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The 10 Best iPhone Camera Apps Besides Instagram: Hipstamatic, Camera+ And More

First Posted: 03/27/2012 12:45 pm   Updated: 03/27/2012 4:23 pm

Sure, Instagram is a great camera app. It's fun, addictive, and something like 15 billion of you have downloaded it to be your primary shooter on the iPhone. But now that you've taken pictures of a Chipotle burrito with every possible filter, you might be ready to move on to bigger and better iPhone photography apps.

Below, we've captured ten of our favorites. Some of them are filter-focused Instagram replacements; others are so chock full of shooting features that they'll make you wish you could delete the Camera app that comes with your iPhone; still others are single feature utilities that enhance what you can do as an iPhone photographer.

Here are our picks, and if we've missed your favorite, let us know in the comments. (If you like what you see here, you might want to check out our slideshow of the best Retina-ready apps for the new iPad.)

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The customizable Hipstamatic camera attempts to "bring back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras of the past"; it gives you, iPhone photographer, the option to swap camera lenses and film and change up your flash settings, creating heavily-filtered photographs that look like Polaroids.

A download of Hipstamatic costs $1.99 and comes with four lenses, three different kinds of film, and three different kinds of flash. You can also purchase in-app upgrade "HipstaPaks," which come with one lens, one film, and one flash for 99 cents apiece. Combining all of these effects makes for good, addictive fun.

Hipstamatic also comes with the option to order "analog" versions of your prints online and have them delivered to your door.

Hipstamatic isn't exactly the hippest, most underground photography app out there -- after millions and millions of downloads, it probably reached its mainstream apex when New York Times war photographer James Estrin used the app to illustrate a story about the war in Afghanistan -- but it is an excellent option for filter-heavy iPhone photography.

Hipstamatic is $1.99 on the iTunes Store.
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Ben Swanson
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12:28 AM on 01/01/2013
Another awesome iPhone photography app is Hipsta Hipster Cam. It continuously invents new filters for your photos which was a really cool twist for me. Some of the other apps get boring by only having a handful of effects to reuse. http://www.hipster-camera.com
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hipsta-hipster-cam/id587614331?ls=1&mt=8
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Pic Flick
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07:13 PM on 11/27/2012
Pic Flick App

Want to find fresh images to share with your friends and followers on your social network?

Pic Flick will scan and analyze the web for the latest Pics. Post and share these on your social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter or send to friends via email or SMS. View and save these images to your favourites or saved and stored on your iPhones image gallery for later use.

All images are easily sorted into categories to help you navigate and find what you are looking for quickly and easily. Post images with search tags to share in set category areas.

Get notifications from Pic Flick when new images are posted in your chosen categories. Use the advanced push settings to select the category and even authors you want to receive push notifications from keeping you up to date with all the latest news.

So don't just share the same old images with all your friends. Search for new and latest posts and be the first in your group to share these with others.

http://picflick.com

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pic-flick-app/id558826462?ls=1&mt=8
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Taylor Deeds
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02:22 PM on 11/27/2012
Another great photo app that was not named is called SnapChat. It allows you to send photos to friends and family with a time limit on it. Learn more at: http://yayaconnection.com/2012/ever-wish-you-could-erase-that-picture-you-sent-now-you-can/
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crdigitaldesign
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08:56 PM on 11/26/2012
If you like Instagram definitely check out Padgram for the iPad. Really cool app: http://appdictions.com/padgram-is-a-fast-and-easy-to-use-instagram-app-for-ipad/
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AntzBaker
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09:40 PM on 10/08/2012
Check this iPhone Camera apps ranking to see more alternatives:
http://iOS.zRanks.com/ranking/iphone-camera-apps
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crdigitaldesign
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11:31 AM on 09/22/2012
Just found a really cool photography app on AppDictions. Downloaded it and have to say it's freaking awesome. Check it out: http://appdictions.com/turn-pics-retro-with-vintique-vintage-photography-app/
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ted green
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12:05 PM on 08/22/2012
I recommend this Timeline Eons app, a graphic representation of the entire natural and human history:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/timeline-eons/id433352152?mt=8&ls=1
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Dawn Spickard
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01:54 PM on 08/01/2012
These are all good apps, some of my favorite are made my Bazzbo ,
Find them here: http://www.facebook.com/goBazzbo
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muhdkashifraza
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08:43 AM on 05/18/2012
& These amazing apps made Iphone a professional camera. Picfx is my favorite..but unfortunately we in India cant access these apps from I store..:-(
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muhdkashifraza
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08:41 AM on 05/18/2012
ProCamera and Camera+ are currently the two best camera apps available, in my opinion. Both have excellent digital zooms. i found another useful post about top phone apps.
http://www.idigitalblog.com/2012/05/best-photo-video-apps-for-iphoneipad.html
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AntlerGirl
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10:38 AM on 05/10/2012
I've just found Rolling - it's the best iPhone video app ever for use outdoors!
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Pali Dumtur
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01:30 PM on 05/09/2012
Here are a few seriously weird results with Lemecam & Hipstamatic : http://www.leblogdelamirabelle.net/category/mes-photos/
From sulfur fields to strange moonlit landscapes.

Tell me what you think!
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Ray Sampson
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05:41 PM on 04/04/2012
No Camera Awesome? Seems odd.
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Flyer Lake
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10:42 AM on 04/04/2012
Hi Jason, good selection. You can add Motion2Wall, it alllows you to mix photos and music.

Cheers.
Andy
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Podapoda
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08:05 PM on 04/02/2012
If you like manipulating your photos into wild abstractions, try the new SpinWarp app. It is something like a kaleidoscope on acid. You can easily play with a vast variety of settings that can turn a mundane photo into a dazzling mandala. See examples at http://podapodadev.com/spinwarp.html
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