CamPlot Calculators vs CHXLST
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CamPlot Calculators
This app provides essential calculations for camera departments, including media storage, depth of field previews, sensor size comparisons, and exposure balancing. It's designed with a cinematographer's workflow in mind, offering interactive tools for practical on-set use.
- Media storage calculation for various cameras
- Live depth of field photographic preview
- Interactive sensor size comparison
- Interlocking exposure dials (ISO, aperture, shutter, ND)
- Free trial with demo values
- Cross-app account sync
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The five calculations every camera department runs daily — built the way a cinematographer thinks, not as spreadsheet rows. All of them free with any CamPlot account. MEDIA How many hours fit on that card? Pick from dozens of real cameras — ARRI, Sony, RED, Canon, DJI, GoPro — with their actual recording formats and data rates, choose a frame rate and card size, and read the answer off the card itself. DEPTH OF FIELD A live photographic preview, not just numbers. Pick a scene, roll focal length, aperture, and distance, and watch focus fall off in real depth — pinch the frame to reframe and the focal length rolls with you. Add a second person staggered behind your subject and see exactly when they drop out of focus. Near, far, total, and hyperfocal always on screen. SENSOR SIZES Any sensors drawn to scale, nested and dimensioned — from a GoPro to full frame to 65mm. Settle the crop-factor argument with a picture. EXPOSURE Four interlocking dials — ISO, aperture (f or T), shutter (angle or speed), and ND (variable, hard, or stops) — that balance each other like a real camera. Lock what's fixed, roll what you're changing, and watch the free dial land on the answer in third-stops. SUN AND MOON Stand where you plan to shoot and see the day's light: the sun's path across the sky, the direction every shadow falls, and how long they are at any hour. Pick any future date to plan a scout, switch to the moon for a night exterior, and save a scout card straight to your photos. FREE, WITH ANY ACCOUNT All five tools, every control, at every level — including the free one. Create a CamPlot account and they are yours: no trial, no card, nothing to expire. One account across the Calculators, the Director's Viewfinder, and all of CamPlot at camplot.studio. WHAT A SUBSCRIPTION ADDS CamPlot Plus adds the full Director's Viewfinder — every cinema camera body, your own lens kits, a library of 200+ cinema LUTs you can export for your camera, sun path over the framed shot, and LiDAR distance — plus private markup and PDF export on plots shared with you. CamPlot Max adds building and sharing your own multicam camera plots, cloud storage, and live crew collaboration. 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
CHXLST
This app helps filmmakers prepare for shoots by providing a digital checklist for gear and camera settings. It allows users to build custom kits, access over 100 camera profiles with essential data, and manage shot lists to ensure nothing is forgotten on set.
- Customizable gear kit builder
- 100+ camera profiles with base ISO
- Shoot-day checklist management
- Offline access to camera data
- No account or subscription required
- Dark mode interface
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The gear checklist and camera settings guide for filmmakers. Stop losing time on set. CHXLST is the filmmaker’s pocket checklist: pack your bag, check your camera’s base ISOs, and run your shot list without digging through notes. GEAR Build your kit by category. Know what’s packed and what’s missing before you walk out the door. CAMERAS 100+ camera profiles with base ISO and customizable picture profiles. Look it up in seconds. No more mid-set Googling. CHECK Your shoot-day checklist, always ready. Tick it off so nothing slips once you’re rolling. Built for real work • Free to download and try • Unlock everything with one payment • No account. No login. No subscription • Dark, fast, made for iPhone & iPhone Duo Whether you shoot Sony, Canon, or whatever’s in the bag, CHXLST keeps the boring stuff out of your head so you can focus on the frame. Forget less. Focus on what matters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CamPlot Calculators at 15.0 against CHXLST's 17.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. CamPlot Calculators sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and CHXLST sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CamPlot Calculators against 5.0 for CHXLST. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CamPlot Calculators | CHXLST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Romany Films Inc. | Raven Media LLC |
Customer experience
CamPlot Calculators
CHXLST
In-app purchases
CamPlot Calculators
- CamPlot View+ Monthly$3.991 Month
- CamPlot Creator Monthly$4.991 Month
- CamPlot View+ Annual$29.991 Year
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- CamPlot Creator Annual$49.991 Year
CHXLST
- CHXLST Unlock$4.99
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