Comparison

Action Control vs Mavis

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

Head to head
About

Action Control

Transform your Apple Watch into a powerful remote for your GoPro. Seamlessly control recording, monitor battery and storage, and tag key moments. Find your misplaced camera with an audible alert.

Highlights
  • GoPro remote control
  • Real-time battery and storage alerts
  • Multi-camera synchronization
  • Highlight key moments
  • Switch shooting modes
  • Camera locator with sound
Features
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Action Control: Your GoPro's Perfect Partner Turn your Apple Watch into a powerful GoPro remote controller. Designed for adventurers, Action Control ensures you capture every thrilling moment without missing a beat. Compatible with a wide range of GoPro models including Hero8 Black, Hero9 Black, Hero10 Black, Hero11 Black, Hero11 Black Mini, Hero12 Black, Hero13 Black offering seamless integration. Key Features: Quick Capture: Start/stop recording on your GoPro with a simple tap. Real-Time Alerts: Monitor your GoPro's battery and storage status live. Multi-Camera Sync: Control multiple GoPros for epic multi-angle shots. Effortless Tagging: Highlight key moments for easy editing. Flexible Shooting Modes: Switch between photo, video, and timelapse modes effortlessly. One hand control: Start/stop recording and make highlights with just a single hand. Camera Locator: Misplaced your GoPro? With a simple touch, activate the camera's sound to easily find it, whether it's hidden in the grass or behind cushions. Upgrade your GoPro experience with Action Control. Capture every adventure perfectly with just a touch. Master your moments.

About

Mavis

This professional filmmaking app offers advanced manual controls for focus, exposure, and color. It provides essential shooting assistants like focus peaking, waveform monitors, and zebras for precise image capture. Record in various resolutions and frame rates with high-quality encoding options.

Highlights
  • Manual focus, exposure, and color control
  • Focus peaking and waveform monitor
  • Zebras and false color exposure assist
  • HD, 2K, and 4K recording
  • Custom frame rates up to 240fps
  • High bitrate HEVC and ProRes encoding
  • Manual audio gain control and metering
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Mavis Camera Classic is the original pro filmmaking and broadcast camera for the iPhone. It provides a classic landscape experience and includes filming tools such as focus peaking, waveform monitor, vectorscope, false color and zebras. It gives you audio controls, audio metering, custom resolutions, framerates and recordings formats. It also brings a natural interface to give you full flexible manual control while shooting. MAIN FEATURES: - Focus peaking and expanded focus for manual focus assist - Zebras and False Color exposure assist - Manual focus, exposure and color - HD, 2K and 4K recording - High bitrate, HEVC and ProRes encoding - Custom frame rates up to 240fps - Digital Zoom in 1080p - Dual camera support - Full screen mode - Custom audio inputs - Audio metering and manual audio gain control where available - Real-time audio passthrough for monitoring in headphones - Real-time full-scale vectorscope for color work - Real-time full-scale waveform monitor for exposure monitoring - Timecode - Support for UltraSync BLUE from Timecode Systems - Global Presets - Custom Function (FN) button - Multiple saving and sharing options - Apple Watch record start/stop remote - Support Docs SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE RESOLUTIONS: - 4K (UHD) - 4K (4:3) - record at maximum camera resolution without audio - 2K (4:3) - HD CUSTOM FRAME RATES: - Presets available include 23.98fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30fps, 50fps, 60fps - Select any frame rate from 3fps up to 240fps - Record up to 240fps in 1080p ADVANCED EXPOSURE CONTROLS - View shutter in angles and speed - Shutter lock (e.g. lock at 180°) - Separate target focus and exposure reticles FULL MANUAL CONTROLS FOR: - Focus - Exposure - ISO - Shutter - Color temperature SHOOTING ASSISTANTS: - Focus peaking and Expanded focus helps ensure your shots are always in focus - Waveform monitor helps you shoot with the optimum dynamic range - Vectorscope ensures your colors are consistent and your white balance is correct - Zebra overlay helps ensure your shots are never over exposed - False color support for Gradient and Ranges with full details about color representations - False color helps ensure your shots are never over/under exposed ENCODING BIT RATES: - 10Mbit/s (Make your storage last longer) - 20Mbit/s (Standard) - 30Mbit/s (High quality production) - 50Mbit/s (Great for post and color grading) - 100Mbit/s (Great for very high quality productions, color grades and visual effects) AUDIO CONTOL: - Custom external inputs - Select external audio input from Lightning connector or analog input - Stereo audio from Lightning connected inputs - Internal mic selection and polar pattern - Manual gain control where available - Audio pass-through/monitoring with headphones - VU metering VIEWFINDER SUPPORT: - Recording Tally - De-Squeeze support for Moondog Anamorphic Lens - Image flip support for DOF adaptors - Support for different aspect ratios in the viewfinder - Support for guide overlays in viewfinder THIRD PARTY SUPPORT - Support for Timecode Systems UltraSync BLUE Device restrictions apply.

Screenshots

Mavis4 screens

Verdict

The call

Action Control and Mavis both sit at 3.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Action Control's written reviews are positive against 33% of Mavis's. Action Control also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 1) and chart position (#113 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Action Control costs $4.99 and Mavis $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Action Control against 4.0 for Mavis. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Action Control has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Action Control's written reviews are positive against 33% of Mavis's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Action Control versus Mavis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAction ControlMavis
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating3.9 (15 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#113 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGribovski SergeyMavis Broadcast

Customer experience

Action Control

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative29.4%

Mavis

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Action Control

No in-app purchases

None

Mavis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Action Control free?
Action Control costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mavis free?
Mavis costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Action Control or Mavis?
Mavis is rated higher. Action Control averages 3.9 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Mavis averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Action Control or Mavis have ads?
Neither Action Control nor Mavis shows ads.

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