CineTemp vs Memory Capsule
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CineTemp
This tool helps filmmakers and cinematographers measure color temperature and ND values using their iPhone camera. It offers real-time readings, a luminance histogram, and a library for saving shot notes and metadata to ensure color consistency.
- Color temperature readings via iPhone camera
- ND calculation via iPhone camera
- Real-time measurements with multiple lenses
- Luminance histogram
- Location-aware shot library
- Scene comparison tools
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KEY FEATURES: • Approximate color temperature readings through your iPhone camera • Approximate ND calculation through your iPhone camera • Real-time values using wide, telephoto, and front-facing lenses • Luminance histogram • Location-aware shot library with custom notes and metadata • Scene comparison tools to assist with color consistency Perfect for: • Location scouting • Pre-production planning • On-set color adjustments • White balance optimization • Multi-camera coordination Created by filmmakers for filmmakers, CineTemp is designed to simplify your workflow and support your creative vision. While it’s not total replacement for dedicated hardware, CineTemp offers an intuitive way to make informed color decisions. The app seamlessly integrates with most iPhone cameras, and the customizable interface keeps essential tools at your fingertips. Save and organize your readings with automatic time, date, and location tagging to streamline your pre-production process. Join the creators using CineTemp to elevate their craft. Download now and explore an innovative approach to color temperature measurement.
Memory Capsule
Preserve family memories by attaching voice or video stories to photos and videos. Collaborate with family to build a shared family tree and organize your media with smart capsules and face recognition. Share content privately with designated circles.
- Record voice/video stories on photos/videos
- Collaborate with family on a shared tree
- Organize with smart capsules and face recognition
- Share privately with designated circles
- Letters sealed until a chosen date
- Duplicate photo detection
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Memory Capsule helps you preserve the stories behind your family photos, in your own voice. TELL THE STORY • Record a voice or video story on any photo or video • Point at a face while you talk and a spotlight follows your finger • Narrate a whole set of photos and videos into one story • Mark the moment something happens in a video BRING YOUR FAMILY IN • Invite family to add their own photos and stories • One family tree, built together with relatives • Family can ask you about a photo; daily prompts when nothing happened • Save shared photos and videos to your Photos app • Letters sealed until the date you choose SHARE WITH YOUR CIRCLES • Circles for the people you share with, from your cousins to a team for a season • Everyone in a circle sees and adds to its capsules and shared album • Upload straight to a circle, and everyone in it hears about it KEEP IT ORGANIZED • Import whole albums; uploads keep going when your phone locks • Smart capsules that fill themselves by person, place or year • Face recognition that runs only on your iPhone • Find and clear duplicate shots in a couple of taps PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Nothing is shared until you choose to share it • Deleted items wait 30 days Free with 10 GB. Memory Capsule Plus adds 200 GB, transcripts and captions, video export, and capsules that open on a date years from now. It's more than storage: every story is transcribed, so you can search for what was said, and any story can be exported as a video to send to family. I'm Sean Daigle, and I make Memory Capsule. If something doesn't work the way you hoped, write to me at hello@memorycapsule.app. Plus is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription, charged to your Apple ID and renewed unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.memorycapsule.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Memory Capsule at Free against CineTemp's $19.99. Memory Capsule also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). CineTemp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (29 vs 2). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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
Memory Capsule is free to download; CineTemp costs $19.99 up front. Memory Capsule sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. CineTemp asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CineTemp against 5.0 for Memory Capsule. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CineTemp has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of CineTemp's written reviews are positive against 100% of Memory Capsule's.
CineTemp ships an update every 3 weeks, Memory Capsule every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CineTemp | Memory Capsule |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #18 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TKNYE | Sean Daigle |
Customer experience
CineTemp
Memory Capsule
In-app purchases
CineTemp
No in-app purchases
Memory Capsule
- Memory Capsule Plus: Monthly$9.991 Month
- Memory Capsule Plus Yearly$99.991 Year
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