Comparison

Backpack Studio vs Deep Movie

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

Head to head
About

Backpack Studio

Record, mix, and master professional-sounding podcasts and radio shows directly from your mobile device. This app automates post-production, allowing you to focus on creativity with live sound triggering and advanced audio processing.

Highlights
  • Live sound triggering with automatic volume adjustment
  • Unlimited soundboard pages with customizable pads
  • Import sounds from various cloud services and apps
  • Optional subscription for remote guest recording and live streaming
  • Create video versions of podcasts with animations
  • Automatic studio-quality audio mastering and EQ
  • Customizable shortcuts for recording and sound triggering
Features
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Backpack Studio turns your iPhone or iPad into a live soundboard and a complete mobile podcast studio. It’s easy to get started, but there’s plenty here for professionals too. Under the hood is a studio-quality sound engine built for recording and live mixing. Need a soundboard? Load your music, sound effects, cues, intros, voice clips, or anything else you want to play. Arrange everything across multiple pages, then trigger sounds instantly during a podcast, performance, event, class, or stream. We think it’s the most powerful soundboard you can put on an iPhone or iPad. Making a podcast? Record in high quality, mix microphones and sound pads live, invite remote guests, edit the recording, stream your show, and export the finished episode—all from one app. When the recording is finished, Backpack’s optional AI tools can create a transcript, show notes, chapters, and highlight clips. You can even generate original sound effects and music for your show or soundboard. People use Backpack Studio for: Podcasts and radio shows Live events and streams Theatre productions Church services Workshops and classes Voice presentations Weddings and dance recitals Stage management Magic and puppet shows With Backpack Studio you can: Import multiple sounds from iCloud Drive, your device, Google Drive, Dropbox, our free sound library, or your AI generations Arrange pads quickly across multiple soundboard pages Play music, effects, intros, outros, cues, and clips while recording Keep separate soundboards for different shows, clients, and events Record high-quality audio anywhere Mix microphones and sound pads live Bring remote guests into interviews and podcasts Edit and export MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, or Apple Lossless Live stream your show Create transcripts, show notes, chapters, and highlight clips with AI Generate original sound effects and music Back up and sync recordings and soundboards Backpack Pro unlocks Batch Import, Pad Arranger, transcripts, show notes, chapters, highlight clips, cloud backup and syncing, guest rooms, live streaming, uncompressed recording, lossless exports, and sound generation. Backpack Studio is designed to work well with VoiceOver and has won awards from the AppleVis community. Visit backpackstudioapp.com for more info Send feedback to backpackstudioapp@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://backpackstudioapp.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Deep Movie

Capture professional-grade 4K video with manual controls for exposure, shutter, ISO, and more. Offers advanced features like optical image stabilization and multiple camera support for enhanced creative control.

Highlights
  • 4K video recording up to 60FPS
  • 1080p video capture up to 240FPS
  • Manual exposure, shutter, ISO, white balance, focus
  • Flash and optical image stabilization
  • Switch between Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto cameras
Features
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Deep Movie is a powerful, easy-to-use professional video shooting app designed for your iPhone and iPad. You can set the video format and manually control various parameters. This makes it easy to record professional-grade video. - Format Support: 4K video recording (up to 60FPS) - Format Support: 1080p video capture (up to 240FPS) - Manual Control: exposure, shutter, ISO, white balance, focus - Capture Assist: flash, optical image stabilization, auxiliary lines, spirit level - Camera Switch: switch between Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto cameras --------------- Terms of Use: https://solotechstudio.com/terms/english Privacy Policy: https://solotechstudio.com/privacy/english Contact Us: If you have any questions, please email support@solotechstudio.com :)

Screenshots

Backpack Studio4 screens
Deep Movie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Backpack Studio at Free against Deep Movie's $0.99. Backpack Studio also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Deep Movie's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On rating, 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

Backpack Studio is free to download; Deep Movie costs $0.99 up front. Backpack Studio sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Deep Movie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Backpack Studio against 4.8 for Deep Movie. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 306 and 229 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Backpack Studio's written reviews are positive against 76% of Deep Movie's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backpack Studio ships an update weekly, Deep Movie every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Backpack Studio versus Deep Movie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackpack StudioDeep Movie
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (306 ratings)4.8 (229 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.7% of reviews — better76.3% of reviews
Number of ratings306 — better229
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEd FilowatHangzhou Yuhang Solo Tech Studio (Individually Owned Business)

Customer experience

Backpack Studio

All ratings306 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive78.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.0%

Deep Movie

All ratings229 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative20.3%

User reviews

Backpack Studio

From 306 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for video editing
  • 👍 Compatible with screen readers
  • 👍 Easy to create videos with text and audio
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 👍 Flawless performance and stability

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Text displayed in videos differs from original
  • 🐛 Crashes when trying to load pads from Dropbox or Google Drive
  • 🐛 Buttons not responsive, causing issues during live playback
  • 🐛 Crashes when trying to add album art to saved audio files
  • 🔒 Lacks support for Google Drive and 2FA security

Deep Movie

From 229 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent for professional video recording on iPhone
  • 👍 Photos are super clear
  • 👍 Likes the shooting interface
  • 👍 Feels like holding a camera
  • 👍 Good for unlocking photos

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes when using telephoto lens
  • 🐛 App is a scam, no watermark purchase is a scam
  • 🐛 Videos not saved to gallery
  • 🐛 Cannot download videos after shooting
  • 🐛 Cannot export videos to phone

Bugs and requests

Backpack Studio

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Text displayed in videos differs from original
  • Crashes when trying to load pads from Dropbox or Google Drive
  • Buttons not responsive, causing issues during live playback
  • Crashes when trying to add album art to saved audio files

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more audio effects (reverb, echo, etc.)
  • Implement Apple Watch integration for controls
  • Add video recording and editing capabilities
  • Improve multi-track output for further audio editing
  • Provide option to disable the dark pad after playing
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  • Add support for more audio interfaces and inputs

Deep Movie

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Long-focus lens causes app to crash
  • App crashes when using long-focus lens
  • Videos cannot be downloaded after shooting
  • Videos are not saved to the gallery
  • Cannot export videos to phone
Show 7 more
  • No 24 fps option on iPhone 15
  • App crashes and requires re-purchase
  • Shutter and ISO overlays on iPhone SE
  • UI overlaying issues on iPhone SE
  • No option to save to iPhone
  • App gives errors
  • Watermark pop-up issue

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add a pause/resume recording function
  • Add a feature to save all videos at once
  • Improve front camera mirroring
  • Add timestamp and location watermark

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Backpack Studio

Subscriptions5
  • Backpack Live 10 Hours3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Pro Subscription3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Backpack Live 25 Hours$19.991 Month
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  • Backpack Live 60 Hours3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • backpack pro annual$99.001 Year
One-time1
  • Live Streaming$9.99
1 purchases

Deep Movie

One-time1
  • Remove Watermark$1.99

Questions

Is Backpack Studio free?
Backpack Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deep Movie free?
Deep Movie costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Backpack Studio or Deep Movie?
Deep Movie is rated higher. Backpack Studio averages 4.6 out of 5 from 306 ratings, while Deep Movie averages 4.8 from 229 ratings.
Do Backpack Studio or Deep Movie have ads?
Neither Backpack Studio nor Deep Movie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backpack Studio or Deep Movie?
Backpack Studio ships an update weekly, and Deep Movie every 3 months. Most recently, Backpack Studio was updated on October 24, 2026 and Deep Movie on October 27, 2026.

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