GCam (Google Camera port)
Shares rank 7 of 8 camera apps by recommenders
Recommended for better photo results than Open Camera, and for people who find photo quality important. Free ports are hosted for Android phones.
Recommended for better photo results than Open Camera, and for people who find photo quality important. Free ports are hosted for Android phones.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Better photo results than Open Camera
“open camera pretty much always delivers worse results than gcam”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Open Camera is a FOSS Camera App for Android” Strong choice when photos matter
“If photos are important for you GCam is a must”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple” Port installs and works well
“I installed a gcam (Google pixel camera) port and that's great”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device” Long-hosted ports, thanked by users
“thanks for hosting all the gcam ports for all these years”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Setting up phones is a nightmare”
Other camera apps people recommend
The four most recommended other camera apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halide camera app | 18 | 6 | 75% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Open Camera | 16 | 14 | 53% | 3 | 1 yr3 owners | — |
| Pixel Camera | 12 | 4 | 75% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Google Camera | 10 | 2 | 83% | 7 | — | Approved |
| GCam (Google Camera port)This page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I installed a gcam (Google pixel camera) port and that's great”
“open camera pretty much always delivers worse results than gcam”
“thanks for hosting all the gcam ports for all these years”
“If photos are important for you GCam is a must”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.