Bimostitch vs AlphaFTP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bimostitch
Effortlessly create high-resolution panoramas from your photos or videos. This app automatically stitches overlapping images into stunning wide-view images, offering advanced features for professional results. Share your creations instantly with friends and family.
- Stitch hi-res panoramas (single-row, multi-row, 360°)
- Stitch 2 to 200+ overlapping photos
- Automatic crop, exposure balancing, and straightening
- Video-to-panorama conversion
- Ultra high output resolution (up to 1 Gigapixel)
- JPEG or PNG output format
- Auto-lens calibration for distortion compensation
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Automatically stitch high quality, high-res panoramas on-device, right in the palm of your hands. -- KEY FEATURES -- +Stitch hi-res single-row, multi-row, vertical, horizontal, 360° panoramas or photospheres. +Stitch many (2 to 200+) overlapping photos into impressive wide-view panoramas. +Simple and intuitive yet powerful panorama stitcher app. +Share your awesome panos with family and friends via Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Instagram and many more. +Automatic crop with minimal reduction in resolution. +Automatic exposure balancing. +Automatic straightening of panorama. -- PRO FEATURES -- + Fast stitching. + High quality output (Maintains quality of source photos). + No ads. + Ultra high output resolution of up to 1 Gigapixels. + Video-to-panorama for converting videos of panning motion into panoramas. + JPEG or PNG output format. + Compress large panoramas to save space on your device. + Auto-color balancing. + Seam detection modes like optimal cuts for high quality output. + Save previews & load them up later + Adjust seam detection quality + Adjust intensity of auto-exposure/color balancing feature + Control the blending intensity + View source images in panorama while in preview mode + Auto-lens calibration for lens distortion compensation when stitching images captured from wide-angle, ultra-wide angle and fisheye lens. HOW IT WORKS? Simply select/get images or a video in the following ways: > Press the gallery icon then select photos to open the default photo picker, select the images then press done. > Press the gallery icon then select videos to open the video selector, select a video then press done. > Use your favourite camera app to snap overlapping photos. > Use a drone to capture aerial photos. Bimostitch will then automatically match, align and blend together the selected images or video frames into a wonderful panorama using advanced on-device image stitching algorithms. NOTE: You get multiple outputs at once if more than one set of overlapping photos are detected in your selection. All this takes just a few minutes depending on your choice of maximum output resolution and your device’s computational power. You can visit the apps settings page to change properties such as the output album name, maximum resolution and many more choices to suit your needs. You can also shoot a video while panning about a fixed reference point (the camera lens should be the reference point) then select the video in Bimostitch which will automatically merge the key video frames into a panorama. NOTE: At least 4GB RAM required for 1 GigaPixels. WHY USE THIS APP? – Works with photos from any source such as DSLR cameras, downloaded from the web or drones. – Merge vertical, horizontal, multiple rows or a grid of overlapping photos into awesome panoramic images. – Lightweight on your device and will make high quality panoramic photographs. – Create panos conveniently while on the go like on a tour and get immediate high quality results, no need to carry all that equipment anymore and it’s fully an offline app too, no Internet? no problem. – No gyroscope or special sensors needed. It doesn’t matter whether you are a professional or newbie panoramic photographer, this app will work great for you. Hope you enjoy using this panoramic app and that you will make memorable pano shots with it. Enjoy
AlphaFTP
This app allows photographers to wirelessly transfer photos directly from compatible Sony Alpha cameras to an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. It supports saving images to folders, importing them into the Photos library, and viewing them full-screen with EXIF data as they are received.
- Direct Sony Alpha camera-to-iOS FTP transfers
- Save photos to a folder
- Import uploads into Photos library
- Live connection and upload activity
- View photos full-screen with EXIF data
- Built-in Sony camera setup guide
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AlphaFTP is a simple FTP server for photographers who want Sony Alpha cameras to transfer photos directly to an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Start the app, enter the username and password you want your camera to use, choose where uploads should go, and AlphaFTP listens on your local network. The app shows the Ethernet and Wi-Fi addresses your camera can connect to, along with the FTP port. AlphaFTP can save received photos to a folder, import them into your Photos library, and display photos full-screen as you take them! AlphaFTP is ideal for: - Casual shooters who want to quickly transfer photos to their iOS, iPadOS, or MacOS device wirelessly - Event photographers who want their photos backed up - as they take them - Portrait photographers who want clients to be able to review the photos as they are taken without being tethered to a cable. Features: - Direct Sony Alpha camera-to-iOS FTP transfers - Save photos to a folder - Import uploads into the iOS Photos library - Recent photo thumbnails on the main screen - Live connection and upload activity - View photos full-screen with EXIF data as they are received - RAW, JPEG, and HEIF session counts - Built-in Sony camera setup guide - Optional sounds for camera connection and photo receipt - No accounts, analytics, tracking, or external servers AlphaFTP uses standard FTP and is intended for trusted local networks. Camera transfers happen directly between your camera and your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Supported cameras: - Sony α1 II (ILCE-1M2) - Sony α1 (ILCE-1) - Sony α9 III (ILCE-9M3) - Sony α9 II (ILCE-9M2) - Sony α9 (ILCE-9) - Requires camera firmware version 5.00 or later. - Sony α7R VI (ILCE-7RM6) - Sony α7R V (ILCE-7RM5) - Sony α7R IV A (ILCE-7RM4A) - Sony α7R IV (ILCE-7RM4) - Sony α7R III A (ILCE-7RM3A) - Sony α7R III (ILCE-7RM3) - Sony α7S III (ILCE-7SM3) - Sony α7 V (ILCE-7M5) - Sony α7 IV (ILCE-7M4) - Sony α7 III (ILCE-7M3) - Sony α7CR (ILCE-7CR) - Sony α7C II (ILCE-7CM2) - Sony α7C (ILCE-7C)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bimostitch at 83% against AlphaFTP's 0%. Bimostitch also leads on ratings volume (33 vs 1) and chart position (#116 vs unranked). AlphaFTP's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On update cadence, ads, 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
Bimostitch costs $7.99 and AlphaFTP $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AlphaFTP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bimostitch has 33 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Bimostitch's written reviews are positive against 0% of AlphaFTP's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Bimostitch | AlphaFTP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (33 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #116 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chomba Bupe | Kristopher Linquist |
Customer experience
Bimostitch
AlphaFTP
In-app purchases
Bimostitch
No in-app purchases
AlphaFTP
No in-app purchases









