Top 10 HDR iPhoneography Apps
HDR iPhoneography is one of the most exciting areas for mobile photographers. We have put together the top 10 HDR iPhoneography apps that you should check out, this is a definitive list based on sales and feedback critique. There are plenty of excellent apps that incorporate HDR within them, the likes of Camera+ is an excellent example. In this instance we only wanted to seek out dedicated HDR apps to gain a true overview of the marketplace.
All these apps are worth checking out but certainly if you’re only looking for one look no further than TrueHDR or Pro HDR, these are proven apps that have stood the test of time. But this is too much of an exciting area to not try the new apps on the block and there are some excellent ones.
Enjoy this list and retweet and for all you developers out there, start developing more HDR apps, there aren’t enough excellent ones, we want more!
TrueHDR
Use TrueHDR to take full-resolution HDR (high dynamic range) pictures with your iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad 2, or iPod Touch 4G. Beautiful new Natural mode takes better pictures than ever before and with faster processing speed. Autocapture mode makes it easy to take fantastic HDR pictures, and SemiAuto mode offers greater control in choosing exposure points. Share using Facebook, Twitter, or email from within the app.
Pro HDR
Pro HDR massively extends the dynamic range of your camera and produces beautiful. Pro HDR is the first HDR app in the world with an automatic mode. Also provided is an assisted Manual mode for those times when you wish to choose your exact exposures. Finally, you can take stunning high-resolution photos of all those scenes that are just too contrasty to capture in a single picture.
HDR Effect Pro
Due to HDR Effects Pro your photos will be subject to dynamic combination of images shot at the same time and differing in the choice of the major digital photo parameters. Thus, your new photos will consists of four photos differing in their range, combined in one. Each of the four photo versions involved in combination, is optimal in its tonality, contrast and natural shade.
HDR Fusion
Featuring real time image analysis and ultra fast image processing, HDR Fusion has been designed so that you can quickly catch those unique moments. Simply launch the app, tap the shutter button and preview the result almost instantly.
US$1.99/Download
UK£1.49/Download
Simply HDR
Simply HDR will produce an outstanding picture with a maximized range of dynamic light, but for times when your subjects are people or pets, we’ve provided a "brush" tool to gently smooth areas with too much detail or use it to correct a halo where the sky meets the trees.
Bracket Mode
Quite an undiscovered app in the app store but once found most users have found this app to be quite a gem. The reason it’s hard to find is basically due to the name. Most iOS photo app users are not completely au fait with photograhic terms and literally search for a specific feature they have heard of. So, for example if they are looking for an HDR app they will search for HDR and do not relate that term to bracketing, a name change would bring more sales for this developer.
Featuring real time image analysis, Bracket Mode has been designed so that you can quickly catch those unique moments . Simply launch the app, tap the shutter button and preview the pictures instantly. Tap the save button and you will be ready to aim the camera at your next subject.
Flare
Flare allows you to shoot video in HDR mode and it’s very impressive. This is our only HDR video app in this selection. This app performs real-time shadow enhancement and gives a realistic HDR look.
HDR Foto
Although not terribly well received when first released, this app has now been updated and is going free for a while. It’s definitely worth a download as it now seems to be operating a lot better, previously users complained of constant crashing.
Worth trying out..
REXiG HDR Camera
Newest of the HDR apps in the appstore. REXiG is gaining rave reviews check it out to find out why.
In general, the HDR composite will require multiple Photos. In this application REXiG can represent a high dynamic range by restoring information from the darker and bright portions. When information in a dark part and a bright part is completely lost this in turn will not get good result. Also, Since the noise tends to brighten the dark areas, noise reduction will be very useful.
US$0.99/Download
UK£0.69/Download
Dynamic Light
Similiar to REXiG this app only uses one image to create an ‘HDR’ image. Includes additional filter effects too. The HDR look works best on landscape and outdoor pictures especially with cloudy skies and lot of textures. This also minimizes the camera noise. Large flat surfaces without a texture are not a good match for this effect, nor are portrait photos, unless you are after particular effect.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
4 Comments
Jimmy
Will any of these apps convert existing images to HDR images? I’m on an iPad by the way. Thanks for a nice guide 🙂
Calisson
HDR Effect Pro (or Effects–you spell it both ways) does not seem to be available any more, at least not by that name. It might be useful to show the app’s icon so we can verify we are looking at the exact same app you are referring to. REXiG HDR Camera is now called A HDR, for example, and maybe HDR Effect Pro has a different name too.
Betty
Thx u so much & please share new apps u guys are great!!
RzTz
Found it… HDR Effects Pro was by Zed Apps LLC, but seems to be unavailable in the App Store now.