Camera Apps

Standard photo apps with "plus"

2023-05-23

Secure Camera (4.7@2,151) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; incl. QRCode scanner
HD Camera for Android (4.6@556,023) 22 3
Magic Camera (4.3@11,335) 9 2 LastUpdate: 2019-11-06
ProShot (4.2@12,723; ~EUR 7.50) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 9/2015; Video Walk-through 4/2017
Pixtica: Camera and Editor (4.2@4,168) Ǥ 16 1
HD Camera Ultra (4.1@459,167) 10 3 LastUpdate: 2016-03-12
Open Camera (4.1@262,345) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Review 3/2016 (EN) | 3/2017 (DE); Video Tutorial 2/2017; Test 6/2017; Video Tutorial 5/2019 (EN); Video Intro 7/2019; Review 8/2016 | 1/2019 DE + EN; ausführliche Vorstellung 8/2020; Tipps 9/2020 (EN); Wikipedia DE; IzzyOnDroid Recommendation
Camera51 - a smarter camera (4.1@30,197) 8 2 LastUpdate: 2019-07-05
Camera ZOOM FX Premium (3.9@93,063; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 11 1
HedgeCam 2: Advanced Camera (3.9@6,828) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-11-07 Intro 12/2019; Review 2/2020; derived from OpenCamera
DSLR Camera Pro (3.9@1,842; ~EUR 3.50) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ mimic a DSLR as best as possible
MotionCam: Camera & RAW Video (3.9@567) Ǥ 10 3 Github; takes multiple split second images so you’ll never miss a moment.
Zoom Camera (3.8@38,840) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2021-10-18
NoteCam Lite - GPS memo camera (3.8@15,441) Ǥ 10 1 / NoteCam Pro - photo with notes (3@129; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ incl. GeoTagging & Exif comments on-snap; manual
Camera ICS (3.7@25,069) 9 3 LastUpdate: 2019-04-12 / Camera ICS+ (3.8@1,763; ~EUR 1.25) 6 2 LastUpdate: 2016-04-28
Simple Camera (3.7@4,841) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
ProCapture Free (3.6@22,304) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-01-04 / ProCapture (3.7@9,066; ~EUR 4.25) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-01-04 formerly CameraAdvance; Demo limited to 3 MPx; Panorama/Wide mode, "noise reduction", and more
Camera JB+ (3.5@1,160; ~EUR 2.00) 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-04-10
Google Camera (3.4@466,156) Ǥ 28 1
Fast Burst Camera Lite (3.4@19,168) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2020-05-21 / Fast Burst Camera (3.9@4,396; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 9 1 LastUpdate: 2020-05-21
Free Camera (3.4@2,153) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-04
FreeDcam (3.4@1,541) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 5/2016; Video Vorstellung 12/2016; Review 2/2019; adds features manufacturers forgot (incl RAW support)
Filmic Firstlight - Photo App (3.3@1,182) Ǥ 15 5 / Filmic Pro: Mobile Cine Camera (1.4@12,860) Ǥ 21 7 / Filmic Pro Evaluator (3.2@788) Ǥ 11 6 Video Review 11/2019 | 3/2020 / video shooting
PerfectShot (3.3@357) Ǥ 13 4 LastUpdate: 2017-08-16 / PerfectShot Unlimited (3.3@161; ~EUR 3.75) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-16
Sensor Camera (3.2@6,704) 12 3 LastUpdate: 2016-09-25 Several composition guides (Golden rule etc.), different shutter modes, time lapse, self timer, …
Camera FV-5 Lite (3.1@142,268) Ǥ 18 4 / Camera FV-5 (2.9@18,882; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 19 2 Manual; Dev's Video Channel; Bracketing, Long Exposure, Timer, ... Lite version limited to 0.3 MPx (VGA)
Lapse It • Time Lapse Camera (3.1@30,763) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2014-11-09 / Lapse It • Time Lapse • Pro (3.6@24; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2014-11-06 XDA 12/2011; Video Intro 9/2019
Manual Camera DSLR (Lite) (3.1@8,410) Ǥ 12 2 / Manual Camera: DSLR Camera Pro (4.4@23,379; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 11 3 Vorstellung 3/2020
Manual Camera (2.8@5,486; ~EUR 4.50) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Manual Camera Compatibility (3.4@7,674) 5 1 camera app for professionals; RAW support
Imageotag (2.5@136) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-28
NightShooting (1.8@3,046) Ǥ 12 6
Libre Camera (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; with privacy options (e.g. do not save Exif)
OpenCamera Sensors (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; based on Open Camera
PhotonCamera Beta (0@0) 12 3 Github

