kyu vs GR WORLD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
kyu
Easily record and share short, memorable video clips with friends and loved ones. This app focuses on capturing moments as they happen, allowing you to look back on them later. It prioritizes privacy, ensuring your shared memories are only seen by those you choose.
- Record instant video clips
- Share memories privately
- Live in the moment recording
- Easy to use interface
- Look back on past videos
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Welcome to kyu :) kyu app is a video camera that easily shares memories. - Live in the moment. - Ours to Share, No One Else’s. - Press the button, we do the rest. ＊We cannot create perfect and creative content. However, we can easily record, share, and look back on videos for our friends, partners and ourselves.
GR WORLD
This app enables remote camera control and image import from compatible GR series cameras to your smartphone. Organize photos into albums, display them as a widget, and even send location data to your camera for geotagging.
- Import images to smartphone
- Organize photos into albums
- Display images as a home screen widget
- Remote shutter release
- Set self-timer
- Send location information to camera
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GR WORLD is an app that allows you to import images and perform shooting remotely by connecting a GR series camera to a smartphone. 【Feature】 1. Import images, Album, Widget You can import taken images to your smartphone. The images can be organized into albums, or displayed as a widget on the smartphone home screen, allowing you to enjoy viewing them just like a digital photo frame. 2. Remote shooting You can remotely release the camera shutter and set the self-timer. 3. Send location information to the camera. Location information acquired from the smartphone can be sent to the camera to record location information on images captured by the camera. Location information is acquired and sent to the camera even when the application is in the background or the smartphone is in sleep mode. 【Supported Digital Cameras】 RICOH GR IV RICOH GR IV HDF RICOH GR IV Monochrome RICOH GR III RICOH GR III HDF RICOH GR IIIx RICOH GR IIIx HDF RICOH GR II 【Supported OS】 iOS 16 - 18, iOS 26 * Operation is not guaranteed on all devices. * Operation is confirmed on these devices as of January 2026, but this information may be changed at any time in the future without prior notice. 【Note】 For detail about GR WORLD, refer to the website. https://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/app/gr-world/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: kyu at 4.0 against GR WORLD's 2.0. kyu also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 14%). GR WORLD's advantage is ratings volume (74 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
kyu holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GR WORLD has 74 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of kyu's written reviews are positive against 14% of GR WORLD's.
kyu ships an update monthly, GR WORLD every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | kyu | GR WORLD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.0 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.8% of reviews — better | 13.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TranSe Inc. | RICOH IMAGING COMPANY,LTD |
Customer experience
kyu
GR WORLD
Bugs and requests
kyu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
GR WORLD
Reported bugs
2 issues- VPN disrupts camera connection
- Edited photos not shown as recent
Requested features
3 requests- Live view for remote shooting
- Background photo sync
- Ability to upload presets from app to camera
In-app purchases
kyu
No in-app purchases
GR WORLD
No in-app purchases
