Cortex Camera App Reviews

If you have the latest iphone 6 or 6 Plus this app is totally unnecessary. Just shoot the native camera with HDR on and youll get a better image (highlights wont be washed out) with more detail and as little noise as this app produces. If you have an older iphone, this might help some. If not, save your dollar for something else.

Crashed after first picture - thats a buck Im not getting back. *Latest iOS 8.2 - Latest iPhone 6

Helpful to both dark shooting and fast shooting

This app really gave me my moneys worth. It takes amazing low light pictures and makes the picture very clear.

Just installed on iPhone 6 and took a photo with and without the app. To my amazement the iPhone 6 native camera photo was much better than this apps. The image taken by this camera had so much graininess that it is useless. Save your dollar and donate to charity...Dont buy!

Im using an iPhone 5s, so the results might be different with the 6/6 plus. Anyway, if you take a photo with the regular cam and this app, the pic from Cortex has no noise or at least much less noise and even the graininess is reduced significantly and to a very "fine" grain if that makes sense. However you have to hold still or it will have motion blur, especially in the background if you zoom in. Also the photos can sometimes have a softer look and not quite as sharp, but for the most part its not an issue. Worth a dollar, just know the limitations.

Cortex cam still beats the native iPhone 6 camera app for noise reduction in lower light shots. The iPhone 6 app has less noise than the earlier phones but there is still a loss of quality when you zoom in to view a shot. The dots of noise appear to be smoothed out, which is an improvement, but appears sort of a smudged feel, and still not as naturally clear as cortex cam. I can find nothing better than cortex camera for significant noise reduction in low light and moderate zoom shots.

I bought this a couple of years ago for my iPhone and after a purchasing an iPad Air recently, I installed this on that too. And what a difference it created! Noiseless photography finally comes to the iPad with Cortex Camera. Photography is phenomenal during indoors and lowlight scenarios and during zoomed up photography. Well worth the purchase, especially if you have an iPad. The only downside I can think of is that it doesnt have any options to tweak around with, but it does what it does brilliantly...

Cortex Camera has become my default alternative to Apples camera app for low-light conditions. In dark environments, Apples app produces blurry and grainy photographs; on the other hand, Cortex Camera produces sharp and noise-free images. I keep both apps on my home screen.

Wow❗️❗️❗️❗️this is a r good app

Native camera takes better pictures. Complete waste of money.

Wasted money on this one and their false promises, takes worse photos than my phone did already. They clearly write their own reviews. I want my money back!

As an avid user of the iPhone’s camera, I can say that this app takes better nighttime photos. Cortex cam even takes better photos than the iPhone6 in some normal-lighting situations. Caveats: If you are not used to taking pro photos, you may not notice the improvements. I don’t always walk around with a DSLR, but still want to get the best I can when i only have the iPhone. iPhone6 made huge leaps, but zoomed low-light shots are still wonky. Cortex gives you that back (as best you can have it on an iPhone) — though when you are low-light + zoom + extreme brightness mixed with [architectural] details (like lots of neon on a sculpture) then you will get minor washout of the colors. Except this situation, the the photos will be better than iPhone6. Caveats: you need to mount the shot, or use some kind of bracing. A long exposure time is used to gather enough information to improve the image. If you hand-shoot, you’ll limit the range of shots that you can meaningfully make. Naturally, if your target is in low-light and moving or changing colors, you may not be as pleased with the shot compared with a faster shot that is more grainy. In normal lighting shots, I found that only the smallest of details were resolved better, and when saving in PNG mode. E.G. the lettering on distant signs was garbled on iPhone6, but clear with Cortex cam. Most general information does not appear to be improved, so the casual shooter will not see value. I also found that I had better color rendering in the medium-light shots, especially with reflections.

Its quite possible that this is the best camera app in the App Store. I wish there was more control over the settings because I like to experiment.

Thats all this app is missing. Manual controls. I get that its oriented toward taking just low light photos, but I want to be able to take high resolution photos with this app all the time, and Camera+ hasnt been satisfying me too much lately with all of the extra features I dont use and taking up over 80MB of my storage while this app takes only 3. Maybe implement the manual controls like in Camera+ with intuitive sliders, however because that implementation is just great.

This reduces the noise/static more than the HDR that comes stock with your iOS! The HDR option neat dont get me wrong, but HDR option is not for front facing cameras so this app helps a lot when taking selfies! Reduces SO MUCH GRAIN on both cameras! Amazing photos and it isfun to add filters to afterwards.

Ive used a DSLR for most of my profession and this app is the closest thing to producing the same quality photos as $3000 camera equipments. I would recommend this for landscape photos. Especially low lighting photos. If you want to take portraits and photos in normal light setting, you may not see a difference. However, in concert settings, sunsets, or city lights, this app does a fantastic job capturing low light and bringing out the balance of black and white light. Its also great for slow shutter. You can take a photo of a building with people walking in your way and not see a single person in the finishing photo. For cool lighting effects of passing cars, this app does an excellent job getting just the right subjects in your photos. Of all the photography apps out there, Cortex is the best photo taking app. Best editing app would be Polarr.

if I could give it seven stars, I would. this is a go to app for landscapes/stills. fyi to new users, sometimes portions of photos may end up with blur so take two or three shots for safety. enjoy!

It simply works. No frills no thrills. I use it to document receipts for expense reports and when I have to email physical documents and dont have a scanner close by. Text is very sharp and zoomable. I was also told it work great for selfies too, even in bright environments.

Newest update needs work, since the female countdown voice on shutter autotimer slurs like a drunk now.