Comparison

CamPlot Director's Viewfinder vs AntTake

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

Head to head
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
Read full description

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

About

AntTake

Features
Read full description

AntTake is a camera report app for film crews. Log every roll and take on set, with all your lens and camera settings. Add one take to A, B and C cameras in one tap, or by Siri. Send PDF, CSV or a live web link. Designed and built by a DIT. 14-day free trial. LOG ROLLS AND TAKES - Projects > cameras (A, B, C…) > rolls > takes - Tap Add Take to log the next take number and clip number automatically - Settings carry over from the last take: lens, focal length, stop, focus distance, ISO, shutter angle, color temperature, FPS, filters, LUT, codec, resolution, aspect ratio, camera height, tilt and roll angle - Episode, scene, shot, INT/EXT, DAY/NIGHT, timecode and a description for each take - Mark takes as Pickup, MOS, Rehearsal or Free Run - Rate takes from 1 to 5 stars - Attach photos from the camera or photo library - Add notes to each roll - Get a warning when a scene and shot already exist on another shoot day, or when a roll or clip number is already used MULTI-CAMERA - Log one take to several cameras with a single tap. Each camera gets the take on its own roll, with its own clip number. - Give each camera its own letter, color and operator name FASTER ENTRY - Built-in lists of camera models, lenses, codecs and recording formats - Suggestions from what you've typed before - Number pad for numeric fields - Metric or imperial units - Search every roll in a project by any value DIGITAL SLATE - Full-screen slate filled in from the last logged take - Tap to clap, with sound and haptic feedback - Set the clap offset in frames - Light or dark theme - Show one or several cameras on the slate SIRI AND SHORTCUTS Add a take, rate or tag the last take, add a description, or set the scene and shot by voice. Choose all cameras or specific ones (for example "A" or "AB"). REPORTS - Export PDF and CSV reports for a roll, a camera, a shoot day or a whole project - PDF options: portrait or landscape, light or dark theme, one roll per page, group by camera, production header on every page - Hide production details, crew names or your own name - Preview before sharing, then share by Mail, Messages, AirDrop or any app WEB LINK - Send a link that opens the report in any browser, with no app needed - Live links update while you keep logging - The report is encrypted on your iPhone, so the server can't read it - Web links never include the project name, production, location, crew names or shoot dates - Choose whether to include photos - Links expire after 24 hours, and are removed when you delete the roll, camera or project MOVE PROJECTS BETWEEN DEVICES Export a whole project, photos included, as one .anttake file and open it on another device. LANGUAGES English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Chinese. SUBSCRIPTION 14-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription. If your subscription ends, your projects stay readable and you can still export and share reports. Terms of use : https://www.modlookdit.com/anttake/TermsOfUse/

Screenshots

CamPlot Director's Viewfinder4 screens
AntTake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CamPlot Director's Viewfinder at 15.0 against AntTake's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and AntTake sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CamPlot Director's Viewfinder ships an update every 2 days, AntTake every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CamPlot Director's Viewfinder versus AntTake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamPlot Director's ViewfinderAntTake
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRomany Films Inc.Piyapong Mahnmark

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
Show 1 more
  • CamPlot Creator Annual$49.991 Year
2 purchases

AntTake

Subscriptions2
  • AntTake Monthly$1.991 Month
  • AntTake Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is CamPlot Director's Viewfinder free?
CamPlot Director's Viewfinder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AntTake free?
AntTake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CamPlot Director's Viewfinder or AntTake have ads?
Neither CamPlot Director's Viewfinder nor AntTake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CamPlot Director's Viewfinder or AntTake?
CamPlot Director's Viewfinder ships an update every 2 days, and AntTake every 3 days. Most recently, CamPlot Director's Viewfinder was updated on October 12, 2026 and AntTake on October 9, 2026.

Other comparisons