MoCáp vs APS Sidekick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MoCáp
Transform your iPhone into a professional motion capture studio. Record full-body movements with ARKit and export to popular 3D software like Blender and Maya. No suits are required for this advanced animation tool.
- Professional motion capture with iPhone camera
- Record 91 body joints at up to 60 FPS
- Export to BVH format for 3D software
- Simultaneous video and motion data recording
- Apple Watch control with live camera preview
- Voice commands via Siri
- Advanced settings for frame rate and file format
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MoCáp transform your iPhone into a professional motion capture studio. Record full-body movements with ARKit and export to Blender, Maya, and more. No suits required. Rise your iPhone or iPad, point the camera toward a person, and start making your motion capture masterpiece. MoCáp saves the motion data into the flexible bvh file. You can then use it in your favorite 3D character creation tool, like Cinema 4D, Maya(via MotionBuilder), Blender, Poser, and so. MoCáp 2.0 - Completely Rebuilt We've completely rebuilt MoCáp from the ground up with a modern, faster architecture. This major update brings improved performance, enhanced stability, and a smoother experience throughout the app. Your Favorite Features, Better Than Ever - Professional motion capture using your iPhone camera (no suits needed!) - Record 91 body joints at up to 60 FPS with ARKit - Export to BVH format for use in Blender, Maya, iClone, and other 3D software - Simultaneous video recording synced with motion data - Control recording from your Apple Watch with live camera preview - Voice commands via Siri for hands-free recording - Countdown timer (3s, 5s, 10s) for solo recordings - Advanced settings for frame rate, bone scale, and file format Upgrade to Grande to support us and enable pro features: - Setup the frame rate and file format for motion capturing - Access all history recordings (2 for the free version) - More to come
APS Sidekick
This tool enables artists and animators to integrate ARKit facial capture into VR avatars for VR MocapFusion. Stream facial blendshape data in real-time for full body motion capture or live streaming with popular engines.
- ARKit facial capture for VR avatars
- Real-time blendshape data streaming
- VR MocapFusion integration
- Full body motion capture export
- Live streaming support
- Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender plugins
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The iOS Sidekick allows artists and animators to add ARKit facial capture to VR avatars when playing VR MocapFusion. The Sidekick app streams facial expression blendshapes data to VR MocapFusion for adding real time facecapture to avatars. With SteamVR full body tracking it is possible to record full body avatar motion capture with face capture and can be exported to Blender. Or use the face capture when live streaming. With several plugins available for live streaming using Unreal Engine, Unity or Blender. This app requires running VR MocapFusion on a PC to receive the motion capture data and can be downloaded from Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1540000/Mocap_Fusion__VR/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: APS Sidekick at 100% against MoCáp's 54%. APS Sidekick also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). MoCáp's advantage is price (Free vs $16.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 21 months). On 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
MoCáp is free to download; APS Sidekick costs $16.99 up front. MoCáp sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. APS Sidekick asks for nothing beyond the download.
APS Sidekick holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MoCáp has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of MoCáp's written reviews are positive against 100% of APS Sidekick's.
MoCáp ships an update every 2 months, APS Sidekick every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on August 8, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MoCáp | APS Sidekick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $16.99 |
| Rating | 3.2 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #188 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ken-Jung Lee | Grant Olsen |
Customer experience
MoCáp
APS Sidekick
In-app purchases
MoCáp
- MoCáp Grande$2.99
- Grande for Baker$2.99
APS Sidekick
No in-app purchases









