Camera Apps

Standard photo apps with "plus"

2020-10-17

UCam-for Candy selfie camera (4.8@19) Ǥ 23 11 LastUpdate: 2017-10-10 Testbericht 10/2013; Video Review 3/2014
HD Camera for Android (4.4@416,495) 20 2
Camera ZOOM FX Premium (4.2@92,049; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 13 1 Testbericht 10/2013
HD Camera Ultra (4.1@461,019) 10 3 LastUpdate: 2016-03-12 Video Review 5/2014
Open Camera (4.1@194,350) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2014; Intro 8/2014; 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; Github (oops? Almalence? That explains good quality ) IzzyOnDroid Recommendation
High-Speed Camera (GIF,Burst) (4.1@79,882) Ǥ 10 9 Review 4/2014; up to 30 fps!
Camera51 - a smarter camera (4.1@30,159) 8 1 Vorstellung 10/2014; Review 10/2014
ProCapture Free (4.1@22,289) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-20 / ProCapture (4@9,109; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-05 Testbericht 10/2013; formerly CameraAdvance; Demo limited to 3 MPx; Panorama/Wide mode, "noise reduction", and more
Magic Camera (4.1@10,682) 6 2
NoteCam Lite - photo with notes [GPS Camera] (4.1@5,384) 7 1 / NoteCam Pro - photo with notes [GPS Camera] (4.3@83; ~EUR 5.00) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ incl. GeoTagging & Exif comments on-snap; manual
Zoom Camera Free (4@37,932) Ǥ 9 2 LastUpdate: 2017-03-02
Camera ICS (4@25,065) 9 1 LastUpdate: 2016-04-28 / Camera ICS+ (3.6@1,779; ~EUR 1.25) 6 2 LastUpdate: 2016-04-28
Free Camera (4@1,371) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-25
Camera FV-5 Lite (3.9@137,324) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-16 / Camera FV-5 (2.7@17,941; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 17 3 Test 4/2014; Vorstellung 7/2014; Review 12/2013; Manual; Dev's Video Channel; Bracketing, Long Exposure, Timer, ... Lite version limited to 0.3 MPx (VGA)
A Better Camera (3.9@79,066) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-08 / A Better Camera Unlocked (2.8@8,219; ~EUR 1.00) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 10/2013; Video tutorial 11/2013; Video Review 2/2014; Test 10/2014; HDR Camera plus Night Camera plus HD Panorama all-in-one, incl. Object removal and more – IzzyOnDroid Recommendation
lgCamera (3.9@35,857) 10 LastUpdate: 2017-05-12 Foto & Video
Sensor Camera (3.9@6,661) 12 3 LastUpdate: 2016-09-25 Several composition guides (Golden rule etc.), different shutter modes, time lapse, self timer, …
HedgeCam 2: Advanced Camera (3.9@4,943) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 12/2019
ProShot (3.9@3,215; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 12 1 Kurzvorstellung 9/2015
Imageotag (3.9@135) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-28
Night Camera (3.8@45,686) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-28 / Night Camera+ (3.5@734; ~EUR 1.00) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-18
Fast Burst Camera Lite (3.8@19,111) 7 1 / Fast Burst Camera (3.7@4,384; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 8 1
Simple Camera - Capture photos & videos easily (3.8@2,929) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
NoteCam (3.8@120) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-05-30 photos with notes (on-snap)
Lapse It • Time Lapse Camera (3.6@29,892) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2014-11-09 / Lapse It • Time Lapse • Pro (4@14,188; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 9 2 LastUpdate: 2014-11-06 XDA 12/2011; Video Intro 9/2019
Manual Camera Lite : Professional Camera DSLR (3.6@4,307) Ǥ 10 3 / Manual Camera : DSLR - Camera Professional (4.2@12,507; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 10 3 Vorstellung 3/2020
FreeDCam (3.6@1,521) 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)
Camera JB+ (3.6@1,174; ~EUR 2.00) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-04-10
PerfectShot (3.6@356) Ǥ 13 4 LastUpdate: 2017-08-16 / PerfectShot Unlimited (3.7@166; ~EUR 1.50) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-16
Google Camera (3.5@429,321) Ǥ 24 1 Kurzvorstellung 4/2014
FiLMiC Firstlight - Photo App (3.5@503) Ǥ 13 3 / FiLMiC Pro Evaluator (3.4@547) Ǥ 8 2 / FiLMiC Pro: Professional HD Manual Video Camera (3.6@7,166; ~EUR 13.00) Ǥ 18 3 Video Review 11/2019 | 3/2020 / video shooting
DSLR Camera Pro (3.3@1,836; ~EUR 3.25) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-15 mimic a DSLR as best as possible
Manual Camera (2.8@5,457; ~EUR 3.25) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-07 / Manual Camera Compatibility (4@5,194) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-28 Video Review 2/2015; Intro 1/2015 | 1/2015; Vorstellung 1/2015; Kurzvorstellung 12/2015; camera app for professionals; RAW support
NightShooting (2.6@2,582) Ǥ 12 7

