Comparison

Pulse Camera Control vs Sunset Mania

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pulse Camera Control

Control your Canon or Nikon DSLR wirelessly from your smartphone or tablet. Take photos, videos, and time-lapses with instant feedback and creative control from up to 100 feet away.

Highlights
  • Wireless DSLR control
  • Remote photo/video capture
  • Time-lapse with exposure ramping
  • ISO, shutter speed, aperture control
  • Instant image thumbnails & histograms
  • Control up to 3 devices
Features
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This is the smartphone control app for Pulse. Pulse is a device that attaches to your Canon or Nikon DSLR and allows you to wirelessly take photos, videos and time-lapses from your phone or tablet and get instant feedback. With Pulse you get complete creative control all while staying free to use your phone or tablet. From the mountains to the studio Pulse handles everything from your biggest projects to impromptu street photography. With its small size and intuitive features, you'll never want to leave it behind. Pulse Features : -Wirelessly control ISO, shutter speed and aperture from up to 100 feet -Receive image thumbnails and histograms within seconds -Take 'Holy Grail' timelapses with exposure ramping -Control up to 3 Pulses at once -Free up WiFi and Internet as Pulse uses Bluetooth and BLE -Extend your session with 24 hours of battery (USB rechargeable)

About

Sunset Mania

This app predicts the quality of sunsets and sunrises based on weather conditions like clouds, horizon clarity, and air quality. It provides a daily score and a 3-day outlook, with premium features for extended forecasts and stargazing.

Highlights
  • Sunset/sunrise weather prediction
  • Daily quality score (0-100)
  • Golden-hour and sun-path timeline
  • 3-day outlook
  • Extended photo calendar (premium)
  • Stargazing forecast (premium)
  • Home & lock screen widget
Features
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A clear sky and a good sunset aren't the same thing. Sunset Mania reads the weather right at YOUR sunset or sunrise — not the current conditions — and tells you in one number, hours ahead, whether it's worth grabbing the camera. WHAT IT LOOKS AT Same things you'd check yourself, weighed against the forecast: • The clouds — wispy high cloud and patchy mid-level catch the light and glow; a bare sky is flat and a grey lid smothers it • A clear horizon — the colour only fires if the sun finds a gap low on its side of the sky • Clean air — crisp, dry air makes colour pop; haze and pollution wash it out • The afterglow — the pinks and golds that hang on after the sun's gone It leans on more than one weather model and shows you how confident that outlook really is — so you know when to trust it and when to look again later. FREE, EVERY DAY • Tonight and tomorrow, scored 0–100 with a plain verdict: Grab your camera / Maybe / Skip • Golden-hour window and exactly where the sun will drop • Today's Light — golden hour, blue hour, and twilight times on a beautiful sun-path timeline. • 3-day outlook • Little flags worth chasing: golden clouds, storm light, fog, mirror-calm water • A great-evening alert — a heads-up when a night clears your score threshold • A home & lock screen widget with a live countdown • A shot log — rate what you actually saw and the app learns how well its calls match your evenings PREMIUM • Extended photo calendar — up to 16 days out, with per-day model confidence • Moon & photo intel — moon phase, rise/set and direction, plus storm-light and fog signals • Stargazing forecast — hour-by-hour night-sky quality, moonlight wash-out, and visible International Space Station passes • Worth-the-drive map — nearby spots shaded for where the light, or the dark, will be best Premium is a subscription — annual with a 7-day free trial, or monthly. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. Your location is used only to fetch your local sky forecast — it isn't linked to you and is never used to track you. Weather data from Open-Meteo. Get out there for the good ones. Save your evening on the rest. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://etemvisuals.com/pages/sunset-mania-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Pulse Camera Control4 screens
Sunset Mania4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pulse Camera Control at 3.0 against Sunset Mania's 1.0. Pulse Camera Control also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). Sunset Mania's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sunset Mania sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per year. Pulse Camera Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pulse Camera Control holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pulse Camera Control has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulse Camera Control ships an update every 2 months, Sunset Mania every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pulse Camera Control versus Sunset Mania: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulse Camera ControlSunset Mania
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (23 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews44.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTangy Laboratories IncEtem Uyar

Customer experience

Pulse Camera Control

All ratings23 ratings
Positive39.1%
Neutral21.7%
Negative39.1%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive44.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative48.2%

Sunset Mania

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Pulse Camera Control

Reported bugs

58 issues
  • Endless bugs
  • Bluetooth connectivity issues
  • Disconnects frequently
  • App can't find device
  • Occasional clipping with onscreen text
Show 53 more
  • Connection unreliable depending on camera settings
  • Unit needs to be disconnected and reconnected
  • Bluetooth connection reset and deleted
  • Bluetooth keeps cutting out
  • Incorrect camera mode detection
  • HDR option not working
  • Bug report submission failure
  • Firmware update issues
  • Camera lockups
  • App unable to update firmware
  • GUI outdated
  • Bluetooth dropping out
  • Live view not available
  • No preview on D800E
  • Inability to connect to D3s
  • Special cable needed for some Canon models
  • Awkward app navigation
  • Missing camera settings information
  • Disconnection between app and pulse
  • Disconnection between pulse and camera
  • Camera stuck in busy mode
  • Camera error messages
  • Device not found by app
  • Thumbnails not displaying correctly
  • USB cable port compatibility issues
  • Firmware update bricked device
  • Firmware update makes device useless
  • Device will not stay connected via Bluetooth
  • Intermittent disconnects
  • Vibration when tripping shutter
  • Playback on camera's LCD issue
  • Inability to see image output
  • App not working on iPhone 7+
  • Training video not accessible
  • Inability to control shutter speed, aperture, and ISO
  • Thumbnail feature not working
  • Video to photo transition issues
  • App is broken
  • Disconnects after trying to load thumbnail
  • Bluetooth connection issues
  • App does not connect to Pulse
  • Number scrollers unresponsive
  • Dialogue box annoyance with thumbnails
  • Menu options missing on iPhone 4
  • Camera settings not always propagating
  • App not connecting to device
  • Device not recognized by app
  • HDR exposure sequencing incorrect
  • Thumbnails not working
  • Company unresponsive to problems
  • Does not work with Canon 5D Mark IV
  • App does not connect to Pulse Controller
  • Shows up in Bluetooth list but app says not connected

Requested features

18 requests
  • Apple Watch support
  • Image preview
  • Histogram
  • Ability to disable vibration when tripping shutter
  • Retainment of playback on camera's LCD (Nikon) while Pulse is plugged in
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  • Directly download images to phone from app
  • See lens output
  • Live view
  • Focus point control
  • Ability to see ISO, f, and t of the pic just taken
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Full image display for thumbnails
  • Ability to turn off LED
  • Fix bugs and improve reliability
  • Improve app navigation
  • Add shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings control
  • Make training video accessible again

Sunset Mania

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pulse Camera Control

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sunset Mania

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Pulse Camera Control free?
Pulse Camera Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sunset Mania free?
Sunset Mania is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pulse Camera Control or Sunset Mania?
Pulse Camera Control is rated higher. Pulse Camera Control averages 3.0 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Sunset Mania averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pulse Camera Control or Sunset Mania have ads?
Neither Pulse Camera Control nor Sunset Mania shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse Camera Control or Sunset Mania?
Pulse Camera Control ships an update every 2 months, and Sunset Mania every 4 days. Most recently, Pulse Camera Control was updated on October 13, 2026 and Sunset Mania on October 17, 2026.

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