LibreCam app icon

LibreCam

An iPhone RAW camera with Apple's processing turned off

iPhoneiPadWatchFree to start

The verdict

Every shot saves as a true Bayer DNG, the raw sensor readout with no frame fusion, noise reduction or tone mapping, plus a single-frame HEIF you can share straight away. LibreCam switches off everything Apple's processing allows and tells you what it cannot switch off. Pro is a single $5.99 purchase, far less than Halide, but RAW files still need an editor and take more storage than normal photos.

The Useful TechResearched and written with AI under our rulesUpdated 14 Oct 2026

Get it if

You hate the smoothed, over-sharpened look of iPhone photos and edit RAW files in Lightroom or Darkroom.

Skip it if

You want photos that look good the moment you take them, which the built-in Camera app is tuned for.

Screenshots 4

What it helps you do

  • Shoot true RAW with no AI processing
  • Keep a shareable HEIF of every shot
  • Fire the shutter from your Apple Watch
  • Build and import your own color looks

Plans and prices

  • Free

    The camera, true Bayer DNG and HEIF capture, and 9 built-in looks

  • LibreCam Pro

    $5.99

    $5.99 once for the Look Editor and the Apple Watch remote

What changed

  1. Version 1.11

    IPHONE REMOTE. A second iPhone with LibreCam is now the remote for this one: the live viewfinder with your look on it, tap to focus, every dial, the lenses, looks and the shutter, with each shot sent back as a thumbnail. The two iPhones talk directly, so no Wi-Fi network is needed. Pair them once, and they find each other on their own after that. Part of LibreCam Pro, which only the shooting iPhone needs.

  2. Added to The Useful Apps

Written up in The Useful Tech

Pick something else if

All 7 LibreCam alternatives

The details

Runs on
iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires
iOS 18.0 or later
Version
1.11
Size
14 MB
Made by
Timo Josten
No account
Works without signing up

Spot a wrong price or fact?