Profoto Control vs Picflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Profoto Control
Control Profoto Bluetooth-enabled lighting equipment remotely from your smartphone. Adjust settings with intuitive touch controls and ensure your gear is up-to-date with easy firmware updates.
- Smart remote control
- View and control Profoto Bluetooth products
- Touch, swipe, and tweak lighting
- Easy firmware updates
- Update Profoto Bluetooth products
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The Profoto Control app has been created for the modern, connected photographers that want to get the most out of their creative workflow – whether using a DSLR or Mirrorless camera. This is the Profoto experience at its best. Key features: SMART REMOTE CONTROL View and control all Profoto Bluetooth-enabled products from your smartphone screen. Touch, swipe and tweak until you get the light just right. EASY UPDATES The latest updates for Profoto Bluetooth-enabled products are now available at your fingertips. Update quickly from the app, so you are ready to shoot with the latest, improved firmware. Ultimately, this app lets you be as creative as you can be. LOOKING FOR PROFOTO CAMERA APP? Looking for a way to create images with your smartphone and Profoto lights? Search App Store for “Profoto Camera” and start using it! Please send your feedback and feature ideas to hello@profoto.com! Love, Profoto team.
Picflow
Streamline creative workflows on the go. Share, review, and collaborate on projects with clients and colleagues. Features include high-resolution image viewing, detailed feedback tools, and professional sharing options.
- Share creative work on the go
- Review feedback and collaborate
- High-resolution image zooming
- Annotate and comment on visuals
- Customizable professional sharing
- Intuitive file and gallery management
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Take your creative collaboration anywhere with the Picflow mobile app. Share your work, review feedback, and collaborate with clients and colleagues on the go. Browse your galleries, zoom into high-res images, and respond to client feedback with tools designed for mobile. Instant access to your work: Quickly find projects, galleries, or images with a powerful search that keeps your work at your fingertips. Faster reviews and approvals: Tag, group, and sort your assets using custom metadata. Update approval statuses or leave comments and annotations in seconds. Precise image review: Pinch, zoom, and swipe through visuals with clarity. Switch between assets smoothly so every detail gets the attention it deserves. Collaboration made simple: Leave anchored comments, attach references, or draw directly on images. With feedback tools like favoriting, drawing, and annotations, it’s easy to get everyone on the same page. Professional sharing: Create and send beautifully designed share links straight from your phone or tablet. Customize titles, descriptions, appearance, and visibility to showcase your work exactly how you want. Effortless file and gallery management: Rename, move, copy, export, or delete images and galleries with intuitive touch controls. Stay in control, keep projects moving wherever you are!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Picflow at 100% against Profoto Control's 38%. Picflow also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Profoto Control's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (896 vs 9). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Picflow holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Profoto Control has 896 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Profoto Control's written reviews are positive against 100% of Picflow's.
Profoto Control ships an update every 2 months, Picflow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Profoto Control | Picflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (896 ratings) | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 896 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Profoto | Picflow |
Customer experience
Profoto Control
Picflow
Bugs and requests
Profoto Control
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to register equipment in the app
- App crashes on launch or when connecting to lights
- Firmware update process is unreliable
- Inconsistent exposure and zoom support
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more Profoto light models
- Improve camera integration and functionality
- Implement independent light group control
- Provide localization in more languages
Picflow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Profoto Control
No in-app purchases
Picflow
No in-app purchases









