The Magic Camera 3D Simulator vs Viewpoint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Magic Camera 3D Simulator
Practice photography skills in an interactive 3D environment without needing real gear. Learn about camera and lens characteristics, lighting, and composition through simulated real-life scenarios. Explore different locations and times of day to master various photography techniques.
- 3D photography simulation environment
- Practice with virtual cameras and lenses
- Simulate natural light and weather conditions
- Explore different global locations
- Learn composition and lighting techniques
- Time-lapse and moon photography simulation
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The Magic Camera Experience: A fresh vision to practice photography. In order to allow people to practice photography without spending a penny in photo gear, The Magic Camera Experience has finally arrived! It is an interactive 3D gaming environment that will let you enhance your gear and photography knowledge in a way never seen before. REAL LIFE ISSUES - You don't have enough money for expensive photo gears yet - Would like to practice the new skills that you learn online, but you face too many stopping points to practice outdoors - Busy during daytime and missing sun light to practice - Tired to wait for the help of friends in order to practice portraits or lighting - Bought the camera and are lost with so many buttons and controls - You think that you might do the wrong choice of photo equipment - Don't want to lose time or it's impossible to go to presencial photo classes - Struggling with the choice of the best camera or lens HOW TO SOLVE? The features of the simulator will help you practice and understand a ton of photography knowledge such as lens and cameras characteristics, composition, framing, natural light photography, off camera flash, outdoors and indoor photography, landscape, portraits, creative lighting and much more. GAME CHANGER? The Magic Camera Experience is an attempt at something different. The core concept is to bring a new platform to learn, teach and practice photography in a non-boring, fun and unforgettable way. The world's first 3D photo simulator App. THE MAGIC CAMERA FEATURES' LIST CAMERAS AND LENSES FOR FREE? With The Magic Camera Experience you will be able to choose between selected models of cameras (cropped, Micro 4/3 and Full Frame) and lenses (Prime, Zoom, Cine). You'll instantly see and understand their characteristics such as ISO capability, vignetting, chromatic aberration, sharpness, variable aperture on zoom lenses and other technical features that you'll love to learn. MANUAL AND AUTO-FOCUS Real cameras and lenses can offer manual or auto focus capabilities. And of course you are going to experience this with the simulator. NATURAL LIGHT SUPERPOWERS It's difficult for beginners to understand lighting and the best time of the day to photograph, right? Not anymore. With the Natural Light Superpowers you'll be able to choose the time of the day you want to photograph and not only. You can also choose the weather condition. It's the fastest way to understand the difference in shadows from a cloudy or sunny day for example. Golden hour anytime? Of course! Just one touch distance! ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD Choose latitude and longitude to properly simulate the natural light conditions in your city (or anywhere you want). TIME-LAPSE Speed up and get a full understanding of the result of the time-lapse in no time. THE MOON IS YOURS Every photographer, at least once in the lifetime, will try to photograph the moon. Just open the simulator and the moon will be there for you. FREE FLASH AND MODIFIERS TO CHOOSE Just get your light, choose your modifier and position them the way you like! Change power, height and color gels. MODELS ANYTIME Make a model appear for you to photograph anywhere! SMILE! Press the button and see your magic happening. THE IMAGE GALLERY Just open the gallery to see and compare your photos. THE EXIF Check your camera settings while reviewing your pictures. SAVE THE SCENE Every time you do a picture you're automatically saving your scene with the camera, lens, model, objects and light positioning. IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS White balance, contrast, saturation and Hue adjustments at your fingertips. COMPOSITION GUIDELINES You'll find composition guidelines extremely helpful in your first steps into the photography world. TRIPOD OR NOT Use tripod to perfect framing or get a handheld experience. VARIABLE ND FILTER Handy 10EV variable ND Filter at your disposal anytime. Terms of Use: https://bit.ly/37DryW5
Viewpoint
