COPRA onset vs VFXReports
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COPRA onset
Distribute daily footage from remote shooting locations directly from your DIT cart. Securely transfer clips to iPhones and iPads for offline viewing. Requires a free server installation.
- Remote dailies distribution
- Secure clip transfer
- Offline viewing on mobile devices
- Free server installation
- iPad and iPhone support
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COPRA onset lets you distribute dailies in the remotest shooting locations – right from your DIT cart. Simply install the free server, then transfer clips securely to iPhone and iPad so they can be viewed without any internet connection. Learn more: https://copra.de
VFXReports
Streamline on-set visual effects reporting with this app. Quickly record camera and on-set details, save reference images, and generate organized PDF or CSV reports for film and TV shoots. Automate data entry with customizable defaults.
- Record camera and on-set information
- Save reference images
- Export organized PDF reports
- Export CSV for data pipelines
- Hierarchical note organization (Project, Shoot Day, Setup, Take)
- Automated default settings for recurring details
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VFXReports is an app for taking Visual Effects notes on a film/tv set during a shoot. It is designed to easily and quickly record important camera and on-set information, as well as save reference images. At the end of the shoot day, or the end of the project, you can export an organized PDF report including notes and reference images. You can also export a CSV for importing in VFX data pipelines. • The app is organized to take notes as filming progresses. Within a PROJECT, you can create a SHOOTDAY, add SETUPS for that day, and add TAKES within that SETUP. • The App can also assign "defaults" at different levels, which cascade down to sections within that category. For example, if the entire PROJECT will shoot with one camera, you can set the PROJECT default camera as "A: Alexa", and each SHOOTDAY, SETUP, and TAKE created within that project will assume "A: Alexa" as the camera. This can be set, or reset, at any time, and only affects a SHOOTDAY, SETUP, or TAKE created after the "default" is assigned. So "defaults" will not go back and change any notes previously recorded. • Another example of a defaults could be... the SHOOTDAY Weather as "Sunny", so each SETUP within that day would assume "Sunny". Another would be a SETUP Camera Height set at "5ft 6in", and each TAKE within that SETUP would assume "5ft 6in". • These "defaults" can automate recording details that may not change or seldom change. It acts as a suggestion for the detail, but can also be easily changed or updated. For example "Sunny", could be corrected to "Cloudy" and set as the new default for the SHOOTDAY.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VFXReports at 5.0 against COPRA onset's 1.0. VFXReports also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). COPRA onset's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. VFXReports sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. COPRA onset asks for nothing beyond the download.
VFXReports holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
COPRA onset ships an update every 2 months, VFXReports every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | COPRA onset | VFXReports |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CinePostproduction GmbH | Chris Connolly |
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COPRA onset
VFXReports
In-app purchases
COPRA onset
No in-app purchases
VFXReports
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