UWACAM

Name: UWACAM
Rating: 4.7 (44 reviews)
Author: Bumbayaya GmbH

Leading underwater camera app

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases

44 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Photo & Video
Developer

Bumbayaya GmbH
Language

EN
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Size

52.5
MB

iPhone

UWACAM is the leading professional app for underwater photo and video, now available in Version 2.6. Designed for DIVEVOLK Seatouch cases and developed with award-winning underwater cinematographer Matthias Lebo, this app is easy to use, with large, clear controls for effortless, stunning video and photo captures. Packed with pro features, UWACAM provides automatic UWACOLOR* processing (real-time or postprocessed) to enhance colors, supports LOG format (incl. Apple Log and Apple Log 2 on compatible devices), built-in LUTs, manual mode, user presets, histogram, focus peaking, zebra, configurable overlays and much more. Integrated Vizalyzer AI analyzes your captures for marine life information (Internet and subscription required). Highlights: • UI designed for underwater, action sports and other challenging environments • Easy to use in DIVEVOLK Seatouch cases or with touchscreen-compatible gloves • Perfect for scuba diving, snorkelling, watersports and sports action • Choose AUTO Mode (great for beginners) or PRO Mode with full manual control • UWACOLOR dynamically adaptive color processing — real-time or postprocessed, also with 4K, high frame rates and HDR/Rec.2020 Recent additions: • Postprocessing effects: Spotlight, Twist and Sphere • Postprocessing styles: Black & White or Sepia • Flip and Mirror — independently flip or mirror photos and videos • Photo Double Exposure — combine two photos creatively • Customizable Imprints (watermarks) — position, size, opacity, rotation; built-in set included • Highly configurable grid overlay (rows, columns, thickness, colors) • Level overlay with optional auto-fade and adjustable threshold • Touch guard against inadvertent wake-up • Grid view alongside the existing list view in playback • Portuguese language support (Portugal and Brazil) Capture & creative tools: • Easy zoom with three different speeds • Video and photo in all device resolutions, frame rates and color spaces • Focus peaking, zebra, LOG (incl. Apple Log / Log 2), built-in and custom LUTs • Manual control of exposure, focus, white balance, tint and more • Magnifier for macro • Self timer with configurable picture count and interval • Batch UWACOLOR postprocessing • Photo Flash and Video Torch in quick access • Camera Blending for improved macro on compatible devices UI, settings & storage: • Customizable parameters and easy-to-use menus • User presets, multi-page quick access, histogram • Configurable overlays: center point, rule of thirds, safe area, grid, level, aspect ratio and more • Built-in compass overlay • Optional GPS coordinates (satellite-derived or manual) • Rotation lock and upside-down portrait in PRO mode • Store captures to photo library, files or in-app — grid/list browsing, share, delete • Media list rebuild from existing files or Photos library • SMPTE timecode (off, record run, local time or UTC) • Sleep mode with optional touch guard • UWACAM Widget for the lock screen Free download — no capture feature limitations. Subscribe to disable the watermark on subsequent captures (UWACOLOR captures made without subscription carry a permanent watermark) and to enable Vizalyzer AI image analysis. Feedback or issues? Email support@uwacam.com — we're happy to help! *No color processing or filter can fully restore colors lost to spectral absorption. For best results we recommend using a video light if available. End-User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

44 Ratings

Best in class
12/02/2025

Tom From Sem
I do a lot spur of the moment picture taking and underwater photography and videography. I have been using the trial version and find this app allows you access to both photos and videos from one app. No more need for multiple apps to capture the moment. This app has lots of features for every level of photographer beginner to professional. One feature for scuba divers using their smartphone is the ability to see a compass on the screen. I can tell that this app was designed by both land and sea photographers. So far I haven’t come across any glitches. I recommend this app for everyone to replace your phone’s camera.Update: I have used this app for a couple of years now. This app is how all apps should be developed and maintained. I enjoy the features and especially the app information section. This app is for those who take a lot of land and underwater pictures and videos. If you are looking for something a little better than the iPhone camera then this isn’t for you. As long as the developers continue to put out this app at the level they have I’m fine with the pricing.

Developer Response
Hi Tom, thank you very much for your positive review - if you have any further feedback that you would like to share drop us a line anytime at support@uwacam.com - we appreciate all comments that help us further improve the app!
Best in class
12/02/2025

Tom From Sem

I do a lot spur of the moment picture taking and underwater photography and videography. I have been using the trial version and find this app allows you access to both photos and videos from one app. No more need for multiple apps to capture the moment. This app has lots of features for every level of photographer beginner to professional. One feature for scuba divers using their smartphone is the ability to see a compass on the screen. I can tell that this app was designed by both land and sea photographers. So far I haven’t come across any glitches. I recommend this app for everyone to replace your phone’s camera.Update: I have used this app for a couple of years now. This app is how all apps should be developed and maintained. I enjoy the features and especially the app information section. This app is for those who take a lot of land and underwater pictures and videos. If you are looking for something a little better than the iPhone camera then this isn’t for you. As long as the developers continue to put out this app at the level they have I’m fine with the pricing.
Developer Response 02/09/2025
Hi Tom, thank you very much for your positive review - if you have any further feedback that you would like to share drop us a line anytime at support@uwacam.com - we appreciate all comments that help us further improve the app!
Just the ticket
Feb 22

