Comparison

Malamute Camera vs Cavo Camera

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

Head to head
About

Malamute Camera

Capture high-resolution photos silently with this fast camera app. It offers HEIF and JPG formats, preserves EXIF data, and allows instant focus and exposure adjustment by tapping anywhere on the screen. Ideal for discreet photography in quiet settings.

Highlights
  • Silent camera operation
  • High-resolution photography
  • HEIF and JPG format options
  • Preserves EXIF metadata
  • Tap to focus and adjust exposure
  • Clean and fast interface
Features
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Malamute Camera is a clean, fast, and silent camera designed for high-resolution photography. Choose between HEIF and JPG formats, while preserving full EXIF metadata. Tap anywhere on the screen to instantly focus and adjust exposure. Perfect for quiet environments and capturing special moments without distraction.

About

Cavo Camera

This app transforms your iPhone into a professional cinema camera, offering advanced manual controls for exposure, focus, and color. It allows for flexible recording formats and custom color grading, ensuring your creative vision is preserved.

Highlights
  • Advanced manual exposure controls
  • Customizable frame rates and shutter angles
  • Support for ProRes and Apple Log formats
  • Import and preview .cube LUTs
  • Flexible recording destinations
  • No ads or analytics
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Your iPhone. Your cinema camera. Choose the motion you want. Cavo handles exposure, gives you manual control when you need it, and lets you preview your look without changing the recording. Smarter auto Set your frame rate and shutter angle. Shutter-priority auto adjusts exposure around those settings. On compatible cameras, Aperture Priority holds your chosen aperture while Cavo adjusts exposure. Keep exposure and white balance adjusting as you shoot, or lock them when recording starts. Manual when you want it Control ISO, shutter, focus, and white balance from the viewfinder, with manual aperture control on compatible cameras. Check audio levels, available recording time, grid, and horizon level without leaving the camera. Choose shutter angles from 30° to 360°, or use supported longer exposures for more motion blur at a lower recording frame rate. Pick your format Record in H.264, HEVC, or supported ProRes formats. Choose Apple Log, Apple Log 2, HDR, and real open gate when your iPhone and active camera format support them. Recordings are QuickTime MOV files. Microphone access is optional. Cavo records silent video when access is off. See your look. Keep your master. Import .cube LUTs to preview color while you shoot. Monitoring leaves the recorded master unchanged. When you're ready, Quick Grade creates a separate graded HEVC Rec. 709 MOV export and preserves your original. Save where you choose Record to Photos, App Files, a folder you select, or compatible external storage. Optionally save the recording location with your videos. Quick Grade preserves location tags in graded copies, too. Your camera. Your recordings. No account, ads, or analytics. Your recordings stay in the destination you choose. Requires iOS 17 or later. Available codecs, color modes, resolutions, frame rates, lenses, stabilization, and external recording depend on your iPhone, iOS version, and connected hardware. Apple Log 2 and dynamic 4:3 capture require iOS 26 and compatible hardware. Manual aperture control and Aperture Priority require iOS 27 or later and compatible cameras.

Screenshots

Malamute Camera4 screens
Cavo Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cavo Camera at every 5 days against Malamute Camera's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. 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 — 5.0 for Malamute Camera against 5.0 for Cavo Camera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Malamute Camera ships an update every 3 weeks, Cavo Camera every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Malamute Camera versus Cavo Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMalamute CameraCavo Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPassionExSam Jandris

Customer experience

Malamute Camera

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cavo Camera

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Malamute Camera

No in-app purchases

None

Cavo Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Malamute Camera free?
Malamute Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cavo Camera free?
Cavo Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Malamute Camera or Cavo Camera?
Malamute Camera and Cavo Camera are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Malamute Camera or Cavo Camera have ads?
Neither Malamute Camera nor Cavo Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Malamute Camera or Cavo Camera?
Malamute Camera ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cavo Camera every 5 days. Most recently, Malamute Camera was updated on November 5, 2026 and Cavo Camera on October 31, 2026.

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