Comparison

Mountain Mag Camera vs ShiftCam One

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

ShiftCam One

This app helps you set up, shoot, and organize photos and videos using specialized camera lenses and accessories. It provides guides for mounting gear, offers advanced shooting controls, and allows you to filter your library by the lens used.

Highlights
  • Lens registration and setup guides
  • AutoSteady video stabilization
  • Customizable lens-specific controls
  • HEIF/JPEG photo and 4K video capture
  • Library organization by lens
  • Warranty activation
Features
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ShiftCam One is the companion app for your ShiftCam lenses, mounts, and accessories. It is built around how you actually shoot with ShiftCam gear, from setting up a lens to sharing the shot. SET UP YOUR GEAR • Register your ShiftCam lenses by scanning the code in the box, or add them manually if you no longer have it • Tell the app which mounting system you use — phone case, or universal — so the instructions match your setup • Follow a mounting guide drawn for your exact iPhone model, showing which camera the lens goes over • Open a page for each lens you own: specs and space for your own notes LENS SKILLS • AutoSteady on Super Zoom — video stabilization engages automatically at 2× and above, with an on-screen shake indicator so you can tell when you are steady SHOOT • Full-screen viewfinder with a lens picker that adapts the controls to the lens you select • A zoom dial that shows the real range your lens reaches, not the iPhone's default numbers • Photo and video: HEIF or JPEG, 1080p and 4K at 24/30/60 fps • Flash, timer, grid, level, aspect ratio, exposure compensation, and focus and exposure lock ORGANIZE AND SHARE • Browse your library with full capture details, including which lens took each shot • Filter by lens to see everything you have shot with a particular piece of glass • See your whole photo library in one place, with ShiftCam One shots marked • Share to Instagram, TikTok, or the iOS share sheet, or save to Photos WARRANTY AND ACCOUNT • Activate your warranty by uploading a photo of your receipt • Manage your lenses, mounting systems, and account settings from one place YOUR DATA The photos and videos you take stay on your device. They leave it only when you choose. PERMISSIONS • Camera — to shoot photos and video, and to scan the code on your lens box • Microphone — to record audio with your videos • Photo Library — to save the shots you take • Location — optional, to tag where a photo was taken ShiftCam One is free to download.

Screenshots

Mountain Mag Camera4 screens
ShiftCam One4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mountain Mag Camera at 4.5 against ShiftCam One's 3.0. Mountain Mag Camera also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 1). ShiftCam One's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price, update cadence, 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

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. ShiftCam One asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mountain Mag Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mountain Mag Camera has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Mag Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, ShiftCam One every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mountain Mag Camera versus ShiftCam One: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain Mag CameraShiftCam One
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (23 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEpoch Outdoors LLCShiftCam Limited

Customer experience

Mountain Mag Camera

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

ShiftCam One

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
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
None

ShiftCam One

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mountain Mag Camera free?
Mountain Mag Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShiftCam One free?
ShiftCam One is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mountain Mag Camera or ShiftCam One?
Mountain Mag Camera is rated higher. Mountain Mag Camera averages 4.5 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while ShiftCam One averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mountain Mag Camera or ShiftCam One have ads?
Neither Mountain Mag Camera nor ShiftCam One shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Mag Camera or ShiftCam One?
Mountain Mag Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, and ShiftCam One every 9 days. Most recently, Mountain Mag Camera was updated on October 17, 2026 and ShiftCam One on October 10, 2026.

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