I am happy to have downloaded this so long ago (iPhone 4 maybe?) - it was helpful here and there but once the built in camera app starting lagging ( unable to take a picture less than 5-6 seconds after opening, pictures are captured almost a full second after the shutter button is pushed ) - this app replaced it and has become both dependable and essential.

Camera Plus is much more than just a great camera, it's chock full of the most advanced editing tools available in LightBox, it's editing mode where you virtually turn good photos into great ones with the numerous and superior editing tools indigenous to the app, the AddOns are just an extra suite of FX features that aren't even necessary to create stunning shots. The tools that come with the app alone you'll quickly come to appreciate as you work with them and see the huge difference between this app and every other editor on the market. It's built in resources set it far apart from every other editor out there. After purchase I realized that it was the only editor I needed, an essential if you're into creating superb stunning shots and I ended up deleting all my other editors. Camera Plus is all the Camera and editor I need and it's an absolute essential if you're not willing to settle for the iPhone camera. It's night and day compared to the standard iPhone camera and now I get real satisfaction by creating stunning shots with the suite of built in editing tools that come with this superb app. The add-on's expand your capabilities but they aren't essential, and at 99 cents each the two add-on's are a worthy investment. Once you have this photo app, you'll stop searching for that perfect app and get rid of all your other useless editors. Camera Plus does everything I hoped for in a photo and editing app. It's simply essential. Get it, you'll be happy you did.

I like Camera+ a lot. So much so that I use it in place of the default camera app on my 4S. however, there are some features that are missing from this app that the native app does better. Somehow the native app does some processing to make the images come out less blurry even when your hand is not completely still. Also, the native app has HDR. I'd like to have the manual focus and exposure control of Camera+, but I can't wholeheartedly recommend this app unless they add those features. Because as of right now, the native camera app beats Camera+ in terms of picture quality. Which is unfortunate, because we expect when we pay for an app to be similar but claiming to have better features than Apple's implementation to have better or at least equal picture quality. In high light conditions, camera+ shines. But so does the native app, unless you want the focus to be on a section and that section happens to be underlit. In medium to low light, the shakiness of Camera+ images compared to traditional iPhone images makes me almost not want to use it. I have to take about three shots minimum in quick succession to see if I get a reasonably clear image under low or medium light. Fortunately, the shutter lag is pretty low on the 4S, so that makes the experience much better. Nonetheless, there is a problem needing to be fixed by the Camera+ people. I'd prefer clear images over more filters any day. And even better is if it could include HDR.

I've tried roughly ten of the best rated and most popular photography apps for my 3GS and this is the best one I've found (and well worth the small price). Some apps simply apply colorful effects with little or no ability to modify the "strength" of them. Camera+ improves on the built-in camera's functionality (zoom, focus, exposure, alignment, image stabilizer), plus adds basic editing (cropping, rotating, flipping), and ALSO provides nice post processing (flash, "clarity" which is truly awesome, and others), and adjustable professional effects (which is where many photo apps start and end) and nice borders, then gives a way to post to Facebook (among other places). Quite honestly, although I'm pretty handy with Photoshop, this little app does a better job at many of these effects than I could do on my computer. There are very few iPhone apps I truly love and this is one of them.Future features I'd like to see include the ability to swipe across the screen to preview effects (right now you can preview an effect, but then have to back out and select again to preview a different effect) and basic video support. The quality of this app is excellent, but these features would be great to have. Even if all you want is better quality photos out of that tiny iPhone lens and have no interest in photography effects, this is the app for you. Aside from lacking video support, it replaces the native camera app and provides excellent tools for creating a unique, tasteful work of art out of that basic photo if you want to take it further.

As an Underwater Photographer I have exacting standards to insure each of my images are of the highest possible quality. I swore I'd never use my iPhone's digital camera but that challenge lasted about as long as most individuals' New Year's Eve resolutions. The included camera features were very convenient and simple to operate, guarantying ease of use at the drop of the hat. It was in the quality of image produced that the problem arise: the quality was severely lacking.As I searched for the right application a feature included in this one caught my eye. It really is antiquated but once was a standard technique near and dear to my heart: viewing your processed slides in strips via a loupe on a light table. I figured if the designers were willing to include that obscure feature then their attention to detail was impressive. This attention and focus on the details is what makes this application stand out from all the others. It uses tried and true photographic and printing techniques such as dodge and burn, polarization, and cropping (to name a few) that provides the user a tool that can produce a superior image. This application constantly exceeds my hopes and expectations, and is in use constantly. If you are searching for an application that refines and improves the installed camera but allows the photographer to retain creative control over the images produced look no further. This application does all this and more, yet is priced for pocket change. I recommend it highly! =^..^*=

As a professional photographer I have loved this app for a long time, but with its recent updates it has now moved to an honored place on my coveted front page. 1) It allows you to set your ISO and shutter manually, AND importantly, your EXIF data reflects the exact settings you put in. Other apps with manual settings do not actually capture anything longer than 1/15 second. 2) Your shutter can be open for as long as several seconds and you can even combine a long shutter with ridiculously low ISO values to allow controlled blurring effects (e.g., waterfalls) in bright daylight. 3) HUGE: Unlike Apple's own camera, this allows you to take pictures with the 7 Plus zoom lens in lower light. As a pro you probably already know that because of Apple's smaller 2.8 aperture in its zoom lens, Apple's native camera app set at 2X actually shoots from its 1X wide 1.8 lens in lower light and then [gasp!] just digitally zooms it to mimic the telephoto focal length. 4) It shoots in RAW format – indispensable for certain occasions. 5) The developers – despite their obsessive commitment to technical proficiency – have a wonderful whimsical way of talking about their updates (go to the Versions section of the app description to see what I mean) which always makes me smile. PS: There are a lot of editing effects as well, but those are not unique and I actually find the ballyhooed Clarity feature overbearing. But that is all moot because as a shooting app there is simply no comparison. Highly recommend.