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KNOW WHEN IT IS WORTH GOING OUT. THEN PLAN THE SHOT. Viewpoint is the planner for outdoor and astro photographers, all in one app. The Conditions tab tells you, for every place you follow, whether it is worth going out and when your next window opens. What runs on your phone works without a signal. CALCULATORS AND TOOLS No purchase and no account needed. • Depth of field and hyperfocal: know what will be sharp before you focus. • Long exposure, star trails, and the longest shutter that keeps stars as points. • The sun, moon and Milky Way almanac, the sky-events calendar and a light meter. • And much more, working offline on your phone. CONDITIONS For every place you follow: is it worth going out, and when is your next window? A tile for each condition: clear night, golden light, fog, snow, storm light, darkness, the sun, the moon, light pollution and sky events. This comes with Online. NIGHT SKY AND ASTRO Sun, moon and Milky Way positions for any spot, worked out on your phone. • Explore (Pro): the day and time the sun or moon lines up with your subject. • AR Scout (Pro): raise your phone and see the sun, moon and Milky Way drawn over the camera. • Satellite transits (Pro): when the Space Station crosses the sun or the moon near you. • Light pollution (Online): how much light rises from the ground at a place, from a year of night-time satellite measurements, with the darker places nearby and the distance and direction to each. SMART ALERTS Alerts belong to a place you follow (Online). Each one weighs that place's forecast, the darkness and the moon, then tells you which way to look. • Aurora alerts also set tonight's Kp against the Kp your place needs. • Golden light, fog, clear night skies, snow, storm light. Quiet by default. • An aurora heads-up a few hours ahead, once per night. FIELD SCOUTING Capture a spot in one tap and keep your places in maps of your own. • Capture (Pro): one tap saves a spot with its GPS, compass bearing, sun position and your photo's EXIF. Add notes and shoot plans. • Maps of your spots (Pro): group the places you scout. • Find Your Viewpoint (Online): name your subject and get real places to stand, with the time the sun, moon or Milky Way lines up behind it. • Sync across your devices, compressed photo copies, and sharing a spot or a map with another photographer (Online). • Viewpoint on the web: your library, maps and plans on the big screen (Online). STUDIO Turn your shots into carousels and pan videos. Studio is part of Pro. • Carousels and pan videos from a panorama, spec cards and before-and-after reels. • Home and lock screen widgets (Pro). CHOOSE YOUR PLAN • On every plan: calculators such as depth of field and hyperfocal, the almanac, the sky-events calendar and the light meter. No account, no ads. • Pro, yours to keep: Explore, AR Scout, satellite transits, capture and your library, maps, shoot plans and Studio, and widgets. No subscription. • Online: everything that needs a connection, with Pro included while you subscribe. Choose monthly, quarterly or yearly. Quarterly and yearly make Pro yours to keep after the first paid period; monthly includes Pro only while you subscribe. Viewpoint Online renews automatically until you cancel. Manage or cancel anytime in App Store settings. • Privacy: https://getviewpoint.app/legal/privacy-policy/ • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Viewpoint at Free against The Magic Camera 3D Simulator's $4.99. Viewpoint also leads on device support. The Magic Camera 3D Simulator's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On in-app purchases 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
Viewpoint is free to download; The Magic Camera 3D Simulator costs $4.99 up front. The Magic Camera 3D Simulator sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Viewpoint sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | The Magic Camera 3D Simulator | Viewpoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Farjoun | Marcos Barbero |
In-app purchases
The Magic Camera 3D Simulator
- One Month Subscription$5.991 Month
- Six Months Subscription$34.996 Months
- One Year Subscription$65.991 Year
- UNLOCK APP FOREVER$8.99
- Ebook - O Olhar Fotográfico$17.99
- Ebook Descomp. a Fotografia$17.99
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- Ebook - The Magic Camera$17.99
- Ebook - The Magic Composition$17.99
Viewpoint
- Viewpoint Offline3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Viewpoint - Online Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Viewpoint Online, 3 months7 Days trial$6.993 Months
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- Viewpoint - Offline Yearly3 Days trial$8.991 Year
- Viewpoint - Online Yearly7 Days trial$22.991 Year
- Viewpoint Pro$5.99
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