Comparison

DJI Mimo vs Album Trail

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 camera users. It offers intelligent features like 'My Story' templates and beautification, allowing for quick capture, editing, and sharing of video content.

Highlights
  • HD live view and 4K recording
  • Bluetooth/Wi-Fi camera control
  • One-tap 'My Story' video editing
  • Real-time Beautify mode
  • Advanced video trimming and speed adjustment
  • Image quality tuning
  • Filters, music, and watermark stickers
Features
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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. DJI Aura Auto-Renewable Subscription Disclosure [Important Notice] DJI Aura services are being rolled out in phases. The services actually provided, the types of benefits included, and the renewal rules shall be as finally displayed in the app. 1. Subscription benefits: - Lite · 200GB Storage (monthly, Yearly): CNY 19/month, CNY 199/year - Plus · 500GB Storage (monthly, Yearly): CNY 39/month, CNY 399/year - Pro · 1TB Storage (monthly, Yearly): CNY 59/month, CNY 599/year 2. Payment: After you confirm the purchase and complete payment, the amount will be charged to your Apple Account. Charging and billing rules are subject to Apple's policies then in effect. - Cancellation: To cancel auto-renewal, manually turn off auto-renewal in the Settings of your Apple Account at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. - Renewal: Your Apple Account will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Once the charge is successful, your subscription period will be extended by one subscription period. 3. DJI Aura User Service Agreement: https://aura-pay.dji.com/benefits/user-agreement?type=points&lang=zh 4. Auto-Renewal Service Agreement: https://aura-pay-intl.dji.com/subscription/management/auto-renew/agreement?standalone=1&lang=zh 5. Privacy Policy: https://aura-pay.dji.com/benefits/privacy-policy 6. Terms of Use: https://aura-pay.dji.com/benefits/software-terms

About

Album Trail

Organize, find, and revisit your photos and videos with smart search and map features. Create custom albums, add notes, and discover organizing suggestions. Photo recognition runs on your device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Create custom photo albums
  • Search by photo content and text
  • View photos on an interactive map
  • On-device photo recognition
  • Organizing suggestions
  • Add notes to photos
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Album Trail connects your photos with the places and journeys behind them. Organize your library, revisit a trip and turn your memories into a map to share. Revisit your photos on a map Explore photo locations in Memories, see the regions your photos cover in Places, and follow a trip in Journeys. Create a journey from an album, date range or selected photos. Add stops, adjust their order and position, edit names, choose map photos and transport, or merge and split stops. Organize and find your photos Create albums, add notes and choose photos from album suggestions. Filter by date, media type and favorites, or search photo content, text in images, album names and notes. Recognition models are included with the app. Photo recognition and content search run on your device; photos and search text are not sent to a cloud recognition service. Recognition can miss or misidentify content. Share a map of your memories Memories, Places and Journeys share one Export & Share experience. Choose a 3:4, 4:3 or 1:1 format, inspect the complete image in a full-screen preview, then save it to Photos or use the iOS share sheet. Stay in control Manually back up your Album Trail albums, photo references, notes, journeys and stop edits to iCloud. Backups do not include original photos. When changing devices, sync your originals separately using iCloud Photos or another transfer method. Removing an Album Trail album or journey does not delete photos from your library. Maps, place lookups, Places boundary data and photos stored only in iCloud need an internet connection. Recognition does not analyze video frames. See Profile → Privacy for details.

Screenshots

DJI Mimo4 screens
Album Trail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DJI Mimo at none against Album Trail's 4. DJI Mimo also leads on ratings volume (25K vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Album Trail's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). On price, ads and monetization model 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. Album Trail sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. DJI Mimo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Album Trail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DJI Mimo has 25K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of DJI Mimo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Album Trail's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DJI Mimo ships an update weekly, Album Trail every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
DJI Mimo versus Album Trail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDJI MimoAlbum Trail
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (25K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25K — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#25 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.8 GB378 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDJI雨青 李

Customer experience

DJI Mimo

All ratings24,628 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews3,578 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral5.8%
Negative20.4%

Album Trail

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
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  • 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
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  • Add support for iPad
  • Improve camera switching functionality
  • Enhance tracking and stabilization

Album Trail

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DJI Mimo

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Album Trail

One-time4
  • A Postcard$0.99
  • A Little Album$2.99
  • A Roll of Film$4.99
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  • Special Support$14.99

Questions

Is DJI Mimo free?
DJI Mimo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Album Trail free?
Album Trail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DJI Mimo or Album Trail?
Album Trail is rated higher. DJI Mimo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while Album Trail averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do DJI Mimo or Album Trail have ads?
Neither DJI Mimo nor Album Trail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DJI Mimo or Album Trail?
DJI Mimo ships an update weekly, and Album Trail every 3 weeks. Most recently, DJI Mimo was updated on November 12, 2026 and Album Trail on November 6, 2026.

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