VidCom vs Essential Auto Photography
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VidCom
This app facilitates customer communication for dealerships through personalized video messages and live video calls. It allows staff to follow up with leads, build rapport, and conduct virtual vehicle walkarounds.
- Video email and text communication
- Live streaming video calls
- Personalized customer engagement
- Virtual vehicle walkarounds
- Lead follow-up tools
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VidCom Mobile App, a groundbreaking new app that takes customer communications to a new level. VidCom is a multi-platform video communication app that enables dealership personnel to engage consumers by sending them a video email or video text that encourages the customer to click on a “Video Call” button. When the customer initiates the call, dealership staff is connected with them via a live-streaming, one-way or two-way video conversation. Dealers can use VidCom to follow up with leads, engage and build rapport with auto shoppers, send personalized video emails and texts and to perform live-stream vehicle walkarounds.
Essential Auto Photography
Learn to take professional-quality photos of vehicles with this app. It provides essential guidance and tips for automotive photography, helping users capture stunning images of cars and other vehicles.
- Automotive photography guidance
- Tips for professional vehicle photos
- Learn to capture stunning car images
- Essential photography techniques
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Essential auto photography built the essential auto photography app as a Free app. This SERVICE is provided by essential auto photography at no cost and is intended for use as is. This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Essential Auto Photography at fortnightly against VidCom's every 6 weeks. Essential Auto Photography also leads on iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.3). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 — 5.0 for VidCom against 5.0 for Essential Auto Photography. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
VidCom ships an update every 6 weeks, Essential Auto Photography fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VidCom | Essential Auto Photography |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.3 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Concat Systems Inc | Essential Auto Photography Inc. |
Customer experience
VidCom
Essential Auto Photography
In-app purchases
VidCom
No in-app purchases
Essential Auto Photography
No in-app purchases
Questions
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