Comparison

iMotion Pro vs Screen Mirroring to iPad

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

Head to head
About

iMotion Pro

Create captivating time-lapse and stop-motion videos with an intuitive yet powerful tool. Enhance your stories, animate objects, and capture life's moments with professional rendering and easy sharing options.

Highlights
  • Time-lapse and stop-motion creation
  • Professional rendering
  • Easy video sharing
  • 4K UHD, 1080p & 720p exports
  • Multiple capture modes
  • Unlimited movie length
  • Add audio soundtracks
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Create your own time-lapse and stop-motion stories OR Your time-lapses and stop-motions (almost) like magic! OR Enhance your stories in minutes with time-lapse and stop-motion • Enhance your stories and make your photos real! • An intuitive app for professional rendering • A complete, fast, powerful and universal tool • To share your videos easily iMotion Pro is iMotion with "Full Version" In-App purchase included. # Where will iMotion take you? Time-lapse and stop-motion are everywhere: in the cinema, on television, on social networks… We cannot miss the charm of these fast and efficient stop-motion and time-lapse videos. They are now at your fingertips thanks to the iMotion app. Amaze your family by bringing precious memories to life, surprise your students with clear demonstrations, impress your customers by telling them a story, amaze your friends by bringing photos, landscapes and slices of life to life… only in a few minutes! With iMotion, the only limit is your imagination! # Is the iMotion app made for you? You are looking for a stop-motion / time-lapse app: • Simple and intuitive, • Powerful, offering a professional result, • With an unlimited number of photos and videos: never stop creating! • Offering the export of your videos directly to your photo library, your iTunes sharing folder, your email, your iOS apps and social networks, • Making you forget all the technical aspects: download, edit and publish, it's ready! • Without watermark or advertising, If you find yourself in one or more of this information, then iMotion is for you! # Inspiration: the only limit is your imagination! • Make your own animated films to entertain the whole family, • Simplify learning with a smooth, step-by-step tutorial, • Capture a landscape, a sunset, the colors of the sky or a memorable city, • Animate your favorite objects, your OOTD, your best recipes, • Freeze memories of your child growing up, • Immortalize the evolution of your pregnancy or your weight loss, • Compile your selfies for a fun effect… # Features: unleash your creativity, iMotion has thought of everything else! • 4K UHD, 1080p & 720p HD capture & exports • Universal binaries iPhone / iPad / iPodTouch • 5 capture modes (time-lapse, manual, microphone, wifi remote, photo library import) • Portrait (for Instagram and Tiktok) and landscape (for Youtube) orientations supported • Rear and front cameras supported • Flash light & camera zoom support • Onion skin support • Change camera settings (Manual Focus, Exposure & White balance) • Export: videos, photos and animated GIF to your Photo Library, iTunes Sharing Folder, Mail and iOS apps and social networks (Instagram, TikTok, Youtube…) • Unlimited movie length, even with the free version • Add audio soundtrack to your movie with iPod import, microphone and Files • Import multiple frames from your Photo Library • Export frames to your Documents folder while capturing • Export & import your movie project Download “iMotion Remote” app for free to preview and remote your capture from an other device iPhone/iPad/iPodtouch. # Watch movies made with iMotion Browse the iMotion gallery to see examples of videos made by iMotion users: http://www.youtube.com/imotionhdgallery # Who is behind Fingerlab? • Fingerlab is an independant mobile & desktop app publishing studio, based in Paris, France, founded in 2010. • We are indie developers and our goal is to create the greatest user experience for mobile devices. We are driven by our passions: music, photography and apps. • Fingerlab won the Apple Design Award in 2012 for its app "DM1-The Drum Machine", and all Fingerlab apps have been featured on the AppStore in multiple categories. Watch us : vimeo.com/​fingerlab Follow us : twitter.com/​fingerlab Powered by Fingerlab http://www.fingerlab.net

About

Screen Mirroring to iPad

This app allows you to use your iPhone's main camera for high-quality photos and videos, while seeing a live preview on your iPad. It enables confident shooting and perfect selfies with real-time feedback, even outdoors.

Highlights
  • Live preview on iPad
  • Use iPhone's main camera
  • High-quality video recording
  • Real-time selfie preview
  • Wi-Fi and hotspot connection
  • USB-C cable connection
Features
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Screen Mirroring to iPad (formerly VlogMonitor) is trusted by thousands of users around the globe, with a 4.8-star rating from 100+ ratings in the US alone. All because I’ve worked extremely hard to achieve the best quality with minimal latency — leveraging my 10+ years of experience in mobile app development, with a specialization in video apps. --- Do you love taking stunning selfies, photos, or videos? Maybe you want to make them all (just a bit) envious. :-) VIDEO Gain confidence shooting high-quality videos with your iPhone’s main camera — while seeing yourself live on your iPad. VlogMonitor makes it easy. PHOTO Take your best selfies ever using the iPhone’s main camera. Forget endless retakes — now you can see yourself in real time on your iPad. HOW DOES IT WORK? 1. Open the app on your iPhone and tap the red button to start streaming. 2. Make sure both devices are on the same Wi-Fi network. Then, on your iPad, open the app and tap the blue button to receive the stream. 3. That’s it. It just works. SCREEN MIRRORING Your whole iPhone screen shows up on your iPad — apps, photos, the browser, a presentation. The camera monitoring above is one thing people use it for, not the only thing. A FEW REASONS NOT TO BUY If you record 4K@60. Your phone cannot encode 4K at 60 FPS and mirror at the same time. 4K@30 works well, and that's what experts recommend for talking-head videos. Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and similar video streaming services will show a black screen. That's DRM, and no mirroring app can get past it. BONUS You can also connect using the iPhone’s Personal Hotspot — or a USB-C cable (if both devices support it). This makes VlogMonitor perfect for filming outdoors. --- From creators to creators, give it a try and see the difference!

