ChobialChobial vs Moment Pro Camera: a fair comparison
Moment Pro Camera II is Moment's rebuilt pro camera for photos and film-making: deep manual controls, a waveform, Apple Log and ProRes, and your own .cube LUTs live in the viewfinder, all for one price. If you shoot video as much as stills, it's a great choice. Chobial is a stills camera for a different wish: to make the film yourself, keep it with the RAW, and use it on any photo you've ever taken.
| Chobial | Moment Pro Camera II | |
|---|---|---|
| Shoots RAW and ProRAW | Yes | Yes, plus TIFF, HEIF and JPEG |
| Look live while you frame | Yes, any film, including your own | Yes, Moment's Looks or your own LUTs |
| Look kept with a RAW photo | Yes, and you can change it any time | No: LUTs apply to other photo formats and video, not RAW or ProRAW |
| Make your own look | Yes: curves, 8-band colour mixer, split toning, grain modelled on real stocks, halation | Bring your own LUT; no look editor |
Import / export .cube LUTs | Yes / Yes | Yes / No |
| Masks and heal | Yes | No |
| Manual controls | P, S, ISO and M, manual focus | Auto, Shutter, ISO and Manual priority, manual focus, grey-card white balance |
| Monitoring | Histogram, zebras, focus peaking | Waveform, RGB histograms, zebras, focus peaking, false colour, audio meters |
| Camera Control, Lock Screen, Apple Watch | Yes | Yes |
| Open other cameras' RAW | Yes | No |
| Video | No | Yes: Apple Log, ProRes, 10-bit, Open Gate |
| iPad | No | No |
| Account | None | None mentioned |
| How you pay | Free to shoot, develop and make films; pay to export | US$9.99 once, no subscription |
"No" means the feature isn't offered according to the app's own website, guide and App Store listing on the date above. Prices are from the US App Store.
Where Moment is ahead
- Video. Apple Log, ProRes, 10-bit, Open Gate, and control over codec, bitrate, colour space and frame rate. Chobial doesn't shoot video at all.
- Monitoring. A waveform, RGB histograms, false colour and audio meters alongside zebras and focus peaking.
- Processing choices. Its Natural mode starts from Bayer RAW data and skips Apple's heavy processing, with a dynamic range control, and you can pick how much HDR and processing a photo gets.
- Profiles and hardware. Save whole camera setups as Profiles and recall them with a tap or from a widget, and use Moment's own lenses, cases and external mics.
- Price and pedigree. One payment of US$9.99, every feature included, from the team behind Moment's original Pro Camera. The rebuilt app has 486 App Store ratings, averaging 4.5. Chobial is new.
Where Chobial is ahead
- Your own film, not just your own LUT. Build a film from scratch, from one of ours or from a
.cube, with tone and highlight rolloff, curves, a colour mixer, grain and halation. See making your own film. - The film stays on the RAW. In Moment, a LUT can be baked into photos and video, but not into RAW or ProRAW. In Chobial every photo is a RAW negative developed with your film, and you can develop it again with any other one, even years later.
- LUTs out as well as in. Export any film as a
.cubefor Lightroom, Resolve or, yes, Moment. See making a LUT on your iPhone. - Editing in the same app. Masks for sky, subject and people, gradients, and heal and clone, plus RAW files from Fujifilm, Sony, Canon and Nikon cameras.
- Sharing. Send a film as a QR code anyone can scan off a screen.
And Halide?
If you're weighing Halide against Moment: Moment imports your own LUTs and shoots Log and ProRes video for a single payment, while Halide has no LUT import, leaves video to Lux's separate Kino app, runs on iPad and lets you re-develop its RAW files with Lux's curated Looks. Chobial differs from both in letting you make the look itself. See Chobial vs Halide.
Pick Moment
You shoot video as well as photos, want Log, ProRes and a waveform, use your own LUTs on HEIF or JPEG, and like paying once.
Pick Chobial
You shoot stills, want to build your own film, see it live and keep every RAW open to it, forever.
Sources, opened on 12 October 2026: Moment Pro Camera II's App Store listing (version 1.3.5), momentprocamera.com, its FAQ and its owner's manual (v1.1.7, 17 June 2026). See all apps on the comparison page. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
Questions
Is Moment Pro Camera II a subscription?
No. It's US$9.99 once on the App Store, with no in-app purchases today. Moment's FAQ says all future updates are included, and that optional Look packs may come later as in-app purchases.
Does Moment Pro Camera II put my LUT on RAW photos?
No. Moment's owner's manual says LUTs can be applied to photos except RAW and ProRAW, so the LUT you see while shooting RAW isn't kept in the file. In Chobial the film stays with the RAW, and you can change it later.
Can I use both?
Yes. Moment saves standard RAW and ProRAW files, and Chobial opens RAW files from other apps and cameras, so you can shoot in Moment and develop the DNG with any Chobial film. A film you make in Chobial can also be exported as a .cube and imported into Moment as a LUT.