Blackmagic Remote Monitor vs Marker for Creators
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blackmagic Remote Monitor
Stream your DaVinci Resolve viewer in real-time to multiple devices, including computers and mobile devices. Facilitates color-accurate HDR viewing for remote collaboration among creative professionals, enabling seamless synchronization.
- Live stream DaVinci Resolve viewer
- Multi-device streaming (computers, iPads, iPhones)
- Color accurate HDR viewing
- Remote collaboration
- Low latency H.264/H.265 stream
- Firewall friendly connection
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With Blackmagic Remote Monitor you can live stream from supported Blackmagic products to multiple computers, iPads or even iPhones at the same time. Remote streaming allows simultaneous color accurate HDR viewing so directors, producers, editors, colorists and other creatives can stay in sync and collaborate anywhere in the world. For example with remote color grading, you can even stream and display a very low latency H.264 or H.265, 8 or 10 bit stream as setup by the DaVinci Resolve Studio system making this ideal for colorists working remotely from their DaVinci Resolve system. Using Blackmagic Cloud to pass a unique session password to the clients, Blackmagic Remote Monitor works without complicated VPNs and passes through most firewalls so everyone can simply connect. Blackmagic products which stream: Blackmagic Streaming Encoder HD and 4K ATEM Mini, ATEM Television Studio and ATEM Constellation live production switchers Blackmagic URSA Cine, Blackmagic PYXIS, Blackmagic URSA Broadcast cameras HyperDeck Studio, HyperDeck Shuttle disk recorders DaVinci Resolve Studio Blackmagic Camera for iOS
Marker for Creators
Streamline video editing by marking key moments directly while filming. This app allows creators to add timecoded notes and highlights from their iPhone or Apple Watch, exporting them seamlessly into editing software to save hours of review time.
- Instant marker creation with single tap
- Up to 16 customizable marker colors
- IN/OUT markers with long-press
- Marker notes for context
- Apple Watch integration for on-the-go marking
- Direct export to DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro
- Live Activity on Lock Screen for quick access
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Edit rough cuts 4x faster by marking moments while filming. »The biggest workflow upgrade since keyboard shortcuts. We've spent years shaving seconds off our edits. This one saves hours.« Marker for Creators is the best way for videographers, podcasters, and content teams to speed up a video rough cuts. Stop rewatching hours of footage. Set highlights while filming via your iPhone or Apple Watch - directly into your editing timeline. Perfect for long sessions, events, interviews, podcasts, and multi-camera shoots. While shooting, you notice great moments all the time. A reaction. A highlight. A take you defenitely know you will use. Or you know you’ll have to cut out. But on a busy set there’s no time to note something. And syncing notes would be super painful anyways. How cool would it be, to just press a button, which would appear in your editing timeline? That’s exactly what Marker for Creators does. "Editing a sports game used to take me 2 hours. Now I'm done in 30 minutes" – Joshua Schwartz, Sports Videographer CORE FEATUTES: Create Timeline Markers on set: • Add markers with a single tap • Markers are placed onto your video clips instead of onto the timeline (so your markers stay in the correct position in editing) • Add Notes to Markers, visible in your NLE • Lock In/Out Markers • Create Marker Presets for different kind of shoots Timeline Creation • Automatically add video clips to timelines while filming • The Companion app automatically opens up your project with your timelines prebuilt Scan to connect Camera • Scan the timecode of any camera to connect it to Marker for Creators in seconds! One-Click-Workflow The Companion app (Mac & PC) syncs & detects which footage on your PC belongs to your Marker session, connects it and you just click "Play". Marker will create a DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro project with all videos, timelines & markers onto your video clips - so you can jump into editing within 10 seconds. Academy • Easy & fast setup for all kinds for cameras and supported editing software Apple Watch Support • Add markers & create timelines – directly from your wrist • Ideal for run-and-gun setups, events, and busy shoots Timecode Modes • Time-of-Day – matches real-world TOD timecode • External Timecode – Sync to Tentacle Sync, Ambient Lockit, LTC, Visual Timecode & more! • Rec Run – follows your recording start Professional Workflow Export • Export directly into DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro • Share sessions with your editor or team Perfect for: Video production and filmmaking Podcast recording and editing Live event documentation Interviews and meetings Sports and performance analysis Any recording scenario requiring precise time markers How it works: 1. Start a recording session 2. Tap markers, add notes & create timelines while filming 3. Stop the session 4. Open the Companion on Mac or PC 5. Press play and start editing right away Marker for Creators is the fastest way to take live timecode notes while filming and get them straight into your editing tools. Edit faster, earn more, stress less. – Marker for Creators. Terms of use: https://markerforcreators.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://markerforcreators.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blackmagic Remote Monitor at none against Marker for Creators's 14. Marker for Creators's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Marker for Creators sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Blackmagic Remote Monitor asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Blackmagic Remote Monitor against 3.8 for Marker for Creators. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 23 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Blackmagic Remote Monitor's written reviews are positive against 45% of Marker for Creators's.
Blackmagic Remote Monitor ships an update every 3 months, Marker for Creators every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blackmagic Remote Monitor | Marker for Creators |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (30 ratings) — better | 3.8 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.2% of reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Blackmagic Design Inc | ichbinjona.com |
Customer experience
Blackmagic Remote Monitor
Marker for Creators
In-app purchases
Blackmagic Remote Monitor
No in-app purchases
Marker for Creators
- Marker Pro • Early Bird (Monthly)$1.491 Month
- Marker Pro • Early Bird (Monthly)$3.491 Month
- Marker Pro$3.491 Month
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- Marker Pro$4.991 Month
- Marker Pro (Weekly)$4.997 Days
- Marker Pro (Weekly)$5.997 Days
- Marker Pro (Weekly)$7.997 Days
- Marker Pro (Monthly)$10.991 Month
- Marker Pro (Yearly)$39.991 Year
- Marker Pro (Yearly)$59.991 Year
- Marker Pro (Yearly)1 Month trial2 variants$78.001 Year
- Marker Pro (Yearly)$78.001 Year
- Marker Pro • Founders Edition$349.00
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