Comparison

Remote Lens vs Shutter Link

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

Head to head
About

Remote Lens

Features
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Remote Lens is your ultimate companion for Canon camera enthusiasts and will never require an account. Seamlessly connect your Canon camera to your device and unlock a world of photographic possibilities. With Remote Lens, you can effortlessly capture stunning photos, add GPS tags to keep track of your shooting locations, and utilize the intervalometer feature for time-lapse photography. Key Features: Easy Connection: Quickly connect your Canon camera to your device without the hassle of account creation. GPS Tagging: Automatically add GPS tags to your photos, making it easy to remember where each shot was taken. Intervalometer: Set up time-lapse sequences with ease, perfect for capturing dynamic scenes over time. User-Friendly Interface: Enjoy a smooth and intuitive user experience designed to enhance your photography workflow. Remote Lens is designed to provide a seamless and efficient photography experience, allowing you to focus on what matters most: capturing the perfect shot. Download Remote Lens today and take your photography to the next level for free. Tested with a Canon EOS R6, most likely works with all cameras in the R series, and probably M series too.

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Shutter Link

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ShutterLink turns your iPhone into a remote for the camera you already own, over Bluetooth. No Wi-Fi network to join, no hotspot that drops, no account to make. Pair once, and the camera is there when you pick the phone up. Works with Sony Alpha, Fujifilm X and GFX, and Canon EOS bodies that have Bluetooth remote control. A REMOTE YOU ARRANGE Add, move, resize and remove controls on a grid, the way you would in Control Center. Upright and sideways are kept separately, and every camera keeps its own layout. Shutter, half press, single shot, shoot on focus, 3s and 10s self timers, AF-ON, C1, video record, power zoom and focus drive, as far as the body allows. SEQUENCES A bulb timer, an intervalometer and focus bracketing, composed into one run, with an estimate of how long it will take before you start it. Exposure ramping gives every frame a different length across a run, for a timelapse shot into changing light. A Live Activity keeps the count on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while the phone is in your pocket. ON YOUR WRIST, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE An Apple Watch remote with four controls you choose per camera. Siri and Shortcuts for shutter, start and stop. A Control Center button for the shutter, one press from anywhere. MORE THAN ONE CAMERA Pair as many bodies as you like. They stay connected together, and the title on the remote decides which one it drives, so a sequence running on one carries on while you shoot with the other. GEOTAGGING AND THE SHOT LOG Feed the phone's position to the camera over the maker's own location service, and the camera writes GPS into its own files, including the frames you fire on the body that the app never sees. The shot log records when and where every frame the app triggered went off, and exports GPX for matching photos by capture time in Lightroom or Capture One. FREE TO CONNECT, PAY TO CONTROL Finding, pairing and connecting cost nothing, so you can watch the app talk to your camera before you spend anything. One purchase then unlocks the remote for every supported make, now and for the makes added later. No subscription, no account, no sign-in. WHAT BLUETOOTH CANNOT DO Bluetooth is a remote release, not a tether. There is no live view, no image preview or transfer, and no reading or setting ISO, aperture, shutter speed or white balance. What is on offer also varies by make: a Fujifilm gives the shutter, its half press and geotagging, and a Canon gives different things depending on which of its two Bluetooth modes you paired from. The app follows what your camera can actually do rather than what its badge says, lists that for you before you buy, and never draws a button the body will not answer. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Sony, Fujifilm or Canon. Product names are the trademarks of their owners.

Screenshots

Remote Lens4 screens
Shutter Link4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remote Lens at none against Shutter Link's 1. Remote Lens also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Shutter Link sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Remote Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Lens ships an update every 2 weeks, Shutter Link fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Remote Lens versus Shutter Link: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote LensShutter Link
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks β€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS18.6 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaphael DerensyJonathan Underwood

In-app purchases

None

Remote Lens

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Shutter Link

One-time1
  • Bluetooth Remote$6.99

Questions

Is Remote Lens free?
Remote Lens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shutter Link free?
Shutter Link is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Remote Lens or Shutter Link have ads?
Neither Remote Lens nor Shutter Link shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Lens or Shutter Link?
Remote Lens ships an update every 2 weeks, and Shutter Link fortnightly. Most recently, Remote Lens was updated on September 29, 2026 and Shutter Link on October 1, 2026.

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