Spectre Camera app review: Easy user interface, clicks stellar pics; eliminates the need to carry a tripod

The ‘best iPhone app of 2019’ impresses with its machine learning-driven long-exposure shots but takes time to master.

There are lakhs of apps on the App Store, many of them downloaded millions of times. So, when Apple picks an app called Spectre Camera as “the best iPhone app of 2019”, there is bound to be some curiosity. We used Spectre to find out.

The app is made for long-exposure shots and it uses artificial intelligence and computational photography to deliver quality images.

Spectre is by Lux Optics that earlier developed Halide, a popular iPhone camera app with a gesture-based interface.