Comparison

Stellar vs Coordinate Photo

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

Head to head
About

Stellar

This app offers advanced control for creating timelapses and capturing single shots with customizable intervals and delays. It supports manual camera settings, dual camera capture, and various output formats, including RAW. Remote control and Apple Watch integration are also available.

Highlights
  • Interval shooting
  • Manual camera controls
  • Dual camera capture
  • RAW photo output
  • Remote control
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Timelapse video creation
Features
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Stellar is a precision interval camera built for photographers who want complete control from a quick self-timer shot to a multi-hour timelapse session. CAPTURE • Interval shooting: every 2, 5, 10, 30, or 60 seconds • Single shot mode with start delay. Use Stellar as a self-timer • Set a shot count (1 to ∞) or a duration limit (30s to 1h) • Schedule a session to fire automatically at a specific time • Visual countdown before the session starts CAMERA CONTROLS • Switch between Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto lenses (If supported) • Manual shutter speed, ISO, and exposure compensation • Manual focus with barrel-style slider and haptic feedback • Barrel-style zoom with haptic tick feedback • Flash: Off / Auto / On • AE/AF lock and tap-to-focus DUAL CAMERA • Multicam: Capture front and back cameras simultaneously • Picture-in-Picture layout: draggable and swappable • Both lenses fire at the exact same time PHOTO OUTPUT • Formats: HEIC, JPEG, RAW, RAW+HEIC, RAW+JPEG • Aspect ratios: Original, 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 • Optional geotagging. Embed GPS location in EXIF metadata • Sessions automatically saved to a named album in Photos TIMELAPSE VIDEO • Build a timelapse from any session or photo library • Share photos from the iOS Photos app directly into Stellar to generate a timelapse • Frame rate: 24 or 30 fps • Quality: 1080p, 1440p, or 4K • Speed: 0.5×, 1×, 2×, 3×, or 4× • Reverse playback option • Export and share in seconds REMOTE CONTROL • Control a second iPhone over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth • Start, stop, and preview shots remotely APPLE WATCH • Start and stop capture from your wrist • Live preview on the watch face after each shot • Shot counter displayed during active sessions FRAMING AIDS • Ghost overlay: match composition to the previous shot • 3×3 grid for rule-of-thirds framing • Horizon level indicator • Aspect ratio crop guides GALLERY • Browse, view full-screen, share, or delete photos & videos captured by Stellar FEEDBACK & SETTINGS • Shutter sound and haptic feedback • LED countdown: flashes 3-2-1 before each shot • Battery saver mode: dims screen during long sessions • Sleep mode: pause and resume without losing your session • Presets: save and load named setting combinations • Storage warning before starting a session Download Stellar. Every second counts.

About

Coordinate Photo

Features
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coordinate photo Built for the field. GPS coordinates, street address, heading, and precise timestamp stamped directly onto every photo and video — burned into the image itself, not buried in metadata. Whether you're documenting a job site, recording a property condition, or capturing evidence in the field, coordinate photo gives you images that speak for themselves. No editing. No app needed to read them. The information is right there in the frame. What gets stamped - GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) - Street address and locality - Date and time with timezone - Compass heading - Camera zoom level - Audio indicator for video Works the way you work - Portrait and landscape recording - Full video support with stamp burned into every frame - Interval shooting — auto-shutter every 2 to 60 seconds with shot counter - Time-lapse assembly — interval sessions compile into a stamped video automatically - Slow motion recording — high frame-rate video, played back in slow mo by iOS Photos - Multi-lens zoom with hardware controls - Hardware shutter button support (including Camera Control on iPhone 16) - No account. No cloud. No subscription. Your photos stay yours. Who uses it Insurance adjusters, contractors, real estate professionals, surveyors, researchers, and anyone who needs verifiable, documented proof of where they were and when — with the evidence in the image, not attached to it. Metadata also included.

Screenshots

Stellar4 screens
Coordinate Photo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Stellar and Coordinate Photo are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stellar ships an update every 4 days, Coordinate Photo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Stellar versus Coordinate Photo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStellarCoordinate Photo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGabriel PiresDane Frazier

In-app purchases

None

Stellar

No in-app purchases

None

Coordinate Photo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stellar free?
Stellar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coordinate Photo free?
Coordinate Photo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stellar or Coordinate Photo have ads?
Neither Stellar nor Coordinate Photo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stellar or Coordinate Photo?
Stellar ships an update every 4 days, and Coordinate Photo weekly. Most recently, Stellar was updated on October 31, 2026 and Coordinate Photo on October 25, 2026.

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