Comparison

DJI Mimo vs Blackmagic Camera

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

Head to head
About

DJI Mimo

This app provides HD live view and advanced editing tools for DJI gimbals and cameras. It offers intelligent features like 'My Story' for quick edits and precise control over your device, allowing you to capture, edit, and share your best moments easily.

Highlights
  • HD live view and 4K recording
  • Control Osmo devices via Bluetooth/Wi-Fi
  • One-tap video editing with 'My Story'
  • Real-time Beautify mode
  • Advanced video editing tools
  • Image quality tuning
  • Filters, music, and stickers
Features
Read full description

As the all-in-one app made specifically for the DJI Osmo Pocket handheld gimbal, Osmo Action camera, Osmo Mobile 3, DJI OM4 and DJI Pocket2, Mimo offers HD live view during recording, intelligent features such as My Story for quick editing, and other tools not available with a handheld stabilizer alone. Mimo lets you capture, edit, and share the best of your moments, right from your fingertips. Highlights: 
1. Supports HD live view and 4K video recording. 2. Controls Osmo Pocket, Osmo Action or Osmo Mobile 3 via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. 
3. My Story video templates designed by professionals allow you to edit your videos in a single tap. 
4. Precise face identification and real-time Beautify mode enhances photos and videos instantly. 5. Upload and share videos with just a tap. 
6. Advanced video editing functions: Trim and split clips, adjust playback speed, reverse, and more. 
7. Tune image quality to meet your needs: Brightness, saturation, contrast, color temperature, vignette, and sharpness. 
8. Multiple filters, music templates, and watermark stickers finish your videos with a unique flair.

About

Blackmagic Camera

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a professional digital film camera. Achieve a cinematic look with Hollywood-grade controls, including frame rate, shutter angle, and ISO adjustments. Record in industry-standard formats directly to cloud storage for seamless global collaboration.

Highlights
  • Digital film camera controls
  • Cinematic 'look' for Hollywood films
  • Adjust frame rate, shutter angle, white balance, ISO
  • Record to Blackmagic Cloud
  • Industry standard 10-bit Apple ProRes files up to 4K
  • Interactive Heads Up Display (HUD)
  • Professional audio options
Features
Read full description

Introducing Digital Film for iPhone and iPad! Blackmagic Camera unlocks the power of your iPhone and iPad by adding digital film camera controls and operating systems! Now you can create the same cinematic ‘look’ as Hollywood feature films. You get the same intuitive and user friendly interface as Blackmagic Design’s award winning cameras. So it’s just like using a professional digital film camera! This means you can adjust settings such as frame rate, shutter angle, white balance and ISO all in a single tap. Or record directly to Blackmagic Cloud in industry standard 10-bit Apple ProRes files up to 4K! Recording to Blackmagic Cloud Storage lets you collaborate on DaVinci Resolve projects with editors anywhere in the world, all at the same time! Get the "Hollywood Look" with Digital Film! Blackmagic Camera puts the professional features you need for feature film, television and documentaries in your pocket. Now you can create YouTube and TikTok content with a cinematic look, and broadcast quality ENG! Imagine having a run and gun camera on hand to capture breaking news whenever it happens! Or use Blackmagic Camera as a B Cam to capture angles that are difficult to reach with traditional cameras, while still retaining control of important settings. Best of all, recording to Blackmagic Cloud allows you to get your footage to the newsroom or post production studio in minutes. Interactive Controls for Fast Setup Blackmagic Camera has all the controls you need to quickly setup and start shooting! Everything is interactive, so you can tap any item and instantly change settings without searching through confusing menus! The HUD shows status and record parameters, histogram, focus peaking indicators, levels, frame guides and more. Show or hide the HUD by swiping up or down. You can auto focus by tapping the screen in the area you want to focus. You can shoot in 16:9 or vertical aspect ratios, plus you can shoot 16:9 while holding your phone vertically if you want to shoot unobtrusively. On Screen Heads Up Display The heads up display, or HUD, controls have the most important camera controls such as lens selection, frame rate, shutter angle, timecode, ISO, white balance, gain and audio levels. You can adjust settings such as exposure by touching the ISO indicator, or you can change the audio levels simply by touching the audio meters. Everything is interactive, so if you tap any item you can instantaneously change its settings without having to search through complex menus! Camera Setup Menus The settings tab unlocks the full power of your phone’s camera, with quick access to advanced settings such as monitoring, audio, camera setup, recording and more! The record tab gives you total control over video resolution and recording format including industry standard Apple ProRes or space efficient H.264 and H.265. Plus, you can set anamorphic de-squeeze and lens correction settings. Professional audio options include AAC and PCM format and VU or PPM audio metering. You can even add external microphones! Or add 3D LUTs to recreate film looks! Media The Blackmagic Camera media tab has all the controls you need to browse or scrub clips for quick review, search and sort and view the upload status of your media. Access your media from Blackmagic Camera’s all clips folder by choosing the Media button to see the thumbnails for each clip you have stored. Plus, you can save to the files folder on the phone, send it to Blackmagic Cloud Storage via Blackmagic Cloud or manually choose which clips to upload to a project library. You can even sync media from Blackmagic Camera directly into the DaVinci Resolve project so you’re ready to edit! Live Sync to Blackmagic Cloud Storage When shooting with Blackmagic Camera, the video you capture can be instantly uploaded as a proxy file, followed by the camera originals, and saved to Blackmagic Cloud Storage. This means you can start editing quickly using your proxies, speeding up your workflow.

