Camera Zoom 4 vs Stellar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Camera Zoom 4
Capture high-quality photos and videos with advanced zoom capabilities and manual controls. Offers professional-grade features like 4K HDR recording, slo-mo, and spatial audio for enhanced content creation.
- 16x optical-quality zoom
- Up to 48MP photo resolution
- Manual lens selection
- Manual camera controls (focus, exposure, ISO)
- 4K HDR Dolby Vision video recording
- Cinematic video stabilization
- Spatial Audio recording
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We now have over 3 million users! Camera Zoom is the ultimate app to capture photos and videos. Features • 16× optical-quality zoom by intelligently fusing images from dual-lens • Up to 48MP photo resolution, 64× digital zoom on supported devices • Manual lens selection support: Front, Wide, Main, Telephoto, Fusion • Exposure, white balance, focus controls • 4K HDR Dolby Vision support, slo-mo video recording • Clean and intuitive interface with a simple slider • Cinematic video stabilization • Spatial Audio recording support • Automatic wind noise removal • Customize video format • Photo timer Manual Camera Controls • Focus • Exposure • White Balance • ISO • Flash Level Some features may not be available on all hardware. This app requires an active subscription, and comes with a free trial. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Stellar
This app offers advanced control for creating timelapses and capturing single shots with customizable intervals and delays. It supports manual camera settings, dual camera capture, and various output formats, including RAW. Remote control and Apple Watch integration are also available.
- Interval shooting
- Manual camera controls
- Dual camera capture
- RAW photo output
- Remote control
- Apple Watch integration
- Timelapse video creation
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Stellar is a precision interval camera built for photographers who want complete control from a quick self-timer shot to a multi-hour timelapse session. CAPTURE • Interval shooting: every 2, 5, 10, 30, or 60 seconds • Single shot mode with start delay. Use Stellar as a self-timer • Set a shot count (1 to ∞) or a duration limit (30s to 1h) • Schedule a session to fire automatically at a specific time • Visual countdown before the session starts CAMERA CONTROLS • Switch between Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto lenses (If supported) • Manual shutter speed, ISO, and exposure compensation • Manual focus with barrel-style slider and haptic feedback • Barrel-style zoom with haptic tick feedback • Flash: Off / Auto / On • AE/AF lock and tap-to-focus DUAL CAMERA • Multicam: Capture front and back cameras simultaneously • Picture-in-Picture layout: draggable and swappable • Both lenses fire at the exact same time PHOTO OUTPUT • Formats: HEIC, JPEG, RAW, RAW+HEIC, RAW+JPEG • Aspect ratios: Original, 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 • Optional geotagging. Embed GPS location in EXIF metadata • Sessions automatically saved to a named album in Photos TIMELAPSE VIDEO • Build a timelapse from any session or photo library • Share photos from the iOS Photos app directly into Stellar to generate a timelapse • Frame rate: 24 or 30 fps • Quality: 1080p, 1440p, or 4K • Speed: 0.5×, 1×, 2×, 3×, or 4× • Reverse playback option • Export and share in seconds REMOTE CONTROL • Control a second iPhone over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth • Start, stop, and preview shots remotely APPLE WATCH • Start and stop capture from your wrist • Live preview on the watch face after each shot • Shot counter displayed during active sessions FRAMING AIDS • Ghost overlay: match composition to the previous shot • 3×3 grid for rule-of-thirds framing • Horizon level indicator • Aspect ratio crop guides GALLERY • Browse, view full-screen, share, or delete photos & videos captured by Stellar FEEDBACK & SETTINGS • Shutter sound and haptic feedback • LED countdown: flashes 3-2-1 before each shot • Battery saver mode: dims screen during long sessions • Sleep mode: pause and resume without losing your session • Presets: save and load named setting combinations • Storage warning before starting a session Download Stellar. Every second counts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stellar at 100% against Camera Zoom 4's 39%. Stellar also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Camera Zoom 4's advantage is ratings volume (788 vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Camera Zoom 4 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Stellar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stellar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Camera Zoom 4 has 788 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Camera Zoom 4's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stellar's.
Camera Zoom 4 ships an update every 2 months, Stellar every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Camera Zoom 4 | Stellar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (788 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 788 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenneth Kao | Gabriel Pires |
Customer experience
Camera Zoom 4
Stellar
Bugs and requests
Camera Zoom 4
Reported bugs
3 issues- Zoom bar disappears after switching to camera roll
- Fails to save photos/videos
- Incompatible with iPhone 3GS and iOS 3.0
Requested features
5 requests- Video zoom capability
- Landscape mode
- Flash support
- Improved image stabilization
- Higher resolution image capture
Stellar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Camera Zoom 4
- Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
- Yearly Plan3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Video Zoom$0.99
Stellar
No in-app purchases









