Manual Downloads & RevenueManual – RAW Camera · App Store
Manual – RAW Camera is #197 in Photo & Video Paid in China and charting in 20 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperWill Global
CategoryPhoto & Video
Price3.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.2 (278)
Version3.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Manual – RAW Camera update history & changes
Last change · 17 events since 22 Sep 2014Full timeline ↓📈New best rank in the overall chart: #101🚀Now shown next to Manual Camera 4, 야메라 (매뉴얼 카메라), Best SLR camera - Custom Exposure & Controls +5 more📈New best rank in the overall chart: #168⭐Passed 100 ratings🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 16 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera new best rank in the overall chart: #101Top Paid · All Apps · TR
- 🚀Manual – RAW Camera: now shown next to Manual Camera 4, 야메라 (매뉴얼 카메라), Best SLR camera - Custom Exposure & Controls +5 morethe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera new best rank in the overall chart: #168Top Paid · All Apps · ZA
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera entered the top 10Top Paid · Photo & Video · ZA
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera new best rank in the overall chart: #171Top Paid · All Apps · AR
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Photo & Video · CA · Top Paid · Photo & Video · US
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera charting in a new country in 5 chartsArgentina · Colombia · Malaysia · Philippines · +1 more
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera entered the top 100 in 5 chartsTop Paid · Photo & Video · AR · Top Paid · Photo & Video · CO · Top Paid · Photo & Video · MY · Top Paid · Photo & Video · PH · +1 more
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · JP
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · GB
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera charting in a new country in 3 chartsChina · United Kingdom · Japan
- 📈Manual – RAW Camera charting in a new countrySouth Korea
- 🆕Manual – RAW Camera first spotted by AppInsider#62 in Top Paid · Photo & Video · United Arab Emirates
- 🆕Manual – RAW Camera released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.2 ★
278 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#197
Photo & Video PaidMeasured
Manual – RAW Camera on the App Store
App details
App ID
917146276
Publisher
William Wilkinson
On the store since
Sep 2014
12 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 11.4+
iPhone 5s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
12 MB
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| China | Photo & VideoPaid | #197 |
 India | Photo & VideoPaid | #69 |
 United Kingdom | Photo & VideoPaid | #189 |
 Brazil | Photo & VideoPaid | #92 |
 South Korea | Photo & VideoPaid | #169 |
 Canada | Photo & VideoPaid | #121 |
 Russia | Photo & VideoPaid | #94 |
 Indonesia | Photo & VideoPaid | #76 |
 Mexico | Photo & VideoPaid | #93 |
 Australia | Photo & VideoPaid | #145 |
| United Arab Emirates | Photo & VideoPaid | #63 |
 Saudi Arabia | Photo & VideoPaid | #101 |
 Argentina | Photo & VideoPaid | #40 |
 Taiwan | Photo & VideoPaid | #125 |
 Turkey | Photo & VideoPaid | #87 |
 South Africa | Photo & VideoPaid | #45 |
 Colombia | Photo & VideoPaid | #46 |
 Vietnam | Photo & VideoPaid | #78 |
 Philippines | Photo & VideoPaid | #80 |
 Malaysia | Photo & VideoPaid | #69 |
Apps near Manual – RAW Camera on the chart
Photo & Video Paid, around #197.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.2 ★
278 ratings
Measured
Ratings
278
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.2★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
20/100
faster than 0% of Photo & Video apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Manual – RAW Camera
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong frustration with recent UI redesigns that make manual controls like ISO and shutter speed unstable or difficult to use. Many complain about missing features such as aperture control and white balance, alongside issues with blurry RAW output and intrusive tutorials.
Mostly negative (22% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and the design. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “I do not like that there is no zoom feature”
- Ease of use: “Simple, Intuitive, Powerful!”
- Design: “This one is just for shooting with a simple UI”
- Updates: “I’m happy to help support indie devs and hope to see the following updated:”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I'll be trying to get a refund”
- Design: “Confusing useless interface with too many stupid prompts”
- Features & content: “Worked fine for years, but that feature is no longer present in this app”
- Crashes & bugs: “Sadly a once good app is now completely broken”
About Manual – RAW Camera
Custom exposure for your iPhone camera. A simple intuitive interface for powerful controls, saving images in the RAW DNG format to your camera roll.
Featured in the NYTimes "If you like to manually adjust camera settings, you’ll love Manual".
A powerful camera app with full control over your image. Quickly and simply adjust all parameters of your image. Every control a professional needs to take a photo is within reach. No more tapping and hoping automatic can understand what you want. Take control.
Full independent control of
• Shutter
• ISO
• Focus
• Exposure Compensation
Cool Things®
• RAW DNG and/or HEIF format
• Focus Zoom
• Histogram
• Level
• Timer
• Depth Capture
• Fill Flash Mode (Flashlight)
• Grid Overlays (Thirds, Square)
• Light & Dark Themes
• EXIF Viewer
If you're a photographer tired of trying to tap your way to the exposure you want, then this is the app for you. Fighting to get the sweet spot between a blown out background and a silhouetted subject? Stop tapping and just set the ISO and shutter yourself – you know how, stop letting your silly pocket computer decide what looks good to you.
Be better than automatic. Shoot Manual.
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Requires iOS 11 or later. RAW capture available on iPhone SE, 6s and above. HEIF capture is available iPhone 7 and above.
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Made by William Wilkinson & Deepak Mantena
@shootmanual
http://shootmanual.co
Featured in the NYTimes "If you like to manually adjust camera settings, you’ll love Manual".
A powerful camera app with full control over your image. Quickly and simply adjust all parameters of your image. Every control a professional needs to take a photo is within reach. No more tapping and hoping automatic can understand what you want. Take control.
Full independent control of
• Shutter
• ISO
• Focus
• Exposure Compensation
Cool Things®
• RAW DNG and/or HEIF format
• Focus Zoom
• Histogram
• Level
• Timer
• Depth Capture
• Fill Flash Mode (Flashlight)
• Grid Overlays (Thirds, Square)
• Light & Dark Themes
• EXIF Viewer
If you're a photographer tired of trying to tap your way to the exposure you want, then this is the app for you. Fighting to get the sweet spot between a blown out background and a silhouetted subject? Stop tapping and just set the ISO and shutter yourself – you know how, stop letting your silly pocket computer decide what looks good to you.
Be better than automatic. Shoot Manual.
—
Requires iOS 11 or later. RAW capture available on iPhone SE, 6s and above. HEIF capture is available iPhone 7 and above.
—
Made by William Wilkinson & Deepak Mantena
@shootmanual
http://shootmanual.co
Latest updates
3.1
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