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Cameras on smartphones area much bigger deal than they used to be. Companies are chomping at the bit
to make their cameras more reliable, work better in low light, and add features that people want. Many will
base their purchase decisions on the strength of the camera. Of course, the experience has the potential to
be improved with the right camera apps that could add additional features that make things work a little
better. Here are the best camera apps for Android!

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BestMe Sele Camera

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.rcplatform.selecamera)
[Price: Free]
BestMe Sele Camera is a free camera application for those who love to take seles. The app includes 125
real-time lters, stickers, and emoji along with vignettes, blur eects, sele stick support, and more. Its an
eective app, especially for people who often share their photos to social media and its about as good as it

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gets for sele photos. The developers have also expressed that things like Android Wear support and real-
time lter for video are coming soon so keep an eye out for that! The same developer crew also does HD
Camera, which is a pretty decent camera app as well (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.rcplatform.hdcamera).

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Camera FV-5

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.avionet.android.camera.lite)
[Price: Free / $3.95]
Camera FV-5 is a camera app that is quickly growing in popularity. Its known most for its manual camera
features, including adjustable settings for exposure compensation, shutter speed, ISO, light metering, focus,

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and white balance. This is similar to how DSLR cameras do things and it can give photographers better
control over what their photos are going to look like. It also suppers RAW, lossless PNG, and JPEG les, a live
RGB histogram, and various overlays and crop grids. Its eective and powerful.

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?

ID=COM.FLAVIONET.ANDROID.CAMERA.LITE)

Camera JB+

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.moblynx.camerajbplus)
[Price: $1.99]
Camera JB+ is a remake of the stock camera from Android Jelly Bean. It features a simple layout that really
lets you just point and shoot like you could back in the old days. It includes camera, video capture, and
panorama mode along with things like live eects, burst mode, picture quality settings, and 4K video
support (if your phone camera supports 4K). Its a good experience, especially if you need something really
easy. The developer has also done Camera KK (KitKat) and Camera ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) if youre
interested in those (https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Moblynx).

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?ID=COM.MOBLYNX.CAMERA JBPLUS)

Camera MX

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.magix.camera_mx)
[Price: Free]
Camera MX is one of the older camera apps that has been around for awhile but has managed to remain
relevant. It boasts a bunch of features, including a Live Shot mode, scene modes, support for 16:9 aspect
ratios, and it has a variety of photo and video editing tools that let you adjust things like brightness, rotation,
contrast, saturation, temperature, and others. It doesnt have the manual controls that more serious
photographers look for, but its more than good enough for non-pros looking to get a good shot.

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GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?ID=COM.MAGIX.CAMERA_MX)

Camera Zoom FX

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=slide.cameraZoom)
[Price: Free with in-app purchases / $0.99]
Camera Zoom FX is another one of the camera apps that have been around for a long time. It was good
back then, but has improved over time by adding things like manual camera controls (ISO, focus, shutter
speed, etc) and RAW capture support. On top of that, it has HDR, time lapse, 360-degree panorama photos,
live eects, and a variety of post processing eects to make your photos really pop. Its a good mix of pro
and Instagram and should be good enough for people who want manual camera stu, but also want
lters too.

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?ID=SLIDE.CAMERAZOOM)

Candy Camera

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.joeware.android.gpulumera)
[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
Candy Camera wasnt around a couple of years ago, but its already one of the most popular camera apps
ever with over 100 million installs. Feature-wise, its pretty decent and includes a ton of lters with simple
swipe gestures to switch between them, various editing tools (including unusual stu like concealer and
lipstick options), stickers, collage mode, and more. It could denitely use some manual camera controls and
RAW support, but its still pretty decent without them.

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?

ID=COM.JOEWARE.ANDROID.GPULUMERA)

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Cardboard Camera

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.google.vr.cyclops)
[Price: Free]
Cardboard Camera is about the only competent 360-degree photo camera available right now. Its meant to
be used with Google Cardboard and allows you to take 360-degree photos that can be viewed in VR. The
app itself will help you take the photos and also provides a gallery that lets you nd and view your 360-
degree image content. Its completely free to use and while VR photography is a tad niche, its really nice that
there is a decent app to take those kind of photos.

