Comparison

ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer vs Guerrilla Filmmaker

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

Head to head
About

ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer

Easily open, view, and extract images from popular brush, tool preset, and pattern file formats. Load files from cloud storage or directly from other apps. Export your extracted images to various destinations.

Highlights
  • View ABR, TPL, and PAT files
  • Extract images from files
  • Load files from cloud storage
  • Export images to Photos, Mail, Files
  • Drag and Drop support on iPad
  • AirDrop support
Features
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Here is a small but polished tool that allows you to open, view and extract images from abr (brushes), tpl (tool presets) and pat (patterns) files. Abr/tpl/pat are the most popular formats to share brushes and patterns, you can find thousands of them in Internet. Features: - support of all available versions of ABR, TPL an PAT files - displaying full Brush list or Stamp / Pattern items only - loading files from any location - both from Cloud Drive and any other cloud service - export selected images to Photos, Mail, Notes, Files etc - support of Drag and Drop on iPad - support of AirDrop - opening files copied to app folder using File Sharing on computer - opening files directly from Safari, Mail or any other app that include 'Open In' option

About

Guerrilla Filmmaker

This app provides advanced video recording capabilities for filmmakers and content creators. It offers manual control over focus, exposure, and white balance, with unique automation features for hands-free operation. Create custom aspect ratios and utilize gesture shortcuts for efficient workflow.

Highlights
  • Automated focus, exposure, white balance, and zoom
  • Customizable aspect ratios
  • Gesture shortcuts for quick control
  • Manual focus and exposure controls
  • Support for various video codecs and resolutions
  • Focus peaking and false color tools
  • External microphone support
Features
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** Featured in App Store “Best New Apps” and “Make Great Videos” ** Guerrilla Filmmaker is the go-to video camera app used by professional and aspiring filmmakers, documentary makers, vloggers and anyone wanting to get the most out of the camera in their pocket. --- 5 STAR REVIEWS FOR GUERRILLA FILMMAKER --- "Love it, gotta have it" "The best, hands down, 4K video camera app!!!" "This app has some serious caliber... Automation is the most amazing part in this app." -- EXTENSIVE BUILT IN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS -- Guerrilla Filmmaker has features that no other video recording app has. We also designed the interface for quick control using touch gestures. To help you get the most out of Guerrilla Filmmaker, every feature is demonstrated through an extensive set of in-app instructional videos. --- ONE OF A KIND AUTOMATION FEATURES --- Guerrilla Filmmaker is the only video camera app that lets you automate any camera function (focus, exposure, white balance, zoom) so that you can plan your shot, playback your automation sequence and record hands free. Take full control by setting exact focus, exposure, white balance and zoom points and dial in the timing. Set up a pull focus sequence from one subject to another. Automate changing exposure as you track from indoors to outdoors. Create any automation sequence you can imagine. --- CREATE CUSTOM ASPECT RATIOS --- Use one of the built in aspect ratios including Moondog anamorphic or create your very own. Support for image flip, rotation and anamorphic squeeze to allow building aspect ratios for any custom external lens. --- GESTURE SHORTCUTS --- • Swipe to quickly change between focus, zoom, white balance and exposure • Long press to focus or expose at image point • Long press to bring up magnified inspection window for precise focus adjustment • Double tap to lock all functions to manual mode • Double tap to reset all functions to auto mode • Double tap to quickly zoom in to a predefined magnification • Swipe to remove interface elements for a clean viewfinder • Start recording right from the iOS home screen by long pressing the Guerrilla Filmmaker icon and selecting a preset setting --- VIDEO RECORDING FEATURES --- • More fine grained settings than any other video recorder app • Manual focus, exposure, white balance and zoom • Auto mode • 4K resolution (device dependent) • All device resolutions available • Video bit rates up to 150Mbps (device dependent) • 48.0kHz or 44.1kHz audio sample rate • Custom frame rates up to 240fps (device and resolution dependent) • Choose any frame rate, not just predefined frame rates • Built in aspect ratios (HD, 4:3, CinemaScope, Moondog lens, etc) • Custom aspect ratios (build your own) • Focus peaking tool • False color tool • ProRes, HEVC and H264 video codecs • Gray card calibration • Video stabilization • Support for external microphones • Headphone monitoring • Inbuilt microphone polar pattern selection • Audio meter --- CUSTOM PRESETS --- • Save your settings as a named preset • Add the preset as a home screen shortcut • Long press the Guerrilla Filmmaker app icon and select a preset shortcut to begin recording immediately from the home screen with the desired settings --- BEAUTIFUL FILM LIBRARY --- • Share your clips via AirDrop or lightning cable connected via Finder app • Share via iOS share-capable apps such as CapCut, Facebook, WhatsApp, iMovie etc • Playback with adjustable frame rate to view in slow motion or fast speed • Meta data displayed is read from the recorded file so you can be sure that what you have is what you expected --- FEEDBACK & SUPPORT --- If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know via in-app feedback or email us at feedback@guerrilla-apps.com Keep those feature requests coming and if you’re enjoying Guerrilla Filmmaker please consider leaving a review on the App Store.

Screenshots

ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer4 screens
Guerrilla Filmmaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Guerrilla Filmmaker at 85% against ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer's 37%. Guerrilla Filmmaker also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months). ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $8.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15). 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

ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer costs $1.99 and Guerrilla Filmmaker $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Guerrilla Filmmaker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer's written reviews are positive against 85% of Guerrilla Filmmaker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer ships an update every 22 months, Guerrilla Filmmaker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer versus Guerrilla Filmmaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABR/TPL/PAT ViewerGuerrilla Filmmaker
Price$1.99 — better$8.99
Rating3.7 (53 ratings)4.5 (56 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.1% of reviews84.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5356 — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucky ClanGuerrilla Apps Ltd

Customer experience

ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer

All ratings53 ratings
Positive64.2%
Neutral7.5%
Negative28.3%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive37.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative57.1%

Guerrilla Filmmaker

All ratings56 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive84.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative11.9%

In-app purchases

None

ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

Guerrilla Filmmaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer free?
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Guerrilla Filmmaker free?
Guerrilla Filmmaker costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer or Guerrilla Filmmaker?
Guerrilla Filmmaker is rated higher. ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer averages 3.7 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Guerrilla Filmmaker averages 4.5 from 56 ratings.
Do ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer or Guerrilla Filmmaker have ads?
Neither ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer nor Guerrilla Filmmaker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer or Guerrilla Filmmaker?
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer ships an update every 22 months, and Guerrilla Filmmaker every 2 months. Most recently, ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Guerrilla Filmmaker on November 1, 2026.

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