Comparison

Apollo vs Bothways

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

Head to head
About

Apollo

Capture precise before-and-after photos with this versatile tool. Overlay existing images from your gallery onto your live camera feed for real-time comparison and alignment. Ideal for professionals and hobbyists needing accurate visual documentation.

Highlights
  • Overlay gallery images on camera
  • Adjustable transparency
  • Real-time comparisons
  • Precise alignment tool
  • Ideal for various professions
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Apollo - Camera Overlay: The Versatile Tool for Precise Photography Discover Apollo - Camera Overlay, the ultimate app designed for anyone who needs to capture accurate before-and-after photos or those who require precise alignment in their work or hobbies. Initially crafted for animators and photographers, Apollo - Camera Overlay has proven to be a versatile tool used by a wide range of professionals and enthusiasts. Whether you're a hairdresser capturing client transformations, a scientist using your phone camera with a microscope, a construction manager documenting building progress, or an artist working on detailed projects, Apollo - Camera Overlay simplifies your tasks. Easily overlay any photo from your gallery on top of the camera image to instantly compare and contrast. Key Features: • Overlay images from your gallery on your camera feed • Adjustable transparency for precise alignment • Real-time before-and-after comparisons • Ideal for animators, photographers, artists, scientists, and more Join our diverse community of users and see how Apollo - Camera Overlay can enhance your work, projects, and hobbies with its easy-to-use and powerful features.

About

Bothways

Record video once and get both landscape and portrait versions simultaneously. Smart face tracking ensures subjects stay centered in the vertical frame. Ideal for creators posting to multiple platforms without re-editing.

Highlights
  • Dual simultaneous export
  • Smart face tracking
  • 4K & 1080p recording
  • Pinch-to-zoom
  • Cinema overlays
  • Flexible output formats
  • Front & back camera support
Features
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Record once. Export twice. A true creator's camera. Bothways captures video from your iPhone camera and simultaneously writes two professionally formatted files: a 16:9 landscape version and a 9:16 portrait version, with a live Picture-In-Picture preview of the alternate format — both encoded in real-time using hardware-accelerated H.264. The portrait crop isn't a dumb center-slice. Bothways uses Apple's Vision framework to detect faces in every frame and smoothly tracks the subject, keeping them centered in the vertical frame. No face visible? It gracefully falls back to a center crop. Built for creators who post to YouTube and TikTok from the same shoot. Built for filmmakers who need both formats without re-editing. Built for anyone who's tired of choosing between landscape and portrait before they hit record. KEY CAPABILITIES - Dual simultaneous export — real-time AVAssetWriter, not a post-process re-encode - Smart face tracking — Vision framework detection with smooth EMA tracking - 4K & 1080p — shoot in up to 3840x2160 at 24, 30, or 60 fps - Pinch-to-zoom — smooth digital zoom up to 10x with live indicator - Cinema overlays — optional vignette and film grain effects on the live preview - Flexible output — export as .MOV or .MP4 with configurable bitrate - Front & back camera — works with both, including mirrored front camera - Metal GPU pipeline — hardware-accelerated crop, scale, and encode - Full audio — stereo AAC in both output files - One-tap save — both files go straight to Photos No subscriptions. No watermarks. No cloud upload. No accounts. Everything runs on-device.

Screenshots

Apollo4 screens
Bothways4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Apollo at Free against Bothways's $4.99. Apollo also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Bothways's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Apollo is free to download; Bothways costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bothways holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apollo has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Apollo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bothways's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Apollo ships an update every 2 weeks, Bothways every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Apollo versus Bothways: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApolloBothways
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.5 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaxim YakovlevJames Martin

Customer experience

Apollo

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

Bothways

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Apollo

No in-app purchases

None

Bothways

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Apollo free?
Apollo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bothways free?
Bothways costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Apollo or Bothways?
Bothways is rated higher. Apollo averages 4.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Bothways averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Apollo or Bothways have ads?
Neither Apollo nor Bothways shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Apollo or Bothways?
Apollo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bothways every 2 days. Most recently, Apollo was updated on September 28, 2026 and Bothways on September 22, 2026.

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