Comparison

CyanCamera App vs CamPlot Director's Viewfinder

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

Head to head
About

CyanCamera App

Features
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Your phone becomes a numbered camera on your CyanView gateway, shaded live from the same RCP your team already uses on every other camera in the show. CyanCamera is a broadcast camera, not a companion app. Once it appears on the gateway, your shader operates it from the panel exactly as they operate any of the 210+ camera models CyanView already controls. Same panel, same workflow, same look. REMOTE CONTROL FROM THE RCP ISO, shutter, iris, exposure compensation, white balance, focus and zoom all respond to the RCP over the REMI protocol. Custom buttons switch lenses, toggle the look, start recording, switch the stream between RTP and SRT and nudge the bit rate. Red, green and call tally light a border around the picture. REMI Cloud connects the phone to an RCP over the internet, so a contributor on location is shaded from the control room. Auto exposure can be fenced inside an ISO and shutter window, like a limited AGC on a broadcast camera. CAPTURE Record in HEVC 8-bit or 10-bit, or ProRes 422 on ProRes-capable iPhones, in Rec.709, P3 D65, Rec.2020 HLG, Apple Log or Apple Log 2 on supported devices. Presets run from 23.98 to 60 fps in 1080p and 4K, plus 120 and 240 fps where the device offers them, with the sensor clock pinned to the exact fractional cadence. Record to the photo library, an external SSD or any folder in Files. GENLOCK AND TIMECODE With the Blackmagic Camera ProDock, genlock and LTC timecode arrive on BNC and lock the phone to house sync, so the feed cuts frame-accurately against every other source in the show. Recordings carry a timecode track. Without genlock, a PoE Ethernet-to-USB-C dongle powers the phone and gives it a wired network in one cable. LIVE COLOR SHADING A GPU color engine runs entirely on the device, a faithful port of the CyanView multimatrix. Lift, gamma and gain, master saturation and hue, a 16-vector multimatrix and gate/select respond in real time as the shader moves the panel. Everything bakes into a 3D LUT, applied to the monitor, recording or stream independently, so what you see is what the feed carries. STUDIO LUT IMPORT Build a look in CyanView Studio or any grading suite, export it as a .cube, and load it as your base, whether a log conversion or a finished show look. It chains underneath the live grade. Apple Log to Rec.709 conversions ship in the app, and Studio can push a LUT live over the network. SCOPES RGB parade, RGB histogram and vectorscope, built in and running on the GPU, plus an audio meter. No external hardware required. STREAMING RTP for ultra low latency monitoring and contribution on the local network, or SRT for reliable delivery across the internet in caller or listener mode, with passphrase encryption and AAC audio. H.264 or H.265 from 4 to 35 Mbps or any value you type. Bit rate changes live without restarting the stream. Stream 1080p240 over RTP to FXVP for live slow motion replay. HDMI OUTPUT Route the feed to a monitor, capture device or switcher through a USB-C adapter, in Rec.709, HLG or Apple Log 2 at up to 10 bits, with the look baked in or, on iOS 27, straight from the sensor at the exact preset cadence with SMPTE ancillary metadata for the lowest latency. WHERE IT FITS Extra angles a full-size camera cannot reach. Remote contributors on location. Second-unit and behind-the-scenes coverage that cuts cleanly against the main cameras. Multiple phones streaming RTP into an FXVP Quad come out as four genlocked SDI feeds. REQUIREMENTS Remote control and live shading require a CyanView RCP. Capture, grading, scopes, streaming and HDMI output run standalone. Genlock and timecode require a Blackmagic Camera ProDock. Apple Log 2 requires iOS 26. Broadcast HDMI and iris control require iOS 27 and compatible hardware.

About

CamPlot Director's Viewfinder

Simulate professional cinema cameras and lenses on your iPhone. Accurately view shots with real sensor geometry, a vast lens kit, and live LUT grading. Scout locations with sun path and LiDAR distance.

