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Add to SafariWhen comparing Google Camera vs Open Camera, the Slant community recommends Open Camera for most people. In the question“What is the best Android camera app?” Open Camera is ranked 1st while Google Camera is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Open Camera is:
Can be customised to the teeth.
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Pros
Pro HDR mode
HDR can be activated or deactivated with one swipe of the thumb.
Pro Photo Sphere
Use Photo Sphere and Google Camera to create three hundred and sixty degree panoramic photos easily. Photo Sphere photo images allow the viewer to move around within the world you have created, move up, down, left or right to see everything. Photo Sphere also gives you the tools to create your own Google Maps street view and share it with other Maps users.
Pro Lens Blur
A recently added feature to Google Camera, Lens Blur gives you the SLR like function of creating images with shallow depth of field, or limited areas of focus. Basically, lens blur will only blur the background in order to put more emphasis on an object.
Pro Simple clean interface
Google Camera has a very easy to use and simple interface, with the most important controls right at your fingertips. Google has redesigned the Camera app for every skill level of user, making photography more accessible to everyone.
Pro It is free
It's free if you have one of the supporting devices (Google Nexus or Pixel).
Pro Support panorama shots
Which is also supported by the Android stock camera.
Pro Plenty of settings
Can be customised to the teeth.
Pro Many features
May have more features and modes than any other option.
Pro Free and open source
Source code available here. No in app purchases or initial cost.
Pro It's easy to switch between modes
It's easy to switch between still photo and video and between front and back cameras.
Pro Danny camera
Night mode
Cons
Con Requires Android 4.4+ (KitKat)
The Google Camera app system requirements do require Android 4.4 (KitKat) or better, as a result this does leave out a lot of older phones and tablets. The app does take advantage of features of higher end phones, so you will need to upgrade if your device has an older version of Android.
Con Limited device support - Only available for Google Nexus and Pixel
In 2016 they stop providing Google camera for non google devices. You can download APK and install. But it crashes and most likely the video camera will not work.
Con Photo Sphere does not work on all CPUs
For example, Android-Lenny 4.4 does not support this.
Con Potentially confusing amount of options and settings
Con Cluttered Interface
The interface can be somewhat clunky and difficult to use
