CaptureDSLR vs Halcyon Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CaptureDSLR
Control your DSLR or mirrorless camera remotely via USB. Monitor real-time images, adjust settings like exposure and white balance, and transfer photos directly to your phone. This app enables shooting without an SD card, saving images instantly to your mobile device.
- USB camera control
- Real-time image monitoring
- Exposure and white balance adjustment
- Shooting mode control
- Direct photo transfer to phone
- SD card-free shooting
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This is an App that controls the DSLR camera via USB. After connecting to the camera, you can monitor the camera's real-time image and control the camera's: exposure, file format, white balance, shooting mode, ratio, etc. It also supports transferring photos taken on the camera to the mobile phone, so that the camera can take pictures without inserting a SD card, and the photos will be saved to the mobile phone after taking them. This is the first version of the App. Currently it only supports Sony cameras. Canon and Nikon will also support it in the future, so stay tuned!
Halcyon Camera
Capture photos and videos with the authentic look and feel of classic film stocks. Offers professional manual controls, advanced editing tools, and various shooting modes like long exposure and slow-motion.
- Authentic film stock simulations
- Full manual camera controls
- Long exposure and slow-motion video
- WYSIWYG editing with film simulation
- Pro video recording options
- Built-in pro overlays and grids
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Halcyon brings the soul of film to your iPhone. Twelve hand-crafted film stocks — Kodak Portra 400, Cinestill 800T, Velvia 50, Tri-X 400 and more — each with the temperature, tone curve, grain, and halation of the real thing. Apply them live, before you take the shot, and what you see is exactly what you get. REAL PRO CONTROLS, ONE-HANDED. Full manual ISO, shutter, focus, white balance, and exposure. Tap to focus. Long-press for AE/AF lock. Pinch to zoom. Volume buttons fire the shutter. Lens switcher for ultrawide, wide, telephoto. Halide-style focus loupe magnifies the sharpness plane as you rack focus. Histogram, waveform, focus peaking, zebras, false color, horizon level — when you need them, hidden when you don't. NEW IN 3.2 — LONG EXPOSURE, SLOW-MO, LIVE PHOTO. • Multi-frame long exposure — 2, 5, 10, or 20 second stacks with automatic alignment for handheld light trails, silky water, and star fields • Slow-motion capture at 120fps and 240fps • Live Photo for every film stock — the frames before and after, with the film baked in • Thermal and storage health warnings before a long take can bite you • Alternate app icons: Amber, Midnight, Noir BUILT-IN PRO OVERLAYS. • Histogram — real-time RGB • Waveform — luminance monitor • Focus peaking — see what's sharp • Focus loupe — Halide-style magnifier • Zebras — highlight clipping alert • False color — exposure map • Horizon level — stop crooked photos • Rule-of-thirds grid • Cinematic frame modes — square, 3:2, 16:9, half-frame • Live ISO / shutter chips PRO VIDEO WITH FILM SIMULATION. Record HEVC, ProRes 422 HQ, or Apple Log with the film baked in. Cinematic 24fps, 4K, live audio, plus 120/240fps slow-motion. EVERYTHING IS YOURS. WYSIWYG: every effect — film, grain, halation — is baked into the saved photo. ProRAW is preserved as alternate. Create custom film recipes with a 14-slider editor. Save them, share them, refine them. YOUR PHOTOS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE. No analytics. No data collection. No network requests. Nothing leaves your iPhone. Made with care for everyone who misses film.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CaptureDSLR at 75% against Halcyon Camera's 0%. CaptureDSLR also leads on rating (2.3 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Halcyon Camera's advantage is price (Free vs $6.99) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, 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
Halcyon Camera is free to download; CaptureDSLR costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CaptureDSLR holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of CaptureDSLR's written reviews are positive against 0% of Halcyon Camera's.
CaptureDSLR ships an update every 2 months, Halcyon Camera every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CaptureDSLR | Halcyon Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | 1.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HFS | Birkan Aksoy |
Customer experience
CaptureDSLR
Halcyon Camera
In-app purchases
CaptureDSLR
No in-app purchases
Halcyon Camera
No in-app purchases