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?ID=COM.GOOGLE.VR.CYCLOPS)

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Cymera (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?

id=com.cyworld.camera)
[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
Cymera has been around for a while and currently boasts over 200 million downloads. Popularity aside, the
app has some decent features including a ton of lters, stickers, and you can brush or draw on images that
you take. It comes with a photo editor that includes some unique features, including editing tools for skin,
hair, eyes, and more to make seles really pop. It doesnt have manual camera controls which is bit of a
shame, but everything else works very well.

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?ID=COM.CYWORLD.CAMERA)

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DSLR Camera Pro

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=pl.vipek.camera)
[Price: $2.99]
DSLR camera pro tries emulate the experience youd have on a DSLR camera. It comes with the general
manual camera controls, including ISO, white balance, exposure compensation, and a live RGB histogram.
On top of that, it comes with some unique stu like a two-state shutter button function where you press to
focus and then release to take a photo and the ability to use the volume rocker as a shutter button. There
isnt a free version, so youll have to buy it and try it inside of its refund time, but its a positive experience
overall.

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?ID=PL.VIPEK.CAMERA)

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GO Camera

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.jb.zcamera)
[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
GO has a ton of apps and one of their more recent forays has been into the camera apps market. Ironically,
given how bloated many of their apps can feel, GO Camera is actually rather simple. It comes with real-
time lters, HDR mode, a lens blur mode, and lters specically for those who like to take seles. It also
comes with a built-in photo editor that comes with some basic tools to patch things up if need be. Its
simple, easy, and it works pretty well.

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?ID=COM.JB.ZCAMERA)

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Google Camera

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera)
[Price: Free]
Google Camera wasnt always one of the best camera apps, but it has been improving dramatically over the
years. It features a simple interface that should be easy to use for just about everyone. It comes with a few
features including auto-HDR+, slow motion video capture, SmartBurst (burst mode), lens blur mode, wide
angle mode, panorama mode, and photo sphere mode. Its not overly feature heavy, which is great if you
need something simple and clean.

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?

ID=COM.GOOGLE.ANDROID.GOOGLECAMERA)

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Manual Camera

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=pl.vipek.camera2)
[Price: $2.99]
When Android Lollipop came out, it included the camera2 API which allowed for stu like manual camera
controls. At the time, no camera apps actually used it until Manual Camera came along. This app is very
simple and really only includes a camera interface that lets you use manual controls. That includes shutter
speed, focus distance, ISO, white balance, and exposure compensation. It also has RAW capture. It has
virtually no other features, which makes it a great option for photographers that dont want any nonsense.
The only downside is that there isnt a free version to try rst, but there is a free compatibility test you can
run (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera2_compatibility_test) to make sure the
app will work on your phone.

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Open Camera

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=net.sourceforge.opencamera)
[Price: Free]
Open Camera is one of the only fully featured and free camera apps that is also open source. It includes
quite a few features, including auto-stabilization, manual camera controls, various camera modes to take
specialized shots, voice controls, and it even has support for some external microphones if youre looking
for something more professional. Again, its completely free, open source, and it doesnt even include
advertising.

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?ID=NET.SOURCEFORGE.OPENCAMERA)

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Paper Camera

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.dama.papercamera)
[Price: $0.99]
Paper Camera is a long-time favorite camera app for a lot of people. Its a relatively simple app that takes a
picture of your subject and gives it a lter that makes it look like a drawing on paper. You can adjust the
contrast to make the images colorful or black and white if you wish and there are also brightness settings
depending on how bright you want the image to be. Its not really useful for anything else, but its a unique
lter that very few camera apps get right. The only downside is that there is no free version to try rst.

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Snap Camera HDR

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.marginz.snap)
[Price: Free trial / $1.99]
Snap Camera HDR is another app that can cater to both amateurs and pro type photographers. It includes
all of the manual controls , RAW support, 4K video recording, and HDR mode. The appalso comes with
some fun stu like various shoot modes, photo and video quality settings, and a photo editor that allows
you to make some basic edits. It even includes some unique settings, like turning on your camera LED for
low light video recording. Its simple, but eective, and there is a trial version you can try before you buy it.

GET IT NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY! (HTTPS://PLAY.GOOGLE.COM/STORE/APPS/DETAILS?ID=COM.MARGINZ.SNAP)

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