OutdoorEXP vs Eclipse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OutdoorEXP
Remotely access and view images from your hunting camera anywhere in the world. Receive alerts for low battery, SD card capacity, and expiring service packages. Share your captured moments with friends.
- Remote image viewing
- Hunting camera status monitoring
- Low battery alerts
- Low SD card capacity alerts
- Expiring service package alerts
- New picture notifications
- Photo sharing
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OutdoorEXP is a powerful and easy to use hunting camera assist software. No matter where you are in the world, you can connect to the Internet to receive and view the images from your hunting camera, even if you are thousands of miles away. If you wish, you can also share your wonderful photos with your friends via popular social software. The App also has a lot of details you might not expect. For example, it monitors the status of your hunting camera and automatically alerts you about low battery, low SD card capacity, and expiring service packages. It can also alert you after your hunting camera has taken a new picture. It also allows you to pay for more advanced service packages... To get started, you'll need to purchase a hunting camera from Outdoor Expert and add it to the app.
Eclipse
Capture photos and videos discreetly with a black screen, ensuring your privacy. This app offers advanced focus and stabilization for high-quality images, perfect for journalists, investigators, and privacy-conscious users.
- Invisible Mode with dark screen
- Advanced focus and stabilization
- High photo and video quality
- Covertly capture moments
- Ensures complete privacy
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Every camera setting is free. 4K, your iPhone's top frame rate, burst, timers, silent capture. No trial, no unlock, no watching an ad to take a photo. Eclipse takes photos and video while the screen shows something ordinary. Tap anywhere to shoot, press a volume button, or fire the shutter from your Apple Watch while the phone stays flat on the table. FREE FOR EVERYONE - Black screen capture: the screen looks off while the camera runs - 4K and the highest frame rate your iPhone supports, up to 120 or 240fps for slow motion - Burst, self-timer, and a delay between shots - Silent capture, with a haptic instead of a sound - Volume button shutter, and an Apple Watch shutter (2 photos and 1 video a day) - A private album inside the app, locked behind Face ID - Audio-only recording with auto-stop, saved as .m4a - Slideshow playback - Home Screen, Lock Screen and Control Center shortcuts ECLIPSE PRO ADDS - Three more screen looks: your own image, a web page, a QR scanner - An unlimited private album, and no ads - Unlimited Apple Watch capture, and the watch's own capture settings - Widget backgrounds and icons you choose RESPONSIBLE USE Recording people without their consent is illegal in many places. Eclipse is built for recording your own surroundings, and you are responsible for complying with the law where you are. Eclipse PRO is an auto-renewable subscription: Monthly US$4.99 / Yearly US$29.99. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24h before the period ends; manage in Account Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://iphonehiddencamera.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://iphonehiddencamera.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Eclipse at 4.6 against OutdoorEXP's 2.4. Eclipse also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 5). OutdoorEXP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Eclipse sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. OutdoorEXP asks for nothing beyond the download.
Eclipse holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 21 respectively.
OutdoorEXP ships an update every 2 months, Eclipse every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OutdoorEXP | Eclipse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangdong Outdoor Technology Limited | PongYin Siu |
Customer experience
OutdoorEXP
Eclipse
In-app purchases
OutdoorEXP
No in-app purchases
Eclipse
- Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
- Annual Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Coffee Tip$0.99
- Cake Tip$2.99
- Gift Tip$4.99









