Comparison

Byplay Camera vs Kiek

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

Head to head
About

Byplay Camera

Easily create professional VFX shots with AR-powered video tracking. Get complete 3D scene data for Blender, C4D, or Houdini in seconds. Automates complex tasks for faster compositing and seamless integration into your projects.

Highlights
  • AR camera tracking
  • 3D scene data generation
  • Houdini, Blender, C4D integration
  • Environment EXR export
  • Custom NULL points
  • Automated compositing tools
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Shoot video in AR and get complete Houdini, Blender or C4D scene in 60 seconds. Camera tracking, coloured point cloud, environment EXR, custom NULL points - everything to make your VFX shots as quickly and easily as never before No manual work, no sending files around Lock white balance and auto focus for easiest compositing Use our plugins or just take provided FBX files HOW IT WORKS: 1. You shoot a video in the app 2. AR records camera movement and all possible scene data, including EXR and point cloud 3. Video is uploaded to our cloud, where it is stored on secure servers and is never shared with anybody. We preprocess mp4 file to make it easier to use and remove shaking 4. You install Byplay desktop and choose which plugins you want - for Blender, C4D or Houdini 5. You select the video and click "download" to sync it to your computer. Byplay desktop splits it to frames and makes available for plugins 6. You open a VFX package of you choice and load the ready to use scene with one button 7. Done! MEMBERSHIP TRIAL AND SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Start your Byplay Camera membership with a free 7-day trial. Once the trial is over, you’ll be charged subscription fee. Your membership will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Settings > iTunes Account & App Store > Apple ID > Subscriptions to manage your membership and turn auto-renew off. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Read more about our terms and conditions here — https://byplay.io/app-tos Read more about our privacy policy here — https://byplay.io/privacy

About

Kiek

Features
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Kiek is a single-stock point and shoot for iPhone. It does not use the iPhone's own processing, such as Smart HDR or Deep Fusion. Each photograph is a single RAW exposure, developed with Kiek type 1. Kiek saves all your developed photographs to Photos, including the RAW files. In the lab you can see every photograph you took with Kiek. After taking a photograph with Kiek, you can make edits in the darkroom. Change exposure, white balance and tint, without losing quality. Kiek develops the photograph again from its RAW file. Your edits are saved to Photos automatically, and you can copy an edit from one photograph and paste it onto others. You don’t need an account to use Kiek. No photograph and no data about you leaves the phone. Kiek only uses the internet to check the subscription with the App Store. Kiek works on any iPhone that shoots RAW, with iOS 17 or later. The first week is free. Then the subscription renews every month until you cancel it in the App Store. Without a subscription, the lab and the darkroom stay open. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Byplay Camera4 screens
Kiek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kiek at none against Byplay Camera's shown. Kiek also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Byplay Camera's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Byplay Camera sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Kiek sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Byplay Camera ships an update monthly, Kiek every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Byplay Camera versus Kiek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterByplay CameraKiek
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBYPLAY LLCmunkicloud

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Byplay Camera

Subscriptions4
  • One month of unlimited videos7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Byplay Unlimited, monthly$9.991 Month
  • One year of unlimited videos7 Days trial$34.991 Year
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  • Byplay Unlimited, yearly$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Kiek

Subscriptions1
  • kiek7 Days trial$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Byplay Camera free?
Byplay Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kiek free?
Kiek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Byplay Camera or Kiek have ads?
Byplay Camera shows ads; Kiek does not.
Which is updated more often, Byplay Camera or Kiek?
Byplay Camera ships an update monthly, and Kiek every 2 weeks. Most recently, Byplay Camera was updated on October 7, 2026 and Kiek on October 29, 2026.

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