Screenshots

DJI Mimo4 screens
Blackmagic Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DJI Mimo at weekly against Blackmagic Camera's monthly. DJI Mimo also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Blackmagic Camera's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blackmagic Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23K and 23K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of DJI Mimo's written reviews are positive against 68% of Blackmagic Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DJI Mimo ships an update weekly, Blackmagic Camera monthly. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
DJI Mimo versus Blackmagic Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDJI MimoBlackmagic Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (23K ratings)4.8 (23K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews — better68.2% of reviews
Number of ratings23K23K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#27 — better#30
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.9 GB203 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDJIBlackmagic Design Inc

Customer experience

DJI Mimo

All ratings22,854 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews3,416 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative19.9%

Blackmagic Camera

All ratings23,466 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews1,155 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral9.5%
Negative22.3%

User reviews

DJI Mimo

From 23K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast transmission
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Excellent camera
  • 👍 Convenient features
  • 👍 Intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🐛 Connectivity issues
  • 🐛 Buggy updates
  • 🔋 Battery drain
  • 👎 Lack of customization

Blackmagic Camera

From 23K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful camera controls
  • 👍 Intuitive and well-designed UI
  • 🎥 Cinematic video quality
  • 💰 Free app with professional features
  • 🔗 Integration with Blackmagic ecosystem

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Stability issues and crashes
  • 🔍 Inaccurate storage indicator
  • 🔀 Orientation issues when switching cameras
  • 🔊 Audio input issues
  • 🔒 Lack of remote control/monitoring options

Bugs and requests

DJI Mimo

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Unable to download photos and videos
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Connectivity problems with camera
  • Issues with firmware updates
  • Incompatibility with newer devices
Show 1 more
  • Unreliable performance

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add live streaming support
  • Improve editing capabilities
  • Allow more customization of templates
  • Provide manual camera controls
  • Enable 4K video download
Show 3 more
  • Add support for iPad
  • Improve camera switching functionality
  • Enhance tracking and stabilization

Blackmagic Camera

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Stabilization issues in certain recording modes
  • Exposure and focus settings not staying locked
  • Timelapse mode not clearly indicated
  • HDMI output not working reliably
  • Audio source randomly switching to 'None'

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add log/flat color profiles
  • Implement waveform and vectorscope monitors
  • Allow locking shutter speed with auto ISO
  • Provide preset options for common settings
  • Add support for external accessories (e.g., gimbals)
Show 1 more
  • Integrate Apple Watch remote control

In-app purchases

None

DJI Mimo

No in-app purchases

None

Blackmagic Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DJI Mimo free?
DJI Mimo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blackmagic Camera free?
Blackmagic Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DJI Mimo or Blackmagic Camera?
Blackmagic Camera is rated higher. DJI Mimo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while Blackmagic Camera averages 4.8 from 23K ratings.
Do DJI Mimo or Blackmagic Camera have ads?
Neither DJI Mimo nor Blackmagic Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DJI Mimo or Blackmagic Camera?
DJI Mimo ships an update weekly, and Blackmagic Camera monthly. Most recently, DJI Mimo was updated on October 15, 2026 and Blackmagic Camera on October 15, 2026.
Which is more popular, DJI Mimo or Blackmagic Camera?
DJI Mimo currently peaks at #27 in the App Store charts, and Blackmagic Camera at #30. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

Other comparisons