Screenshots

iMotion Pro4 screens
Screen Mirroring to iPad3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Screen Mirroring to iPad at 86% against iMotion Pro's 32%. Screen Mirroring to iPad also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months). iMotion Pro's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $14.99) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iMotion Pro costs $5.99 and Screen Mirroring to iPad $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screen Mirroring to iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 85 and 111 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of iMotion Pro's written reviews are positive against 86% of Screen Mirroring to iPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iMotion Pro ships an update every 4 months, Screen Mirroring to iPad every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
iMotion Pro versus Screen Mirroring to iPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriMotion ProScreen Mirroring to iPad
Price$5.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.3 (85 ratings)4.8 (111 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.7% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings85111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank—#35 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSKETCHES SRLDAMIRCHE CA LLC

Customer experience

iMotion Pro

All ratings84 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive31.7%
Neutral11.0%
Negative57.3%

Screen Mirroring to iPad

All ratings111 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

User reviews

iMotion Pro

From 85 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for beginners
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 👍 Good for spontaneous stop motion
  • 👍 Works well for small projects
  • 👍 High quality video output

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashing
  • 🐛 Shaky and unprofessional videos
  • 🐛 Fuzzy picture quality
  • 🐛 Onion skin distorted
  • 🐛 Slow trigger time

Screen Mirroring to iPad

From 111 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Works as intended
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 💡 One-time purchase, no subscription
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 Good for monitoring framing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Requires purchase on each device
  • 🐛 Does not work with different Apple IDs
  • 🐛 Instructions not clear
  • 🐛 Does not show what is being recorded
  • 🐛 Cropped view on iPad

Bugs and requests

iMotion Pro

Reported bugs

50 issues
  • Crashing all the time
  • Picture quality looks bad
  • Camera weirdly zoomed in
  • Sensitive to slight movements
  • Videos come out shaky
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  • Fuzzy thanks to weird zoom
  • Onion skin feature appears incorrectly distorted
  • Trigger time takes 5+ seconds
  • Bug on the first frame
  • First shot is reinterpreted
  • Onion skin stays on first frame
  • Edit menu does not work
  • Cannot playback video
  • Imported photos appear as a black screen
  • No way to save video in progress
  • No microphone option
  • Cannot see previous movies from iMotion
  • Drains battery rapidly
  • Phone overheats
  • App crashes every time it's opened
  • Cannot export pictures without restarting iPhone
  • Cannot use selfie camera
  • Description is misleading regarding HD quality with iMotion remote
  • Cannot access camera roll
  • Cannot resume a video
  • Resume button not present
  • App doesn't recognize camera
  • Capture button never shows
  • Controls aren't showing up
  • Controls missing after iOS 8 update
  • App freezes when device is turned landscape
  • App crashes every few hours
  • Low res uploads to Facebook
  • Resume feature gone
  • Tools missing after update
  • No music added
  • iMotion Remote app no longer working
  • Sound input is crippled
  • Gallery rejection emails are long and wordy
  • Blurs camera and zooms in
  • Pro version does a close-up and takes pictures off to the right
  • Audio screwed up on export
  • Kicks off app during filming
  • Super hard to resume filming
  • Restarts animation mid-way for like 4 seconds
  • Freezes in landscape
  • 1080p is not supported on iPad mini Retina display
  • No control buttons visible
  • Crashes since iOS 8 update
  • App doesn't open due to compatibility or bug

Requested features

11 requests
  • Import from files
  • Masking feature
  • Zoom feature
  • Manual exposure control
  • Expand photo import limit
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  • Selfie camera support
  • Duplicate frames
  • Dark mode support
  • Manual focus
  • Auto-exposure/auto-focus lock
  • Keep taking pictures during low battery notification

Screen Mirroring to iPad

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App needs to be paid for twice on both devices
  • Different Apple IDs don't work
  • Cannot see the other device when streaming
  • App is not working
  • No sirve para absolutamente nada
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  • Founder's claim about separate Apple accounts is untrue

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to mirror video feed
  • Picture-in-picture option
  • Full screen view option

In-app purchases

None

iMotion Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Screen Mirroring to iPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iMotion Pro free?
iMotion Pro costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screen Mirroring to iPad free?
Screen Mirroring to iPad costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iMotion Pro or Screen Mirroring to iPad?
Screen Mirroring to iPad is rated higher. iMotion Pro averages 4.3 out of 5 from 85 ratings, while Screen Mirroring to iPad averages 4.8 from 111 ratings.
Do iMotion Pro or Screen Mirroring to iPad have ads?
Neither iMotion Pro nor Screen Mirroring to iPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iMotion Pro or Screen Mirroring to iPad?
iMotion Pro ships an update every 4 months, and Screen Mirroring to iPad every 11 days. Most recently, iMotion Pro was updated on October 28, 2026 and Screen Mirroring to iPad on October 27, 2026.

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