Whittty
I’ve only just tried this app one one dive with my new divevolk housing, and for the sake of limiting new things all at once, I left it in simple mode. Already, that was a great experience - this app is designed for underwater touch screen operation, and it’s fantastic at that. The experience was so much more comfortable and fun than diving with a GoPro. Back on the surface playing around a little more, I realized there are a few things I’d like to do differently, or maybe control underwater. Sure enough, I turned off simple mode and the app supports all of them and more. The price is pretty steep, but for how well this works and how much it enhances my dive video experience, I’ll happily be subscribing before each dive! I might even have to go back and reprocess previous GoPro video.
Just the ticket
Feb 22

Whittty

I’ve only just tried this app one one dive with my new divevolk housing, and for the sake of limiting new things all at once, I left it in simple mode. Already, that was a great experience - this app is designed for underwater touch screen operation, and it’s fantastic at that. The experience was so much more comfortable and fun than diving with a GoPro. Back on the surface playing around a little more, I realized there are a few things I’d like to do differently, or maybe control underwater. Sure enough, I turned off simple mode and the app supports all of them and more. The price is pretty steep, but for how well this works and how much it enhances my dive video experience, I’ll happily be subscribing before each dive! I might even have to go back and reprocess previous GoPro video.
What we’ve been waiting for.
07/09/2025

C L Bennett
I have been using the Divevolk housing for several years now (mostly for video), and the new UWACAM app so far looks like the best camera app for underwater use. Like my previous favorite from BlackMagic, it has powerful manual controls and allows you to combine the H.265 codec with the Apple Log color space, which I think is the best balance between image quality and file size. All other camera apps that I am aware of, including the native iPhone app, only make Log available when using the ProRes codec, which is impractical for underwater videography. On the other hand, the BlackMagic app makes extensive use of control sliders, which are difficult to operate through the Divevolk membrane, whereas the UWACAM app relies entirely on buttons. The UWACAM app also works for both photos and video, whereas BlackMagic is video only. And the UWACAM app has a feature that as far as I know is unique, which is the ability to tap to sleep and tap to wake, which allows you to turn off the screen to conserve the battery without locking the phone. This is a big deal to me. All the other apps, including the native camera app, require a bunch of setting changes to be useable in the Divevolk housing, when you cannot access the external buttons on the phone, and entering a passcode is inconvenient. For example, you need to turn on Raise to Wake, and turn off the Passcode. To turn off the Passcode, you have to first turn off Stolen Device Protection or else there will be a one hour delay. And when you turn off the Passcode, the iPhone automatically removes all credit cards from the Apple Wallet. All this rigamarole has to be undone when you're back on land. Regarding the subscription model, I understand the aversion when a big company like Adobe switches from one-time payment to subscription. But UWACAM is a specialized app for a niche market, and I don't see how the developers could finance the development of this app any other way, and I want that development to continue. If they sold a thousand annual subscriptions, the total revenue would be $50,000. I don't think anyone is gouging or getting rich from this app. And, finally, I can attest to the outstanding customer service from the development team. I emailed them about a bug I found in the tap-to-focus feature, and Andi responded four hours later, from Switzerland on a Sunday evening, to say they had reproduced my issue, and would issue a fix within three days. Which they did. Let’s support these folks and the continued development of the app!
What we’ve been waiting for.
07/09/2025

C L Bennett

I have been using the Divevolk housing for several years now (mostly for video), and the new UWACAM app so far looks like the best camera app for underwater use. Like my previous favorite from BlackMagic, it has powerful manual controls and allows you to combine the H.265 codec with the Apple Log color space, which I think is the best balance between image quality and file size. All other camera apps that I am aware of, including the native iPhone app, only make Log available when using the ProRes codec, which is impractical for underwater videography. On the other hand, the BlackMagic app makes extensive use of control sliders, which are difficult to operate through the Divevolk membrane, whereas the UWACAM app relies entirely on buttons. The UWACAM app also works for both photos and video, whereas BlackMagic is video only. And the UWACAM app has a feature that as far as I know is unique, which is the ability to tap to sleep and tap to wake, which allows you to turn off the screen to conserve the battery without locking the phone. This is a big deal to me. All the other apps, including the native camera app, require a bunch of setting changes to be useable in the Divevolk housing, when you cannot access the external buttons on the phone, and entering a passcode is inconvenient. For example, you need to turn on Raise to Wake, and turn off the Passcode. To turn off the Passcode, you have to first turn off Stolen Device Protection or else there will be a one hour delay. And when you turn off the Passcode, the iPhone automatically removes all credit cards from the Apple Wallet. All this rigamarole has to be undone when you're back on land. Regarding the subscription model, I understand the aversion when a big company like Adobe switches from one-time payment to subscription. But UWACAM is a specialized app for a niche market, and I don't see how the developers could finance the development of this app any other way, and I want that development to continue. If they sold a thousand annual subscriptions, the total revenue would be $50,000. I don't think anyone is gouging or getting rich from this app. And, finally, I can attest to the outstanding customer service from the development team. I emailed them about a bug I found in the tap-to-focus feature, and Andi responded four hours later, from Switzerland on a Sunday evening, to say they had reproduced my issue, and would issue a fix within three days. Which they did. Let’s support these folks and the continued development of the app!
Hideous watermark even not using UWACOLOR
09/08/2025

