CAPTYR vs CDNC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CAPTYR
Capture and archive photos, videos, and text entries in real-time as moments happen. Organize them into digital albums with date, time, and location stamps. Collaborate with others on shared albums and easily share your memories.
- Real-time photo, video, and text capture
- Automatic album population
- Date, time, and location stamping
- Collaborative album creation
- Shareable digital albums
- Pre-designed album templates
- Permanent library storage
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CAPTYR life’s most precious memories and let us do the rest. CAPTYR offers you the most efficient way to capture and archive your photos, videos and personalized text entries. The first journaling system that does it all in Real-Time as that moment is happening, directly into your CAPTYR album. THE POWER OF CAPTYR (Patent Pending) REAL-TIME AUTOPOPULATION Every photo, video, and text entry goes directly into your CAPTYR album. Just select an album from our library, title and save. From that moment on, every photo, video and text entry goes directly into your selected album, chronologically and as that moment is captured. REAL TIME TEXT ENTRIES With the text tool added to your phone’s camera, CAPTYR allows you to add text entries alongside your photos and videos, chronologically, as that moment is happening in real-time. Milestones, memories, and sentiments will never be forgotten or lost again. DATE, TIME, LOCATION STAMPING FOR EVERY ENTRY Every entry includes date, time and location stamp under each entry, so your memories, milestones, thoughts and sentiments, will be forever and accurately documented. When you purchase the album. CAPTYR will automatically add the date of the first entry and the last entry on the cover of the album, alongside the album title. ALIBLITY TO INVITE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SAME ALBUM Invite additional contributors to your album. You and your contributors populate the selected CAPTYR album together, as that event or moment is happening. Perfect for baby and bridal showers, weddings, birthdays, friends and family travel and gatherings. No more having to chase down photos, request, select, upload, send and collect after that event has happened. DIGITAL ALBUM THAT IS SHARABLE Every album is saved as a digital album that consists of your photos, videos and text entries. This album can be shared and viewed digitally on your mobile, desktop, laptop and tablet devices. Just select anyone in your contacts and as long as they have a CAPTYR account, you can the send album to view at anytime for just $2.99 per contact. Printed albums for purchase include all photos and text entries. Simple edits can be made before purchasing, archiving and sharing. Once you purchase an album, the album will be permanently saved in your CAPTYR Library. PRE-DESIGNED AND CAPTYR CURRATED ALBUMS CAPTYR albums are pre-designed and curated to take one more thing off your hands. You just have to select a design, title it and CAPTYR does the rest. CAPTYR LIBRARY Every album you create in CAPTYR is stored and saved in your CAPTYR library, Under it’s specified category and saved chronologically. CAPTYR life’s most precious memories and let us do the rest. 9x9 Soft Cover albums. Beautiful, modern and timeless designs. Starting Price for a minimum 20 page, soft cover album is $20. Add More Pages for 50 cents a page.
CDNC
This app offers professional video capture with manual controls for exposure, focus, and white balance. It includes built-in film looks and advanced color grading tools to refine your footage. You can record in high-quality formats and apply cinematic effects for polished video production.
- Manual capture controls
- Built-in Film Looks
- Precise color grading tools
- ProRes 422 HQ recording
- Shutter drag for motion blur
- Video stabilization (Beta)
- Export with HEVC
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Professional capture. Cinematic color. CDNC is an iPhone video camera with manual capture controls, built-in Film Looks, and precise color grading tools. Set exposure, shutter, focus, and white balance before you roll, then shape the finished image in the same app. START WITH GOLD 200 Gold 200 is included free: monitor with it while filming, refine your clips, save finished edited versions, and export. Core recording, supported capture formats, manual controls, import, playback, basic editing, original-file export, framing guides, and the histogram are also included. CHOOSE A FILM LOOK Try other built-in Film Looks live in Camera or in the Editor before upgrading. Camera labels a Pro preview and asks you to unlock or switch to free Gold 200 before recording. CDNC Pro unlocks recording while monitoring these Looks, saving finished edited versions, and export, plus reusable creative presets and advanced monitoring tools. REFINE THE COLOR Shape your image with exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, temperature, tint, saturation, skin tone, primary color wheels, curves, and seven-band HSL controls. Make color adjustments before the Film Look, then refine texture with diffusion, grain, lens blur, and sharpening. Use masks for local color adjustments, save named versions of a clip, and compare your work with scopes. Canvas brings Frames and Resize together; Trim finishes the selected time range. Import supported footage from other cameras and choose its source color profile when needed. Preview Effects while editing. CDNC Pro is required to save or export with active Effects. To finish for free, choose Gold 200 without Effects and keep your color and composition adjustments. RECORD IN PRORES 422 HQ Capture ProRes 422 HQ original recordings in supported Apple Log and Apple Log 2 modes on compatible iPhones. HQ preserves a 10-bit 4:2:2 original for further grading. It requires substantially more storage than HEVC. Finished graded video exports use HEVC. SHUTTER DRAG. MADE IN CAMERA. Create native 1/5-second motion blur on supported camera configurations. Record and play back normally, then refine your Film Look and color in the Editor. The exposure blur is part of the recording; your grade stays editable. STEADIER SHOTS. SIMPLER FINISHING. Use CDNC Steady (Beta) to analyze a clip, choose Smooth Motion or Fixed Tripod, and adjust the amount. An optional camera Level helps line up your shot. Select your whole Media library and copy or move originals with saved CDNC edits to a Files location or external drive. ONE PRO TIER. YOUR CHOICE. Choose a monthly subscription, annual subscription, or one-time lifetime unlock. Each provides the same Pro access. Lifetime includes future core app improvements and additions to the standard CDNC Film Look collection; separate future products, services, or licensed collaboration packs are outside that promise. Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. See the in-app purchase screen for current local prices and terms. Manage subscriptions through your Apple Account. A lifetime purchase does not automatically cancel an existing subscription. Capture formats and monitoring options depend on your iPhone and system support. CDNC focuses on capture and look/color refinement, not a multitrack editing timeline. Questions? hello@cdnc.app Privacy Policy: https://www.cdnc.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CAPTYR at 5.0 against CDNC's 4.2. CAPTYR also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). CDNC's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. CAPTYR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CDNC sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CAPTYR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CAPTYR's written reviews are positive against 80% of CDNC's.
CAPTYR ships an update every 5 months, CDNC every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CAPTYR | CDNC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 701 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CAPTYR INC | CDNC Studio LLC |
Customer experience
CAPTYR
CDNC
In-app purchases
CAPTYR
- Share digital album$3.99
CDNC
- CDNC Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- CDNC Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- CDNC Pro Lifetime$59.99









