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When we first reviewed Picfx, it was a quirky little square format photo app with a fairly straightforward number of filter effects. It’s grown into a pretty versatile square format photo effects app with a large number of filter presets, adjustments and other new tools that make it worth a look for square format iPhoneography.

The new update has just been released and adds a number of new effects, a new icon, and a capital “P”. The app is no longer called picfx.

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But, at least it’s getting closer….

100 Cameras in 1 is the texture app with an interesting interface, some funky Zen sounds and very obscure and frustrating filter names. It was one of the first photo apps to make iPhoneography a game and also one of the first to directly save to Instagram. Unfortunately, it’s one of the last major photo apps to support the iPhone 4S.

The new 3.1.4 update has just been released. After just seven months, 100 Cameras in One comes close to supporting full, square format resolution of the iPhone 4S. The new version now supports “higher resolution choices” on an iPhone 4S — that’s 4 MP images or 2048×2048 pixels. This is an improvement over the 1200×1200 px resolution of the previous version, but still less than the 2448×2448 pixels that nearly every other non-Instagram replacement offers.

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When I found out that the Awesomizer tool of the excellent Camera Awesome was built by Athentech, I was worried that spelled the end of life for one of my favorite photo apps, Perfectly Clear. The long lapse between update didn’t help much to dispel my fears.

The new 2.4 versions of Perfectly Clear for both iPhone and iPad have finally hit the App Store today. They are both loaded with a lot of goodness, including a sale price reduction and a lot of bug-fixes. Regardless of the iPhone or iPad you use, regardless of any other photo fixer you may have, Perfectly Clear is an app that should be in your iPhoneographer’s toolbox and should be a first step in any image processing.

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A while back, I reviewed PolarCam, another retro, instant-style fauxlaroid camera app. While I wasn’t overly excited about the app at first, it does shoot in full resolution and has very nice color and texture. You can also shoot retro instant video with the app.

Read my entire review of PolarCam here.

I’ve got some promo codes for PolarCam to give away. To find out how to win one today, click past the jump. >>>

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UPDATE 01: Check out the comments for this post. Either the price reduction has already ended or there’s a glitch in the App Store (I’ve seen it happen before, too). Either way, it looks like as of right now, Squara is back up to $1.99. Definitely still worth it, but I wanted to spare you any sticker shock if you were expecting free. If it goes back down again, I’ll update it here. =M=

It’s a common mantra of mine — I love misskiwi’s photo apps. Across the line, they add well-done, realistic retro and analog effects. misskiwi was among the first developers to pay attention to detail to get the effects to look “right.”

misskiwi’s Squara photo app is avery good square format app that integrates nicely with Instagram, but also makes a great shooter on its own. Squara is FREE right now in the App Store for a very limited time. It’s normally $1.99. Grab it now to catch this great discount.

You can read my thoughts on Squara here. Squara is another good addition to your toolbox, especially for the multi-lens options. This discount will go away very soon. Grab it now!

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G.Requires iOS 5.0 or later.

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One of the features that the iPhone camera is missing is the ability to control exposure time. Although there are now several other apps that “trick” the iPhone’s sometimes cranky camera into giving you some control over shutter speed, Slow Shutter Cam by Cogitap is a great app that adds the ability to take long-exposure photos, similar to using the bulb or long exposure function on a film camera. You can use it to create interesting motion effects in-camera, create low-noise low light photographs, and create cool light trail photos that you can only do by leaving the shutter open for a long time. It does all this and saves at full-resolution.

It takes some time and experimentation to learn how to get the best results from all of Slow Shutter Cam’s features, but it’s worth it. With the right gear, the right settings and a tripod, you can do things with Slow Shutter Cam that few other apps can do.

Slow Shutter Cam is FREE for the next few hours in the App Store — a 24 hour reduction that started last night. That’s a discount of $1.99. Although it’s been discounted several times, this is the first time in well over a year that this app has been free. This discount will go away fairly quickly, so grab this one now if you don’t already have it.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iPad (3rd generation) and iPad Wi-Fi + 4G. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

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lo-mob is one of iPhoneography’s earliest lo-fi retro photo apps and it’s still a great one. Created by retro camera aficionados, lo-mob’s well-rendered selection of old analog camera effects are still among the best and most accurately recreated available. It has over three dozen vintage, retro, and experimental photographic filters — all tweakable for endless variations.

lo-mob is FREE today, Monday April 9, only in the App Store. It’s normally $1.99 and well worth the purchase price. This giveaway has a few hours left in it so grab this great iPhone photo app now.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.3 or later.

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Big thanks to Jackson Mah for first posting this to Life In LoFi’s Facebook page this morning.

Here’s another $2.00 savings. Powerful image editor PhotoForge2 for iPhone and iPad is on sale for Easter weekend for only $0.99. This discount is for a very limited time.

PhotoForge2 is easy enough for beginners to start getting creative, yet very powerful. It’s an excellent app for iPhoneographers with any level of experience. Its user interface was redesigned a while back for iOS to keep the workflow as clutter-free as possible. It has nearly every adjustment you’ll need on your iOS device and it has both Layers and a History feature. It’s the preferred image editor for many an iPhoneographer.

PhotoForge2 is a Universal app, meaning it’ll work great on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later.

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Infinicam is the sibling app of Nevercenter’s CameraBag it applies the high quality analog film effects one expects from Nevercenter. Unlike CameraBag, its interface has much more possible variations to apply to your photos.

Infinicam is FREE this weekend only — a savings of $1.99. This discount is for a very limited time only, so grab this one quickly.

I reviewed the app a while back and I still think it’s a great app that creates great results.

The effects are gorgeous. The film effects are well-rendered and look like the film styles they emulate. The colors (or lack of color), tones, hues and even film damage are all what you expect to see and are very well rendered.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.2 or later

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While I’m generally leary of under the radar apps that are discounted to free, Lens+ is a refreshingly nice surprise. It’s an easy to use retro camera app with a bunch of filters that look great. I’d say it’s not a bad app at it’s normal price of $1.99. Right now, it’s been discounted for a very limited time to FREE. Grab it now. The App Store link is after the jump. >>>

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