Comparison

Hyper Stereo Helper vs Codecam

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

Head to head
About

Hyper Stereo Helper

This app assists in creating stereo images of distant subjects by calculating the ideal stereo base. It guides camera placement and pointing, offering features like favorite places storage and synchronization across devices.

Highlights
  • Calculates optimal stereo base
  • Determines camera placement and pointing
  • Favorite places list with iCloud sync
  • Shows parallel and convergent pointing directions
  • Helps center frames with perpendicular line
  • Adjustable distance to basis ratio (Angle)
Features
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Make Beautiful stereo pictures of the distant objects with Hyper Stereo Helper! It helps calculate optimal stereo base and determine points where to put cameras and points to point them to. List of Favorite places allows you to remember geographical coordinates and shooting options. List of Favorite places stored in iCloud and quickly synchronizes through all of your devices so it will be identical on all of them. It shows directions for parallel and convergent pointing of cameras. It shows large perpendicular to view direction line that helps center frames. You can choose optimal for you work distance to basis ratio which shows as Angle. Usually optimal values are from 1/30 to 1/50 or from 1 to 2 degree. It uses feets or meters to display distances. It can use cached maps but usually needs internet connection.

About

Codecam

Unlock the full potential of your iPhone camera with advanced manual controls for both photos and videos. Adjust settings like shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and focus for professional-quality results. Explore various compression and frame rate options for video recording.

Highlights
  • Manual shutter speed and ISO
  • Manual white balance (temperature, tint)
  • Manual focus control
  • Adjustable video compression and frame rates
  • Video zoom with focal length display
  • Video stabilization options
Features
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All the power of the iPhone camera at your fingertips! With the incredibly capable camera that is your iPhone, and Codecam, the most simple, easy to use, yet very powerful app, you can enjoy the unlimited possiblities that the complete control over your iPhone's camera can provide! Photo features: - shoot in JPEG, like the stock camera app, or shoot JPEG+RAW, which also records a DNG file next to your jpeg (it will still look like a single photo in the photos app). You can import the DNG to you computer, or edit it on your iPhone with an app that supports DNG raw files. - manual shutter speed, ISO. Lock your exposure by picking a new value, or by long pressing the automatically selected one. Long press again to go back to auto. You can also swipe up and down on the screen to apply an exposure compensation while in automatic exposure mode. - manual white balance: temperature and tint. You can lock the current value just like the exposure, or pick the exact values. White balance presets are also available: Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, plus two Incandescent and Fluorescent presets. - manual focus: switch between auto an manual focus by tapping the button, or by tapping an area on the image to focus on it. A slider to manually focus is also available. Video features: - video zoom: you can zoom by pinching the image, up until the point where upscaling would occur. For 4K, you can override this behaviour to allow zooming until the 1080p crop. The approximate focal length for the given zoom is also shown on the screen (converted to the equivalent focal length of a Super 35 or Full Frame sensor). - the same manual controls for shutter speed, ISO, white balance and focus as in photo mode. Smooth autofocus using Focus Pixels on the iPhone 6 or newer is available. - compressions supported: 15 Mbit, 25 Mbit, 50 Mbit, 75 Mbit, 100 Mbit, 200 Mbit, 400 Mbit in H.264 (or H.265 in newer devices) with selectable IPB or ALL-I modes, and MPJEG compression with either optimal (9/10 or 8/10 for 4K) or full quality (10/10) setting (note: the displayed bitrate in MJPEG mode is an estimation of the maximum possible bitrate) - frame rates supported: 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p30 - additional frame rates supported by iPhone 5s: 720p50, 720p60 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 6: 720p120 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 6: 1080p50, 1080p60, 720p240 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 6s and 7: 1080p120, 2160p30, 2160p25, 2160p24 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 8, X, 11, 11 Pro: 1080p240, 2160p50, 2160p60 - video stabilization is supported, you can toggle between on, off or cinematic, depending on availability on your device - show shutter angle instead of shutter speed - cinematic 1:2.35 overlay: crop mark option is available in the settings menu to switch between 16:9 and cinemascope. This feature is for composition only, the image that will be recorded is the full 16:9 frame. Additional features: - automatic save to camera roll: all images and supported videos are saved to the camera roll - gallery: You can see the images and videos you took in a grid or loupe view, with full metadata. You can also share them, or delete them right in the app.

Screenshots

Hyper Stereo Helper4 screens
Codecam2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Codecam at 50% against Hyper Stereo Helper's 0%. Codecam also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 23 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Codecam holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Codecam has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Hyper Stereo Helper's written reviews are positive against 50% of Codecam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hyper Stereo Helper ships an update every 23 months, Codecam monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hyper Stereo Helper versus Codecam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHyper Stereo HelperCodecam
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.0 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings124 — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYury GolubinskyLaszlo Varadi

Customer experience

Hyper Stereo Helper

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Codecam

All ratings24 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative20.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hyper Stereo Helper

No in-app purchases

None

Codecam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hyper Stereo Helper free?
Hyper Stereo Helper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Codecam free?
Codecam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hyper Stereo Helper or Codecam?
Codecam is rated higher. Hyper Stereo Helper averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Codecam averages 4.0 from 24 ratings.
Do Hyper Stereo Helper or Codecam have ads?
Neither Hyper Stereo Helper nor Codecam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hyper Stereo Helper or Codecam?
Hyper Stereo Helper ships an update every 23 months, and Codecam monthly. Most recently, Hyper Stereo Helper was updated on September 19, 2026 and Codecam on September 9, 2026.

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