Photo apps with focus on effects

2020-10-17

Cartoon Camera (5@14) 6 6 LastUpdate: 2016-09-26
Cymera Camera - Collage, Selfie Camera, Pic Editor (4.6@2,480,922) Ǥ 19 10 Testbericht 2/2014; Video-Empfehlung 3/2014
Adobe Photoshop Camera (4.6@7,198) Ǥ 15 3 Intro 6/2020; Vorstellung 6/2020
LINE Camera - Photo editor (4.5@1,565,201) Ǥ 21 12 Test 1/2017
Retrica - The Original Filter Camera (4.4@6,211,686) Ǥ 20 8 Intro 4/2014; Test 5/2014
Camera360 - Photo Editor + Camera & Sweet selfies (4.4@4,974,390) Ǥ 15 15 Testbericht 10/2013; Vorstellung 10/2013; Video Review 11/2018
Wondershare PowerCam (4.4@331,161) Ǥ 21 8 LastUpdate: 2018-12-27
Camera MX - Photo & Video Camera (4.4@312,196) Ǥ 16 5 Video Demo (EN) 10/2018
Little Photo (4.4@58,759) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2015-09-14
EyeEm: Free Photo App For Sharing & Selling Images (4.3@221,677) Ǥ 14 8 Ausführliche Vorstellung 12/2013 | 1/2016; Wikipedia (EN)
BlackCam - Black&White Camera (4.3@7,584) Ǥ 11 3
Photocracker - Photo Editor (4.3@3,839) Ǥ 18 5 Video Demo 4/2015
Cameringo Lite. Filters Camera (4.2@146,000) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Cameringo+ Filters Camera (4.3@29,864; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Testbericht 3/2017
Camera 2 (4.2@3,559) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-25
Retro Camera (4.1@68,672) 10 4 LastUpdate: 2013-05-07 Video Review 9/2013
FunCam (4@2,410) Ǥ 7 4 LastUpdate: 2013-05-31
Photo Effects (3.9@18,516) Ǥ 4 6
Vignette • Photo effects (3.9@10,768; ~EUR 2.75) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Vector Camera (3.9@139) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Camera Effects (3.8@23,127) Ǥ 9 3
MyEffects - Photo Editor (3.8@432) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2014-04-12
Camera illusion (3.7@10,006) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-04-01 / Camera illusion Pro (4.4@178; ~EUR 1.75) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2013-04-02

HDR Photo Apps

2020-10-17

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

Ultimate HDR Camera (4.2@14,419) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2019-03-14
HD Camera (4.1@91,781) 7 4 / HD Selfie Camera (4.3@15,016) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2018-06-18 / HD Professional Camera (4.1@701) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2018-06-15 incl. video capabilities
Camera HDR Studio (4@65,510) 7 1 LastUpdate: 2017-07-31
HDR HQ (3.9@6,640) Ǥ 7 6 LastUpdate: 2017-07-03
HDR Camera (3.8@36,573) Ǥ 6 1 LastUpdate: 2016-03-16 / HDR Camera+ (3.1@5,458; ~EUR 1.00) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-12-02 Testbericht 10/2013
Snap Camera HDR - Trial (3.5@8,326) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-22 / Snap Camera HDR (3.9@3,937; ~EUR 2.25) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-11 Review 10/2013; trial version requires network to be disabled

3D Cameras

2020-10-17

CrossCam (4.5@103) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
MakeIt3D - 3D Camera (3.8@11,969) Ǥ 9 4
3DSteroid (3.6@1,996) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / 3DSteroid Pro (4.5@473; ~EUR 2.50) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Phereo 3D Photo (3.5@4,836) Ǥ 6 2 LastUpdate: 2018-09-22
KúlaScope - 3D camera (3.2@31) Ǥ 8 2
Stereoscope (2.7@280) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-28
Camera 3D (2.2@16,021) 11 3 LastUpdate: 2016-05-01

Fun Cameras

2020-10-17

YouCam Fun - Snap Live Selfie Filters & Share Pics (4.5@274,639) Ǥ 23 8
MSQRD (4.3@783) 6 5 LastUpdate: 2018-11-21 Kurzvorstellung 3/2016
Ugly Camera - funny selfie (4.2@71,283) Ǥ 20 3
Camera Fun Free (4@15,867) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2012-06-08
FatBooth - The Big Prank App (3.7@87,669) Ǥ 7 5 LastUpdate: 2016-08-11
Fun Photo Camera 2 (3.7@8,623) Ǥ 11 9
Make me Old (3.4@31,583) Ǥ 7 6
AgingBooth (3@164,086) Ǥ 7 5 LastUpdate: 2016-08-11

