Green Screener vs Smart GreenScreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Green Screener
This app helps you achieve perfect green screen effects by visualizing unevenness and analyzing color quality. It includes a built-in chroma keyer and spill analyzer for live previews, and works with various cameras and imported media.
- Banding visualization for green screen issues
- Live chroma keyer and spill analyzer
- Color quality analyzer for backdrops
- Works with all device cameras
- Import images and backgrounds
- Zoom, position, and flip foreground/background
- Save composite snapshots
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Get amazingly perfect green screen with Green Screener. For good chroma keying, green/blue screens must be extremely even, or fine edge detail like hair and transparency starts to become blotchy, which is the hallmark of bad green screen. Features: * See green screen problems with your own eyes using unique banding visualization. * Built-in chroma keyer and spill analyzer to preview composites live on the set. * Built-in color quality analyzer to verify if the color of a studio green screen, paint at the hardware store, or backdrops you're considering purchasing is good enough. * Works with all device cameras. * Free desktop version including to use with webcams or HDMI capture devices. * Works with imported images, and a built-in library of green and blue screen examples ranging from good to bad. * Works with imported backgrounds, or a library of backgrounds with a variety of lighting scenarios. * Zoom and position background. * Flip X and Y on both foreground and background. * Save snapshots of quick composites to the camera roll.
Smart GreenScreen
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Smart GreenScreen turns your iPhone, iPad or Mac into a clean, evenly lit chroma key backdrop – complete with precise tracking markers, overlays and remote control. Ideal for film sets, VFX shots, product photography, livestreams and video calls. GREEN, BLUE OR ANY COLOR • Set the exact backdrop color with RGB and brightness sliders • 25 quick presets in green, blue and gray • Toggle the screen to black and back with a single key (Tab) – perfect between takes TRACKING MARKERS FOR CAMERA WORK • 5 marker styles: cross, triangle, checkerboard, circle + cross and dot • Up to 12 markers – add, move and delete them right on the screen • Adjustable size and stroke width, marker color and one-tap invert for contrast • Frame marker: center crosshair plus edge guides you can slide inward for perfect alignment OVERLAYS AND VIDEO PLAYBACK • Full-screen background image with transparency • Any number of freely placeable PNG overlays – logos, lower thirds, guides • Video overlay (MP4/MOV) with play/pause, rewind, loop, mute and adjustable size • Keyboard control: Space = play/pause, Backspace = back to start REMOTE CONTROL VIA OSC • Control the screen from Stream Deck, TouchOSC, QLab or any OSC app on your network • Switch the green screen on/off, start and pause video, open the menu, add markers • Optional feedback messages back to your controller PRESETS YOU CAN SHARE • Save up to 20 complete setups including images and video • Export a preset as a single file and import it on another device – Mac to iPad and back PNG EXPORT • Export the current screen as a PNG from HD up to 8K or at a custom size • Share via AirDrop or save to Files (iOS), native save dialog on Mac MADE FOR THE SET • iPhone and iPad: hidden status bar, menu via three-finger tap, multi-tap or long press • Optional keyboard for actors to type blindly on the screen • Mac: windowed or full screen, Shift+Click or ⌘⇧M for the menu, title bar hides automatically • The screen stays on – no dimming or auto-lock while the app is open • Settings are saved automatically – your setup is ready every time • Built-in user guide in 10 languages No account, no tracking, no ads. Everything stays on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smart GreenScreen at every 6 weeks against Green Screener's every 58 months. Smart GreenScreen also leads on price ($4.99 vs $9.99). Green Screener's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On 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
Green Screener costs $9.99 and Smart GreenScreen $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Green Screener ships an update every 58 months, Smart GreenScreen every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Green Screener | Smart GreenScreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (21 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 58 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hollywood Camera Work SRL | Stefan Hollekamp |
In-app purchases
Green Screener
No in-app purchases
Smart GreenScreen
No in-app purchases
Questions
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