Photo apps with focus on effects

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Camera MX - Photo, Video, GIF Camera & Editor (4.7@47) Ǥ 16 5 LastUpdate: 2019-10-11 Video Demo (EN) 10/2018
Cymera - Photo Editor Collage (4.5@2,496,713) Ǥ 20 8
Little Photo (4.4@58,759) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2015-09-14
Retrica - The Original Filter (4.3@6,200,837) Ǥ 23 9
Wondershare PowerCam (4.3@330,854) Ǥ 17 7 LastUpdate: 2021-04-22
LINE Camera - Photo editor (4.2@1,582,096) Ǥ 21 7 Test 1/2017
BlackCam - Black&White Camera (4.2@7,757) 11 4 LastUpdate: 2021-05-19
Retro Camera (4.1@68,672) 10 4 LastUpdate: 2013-05-07 Video Review 9/2013
Photoshop Camera Photo Filters (4.1@15,734) Ǥ 17 2 Intro 6/2020; Vorstellung 6/2020
Photo Effects (4@18,572) Ǥ 7 3
Camera360:Photo Editor&Selfie (3.9@5,056,364) Ǥ 16 19 Video Review 11/2018
Vector Camera (3.8@218) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Cameringo Lite. Filters Camera (3.7@147,943) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Cameringo+ Filters Camera (4.3@30,016; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Testbericht 3/2017 - 10/2019
Vignette • Photo effects (3.7@10,769; ~EUR 2.75) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
EyeEm - Sell Your Photos (3.6@225,587) Ǥ 16 9 LastUpdate: 2021-06-02 Wikipedia (EN)
Camera illusion (3.3@10,030) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-04-01 / Camera illusion Pro (4.7@179; ~EUR 1.75) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2013-04-02
Camera Effects (3.2@23,157) Ǥ 10 3 LastUpdate: 2020-08-19

HDR Photo Apps

2023-05-23

Some apps from the "standard-plus-section" cover this as well. The apps here are specialized to it…

HD Camera (4.2@92,885) 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-03-12 incl. video capabilities
Ultimate HDR Camera (3.6@14,801) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2019-03-14
Snap Camera HDR - Trial (3.3@8,630) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-22 / Snap Camera HDR (4.2@3,976; ~EUR 2.25) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-11 trial version requires network to be disabled
HDR HQ (2.8@6,645) Ǥ 7 6 LastUpdate: 2017-07-03

3D Cameras

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Phereo 3D Photo (4.3@4,830) Ǥ 6 2 LastUpdate: 2018-09-22
3DSteroid (4@2,102) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-08-02 / 3DSteroid Pro (4.8@527; ~EUR 2.50) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-08-01
Stereoscope (3.9@289) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-01-14
CrossCam (3.7@179) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
MakeIt3D - 3D Camera (3.6@12,252) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2020-12-16
KúlaScope - 3D camera (3@39) Ǥ 10 2 LastUpdate: 2019-11-18

Fun Cameras

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YouCam Fun - Snap Live Selfie (4.5@277,302) Ǥ 23 7
Ugly Camera - funny selfie (4@72,406) Ǥ 15 3
Camera Fun Free (4@15,867) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2012-06-08
Fun Photo Camera 2 (3.7@9,116) Ǥ 10 9 LastUpdate: 2019-08-31
FatBooth (3.2@88,024) Ǥ 6 5 LastUpdate: 2016-08-11
Make me Old (2.6@31,639) Ǥ 7 6 LastUpdate: 2020-06-26
AgingBooth (2.1@165,644) Ǥ 7 5 LastUpdate: 2016-08-11

Animated GIF photos

2023-05-23

Gif Me! Camera - GIF maker (4@49,814) 9 4 LastUpdate: 2021-05-21 / Gif Me! Camera Pro (4@3,702; ~EUR 1.50) 7 2 LastUpdate: 2021-05-21

Panorama Photo Apps

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Some of the "Standard-Plus" apps also cover this.

