracketed photo mode? I often take photos at -2,-1,0,1,2 stops and manually blend on desktop software for the best HDR. It would be amazing if PhotonCamera could take those shots in a single button press!

It’s SUPER easy to use! The manual shooting gives me full control of how I want to take my photos. I would recommend this to any beginner or professional photographer who wants the convenience of using their iPhone to take DSLR-quality photos!

This is a great application, and the introduction tells it all, white balance is a critical component of any good photography endeavor. Give it a try I know you’ll love it!

Been using PhotonCamera for a few weeks now and it has taken my phone photography to the next level!

Feature Ritch. Easy to use. Fantastic results. Highly recommended to any serious photographer!

This is definitely a game changer! You don’t have to have an expensive camera and tons of lens to get the great photos! Just PhotonCamera!

Works as advertised. Fun and easy to use. Peeking is an old favorite and I’m glad to see it here.

With Version 1.9 comes Manual Priority! Honors your manual settings at all times. Honestly a blessing. Thank you! Great app all around, very easy to use. Good work! Appreciate the continuous updates!

Hi. Back. Kevin

I love this camera app! It has given me all the control I need to create professional photos from my phone. It’s so easy to learn to use and has improved my photo quality instantly.