Aquarium Camera is built specifically for aquarium owners who are tired of their tank looking incredible in person and disappointing on their phone.
LED aquarium lights are brilliant, but blue actinic lighting interferes with camera sensors, shifting the colors of your fish, plants, and corals into something far less accurate. Standard camera apps were not made for this. Aquarium Camera was.
Designed for reef tanks, planted tanks, freshwater aquariums, and fish-only setups, Aquarium Camera helps you capture photos and videos that better reflect what your tank actually looks like.
“The Aquarium Camera app is an essential tool for reef tank photography.”
– ReefBuilders.com
You can stop buying pro camera rigs, shooting in RAW, using clip-on filters or gels, and turning off your blue lights just to get a decent shot. You do not need to spend hours in editing apps adjusting hue, tint, and exposure after the fact. Aquarium Camera helps you color-correct aquarium lighting in real time on your iPhone or iPad, using the device you already carry every day.
Version 4.0.0 is a complete re-architecture built to maximize the performance of your iPhone and iPad.
Features:
• Real-time lens filter mode that dynamically helps balance your shot
• 32 custom professional-grade lens filters in manual mode
• Real-time tint, temperature, RGB, and exposure adjustment
• Full-resolution photo capture
• 4K video recording
• Syncs with iCloud
• Support for your device’s available camera lenses, including wide, standard, and telephoto
• Save and share presets once you dial in your tank
• Side-by-side preview to help fine-tune color balance
• Portrait and landscape support
• Touch to focus
• Flash toggle
• Grid toggle
• Quick access to your aquarium gallery with export or autosave to library
• Share photos and videos right from the library
• Volume button shutter support
• Haptic feedback
• No subscription: buy it once and unlock everything on iPhone and iPad
“So easy to use… Love it!!! And the color changing is realtime so you can see the screen and the real thing side by side to ensure you get the right balance.”
– Carlos Chacon, CoralVue
I created Aquarium Camera because I was tired of seeing brilliant aquariums online that did not truly represent the health, color, and beauty of the fish, plants, and corals inside. As LED lighting took over the hobby, aquarium photography became harder. Aquarium Camera is my answer to that problem.
Spend less time correcting aquarium photos and videos, and more time enjoying your tank... oh and doing water changes.
Excellent app. Easy to use. Worth the money you pay for it. Struggles with quality when the blue spectrum is high but can easily be adjusted post production. Would be good if native Apple camera settings can be used.. ie the wide lense or the telephoto. Also with the new iPhone 12 the RAW capability of the native camera/app could be integrated to the app. Which will make it even better. Hopefully an update is coming our way in the near future?
Developer Response
Thanks, all cameras and full resolution photos and 4k video now working.
Thanks for fixing the update
Lance Armstring
Thanks for fixing the issues with the update. The app is back to simple and quick to use. Highly recommend
Developer Response
Photos can now be saved directly to your photos library. It’s optional in case you want to leverage the gallery with iCloud. When you mean changing filters is it that the ring is too small? I’m thinking of adding a toggle that moves the controls to full screen.
Great app
Cjfish86
Really impressed with this, my photos are unbelievable using this. Would be great to see a future update utilise native iPhone features in video such as time lapse.
After updating
Sudarso
Now become not usefull anymore after updating.. which there is no yellow / orange lense filter.. hopefully get back soon
Developer Response
In manual mode for the lens filter, you have 32 lenses to pick from light yellow through dark red. Just slide your finger along the bottom of the black ring (you’ll see it defaults to #1) to change them and adjust the intensity below as needed. Let me know how you find it!
4.0.0 is a complete re-architecture built to maximize the performance of your iPhone and iPad. Capture full-resolution photos and 4K video, choose from 32 lens filters, and save or share your presets. Built-in tips and instructions help you get the most out of every shot. A dedicated gallery keeps your aquarium photos and videos organized, while volume shutter support and haptic feedback make shooting even better.
4.0.1 restores pinch-to-zoom and focus controls, enhanced gallery view, and gallery photos and videos now sync with iCloud when enabled on your device.
4.0.2 restores Color Balance controls, including RGB (Classic) settings and improved White Balance options for more precise manual tuning. Camera zoom stability fixes help prevent unexpected jumps after using the zoom button. This update also adds an Autosave to Library toggle for new photos and videos, plus clearer camera permission handling and recovery. Thanks to all the users for their amazing testing and feedback! I love you.
4.0.3 & 4.0.4 restores several features users missed from version 3, while preserving the full-resolution photo and 4K video capabilities introduced in version 4. It also includes a UI overhaul to improve usability and make the app easier to navigate. Color balance controls now go further for heavily blue-shifted tanks, and Color Filter mode now includes a full-screen option. Thank you so much for downloading and all the great feedback!
Version 4.0.4
The developer, John Ostler, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
Seller
John Ostler
Size
1.5 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.