Comparison

zerotake vs Scatto

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

Head to head
About

zerotake

Capture stunning videos with a user-friendly cinema camera app. It offers simple recording with an option for advanced controls and an integrated editor. Enjoy private, offline video creation with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Intuitive cinema camera interface
  • Tape Mode for continuous recordings
  • Simple and Pro recording modes
  • Built-in video editor
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Offline video creation
Features
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Beautiful video should not require a camera degree. Zerotake is a cinema camera designed to stay out of your way. Open it, frame the moment and record with a beautiful look. Tape Mode keeps each new recording in one continuous video. Film breakfast, the journey and sunset; when you press play, the day is already together. It is inspired by camcorders, but made for now. Simple by default. Powerful on demand. ZERO mode is the easy everyday workflow. And PRO mode is only one tap away if you need extra precision. Use the built-in editor when you want to shape the result yourself. Zerotake uses native camera technologies and system design to feel fast, familiar and at home on Apple platforms. Your videos belong to you. Zerotake is designed around on-device processing and private ownership of the files you create. Your videos remain private, completely offline. Zero ads, zero tracking. Designed by Dmitry Novikov Developed by Sergio Rodriguez Rama Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Scatto

Features
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Scatto is a manual camera with real controls, a darkroom for stills and video, and all of it is free. A real RAW file that grades like a camera file, a histogram that tells you the truth, and a processing switch that asks the camera for a faster, lighter render when you want the sensor's version of the scene. EVERYTHING, FREE - RAW, Apple ProRAW, RAW+JPEG, HEIF and JPEG, at full sensor resolution. RAW formats depend on the phone and the lens; Scatto shows what each lens can write. - Manual shutter, ISO, focus and white balance on wheels that snap to real stops, all within one thumb of the shutter. - Live RGB histogram, highlight zebras, focus peaking. - Setups: save the camera as it stands, by name. Lens, zoom, file format, exposure, white balance and overlays come back in one tap. - Minimal processing mode, which prioritizes speed over Apple's heavier multi-frame passes. - Every lens, tap to focus, drag the sun to set exposure, long-press for AE/AF lock. - Camera Control slides to set shutter and ISO by hand, on the phones that have one. - Manual settings that survive a lens swap and a zoom. - Grid, level, self-timer, hardware-button shutter. - Video: 4K HEVC takes on the phones that shoot it, with your manual shutter, ISO, focus and white balance carried into the recording. - The front camera, one tap beside the shutter, with the same dials. - A roll that keeps every shot you took in the app, so this morning's work is one swipe away instead of somewhere in a library of ten thousand photos. Pinch out for a contact sheet of the whole roll. VIDEO Flip the switch under the shutter and the same camera records. Open a take from the roll and cut it on a filmstrip, step it a frame at a time, watch it at half or double speed, and grade it with the same light and colour tools as a photo. Save any paused frame as a photo. The trim and the grade stay with the take as a recipe, the original movie never changes, and sharing writes a new one. THE DARKROOM Open a shot and develop it: exposure, highlights, shadows, contrast, whites and blacks; warmth in Kelvin, tint, vibrance, saturation; crop, straighten and rotate. On a RAW frame these run through the RAW pipeline instead of over a finished JPEG, so white balance moves the way Kelvin moves on a camera file and a recovered highlight brings back detail the sensor actually recorded. Hold the picture to see it the way it came out of the camera. Nothing is baked. An edit is a recipe stored with the shot, the original file never changes, and exporting writes a new one beside it. When you want the developed photo in your library, one tap saves it there as a new file. LOOKS Save the light and colour of a develop by name and set it down on the next photo. White balance travels as a shift from each photo's own neutral, so a look made in shade still holds in daylight. The crop stays with the frame it was made for. THE CONTROLS Every setting lives on a wheel that snaps to real stops: the shutter speeds and ISO values a camera actually has. An A/M switch hands control back to the camera whenever you want it. THE READOUTS A live RGB histogram, highlight zebras and focus peaking, drawn only while you are watching them so the phone stays cool on a long shoot. What you see before the shutter is what lands in the file. YOUR FIRST PHOTO A five-hint guide walks one photo from the shutter to the share sheet: shoot it, open it, develop it, compare, share. Skip it whenever you like; it waits in Settings. PRIVACY Nothing leaves your device. Scatto has no analytics and no account, and makes no network calls. Location, if you allow it, writes the standard EXIF geotag into your own photos and goes nowhere else. Free. No subscription. No ads. No account. Made by Spruzzo Labs — a creative lab. Questions or ideas? hello@spruzzolabs.com

Screenshots

zerotake4 screens
Scatto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: zerotake at every 5 days against Scatto's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. zerotake sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month and Scatto sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

zerotake ships an update every 5 days, Scatto monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
zerotake versus Scatto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterzerotakeScatto
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB6 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperZero Camera LtdSpruzzo Labs Inc.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

zerotake

Subscriptions6
  • PRO Monthly Upgrade3 Days trial$4.001 Month
  • ZERO Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • PRO Monthly3 Days trial$7.001 Month
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  • PRO Annual Upgrade7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • ZERO Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • PRO Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • PRO Lifetime Upgrade$39.99
  • ZERO Lifetime$59.99
  • PRO Lifetime$79.99
1 purchases

Scatto

One-time1
  • Detent Pro$12.99

Questions

Is zerotake free?
zerotake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scatto free?
Scatto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do zerotake or Scatto have ads?
Neither zerotake nor Scatto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, zerotake or Scatto?
zerotake ships an update every 5 days, and Scatto monthly. Most recently, zerotake was updated on October 25, 2026 and Scatto on October 24, 2026.

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