Cyclops 1.0 vs Minolta ProShot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cyclops 1.0
Control your Wi-Fi camera remotely to live stream, capture photos and videos, and apply effects. Download edited content to your device and share it on social media.
- Live camera stream preview
- Trigger photo and video capture
- Apply effects to media
- Download media to device
- Share edited files on social media
- Format camera SD card
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The “Cyclops 1.0" app is a remote controller of the Cyclops Gear CGX3 Wi-Fi camera. You can connect the CGX3 via Wi-Fi by the iPhone or iPad with Cyclops 1.0 App. After you establish the connection, you can live view the camera video stream, trigger start movie record, take a picture, view the thumbnail, Edit and Apply Effects on both picture and Video, and download the video or picture to your phone or tablet. Also now you can share these edited files to your social media platforms. Connection Step: 1. Open camera Wi-Fi 2. Connect to the camera WiFi, the password is: recordlife. 3. Open the Cyclops 1.0 App Features: 1. Preview stream, live streaming from camera. 2. Trigger action, in the preview stream, you can trigger camera to take a video or picture. 3. Support delay capture. 4. Support video quality change. 5. Support image size change. 6. Support white-balance change 7. Format the camera SD card. 8. Listing photo & video files and download or delete files. 9. Single photo playback. 10. Automatic time correction with iPhone or iPad when established the connection. 11. Photo & video capture by Device camera. 12. Apply effects on Video & Pictures. 13. Share the files on your social media platforms.
Minolta ProShot
Control and capture photos and videos from compatible MINOLTA cameras. Adjust shooting parameters, play back media, and share directly to social networks with a user-friendly interface.
- Remote shooting and recording
- Adjust shooting parameters
- Playback images and videos
- Direct social media sharing
- Simple and beautiful UI
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You can connect to MINOLTA ProShot MN67Z、MN53Z、MN40Z、MN26Z via this APP, realizing the functions of shooting, recording, changing the shooting parameters, playback images easily. And you can also share the images and video to the social network directly. This APP adopts a simple and beautiful UI style to bring you a new operating experience. Notice： 1. The APP supports iOS 14 or higher version. iPad mini1 / iPad mini 3 / iPad 4 / iPad Air 1 / iPhone 5s / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus and below not supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Minolta ProShot at 62 against Cyclops 1.0's 11. Cyclops 1.0's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 — 1.7 for Cyclops 1.0 against 1.7 for Minolta ProShot. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minolta ProShot has 62 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 13% of Cyclops 1.0's written reviews are positive against 14% of Minolta ProShot's.
Cyclops 1.0 ships an update every 3 months, Minolta ProShot every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cyclops 1.0 | Minolta ProShot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (11 ratings) | 1.7 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CYCLOPS GEAR LLC | Sintai Optical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Cyclops 1.0
Minolta ProShot
In-app purchases
Cyclops 1.0
No in-app purchases
Minolta ProShot
No in-app purchases
Questions
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