Comparison

Mountain Mag Camera vs Tether

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

Head to head
About

Mountain Mag Camera

This camera app is designed for digiscoping, allowing users to lock their iPhone lens to prevent unwanted auto-switching. Capture sharper outdoor footage with its purpose-built interface.

Highlights
  • Digiscoping camera functionality
  • Lock iPhone lens
  • Prevent auto-switching
  • Capture sharper outdoor footage
  • Purpose-built interface
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Mountain Mag Cam is a camera app built from the ground up for digiscoping. It's made to help you capture, share, and relive your most epic moments in the wild. Pick the lens you want and zoom all the way in and out without the camera switching lenses on you. It stays locked where you put it. Study your footage frame by frame, save your favorite settings so they're ready next time, and open straight into the app with the Camera Control button. Every photo and video saves right to your camera roll. Then there's Stasis. It's a one-of-a-kind, patent-pending stabilization algorithm, the first ever built from the ground up for digiscoping. Stasis Active Stabilization steadies your footage in real time as you shoot. Stasis Post Stabilization smooths out footage you've already captured. Both run right on your device, so they work anywhere, even with no cell reception. The epic moments don't wait. Never miss one again. Built in Bozeman, Montana by Epoch Outdoors. Mountain Mag Cam is free to download, and every feature is completely free to use. Saving your stabilized footage is the only thing that requires a subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tether

A social networking app focused on connecting with people you know through photos. It offers a chronological feed, mutual connections only, and a strict limit on connections, prioritizing privacy and a noise-free experience without ads or algorithms.

Highlights
  • Chronological feed
  • Mutual connections only
  • No ads or promoted content
  • Post photos and react with emoji
  • Private photos to connections
  • Optional Face ID/Touch ID lock
Features
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Capture the moments that matter — with the people who matter. Tether is a photo journal and a quiet social app in one. Share photos with the friends and family you actually know, and keep your private memories in a personal journal that's just for you. Social without the noise: - No ads or promoted content. Ever. - No algorithm — your feed is simply chronological. - Mutual connections only. No one-way follows, no follower counts. - 150 connections max — room for the people who matter, and no more. - Post in the last 7 days to see your feed — no lurking. - We will never sell your data. Your personal photo journal: - Save photos privately — memories you want to keep, not broadcast. - Choose for each photo: post it to your feed, or keep it just for you. - Browse it all in one place — Public, Private, or All. How it works: Sign in with your phone number. Find friends from your contacts. Post up to 10 photos, react with emoji, and leave comments — or save a photo privately to your journal. That's it. Privacy first: Your phone number is only used to sign you in and find people you know — it's never shown to other users. Your shared photos are visible only to your connections, and private journal photos are visible only to you. Optional Face ID / Touch ID lock. Put down the doom scroll. Pick up Tether.

Screenshots

Mountain Mag Camera4 screens
Tether4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tether at 5.0 against Mountain Mag Camera's 4.4. Tether also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). Mountain Mag Camera's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Mountain Mag Camera sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Tether sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tether holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mountain Mag Camera has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Mag Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, Tether every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mountain Mag Camera versus Tether: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain Mag CameraTether
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (25 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB64 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEpoch Outdoors LLCBRYANT BREWERTON ALLRED

Customer experience

Mountain Mag Camera

All ratings25 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%

Tether

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Mountain Mag Camera

Subscriptions8
  • Mountain Mag Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Mountain Mag Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Mountain Mag Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
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  • Mountain Mag Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Mountain Mag Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
  • Mountain Mag Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Mountain Mag Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Mountain Mag Pro$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • Mountain Mag Pro Lifetime$24.99
  • Mountain Mag Pro Lifetime$39.99
  • Mountain Mag Pro Lifetime$99.99
2 purchases

Tether

Subscriptions2
  • Tether+$2.991 Month
  • Tether+$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Mountain Mag Camera free?
Mountain Mag Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tether free?
Tether is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mountain Mag Camera or Tether?
Tether is rated higher. Mountain Mag Camera averages 4.4 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Tether averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Mountain Mag Camera or Tether have ads?
Neither Mountain Mag Camera nor Tether shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Mag Camera or Tether?
Mountain Mag Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, and Tether every 2 days. Most recently, Mountain Mag Camera was updated on October 28, 2026 and Tether on October 5, 2026.

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