Phocus is a portrait camera and depth editor for iPhone and iPad, built for realistic bokeh, lens character, focus control, and cinematic color. Capture DSLR-style portraits, preview lens and depth effects live, refine background blur with precision, and create polished images with more control over focus, tone, and mood.
With Phocus, you can go beyond simple portrait blur. Shoot with real-time lens and bokeh previews, import your own LUTs, shape aperture and focus depth, edit depth-aware masks, and fine-tune subject separation after capture. Whether you are creating cinematic portraits, polished social content, or expressive camera looks, Phocus gives you powerful tools in a fast and intuitive workflow.
Inspired by real optical systems, Phocus lets you simulate lens behavior without external gear. Control aperture feel, blur falloff, bokeh character, focal response, and depth transitions with tools designed for creators who want more than one-tap filters.
Phocus Camera keeps the shooting experience closer to the final capture, with live lens previews, natural bokeh rendering, custom LUT import, curated color looks, manual controls, and responsive launch performance.
"Looking for an app that not only adds the Portrait mode effect to your photos but does a bit more? Then Phocus is the one you're looking for." — iMore
"An Outstanding AI Portrait and Macro Camera for the iPhone. It has clearly established itself as the front runner in this iOS camera apps." — John DeNicola
"The app is a fine example of technical and artistic craftsmanship." — iGeeksBlog
"Phocus is an excellent photo and video editing app for your iPhone that lets you edit both portrait photos and videos with great attention to detail." — The Useful Tech
Phocus enhances your creativity with smart tools:
• Live lens and bokeh preview for portrait capture
• Natural depth-of-field with adjustable aperture, focus depth, and blur falloff
• Lens character controls inspired by classic optical systems
• Custom .cube LUT import with personal LUT organization
• Curated LUT library for Daily, Film Looks, Vintage, Signature, and Mono styles
• Look controls for intensity, tone, grain amount, and grain texture
• Manual camera controls for ISO, shutter speed, white balance, exposure, and focus
• RAW and ProRAW support for high-quality capture workflows
• Intelligent depth separation for natural portrait blur and refined bokeh
• Real bokeh simulation with aperture shapes and light behavior
• Precision brush and eraser tools for edge refinement
• Dual-layer editing for foreground and background tone
• Portrait video blur with realistic depth-of-field
• 3D LUT color styles for cinematic previews and edits
• 3D Relight and 3D Scene Preview for depth-aware lighting control
• Depth Visualizer, Tap-to-Focus, portrait matte, and depth map export
• Lock Screen and Control Center shortcuts for quick camera launch and editing
• Built-in tutorials to learn the app step by step
***Depth and depth-related features, including relight and advanced depth masking, are available on iOS 17 and later.***
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Make this app a photo extension so you can add the blurt effects right inside the photos app. That would help for the older phones that don’t have the dual cameras etc. to get that blur effect right inside the photos app. I have iPhone SE and I use this app all the time for portrait mode blur. With a little more fine tuning of the auto photo blur , this app would be perfect. Sometimes the app doesn’t separate the person from the background too great. I know it works off of software only. But the google pixel does this with one camera also. Thanks. I hope I’m not asking for too much. I just really like the app and want to see it better.
Developer Response
Hi, thank you for your feedback! We will consider this in the next update. Thanks!
App may be a virus?
Stew413
I downloaded this app on my iPad to turn some photos into portraits, and right off the bat I gave it all permissions and nothing worked. It wouldn’t even load a photo so I couldn’t even edit anything. The app crashed multiple times, so I tried downloading it on my phone and trying again on there. It did not work on my phone either. After giving up on it, both devices began acting strangely. Certain apps would get stuck on their opening screens or not work properly. I closed the app and tried again, but that didn’t work. I restarted my phone, but that didn’t work. I deleted the Phocus app and everything went back to normal. I thought it might have been some strange thing on my phone, but the same thing just happened on my iPad as well, except this time it eventually led to the device crashing. I deleted the Phocus app and so far everything seems back to normal. I’m using an iPhone 12 and the iPad Air (4th gen) both updated to the latest iOS version.
Developer Response
Update: Hi, we are sorry for the problem again. Phocus has been updated. We would appreciate if you can give us your feedback again after updating the app.First, we are sorry that you had a problem with the app. Second, thank you for your detailed explanation. Third, we assure you our app is certainly not a virus :). Last, we know some of our users have a crash problem, especially on their iPads: We are currently working on the app's next update and hope that all of our users can use the app without any problems with the next update.
Amazing but lost all pro features after upgrading to pro
1038474$484&4
I upgraded to a monthly subscription, unlocked the pro features (aperture control, 3D lighting, etc.) and these worked, for about a half hour; when I tried the app again, these features had disappeared, and the app had reverted to its standard, unpaid features. Contacted support, they could not help me (I could not find anything on the app or in the App Store to “restore the purchase”, which made no sense to begin with-I’d just purchased it), I deleted and reinstalled the app (and restored the purchase after this), restarted the phone several times, and swore several times loudly. No luck. Still waiting for someone to respond to me (sent screenshots to support, no response after that).
Developer Response
Thanks. Can you please update the app? We would appreciate it if you give feedback again after updating the app.
Recommend
Haway Hussein
I really like this app, I have only one problem with it and two suggestions. First problem is that it does not always auto focus on the right image, which is easy to adjust, but for convenience hopefully that can be fixed. My second suggestion is making the app sort of like an alternate camera, one which allows users to see the depth effect in action like the regular portrait mode camera is, face detection maybe? Overall it’s a great app and I would definitely recommend.
Developer Response
Thanks for your kind review. We will consider your feedback on the following updates.
This update brings a major camera refresh to Phocus:
- Real-time lens and bokeh preview lets you see lens character, aperture, focus depth, and natural background blur while you shoot.
- Custom .cube LUT import lets you bring your own color looks into Phocus, organize them in My LUTs, and use them for shooting or export.
- Expanded LUT library adds more Phocus looks across Daily, Film Looks, Vintage, Signature, and Mono styles.
- Look controls now give you more room to fine-tune each style with intensity, tone, grain amount, and grain texture.
- Camera launch and live preview performance have been improved for a smoother, more responsive shooting experience.
- Lock Screen and Control Center shortcuts let you jump straight into Auto, Manual, or Portrait camera mode, or start editing your latest photo.
If you enjoy Phocus, we would be so grateful for your App Store review or feedback. It helps us keep improving the app and truly means a lot to our small team.
Version 3.4.2
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