Hydra 2 › AI Camera (RAW/HDR) - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads - Apple App Store

Description

Hydra is a camera app for iPhone & iPad with innovative capture technology that lets you take gorgeous and unique pictures even in challenging lighting conditions. Making use of the latest advances in artificial intelligence & image processing, Hydra’s independent computational core offers to overcome the physical limits of small sensors, with features such as over 20-stop extreme HDR, detail-enhancing denoising, macro shooting, crisp 6/8x zooming, and a whopping 110-megapixel resolution.

But there's more. Hydra now features a new highly capable manual mode for photo enthusiasts, an improved faster shooting for reduced artifacts, and the addition of a new normal capture mode for everyday photos. It also comes with a number of presets to define your own style as well as a completely new high-fidelity photo editor.

Last but not least, Hydra’s constantly evolving photo capabilities are your best asset to continue enjoying picture quality improvements after device purchase and to obtain state-of-the-art camera innovations all through its lifetime.

“The Hydra app […] is one of the more interesting iOS camera apps we have seen in the recent past.”
— Lars Rehm (DPReview)

“Hydra is for people who enjoy iPhone photography at a higher and more rewarding level.”
— David Robinson (iPhonographer)

“The user interface is particularly well made […] If Apple were to purchase this app, they wouldn't have to change anything in its design.”
— Florian Innocente (Mac Génération)

“Hydra […] is a well thought out and terrific performing photo app with solid features that will improve your images in challenging lighting conditions.”
— Mel Martin (Engadget)

KEY FEATURES

• Refined, designed-with-care camera experience for iPhone & iPad.
• Computational photography with artificial intelligence (AI). Neural processing & fusion of RAW sensor data.
• Unique capabilities that'll make your DSLR blush: extreme HDR (> 20-stop range) to accommodate lighting conditions, superior detail-enhancement and denoising for low-light & macro, up-to-6/8x zooming, and a whopping 110-megapixel resolution. New normal camera mode.
• Versatile viewfinder: approachable ergonomics, tactile input & sensory feedback (1-stop vibrations). Exposure tuning with “zebra” previewing.
• Manual mode for precise camera control: focus, ISO, shutter speed, white balance. New advanced priority modes.
• Rich capture options: Apple Watch remote, timer, flash & selfie, geotagging, grid overlay…
• Photo style presets (tonal intent, color rendition…).
• Powerful photo editor for 32-bit non-degrading edits, including tone mapping, detail boosting, precise colorimetry, and Apple ProRAW editing.
• Side-by-side pixel-level comparison with unprocessed RAW input.
• Exhaustive output options with varied file formats, including pro options for later reprocessing (JPEG, HEIC, TIFF, TIFF-32, OpenEXR, Radiance, DNG, Apple ProRAW, and next-gen JPEG XL) & color spaces (sRGB, Display P3, ROMM ProPhoto).
• Saving to Files (iCloud & 3rd-party apps) including shared folders for professional use cases.
• Integrated photo gallery.
• Lock screen and home screen widgets.
• Optimized for latest iOS, Metal, CoreML, and Apple Neural Engine (ANE) for high-speed machine learning computations on Apple Silicon.
• Privacy first: full on-device processing, privacy filter for social sharing.

PRICING

The free app offers unrestricted shooting in normal mode (auto & manual), including RAW & Apple ProRAW (compatible devices only). Other capture modes & restrictions can be unlocked either with the Pro Pack one-time purchase, or with the Pro Plan subscription. Upgrade pricing is available within the app for previous version owners.

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In-Apps

Pro Pack

$19.99

Pro Plan (Yearly)

$7.49

Pro Pack (Upgrade)

$9.99

Pro Plan (Monthly)

$0.99

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User Rating

3.33 out of 5

15 ratings in Canada

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Awful

I’m not sure how it can be this bad. The default camera app is 100x better. lo-light might as well be no light. It has zero effect. Hi-res looks blurry

Poor Low light performance

I bought this app based on the fact that it was recommended and I thought an AI based camera for iOS would be great. The one use case I have most for my phone camera is low light photography. For that I can just say, when it works, it works well; but it hardly works. Despite my best efforts, the app keeps giving the error of ‘excessive camera or subject motion’ and refuses to take a shot. I have no such problem with the default iOS camera. This is a software issue and I hope the developers fix that soon.

Crashes whenever I take a picture

The app becomes all black or crashes whenever I take a picture no matter what mode it’s in.

Used to love it, now useless as won’t save RAW

Used to be a great app (V1) then I upgraded (and paid) for V2. One week after use, the app started saving only JPGs and no RAWs, no matter what changes I make in the app settings. Not impressed! Update: Even though I am using an iPhone 13 Pro Max with the right settings and the latest OS, still useless as it only saves JPG. Will be canceling my upgrade and dispute the purchase with Apple as the app does NOT perform as advertised.

Purchased right away

Hydra was the single most insightful camera app on iOS since it’s launch, and I have followed it ever since. With the expertise of the developer, Dr. Sebbe, in computational imaging, it tackled the topics of HDR, lowlight and even pixel shift super resolution that very few other app dared to tackle and no other app has succeeded at, even beating the camera app the phone comes with at resolving power, even in iPhone 13 era. Throughout the years, I have always been hoping for them to incorporate the advancements in sensor hardware, computation power and AI algorithms into a new version of Hydra. Hydra 2 is that dream come true. It uses RAW processing instead of just YUV, retaining as much information as possible. Then it leverages the powerful neural engines, and runs arguably state of the art deep learning based processing and merging pipelines on these RAWs. I tried using Hydra 2, and I don’t understand how apps are even allowed to be this good. I have heard about Hydra since it’s launch, and I have kept it in my iPhones for the past 5 years, during which years I graduated and started to research into deep learning and computer vision on top of being just an enthusiast in computational photography, all of which made me appreciate more the effort and ingenuity put into Hydra 2. To me, Hydra and Hydra 2 are as much technical feats as they are materializations of passion and endeavour. Thank you, and I can’t wait for the next 5 years together!

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