“Not actually free — Even the free trial requires a credit card, no way to test before providing payment info”
Public review signal · 500 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
4.5 ★13,536 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
91 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Halide unleashes your iPhone’s camera. Disable iPhone processing for natural photos, apply powerful film situations, access manual controls, and more. Halide has over 24,000 5-star ratings and is an App Store Editors’ Choice and Apple Design Award winner.
Halide’s Looks are built into the camera itself, changing how your photo is captured and processed - not just a color filter applied after the fact. These are the best photos you can get out of an iPhone. Start with Process Zero for natural, film-like results, without any AI or computational photography. Explore our rich set of creative Looks developed with Hollywood colorist Cullen Kelly, and powered by sophisticated film simulation.
For nine years, Halide has set the standard for professional iPhone camera control. Nail your manual focus with Focus Peaking and the Focus Loupe.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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What we measured
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Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
No theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Misleading advertising13 reviews · user report
Trial converts to a charge11 reviews · user report
Reviewers report clear pricing5 reviews · user report
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Free Trial bug — Love the app but I was immediately charged 19.99 even though it says I'm on a free trial until December 10th. i don't know if I'll be charged again after the "free trial" ends...”
“Beware — The subscription setup is misleading. I tapped on what looked like a free trial and it instantly charged me for the full YEAR with no warning. There was no clear confirmation screen and no chance to cancel before being billed…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.2.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.