Trail Cam vs Cabela's Cell Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trail Cam
Control your wild camera remotely via smartphone. Adjust settings, view photo/video thumbnails, download, delete, and share files. Monitor battery and memory status, and even capture live images.
- Remote camera parameter settings
- View photo/video thumbnails
- Download, playback, delete files
- Share media files
- Live image capture
- Battery and memory status
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APP main functions： Use the remote control to turn on the wild camera. Open the APP on smartphone, after connecting to camera successfully, users can do below operations on APP without removing the wild camera. 1. Set the menu parameters of wild camera remotely. （The settings on APP and in wild camera is mutual synchronization.） 2. View the thumbnails of all photo and video files on the TF card taken by the camera directly. 3. Download,playback,delete and share the photo and video files. 4. Show one image that the lens view at present, and can refresh and save the current image. 5. Show important information statistics, such as the the battery level,memory card used capacity,memory card available capacity and number of recorded files. Wild camera main functions： 1.Ultra lower power to standby. 2.After connecting WIFI, the file download speed peak is up to 1.5MB/S at a short distance. 3.Super fast trigger shooting with 0.2 seconds. 4.Support external TF car, up to 512GB. 5.With features of time-lapse recording,target recording time,endless capture and so on.
Cabela's Cell Cam
This application allows users to remotely manage and monitor their Cabela's Cell Cam devices. View and organize captured photos and videos, check camera health, and even trigger on-demand photo captures.
- Effortless setup and activation
- Remote multi-camera management
- Photo and video gallery organization
- Camera health and stats monitoring
- On-demand photo capture
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With the Cabela's Cell Cam app, release the power of your Cabela's Cell Cam and keep watch over the outdoors. Features: - Effortless setup and activation - Manage multiple cameras remotely - View and organize photo and video galleries - Monitor camera health and stats - Available on-demand photo capture
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cabela's Cell Cam at 100% against Trail Cam's 8%. Cabela's Cell Cam also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Trail Cam's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cabela's Cell Cam holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cabela's Cell Cam has 577 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Trail Cam's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cabela's Cell Cam's.
Trail Cam ships an update every 2 months, Cabela's Cell Cam weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trail Cam | Cabela's Cell Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (22 ratings) | 4.8 (577 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 577 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GD Digital Limited | Bass Pro, Inc. |
Customer experience
Trail Cam
Cabela's Cell Cam
In-app purchases
Trail Cam
No in-app purchases
Cabela's Cell Cam
No in-app purchases
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