Hello Gimbal vs Smart gimbal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hello Gimbal
Explore the Gimbal platform's proximity awareness and location-based messaging capabilities. This application, when used with a Gimbal beacon and geofences, demonstrates how location data can trigger specific messages and experiences.
- Proximity awareness system
- Location-based messages
- Geofence integration
- Beacon compatibility
- Platform demonstration
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Experience the Gimbal platform with Hello Gimbal. Our app combined with a Gimbal beacon and geofences showcase the capabilities of our proximity awareness system and location based messages.
Smart gimbal
Capture dynamic scenes with advanced time-lapse features and intelligent beauty modes. Automatically track faces for hands-free shooting and achieve smooth zoom control for professional-looking videos.
- Time-lapse modes (Time-lapse, Motion Time-lapse, Tracking Time-lapse, Hyperlapse)
- Slow Motion recording
- Intelligent Beauty Mode for natural enhancements
- Advanced Face Tracking for hands-free shooting
- Smooth and accurate zoom control
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Supports Time-lapse, Motion Time-lapse, Tracking Time-lapse, Hyperlapse, and Slow Motion, allowing you to capture dynamic scenes and creative visuals with ease. Intelligent Beauty Mode Built-in beauty effects naturally enhance facial details and skin tones, helping you record every confident and memorable moment. Advanced Face Tracking Equipped with optimized face-tracking algorithms, Smart Gimbal automatically detects and follows faces for hands-free shooting. Smooth and Accurate Zoom Control Provides precise and responsive zoom adjustment for effortless framing and a more professional shooting experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart gimbal at 5.0 against Hello Gimbal's 4.4. Smart gimbal also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Hello Gimbal's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smart gimbal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.
Hello Gimbal ships an update every 3 months, Smart gimbal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hello Gimbal | Smart gimbal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gimbal, Inc | 玉斌 黄 |
Customer experience
Hello Gimbal
Smart gimbal
In-app purchases
Hello Gimbal
No in-app purchases
Smart gimbal
No in-app purchases
