Gimbal Engine vs Hohem Joy
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
Hohem Joy
This app enables users to capture and edit photos and videos using compatible mobile stabilizers. It offers a Creative Studio and templates to help create stunning visual content.
- Shoot and edit photos/videos
- Creative Studio
- Moment Mode templates
- Compatible with multiple stabilizers
- Effortless memory capture
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Hohem Joy Mobile shooting & editing software Hohem Joy allows users to shoot and edit photos/videos on M7, V3, V2s, MT2, M6, Mobile+, XE, and Q, and includes Creative Studio, and a variety of templates in Moment Mode, helping you effortlessly capture beautiful memories.
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Verdict
Gimbal Engine and Hohem Joy both sit at 2.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Gimbal Engine's written reviews are positive against 23% of Hohem Joy's. Gimbal Engine also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Hohem Joy's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (118 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.5 for Gimbal Engine against 2.5 for Hohem Joy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hohem Joy has 118 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Gimbal Engine's written reviews are positive against 23% of Hohem Joy's.
Gimbal Engine ships an update every 6 months, Hohem Joy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gimbal Engine | Hohem Joy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) — better | 2.5 (118 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 22.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 118 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 492 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HeimaVista Inc. | Shenzhen Hohem Technology Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
Gimbal Engine
Hohem Joy
In-app purchases
Gimbal Engine
No in-app purchases
Hohem Joy
No in-app purchases
