Comparison

Capture vs GoProfication

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

Head to head
About

Capture

Easily import photos and videos from cameras, SD cards, or USB drives while preserving original capture dates, GPS data, and EXIF information. Correct metadata before import and ensure no original files are altered.

Highlights
  • Preserves capture date, time, and GPS
  • Imports from cameras, SD cards, USB drives
  • Corrects EXIF data before import
  • Checks for duplicate photos
  • Supports RAW file formats
  • Offloads to external SSDs
  • Records and applies GPS routes
Features
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Capture imports photos and videos from a camera, SD card or USB drive into your Photos library. It keeps everything the camera recorded: capture date and time, GPS coordinates, make, model, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter speed and focal length. Capture reads those out of the file and writes them onto the photo explicitly, so each shot lands with the date and place it was taken, not the date you imported it. That is why the app exists. A camera or card that mounts as a drive gets no photo importer, only a file browser, and a plain file copy does not set any of it, so whether the date and place survive then depends on whatever program opens the file next. Connect the camera, card or drive, pick the shots you want, and they go into Photos. NEVER THE SAME PHOTO TWICE Every file is checked against your whole library first, rotated copies included, so anything you already imported comes back flagged. You only carry over what's new. FIX IT BEFORE IT LANDS The camera is not always right: a clock that was never set, no GPS receiver, the wrong lens in the EXIF. Correct any of those fields before the photo reaches your library: date and time on one frame or shifted across a whole batch, keeping the intervals between them; location on a map; copyright, artist and file name. NOTHING TOUCHES THE CARD Your originals are never written to. Every edit goes into the copy Photos gets. Rotation is lossless: one EXIF orientation tag rewritten, the pixels untouched. RAW AS SHOT CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG and more, imported exactly as captured. STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE No account, no cloud, no servers. Nothing leaves your iPhone or iPad. FREE TO START Your first import is the whole card, no limits. After that, the free tier allows 5 items a day. WHAT A PURCHASE CHANGES It lifts the 5-a-day limit. Every capability below works on the free tier, with one exception: recording a route runs the GPS for hours at a time, so it comes with the purchase. FOR THE CARD YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE • Smart Cull scores sharpness while the card is still being read and flags the soft frames. Page through them full size, keep the ones you blurred on purpose, skip the rest so they never reach your library. • Offload to a drive sends a card straight to an external SSD or a Files folder, no laptop. Every file is read back and hash-checked after writing, with a per-file receipt and a plain “safe to erase” verdict before you format anything. • Record your route while you shoot, then geotag the whole card from it, matched by capture time. Recording keeps going with the screen off and the app closed; nothing is logged unless you start a recording, and tracks stay on your iPhone. • Geotag from any GPX track you already have, matched the same way. • Keep both halves of a RAW+JPEG pair, or just one, and save RAW Photos can't render to Files so it survives. • Old digicam videos (AVI, MPG) convert on import so they play on iPhone (iOS 18+), and a Shortcuts import runs with one tap. One plan, as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. --- Capture is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly); a one-time Lifetime unlock is also available, and prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends; you can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://capture.karololszanski.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

GoProfication

Features
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GoProfication converts the SD card from your Insta360 camera into a format iPhones import natively — straight from the Photos app, just like a GoPro card. THE PROBLEM Plug an Insta360 SD card into an iPhone with a card reader and the Photos import screen shows… nothing. iOS only auto-imports cards that follow the classic camera folder layout, and Insta360 cards don't. Digging the files out through the Files app works, but it's slow and easy to get wrong. THE FIX You have two choices: install Insta360's own app and do everything through it, or make the SD card look like a GoPro card so your iPhone imports it directly. GoProfication renames the card in place: • Removes the tiny .lrv / .thm preview files that confuse the importer • Renames videos and photos GoPro-style (GOPR0001.MP4, G0000001.jpg), keeping them in shooting order • Renames the Camera01 folder to 100GOPRO Your footage is never copied, re-encoded or modified — only names change, so conversion takes seconds even on a full card. HOW TO USE Plug the SD card into your iPhone or iPad with a USB-C or Lightning card reader Open GoProfication and tap Convert SD Card First time only: pick the card in the file browser so iOS grants access (it's remembered afterwards) When "Done!" appears, the card is safe to remove — re-insert it and import via Photos GOOD TO KNOW • Already-converted cards are recognised: "This is already a GoPro SD. Nothing to do." • If the card already contains a GoPro folder, it's archived as "Previous Flight 1", "Previous Flight 2"… before the new footage is converted — nothing is ever overwritten • All changes are fully written to the card before "Done!" shows, so it's safe to pull immediately • An interrupted conversion can simply be run again MADE FOR THE FIELD Built by a tandem paragliding pilot who hands customers their in-flight footage right on the landing field. If you shoot with an Insta360 and the people you fly with use iPhones, this replaces the file-manager dance with one tap. GoProfication changes file and folder names on the SD card only. It never uploads, edits or deletes your footage; the only files removed are the camera's small .lrv/.thm preview sidecars. GoPro is a trademark of GoPro, Inc. Insta360 is a trademark of Arashi Vision Inc. This app is an independent utility and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by GoPro, Inc., Arashi Vision Inc. or Apple Inc.

Screenshots

Capture4 screens
GoProfication4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoProfication at none against Capture's 4. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Capture sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. GoProfication asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Capture versus GoProfication: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaptureGoProfication
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarol OlszanskiItai Almog

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Capture

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Quarterly$3.993 Months
  • Yearly$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
None

GoProfication

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Capture free?
Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GoProfication free?
GoProfication is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Capture or GoProfication have ads?
Neither Capture nor GoProfication shows ads.

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