Gimbal Engine vs Feiyu ON
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gimbal Engine
Enhance your smartphone videography with intelligent stabilization features. This app connects to compatible gimbals, offering automatic face recognition, auto-tracking, and panoramic shooting modes for professional-looking footage.
- Smart Bluetooth connection to gimbals
- Automatic face recognition
- Multi-person recognition & auto-shooting
- Face auto-tracking video
- 180/360 degree panorama
- Multi-functional remote support
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Gimbal Engine can perfectly match the exclusive stabilizing gimbals for smartphone, supports a variety of intelligent features based on the stabilizing gimbals. Smartphone filming in a whole new light with you. Main functions: 1.Smart Bluetooth connection with stabilizing gimbal for smartphone 2.Automatic face recognition 3.Single/Duo/Multiple people recognition & auto-shooting 4.Take video with face auto-tracking 5.One key for 180degree/360degree panorama 6.Support multi-functional remote
Feiyu ON
Control your Feiyu gimbal with enhanced features like object tracking and camera parameter adjustments. Access tutorial videos, AI-powered video clipping, and provide rapid feedback.
- Object tracking
- Smartphone camera parameter configuration
- Zoom control
- Tutorial videos
- AI style video clipping
- Rapid feedback interface
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Feiyu ON V3.0 is a brand new version with supporting all Feiyu's gimbal products and new UI design. If your own Feiyu gimbal(Smartphone gimbal or action cameras gimbal or DSLR gimbal) equipped with bluetooth module, you can enjoy more fun with using Feiyu ON. The object tracking function is integrated into Feiyu ON since V3.0, configuration on smartphone camera parameters(White Balance, Exposure duration and ISO) are also available from Feiyu ON V3.0. With a combination of operating Zoom In/Out(W/T) and Lens position of smartphone camera throught the G6 Plus and SPG2 magic ring, you can control the image focus as you want. Don't worry on operating Feiyu gimbal, Feiyu ON App provides massive tutorial videos，skill videos and product instruction guide, this would help you on learning using Feiyu gimbal. Don't worry on video clipping, Feiyu ON App provides AI style video clipping which would help you on creating amazing videos. Don't worry on contact us, Feiyu ON App provides rapid feedback interface for you sending advices and feedback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gimbal Engine at 67% against Feiyu ON's 11%. Gimbal Engine also leads on rating (2.5 vs 2.1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Feiyu ON's advantage is ratings volume (217 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). 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 Engine holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Feiyu ON has 217 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Gimbal Engine's written reviews are positive against 11% of Feiyu ON's.
Gimbal Engine ships an update every 6 months, Feiyu ON every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gimbal Engine | Feiyu ON |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) — better | 2.1 (217 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 10.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 217 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HeimaVista Inc. | 桂林飞宇科技股份有限公司 |
Customer experience
Gimbal Engine
Feiyu ON
Bugs and requests
Gimbal Engine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Feiyu ON
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cannot connect to GoPro Hero 7
- Firmware update process fails
- Motor settings not saving
- Joystick controls not working as expected
- Face tracking not functioning properly
Requested features
5 requests- Support for more camera models
- Improved time-lapse functionality
- Ability to save settings
- Live video streaming
- Exposure and white balance controls
In-app purchases
Gimbal Engine
No in-app purchases
Feiyu ON
No in-app purchases
