Timelapse Helper vs Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timelapse Helper
This app assists timelapse photographers by calculating the necessary shooting time for a desired playback duration. It's a straightforward tool for planning your timelapse projects.
- Timelapse shooting time calculation
- Desired playback duration input
- Simple and straightforward interface
- Planning tool for timelapse projects
Read full descriptionHide full description
The Timelapse Helper is a neat companion for anyone interested in timelapse photography. It's a simple app to help you calculate the shooting time needed to create timelapse footage of a desired playback duration.
Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand
This app controls a rotating camera stand for creating smooth, slow panning time-lapses. It offers flexible motion control, extended battery life, and portability for capturing stunning visual effects.
- Slowest rotating stand for panning timelapses
- Rotates 360° in almost 30 days
- 2 months battery life
- Configurable back-and-forth panning
- Small, portable, mounts on a tripod
- Includes smartphone clamp
Read full descriptionHide full description
Brinno Pan Lapse is a simple rotating stand with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) remotely controlled. Brinno Pan Lapse is a time-lapse device that lets you take beautiful panning with your camera or smartphone. Never before has any one system provided the slowest panning speed, and longest battery life, required to give users Flexible and Portable motion time lapse control and configuration.Make panning Time Lapses the simplest thing ever with the Brinno Pan Lapse! Features: Slowest rotating stand for panning timelapses Rotates 360° as slow as in almost 30 days 2 months battery life with 2 AAA batteries* Configurable back-and-forth panning Small, portable, mounts on a tripodUltra Lightweighting Included a smartphone clamp Intuitive Interface *( 4 minutes time interval ) Find out more at www.brinno.com Note: This app is for the operation and use of the Brinno Pan Lapse device (ART200) only.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Timelapse Helper at 3.5 against Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand's 3.0. Timelapse Helper also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 3). Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Timelapse Helper holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timelapse Helper has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Timelapse Helper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Timelapse Helper ships an update every 8 months, Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timelapse Helper | Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sighmon | Brinno Incorporated |
Customer experience
Timelapse Helper
Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand
In-app purchases
Timelapse Helper
No in-app purchases
Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Timelapse Helper free?
Is Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand free?
Which has better reviews, Timelapse Helper or Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand?
Do Timelapse Helper or Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand have ads?
Which is updated more often, Timelapse Helper or Pan Lapse_Rotating Camera Stand?
Other comparisons
