ZY Play vs Gimbal Joy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZY Play
Unlock advanced camera controls for stunning photos and videos. This app integrates intelligent shooting modes like time lapse and slow motion, along with editing tools, to enhance your creative output. Connect to a professional stabilizer for professional-quality footage.
- Comprehensive camera controls
- Intelligent shooting modes
- Time lapse
- Long exposure
- Slow motion
- Video editing features
- Professional stabilizer integration
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ZY Play offers comprehensive camera controls for convenient photo & video shooting, combining various intelligent functions including time lapse, long exposure, slow motion and more to inspire your creativity. With easy-to-use design and a vast range of editing features, it is a must-have app for anyone who takes photos & videos. By conneting the APP to a ZHIYUN professional stabilizer, it helps you create film-grade footage that is once only possible with a crew.
Gimbal Joy
This photography app enhances mobile stabilizer use with easy-to-follow templates and AI-powered face tracking. Explore diverse shooting experiences with features like time-lapse and panoramic modes.
- Filter beauty effects
- Template-guided shooting
- AI intelligent face tracking
- Time-lapse photography
- Panoramic shooting (180°, 330°, 9 grid)
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Gimbal Joy is a photography app that is paired with a mobile stabilizer. It is simple, easy-to-use, and powerful, adding more diverse experiences for photography enthusiasts. Main functions: 1. Photography , filter beauty effects 2. Follow the rich templates for shooting, and you can easily film with just one click 3. AI intelligent face tracking and shooting 4. Rich time-lapse photography gameplay, which can achieve static delay and mobile delay 5. Panoramic shooting: 180 °, 330 °, 9 grid
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gimbal Joy at 5.0 against ZY Play's 2.4. Gimbal Joy also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). ZY Play's advantage is ratings volume (661 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). 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.
Gimbal Joy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZY Play has 661 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ZY Play ships an update every 2 months, Gimbal Joy daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZY Play | Gimbal Joy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (661 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 661 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 287 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 桂林智神信息技术有限公司 | 深圳市可镜科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
ZY Play
Gimbal Joy
Bugs and requests
ZY Play
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent connection issues
- App crashes and freezes
- Tracking and stabilization not reliable
- Resolution and frame rate issues
- Saved footage not accessible
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more gimbal models
- Improve motion time-lapse functionality
- Allow background operation for time-lapses
- Provide more camera control options
- Optimize battery usage
Gimbal Joy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ZY Play
No in-app purchases
Gimbal Joy
No in-app purchases