DMD Panorama (3.5@13,671) Ǥ 15 2 LastUpdate: 2019-10-09
Panorama 360 & Virtual Tours (3.4@107,418) Ǥ 25 8
Photaf Panorama (2.4@69,124) Ǥ 17 5 LastUpdate: 2021-02-01 / Photaf Panorama Pro (3.3@3,872; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2020-06-03 / Photaf THD Panorama Pro (5@6; ~EUR 11.00) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-11

More accurate geotagging

2023-05-24

FineGeotag (4.2@34) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-14 Github; More accurate GeoTags
GeoTag (2.2@429) Ǥ 16 5 also allows to record text and voice notes for photos

Various other camera apps

2023-05-23

Autostamper custom camera (5@150) Ǥ 17 4
Raw Dumper (4.9@7) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-03 Github; taking raw pictures on devices with x86 processors
GPS Map Camera (4.5@77,226) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2020-05-30 embeds location info in your photos
Photo Scan App by Photomyne (4.4@33,314) Ǥ 13 8 scan your paper photos
Hypocam (4.3@22,015) Ǥ 10 2 for black and white photography
Eye Candy - Selfie Camera (4.3@5,229) Ǥ 9 4 LastUpdate: 2018-06-28 Vorstellung 3/2016; Selfie-Cam, filters, editing
PhotoScan by Google Photos (4.2@183,599) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 11/2016 | 11/2016 | 11/2016; Intro 11/2016; Kurzvorstellung 11/2016; Test 11/2016; Review 11/2019; Scan your paper photos
Now and Then (4@189) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-10-21 superimpose old photos on present day scenes
PhotoBackup (3.7@7) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-08 Github; automatically backup your photos as soon as they are taken – to your own backup server
ChronoSnap (3.6@38) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-05-20 Github; snap photos in intervals (generate sequences)
Horizon Camera (3.5@12,545) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2021-03-05 no more "tilted videos"
Safe Camera - Photo Encryption (3.4@1,145) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-31 / SafeCamera Pro Key (3.7@73; ~EUR 5.50) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-10 Intro 2/2015
CamTimer (2.8@427) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-05-20
DNG Processor (2.5@145) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-16 Github; Test 3/2019; convert your RAWs to JPG on-the-fly
ObscuraCam (2.3@2,787) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 9/2016
AiCamera (1.7@6) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-07-10 simulates depth of field using a neural network
CameraFilter (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-26
Simple Raw Camera (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Cryptocam - encrypting camera app (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Long Shoot Alpha (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-09
Camera Folder (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-05-11 Github; open your camera wherever you can open a file
DeltaCamera (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-12 Github; Record movement (deltas) in one single image
MarsLogger (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-28 Github; Camera and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data logger
Pictures2SD (0@0) LastUpdate: 2016-03-16 Github; force camera apps that don't offer this setting to save photos to your external card
TimeLapseCam (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
VideoIMUCapture (0@0) 7 3 LastUpdate: 2021-01-19 Github; capture Video, IMU data and Camera data

Further Readings:

Best Mobile Apps to Learn Photography (1/2022)
Best Android camera apps (7/2021)
Best Android Camera Apps to Make a Great Profile Picture (8/2020)
10 Easy Tips and Tricks for Better Smartphone Photos (7/2020)
Mit dem Smartphone fotografieren: 10 Tipps für das perfekte Bild (4/2020 - 5/2022)
The 10 Best Camera Apps for Android and iOS (4/2019 - 12/2019)
15 best camera apps for Android (11/2018 - 4/2022)
Camera MX vs Open Camera: Duel of Android Photography Apps (9/2018)
10 Best Camera Apps for Android (11/2017)
6 Camera Tips: Take better photos on Android (11/2017)
Achtung, neugierige Kamera-Apps (9/2017)
Photo Scanning Showdown: PhotoScan vs Photomyne (11/2016)
Mit diesen Apps gelingen bessere Schnappschüsse (10/2016)
Top 5 Kamera-Apps: Die besten Apps zum Fotografieren (10/2013 - 3/2021)
Tipps zu HDR: So holt Ihr das Optimum aus Euren Fotos heraus (6/2016 - 6/2019)
How to take better photos with your Android phone (5/2014 - 9/2016)

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