Animated GIF photos

2020-10-17

GIF Camera (4.3@54,715) Ǥ 12 4 LastUpdate: 2019-04-01
Gif Me! Camera - GIF maker (4.3@49,659) Ǥ 9 3 / Gif Me! Camera Pro (4.2@3,246; ~EUR 1.50) 7 2
GifBoom: Animated GIF Camera (4.2@72) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2013-10-29
GIF Camera (3.7@6,118) 5 2 LastUpdate: 2014-09-04
GIPHY CAM - The GIF Camera & GIF Maker (3.7@2,241) Ǥ 12 9 Kurzvorstellung 10/2016
GIF Camera HD (Best GIF Maker & Creator Free) (3.6@462) 6 3

Panorama Photo Apps

2020-10-18

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

360 Panoramas>360 Camera>Virtual Tour> TeliportMe (3.9@102,977) Ǥ 22 10 Testbericht 2/2014
DMD Panorama (3.8@13,507) Ǥ 15 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-26
Photaf Panorama (Free) (3.6@69,238) Ǥ 16 5 / Photaf Panorama Pro (3.9@3,880; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 11 3 / Photaf THD Panorama Pro (4.2@93; ~EUR 11.00) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-11
Panorama Camera 360 (3.6@27,380) 6 4 LastUpdate: 2013-07-21
HD Panorama (2.8@7,281) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-21 / HD Panorama+ (3.2@205; ~EUR 2.00) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-21

More accurate geotagging

2020-10-09

ZGeo GPS Background service (5@16) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-11
FineGeotag (4.2@34) 4 LastUpdate: 2016-05-14 Github; More accurate GeoTags
GeoTag (3.9@250) Ǥ 15 4 also allows to record text and voice notes for photos

Various other camera apps

2020-10-17

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
Photo Scan App by Photomyne (4.6@13,632) Ǥ 12 9 scan your paper photos
GPS Map Camera (4.4@47,710) Ǥ 14 2 embeds location info in your photos
PhotoScan by Google Photos (4.2@121,337) 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
Hypocam (4.2@19,446) Ǥ 9 2 for black and white photography
Eye Candy - Selfie Camera (4.2@5,110) Ǥ 9 5 LastUpdate: 2017-01-23 Vorstellung 3/2016; Selfie-Cam, filters, editing
PhotoBackup (4.2@6) 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
CryptoCam – Secure Camera (4.1@108) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-26
DNG Processor (4.1@92) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Test 3/2019; convert your RAWs to JPG on-the-fly
Horizon Camera (3.9@12,270) Ǥ 9 4 Kurzvorstellung 9/2014; no more "tilted videos"
Safe Camera - Photo Encryption (3.9@1,129) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / SafeCamera Pro Key (4.1@70; ~EUR 5.50) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-10 Intro 2/2015
Frontback - Social Photos (3.9@17) Ǥ 15 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-16 Intro 4/2014; snaps with front and back camera at the same time, combines results
CamTimer (3.8@421) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-01-11
Night Vision Camera (3.7@23) 6 5 LastUpdate: 2012-12-24
ChronoSnap (3.6@38) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-05-20 Github; snap photos in intervals (generate sequences)
PicPac Camera (3.3@157) 5 2 LastUpdate: 2013-09-25
ObscuraCam (2@2,679) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-05-05 Github; Vorstellung 9/2016
AiCamera (1.7@6) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ simulates depth of field using a neural network
CameraFilter (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-26
Long Shoot Alpha (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-09
DeltaCamera (0@0) 3 LastUpdate: 2018-12-12 Github; Record movement (deltas) in one single image
MarsLogger (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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

Further Readings:

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)
The 10 Best Camera Apps for Android and iOS (4/2019)
Top 7 Best Camera Apps For Android Devices (3/2019)
15 best camera apps for Android (11/2018)
Camera MX vs Open Camera: Duel of Android Photography Apps (9/2018)
Nur fotografieren? Die Smartphone-Kamera kann doch viel mehr (12/2017)
10 Best Camera Apps for Android (11/2017)
6 Camera Tips: Take better photos on Android (11/2017)
Achtung, neugierige Kamera-Apps (9/2017)
RAW-Fotos bei Smartphones: Lohnt sich der Aufwand? (2/2017)
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 - 12/2018)
Tipps zu HDR: So holt Ihr das Optimum aus Euren Fotos heraus (6/2016)
Tips For Better Taking Smartphone Photos At Night (And In Bars) (8/2015)
Professionelle Fotos mit dem Android Phone erstellen (8/2015)
5 Tipps für bessere Fotos aus der Smartphone-Kamera (1/2015)
App Schau: 10 tolle Kamera-Apps für das Smartphone (1/2015)
7 Tips For Less Terrible Smartphone Photos (8/2014)
Videos mit dem Smartphone: 10 Tipps für bessere Aufnahmen (8/2014)
Smartphone-Fotografie: Die wichtigsten Begriffe erklärt [GLOSSAR] (6/2014)
How to take better photos with your Android phone (5/2014 - 9/2016)
Kamera-Apps: "Reduce to the max" oder "Qual der Wahl"? (4/2014)

2020-10-19

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