Spoonhandle
What’s good: The interface is nice in either full auto or Pro mode - there seems to be genuine consideration as to the ergonomics of the app through a diving case. What’s not: Watermark & pricing model. I was hoping to find a camera interface more suited to snorkelling - I don’t have this specific case, just wanted a camera app with standard features that’s more usable underwater than the stock Apple app. I’d pay a few bucks for a PERMANENT license for this - I don’t need pro features, I don’t want correction and absolutely have no interest in any visual intelligence features while underwater. If you made a simple “big buttons” app without all the unnecessary features and made it a one-time purchase for $10 I’d buy it now. Instead my options here are to either pay a ludicrous subscription for something I’ll likely use twice a year or have a gargantuan, hideous watermark that is present at all times - yes, even with UWACOLOR turned off. Frustrating.

Developer Response
Thank you for your incredibly helpful and detailed feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective on the app’s features and pricing model. Your suggestion for a simplified version geared toward snorkeling — without UWACOLOR, PRO mode, or AI — is very valuable. We’ll certainly take this into account for our future product plans.You also make a fair point that a subscription might not be the right fit for everyone, especially for occasional use. We do offer a weekly subscription, which lets you subscribe only during the times of year when you want to use the features UWACAM offers today.We realize this isn’t the one-time purchase you mentioned; however, subscriptions help fund ongoing development, maintenance, and support of the app.If you have any other questions or comments, please reach out to support@uwacam.com. We highly value all feedback that helps us improve the app!
Hideous watermark even not using UWACOLOR
09/08/2025

Spoonhandle

What’s good: The interface is nice in either full auto or Pro mode - there seems to be genuine consideration as to the ergonomics of the app through a diving case. What’s not: Watermark & pricing model. I was hoping to find a camera interface more suited to snorkelling - I don’t have this specific case, just wanted a camera app with standard features that’s more usable underwater than the stock Apple app. I’d pay a few bucks for a PERMANENT license for this - I don’t need pro features, I don’t want correction and absolutely have no interest in any visual intelligence features while underwater. If you made a simple “big buttons” app without all the unnecessary features and made it a one-time purchase for $10 I’d buy it now. Instead my options here are to either pay a ludicrous subscription for something I’ll likely use twice a year or have a gargantuan, hideous watermark that is present at all times - yes, even with UWACOLOR turned off. Frustrating.
Developer Response 09/10/2025
Thank you for your incredibly helpful and detailed feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective on the app’s features and pricing model. Your suggestion for a simplified version geared toward snorkeling — without UWACOLOR, PRO mode, or AI — is very valuable. We’ll certainly take this into account for our future product plans.You also make a fair point that a subscription might not be the right fit for everyone, especially for occasional use. We do offer a weekly subscription, which lets you subscribe only during the times of year when you want to use the features UWACAM offers today.We realize this isn’t the one-time purchase you mentioned; however, subscriptions help fund ongoing development, maintenance, and support of the app.If you have any other questions or comments, please reach out to support@uwacam.com. We highly value all feedback that helps us improve the app!

- New: Postprocessing effects suite — apply Spotlight, Twist and Sphere creative effects to your photos and videos in playback, with full HDR gain map handling - New: Postprocessing styles — apply Black & White or Sepia color stylization to your captures - New: Flip and Mirror postprocessing — independently flip or mirror photos and videos horizontally, vertically or both - New: Photo Double Exposure — combine two photos for creative double-exposure compositions. Pick a base image from your UWACAM captures, then capture or postprocess to blend it with another image - New: Customizable Imprints (Watermarks) — overlay custom graphic imprints on your captures with detailed control over position, size, opacity and rotation. A set of built-in imprints is included - New: Playback now offers a grid view mode for browsing captures, alongside the existing list view. Switch between the two using the new mode cycler in the playback header - Bug fixes and improvements

Version 2.6.0 9h ago

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Seller: Bumbayaya GmbH
Size: 52.5 MB
Category: Photo & Video
Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.2 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
Languages: English and 5 more

English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Age Rating: 4+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

Weekly $9.99

Yearly $49.99

Monthly $29.99

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