Darkness Camera vs PIPin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Darkness Camera
Capture clear photos and videos even in low-light conditions. This utility app enhances image quality by allowing adjustable exposure times and utilizes the device's torch for illumination in complete darkness.
- Low-light photography
- Adjustable exposure time
- Torch activation for photos
- Video recording in dark
- Simple gesture controls
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Darkness camera is a simple utility to take pictures and videos with the particularity of allowing you to take beautiful pictures in little light. It allows you to increase the exposure time with a simple gesture, which lets bring in as many lights as possible when it is dark. Darkness camera also allows you to activate the torch of your iPhone while taking photos. this functionality is very important when you want to take a photo in a completely dark place.
PIPin
Control and view any Mac window directly from your iPhone or iPad. Stream your Mac's screen to your mobile device for remote access, keeping important information visible, or multitasking.
- Remote Mac window control
- On-screen keyboard with modifiers
- Real iOS Picture-in-Picture support
- Local-only Wi-Fi streaming
- Zero account setup
- Multiple pinned window grid
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Keep an eye on — and control — any Mac window right from your iPhone or iPad. Pin a window on your Mac with ⌥⇧X and it instantly appears on this app. Watch an AI agent work, keep a doc or dashboard visible while you do something else, or take over and drive your Mac from the couch. You'll need the free PIPin Mac app — get it at pipin.jylljy.top. • Remote control. Tap to click, long‑press to right‑click, two‑finger swipe to scroll. Switch to trackpad mode for relative cursor moves. iPad trackpad and Bluetooth mouse scroll work too. • Type from anywhere. The on‑screen keyboard ships with sticky ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ ⇧ modifiers and arrow / esc / tab / delete keys, so Cmd‑Tab, Cmd‑C, and friends just work. • Real iOS Picture‑in‑Picture. Leave the app and the stream shrinks into a system PIP window that stays on top of anything else you do on iPhone or iPad. • Local‑only. Streams over your Wi‑Fi network via MultipeerConnectivity. Nothing touches the cloud. • Zero account. Open the Mac app, open this app on the same Wi‑Fi, tap your Mac, done. • Multiple PIPs. See every pinned window in a grid, tap to zoom. • Pinch and pan on the detail view; double‑tap to fill the screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PIPin at 100% against Darkness Camera's 50%. PIPin also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Darkness Camera's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Darkness Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PIPin asks for nothing beyond the download.
PIPin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Darkness Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of PIPin's.
Darkness Camera ships an update every 4 months, PIPin weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Darkness Camera | PIPin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Souria HAKKAR | 嘉银 李 |
Customer experience
Darkness Camera
PIPin
In-app purchases
Darkness Camera
- Hide Ads$0.99
PIPin
No in-app purchases









