Comparison

Snappy vs AutoFocus

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

Head to head
About

Snappy

This camera app automatically captures photos based on sound, motion, brightness, or specific objects appearing in the frame. Set custom triggers and thresholds to capture moments hands-free, perfect for when you're busy or want to be in the shot.

Highlights
  • Automatic capture by sound, motion, brightness, or object detection
  • Customizable trigger thresholds
  • Continuous and standby trigger modes
  • Max shot count and interval settings
  • Front and back camera support
  • Grid, inclinometer, and aspect ratio options
Features
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A camera that shoots without you pressing the shutter. Sound, movement, brightness, heading, what's in frame — Snappy watches the sensors and releases the shutter the moment the condition you set is met. Use it with the phone on a tripod or a table, from a distance, when your hands are busy, or when you want to be in the picture yourself. The shutter button still works, of course. It's an ordinary camera too. ā–  Eight trigger conditions • Shake — shoots when you shake the phone • Sound — shoots when it hears a loud noise • Motion — shoots when something moves in frame, with a threshold you can set by performing the movement once • Brightness — shoots when it gets brighter • Distance — shoots when something comes closer than the distance you set, using LiDAR or TrueDepth • Compass — shoots when the phone faces a heading you choose • Object — shoots when something you picked appears in frame, from 77 kinds including people, cats, dogs, birds, animals and cars • Gesture — shoots on a peace sign held up to the camera, or on both arms raised, which reads from right across a room Most conditions can be flipped to shoot when the value *falls* instead. When it goes quiet, when it gets dark, when the movement stops — the reverse works too. ā–  Set the threshold with your finger The indicator just above the preview shows what the sensor is feeling right now. Drag the white line and the threshold moves with it, while you watch the frame. No need to open Settings. ā–  Two trigger modes • Continuous — keeps shooting for as long as the condition stays met • Standby — shoots once, then waits until the condition is no longer met before it will shoot again Choose Standby when the situation holds steady — someone standing still, a room that stays bright — so you don't end up with a hundred of the same photo. ā–  Features • Shot count (1–10; 11–100 or unlimited with Pro) • Interval Time between shots, from 0.0 to 99.9 seconds • Delay Time before the shot, from 0.0 to 99.9 seconds, with a countdown ring around the shutter button • A sound when the condition is met, so you know it noticed even from behind the camera • Automatic capture lock — the sensors keep watching, but nothing is taken • Grid (thirds / center) • Inclinometer showing side-to-side and front-to-back tilt at once, turning with the way you hold the device • Aspect ratio (default / square) • Saved size (1/4; Full and 1/2 with Pro) • Save to Photos, or with Pro to a folder on this device or in iCloud Drive • Add location • Capture review • Disable Auto-Lock, so a long session isn't cut short by the screen turning off • Front and back camera Photos are saved to the iOS Photos library — or, with Pro, to a dated folder on this device or in iCloud Drive — with what triggered the shot written into the file's EXIF. ā–  Some ways to use it • Leave it by the door or in the garden and catch whoever — or whatever — turns up • Clap your hands to take the shot from across the room • Raise both arms from across the room and be in the photo yourself • Catch fireworks and lightning on brightness • Put it beside a path and shoot whatever comes within a metre • Shake the phone to shoot • Shoot when the phone faces a particular direction Open the Quick Guide from Description in Settings. It includes recipes like these. This app shows ads. The Pro in-app purchase removes them, and unlocks the Full and 1/2 sizes, saving to this device or iCloud Drive, and shot counts of 11 or more and unlimited. Without Pro, photos are saved at 1/4 size to the Photos library, and Shot Count is 1 to 10.

About

AutoFocus

Features
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AutoFocus turns anyone holding your phone into an excellent photographer. It detects the person in the frame, adjusts lighting and exposure automatically, and tells the shooter exactly what to do until the composition is right and the shutter fires on its own. AutoFocus is for couples who can never take good photos of each other, and for the stranger who gets asked to take the group shot and delivers something unusable. INCLUDED FREE Live subject tracking Face-metered exposure Three capture formats, including 9:16 for stories PRO AF - REQUIRES A PAID SUBSCRIPTION The features below are not part of the free app. They unlock only with a Pro AF subscription, bought inside the app: Six professional-grade filters Custom photo styles Guided pose packs, updated monthly Auto-zoom Video coaching No watermark Pro AF costs $4.99 per month, or $19.99 per year starting with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A free trial becomes a paid subscription unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and your account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours of that. Manage the subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings. PRIVACY Photos are processed on your phone and never uploaded. When you share a shot, what gets shared is the shot "recipe" behind it, the framing and exposure numbers, not the picture itself. Anonymous usage stats is off by default unless you switch it on in Settings. ABOUT Built by a solo developer in the UK. Privacy Policy: https://autofocus.cam/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Snappy4 screens
AutoFocus3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: AutoFocus at none against Snappy's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Snappy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AutoFocus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
Snappy versus AutoFocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnappyAutoFocus
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews44.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasayuki AkamatsuSamuel Chen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Snappy

One-time1
  • Pro$3.99
3 purchases

AutoFocus

Subscriptions2
  • AF PRO Monthly$4.991 Month
  • AF PRO Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro AF Founding Bonus$25.00

Questions

Is Snappy free?
Snappy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AutoFocus free?
AutoFocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Snappy or AutoFocus have ads?
Snappy shows ads; AutoFocus does not.

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