Comparison

Camera Remote vs Even Longer

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

Head to head
About

Camera Remote

Control your iPhone camera remotely using your Apple Watch. Frame your shot, adjust settings like flash and timer, and take photos or Live Photos directly from your wrist. Review captured images instantly on your watch.

Highlights
  • Remote iPhone camera access
  • Viewfinder on Apple Watch
  • Flash control
  • Shutter timer
  • Live Photo capture
  • On-watch photo review
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Use your Apple Watch as a viewfinder with the Camera app. - Use Apple Watch to remotely access your iPhone camera and take a photo - Camera allows you to control the flash, set a shutter timer, and take a Live photo - Review your shots right on Apple Watch

About

Even Longer

This app transforms your iPhone into a professional long exposure camera. It offers multiple capture modes for motion blur, light trails, and star trails, with advanced features available through an optional PRO membership.

Highlights
  • Frame Averaging Mode
  • Light Trails Mode
  • Star Trails Mode
  • RAW Support
  • Intervalometer
  • Save Interim Results
  • Longest capture times
Features
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Even Longer is a professional long-exposure camera for iPhone and iPad — and the first long-exposure app on the App Store to shoot 48 MP and Apple ProRAW. You set the exposure — a duration or a frame count. The camera captures a continuous frame sequence to that target and merges it live on the GPU, under full manual control. Thirty seconds or three hours is a number you enter, not a shutter you hold. What lands in your library is a real RAW. iPHONE 18 PRO VARIABLE APERTURE Supported from day one: an aperture button and ruler on the camera screen, every stop the lens offers, and the f-number in your files. On iPhones with a fixed iris the control simply stays hidden. 48 MP AND APPLE PRORAW Long exposures at the sensor's full 48-megapixel readout, and merged results written as Apple ProRAW. Maximum resolution works in frame averaging with ProRAW, TIFF, HEIC or JPEG on iPhones with a 48 MP sensor; ProRAW needs a ProRAW-capable iPhone. RAW OUTPUT, AND SHADOWIQ Merged results save as RAW (DNG), Apple ProRAW, TIFF, HEIC or JPEG — with a fallback order you control. When a lens or mode can't produce the format you picked, the camera saves the next one it can and tells you why, without ever changing your choice. The RAW is worth the wait: dramatically more detail in the shadows and cleaner blacks than any earlier version, and ShadowIQ goes further still: shadow detail with even less noise, and no need to bracket exposures any more. WHAT YOU CAN SHOOT • Frame averaging — silky water, cleaner night shots, crowds that fade away (a computed ND filter) • Light Trails — traffic, light painting, fireworks • Star Trails — with a celestial overlay that projects the pole, constellations and the expected trails onto your viewfinder before you commit FULL MANUAL CONTROL ISO, shutter, focus, white balance, EV and aperture — with live histogram, grid and spirit level overlays, tap-to-focus and a loupe. Per-lens focal length, sensor size and crop factor are measured on your hardware, so your metadata is right. PLAN AND AUTOMATE Schedule a capture for sunset or astronomical night on the built-in sun-altitude timeline, run the intervalometer for sequences, and let interim saves protect long exposures against interruptions. REMOTE CONTROL AND APPLE WATCH Pair the Even Longer Remote app (iPhone, iPad or Mac) and control the camera from a distance: live viewfinder, full manual control, live progress, and finished files delivered to the controller. Pairing is TLS-secured on your local network; an off-grid hotspot mode works in the field without any router. The Apple Watch app — live viewfinder, shutter, progress — comes with the app. THE APP, AND PRO — READ BEFORE BUYING Even Longer is a paid app: one purchase, no ads, no data collection, nothing sold on. It gets you the whole camera — every accumulation mode, JPEG and HEIC output including 48 MP, variable aperture, histogram, grid and spirit level, the Apple Watch app and the iPad layout. PRO is an optional in-app purchase that upgrades this app — monthly, yearly, or once and forever. These features are NOT included without PRO: RAW (DNG), Apple ProRAW and TIFF output, ShadowIQ, the celestial overlay, remote control, scheduled capture, the intervalometer, interim saves and anamorphic desqueeze. They are marked PRO in the app. Entitlements are checked on device, so PRO keeps working where there is no signal. TWO APPS, ONE CAMERA • Even Longer — this app: the camera, paid, with the optional PRO upgrade. • Even Longer Remote — the controller for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It needs an Even Longer camera with remote control (PRO) switched on. Built for photographers who plan the shot — and want the file to be worth the wait.

Screenshots

Even Longer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Camera Remote at Free against Even Longer's $3.99. Camera Remote also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Even Longer's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On rating, ads 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

Camera Remote is free to download; Even Longer costs $3.99 up front. Even Longer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Camera Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Camera Remote against 4.1 for Even Longer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 221 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of Camera Remote's written reviews are positive against 56% of Even Longer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Camera Remote ships an update every 8 months, Even Longer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Camera Remote versus Even Longer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamera RemoteEven Longer
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.0 (69 ratings)4.1 (221 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews56.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69221 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#58 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApple Inc.Mario Tomiak

Customer experience

Camera Remote

All ratings69 ratings
Positive68.1%
Neutral15.9%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative40.0%

Even Longer

All ratings221 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive56.2%
Neutral10.7%
Negative33.1%

Bugs and requests

Camera Remote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Even Longer

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes after ~200 photos in interval mode
  • Blank camera screen until photo is taken
  • Photos not found in camera roll or files
  • App crashes on iPhone 17 Pro Max after upgrade
  • Pro membership not reinstating after crashes
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  • Autofocus crosshairs take 3+ seconds to appear
  • Shutter button becomes unresponsive
  • Red/magenta color cast on subsequent photos
  • Exposure preview doesn't match final output
  • Photos appear blurry despite tripod use
  • App requires service connection for Pro features
  • Focus system behaves differently in night mode
  • Charged incorrect amount during purchase
  • Subscription charged despite 'free' promotion

Requested features

12 requests
  • Camera level function for alignment
  • HDR support for better dynamic range
  • 48MP RAW file support for newer iPhones
  • Apple Watch app for remote shooting
  • Better exposure preview matching final output
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  • Astrophotography mode with star tracking
  • 16:9 aspect ratio option for star trails
  • Individual image saving option without stacking
  • Fine-tune focus buttons for night mode
  • Higher ISO control options
  • Better user guides and tutorials
  • Multi-device license support

In-app purchases

None

Camera Remote

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Even Longer

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Camera Remote free?
Camera Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Even Longer free?
Even Longer costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Camera Remote or Even Longer?
Even Longer is rated higher. Camera Remote averages 4.0 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Even Longer averages 4.1 from 221 ratings.
Do Camera Remote or Even Longer have ads?
Neither Camera Remote nor Even Longer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Camera Remote or Even Longer?
Camera Remote ships an update every 8 months, and Even Longer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Camera Remote was updated on September 19, 2026 and Even Longer on October 14, 2026.

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