CaptureDSLR vs PocketXpan
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!
PocketXpan
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Shoot in DNG or HEIC and set the optimal capture size you want. The app includes manual white balance, shutter speed and ISO controls as well as automatic. Looks that are applied to the HEIC directly or as settings to the DNG so they can be altered later in a photo editing program. The DNGs have a virtual crop, this is adjustable later at your convenience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PocketXpan at Free against CaptureDSLR's $6.99. CaptureDSLR's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On 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
PocketXpan is free to download; CaptureDSLR costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | CaptureDSLR | PocketXpan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HFS | Olaf Hartong |
In-app purchases
CaptureDSLR
No in-app purchases
PocketXpan
No in-app purchases
