When comparing Google Camera vs Snap Camera HDR, the Slant community recommends Google Camera for most people. In the question“What are the best photography apps for Android?” Google Camera is ranked 2nd while Snap Camera HDR is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Google Camera is:
HDR can be activated or deactivated with one swipe of the thumb.
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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 Zero unnecessary bells and whistles
While this app is loaded with features, all of them are called for.
Pro Minimalistic/easy to use interface
The interface starts with three different buttons (pictures, videos, settings) and each level umbrellas in order to access the huge amount of features.
While using the interface, there are many features that make operation simple. In order to access recent pictures from the camera, swipe left. In order to delete pictures, swipe left again. Tapping a photo reveals the effect menu. Pinching zooms in.
Pro Many options and settings
While taking a picture, the options include: HDR, flash, white balance, exposure, contrast, saturation, additional camera settings, burst mode, fast mode, front/back toggle, silent shutter, stable shot, panorama, self timer, and grid.
Additional settings include: picture and video size, scene mode,self timer, burst mode, time lapse, JPEG quality, effects, ISO, anti-banding, scene detection, video bitrate, and audio settings.
Pro Instant movie recording button
In order to start recording quickly, the record button is located on the first screen displayed.
Pro Frequent updates
This app is updated regularly.
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 Doesn't let users choose where to save photos
By default, this app makes sub folders to save photos in instead of letting users choose whether or not to store photos in the default library.