Highlights
  • Simulates real cinema camera bodies and sensors
  • Extensive lens kit with primes and zooms
  • Live LUT grading with 200+ cinema looks
  • Sun path visualization for location scouting
  • LiDAR distance measurement on Pro iPhones
  • Organized library of all captures and scans
  • Exportable shot lists with QR codes
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Hold up your iPhone and see the shot through the real camera. CamPlot Director's Viewfinder simulates professional cinema cameras and lenses with honest optics — the same tool built into CamPlot, as its own app. THE CAMERA, NOT AN APPROXIMATION Pick the body — ARRI Alexa, Sony FX6 and Venice, RED Komodo, Canon C-series, DJI Ronin 4D, and more — choose Full Frame, Super 35, or MFT, and set frame lines for 16:9, 2.35, 2.39, or 4:3. The image you see is computed from the real sensor geometry. YOUR LENS KIT ON A ROLL Swipe through your lenses on an endless roll — primes snap, zooms ride a focal-length wheel with real stops. Add your own primes and zooms, or sign in to CamPlot and your project's lens inventory appears automatically. A LUT LIBRARY THAT LEAVES WITH YOU Grade the image live with true 3D LUTs on the GPU: 200+ cinema looks in nine packs, plus your own .cube files. Press and drag the LUT dial to spin the whole library with the picture regrading under your finger. And every look exports for your actual camera — pick your log format and CamPlot composes the conversion, so what you saw on the phone is what you load into the camera. SUN PATH WHILE SCOUTING See the sun's arc drawn over your framed shot for any date, using your location and compass. Know exactly when golden hour lands where you want it — weeks before the shoot. LIDAR DISTANCE On Pro iPhones, a measure mode reads the exact distance to your subject — aim, tap, and get feet and inches. THE LIBRARY Every frame, take and room scan you have made, in one place — each with the readings that were live when you shot it: camera, sensor window, lens, ISO, shutter, aperture, white balance, LUT, bearing, horizon, distance and where you stood. Photos, videos and room scans on their own shelves. A shot takes the whole screen with its instruments riding on top — one tap clears them, one brings them back. SHOT LISTS Build a list, name every shot in it, and add rows for shots you have not taken yet. Export it as a PDF contact sheet: the frame, its name, its readings, and a QR code that opens where it was shot in Apple or Google Maps. CAPTURES THAT REMEMBER Every capture burns in the body, sensor mode, focal length, and heading, saves silently to a CamPlot album in Photos, and carries its full readings inside the file itself. FREE TO TRY The app runs free with a generic full-frame body and a demo lens range, so you can see the whole thing before deciding. CamPlot Plus or CamPlot Max unlocks every camera body, your lens kits, the LUT library and LUT export, sun path, LiDAR, and capture — one account across the Viewfinder, the Calculators, and all of CamPlot at camplot.studio. The CamPlot Calculators are free with any account, including the free one. SUBSCRIPTIONS CamPlot Max: $49.99/year or $4.99/month. CamPlot Plus: $29.99/year or $3.99/month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your device Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://camplot.studio/privacy.html

Screenshots

CyanCamera App3 screens
CamPlot Director's Viewfinder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CyanCamera App at none against CamPlot Director's Viewfinder's 4. CamPlot Director's Viewfinder's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. CamPlot Director's Viewfinder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. CyanCamera App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CyanCamera App ships an update every 9 days, CamPlot Director's Viewfinder every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CyanCamera App versus CamPlot Director's Viewfinder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCyanCamera AppCamPlot Director's Viewfinder
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCyanViewRomany Films Inc.

In-app purchases

None

CyanCamera App

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

CamPlot Director's Viewfinder

Subscriptions4
  • CamPlot View+ Monthly$3.991 Month
  • CamPlot Creator Monthly$4.991 Month
  • CamPlot View Plus Annual$29.991 Year
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  • CamPlot Creator Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is CyanCamera App free?
CyanCamera App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CamPlot Director's Viewfinder free?
CamPlot Director's Viewfinder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CyanCamera App or CamPlot Director's Viewfinder have ads?
Neither CyanCamera App nor CamPlot Director's Viewfinder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CyanCamera App or CamPlot Director's Viewfinder?
CyanCamera App ships an update every 9 days, and CamPlot Director's Viewfinder every 2 days. Most recently, CyanCamera App was updated on October 6, 2026 and CamPlot Director's Viewfinder on October 12, 2026.

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