Comparison

Profoto Control vs A Past Day

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Smart remote control
  • View and control Profoto Bluetooth products
  • Touch, swipe, and tweak lighting
  • Easy firmware updates
  • Update Profoto Bluetooth products
Features
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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.

About

A Past Day

Features
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"This café — it had been two years." Circle a place you've been on the map, and the photos you took there line up across the years. A time you'd forgotten quietly comes back. —— The rest, you'll discover just by tapping around. A Past Day quietly brings back memories you'd long forgotten. Not the photos you look at all the time — the ones you'd forgotten you had. A Past Day draws from your own photo library and, by chance, surfaces a single picture from a day you haven't thought about in years. One tap follows the thread — to nearby places, the same season in other years, a color, a feeling — and a memory you didn't know you still had comes quietly back. • By chance — you don't search; a forgotten day finds you. • Long ago — not yesterday's photos, but the ones from years back. • Revived — one picture pulls a whole day back into focus. On This Day See this date across every year you have photos for. Feel how much time has passed — and imagine where the same stretch of time ahead might take you. Footprints on the map Photos with a location connect into the path you walked that day. Retrace where you went — and remember things the photos alone don't show. Wander From any photo, take an associative walk through your library — by place, time, or color. Each step is a small, involuntary discovery. Everything stays on your device Your photos are never uploaded to the cloud or any server. Storage and on-device AI analysis all happen locally on your iPhone. Nothing leaves your device. Start with about 20–30 photos, or bring in your whole library.

Screenshots

Profoto Control4 screens
A Past Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: A Past Day at every 3 days against Profoto Control's every 2 months. A Past Day also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Profoto Control ships an update every 2 months, A Past Day every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Profoto Control versus A Past Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProfoto ControlA Past Day
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (897 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews36.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings897 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProfotoYusuke Tanaka

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

A Past Day

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Profoto Control

No in-app purchases

None

A Past Day

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Profoto Control free?
Profoto Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is A Past Day free?
A Past Day is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Profoto Control or A Past Day have ads?
Neither Profoto Control nor A Past Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Profoto Control or A Past Day?
Profoto Control ships an update every 2 months, and A Past Day every 3 days. Most recently, Profoto Control was updated on November 2, 2026 and A Past Day on October 31, 2026.

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