ShutterPin vs Shutter Link
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
ShutterPin
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ShutterPin sends smartphone GPS location to compatible cameras over Bluetooth and helps you geotag photos using recorded tracks. Find shooting locations on a map, select one photo or a batch, and match each photo to a place by capture time. Export your route as a GPX file. Find your day on the map Explore recorded locations alongside your shooting dates. Choose photos. Add the place. Check the map, then select one photo or a whole set. Sony Β· Camera location sync Tested with Ξ±1 and ZV-E1. Other models are checked through their Bluetooth services. Canon Β· Preview Smartphone pairing and GPS sync are available as a preview. Camera testing is still required. Select your camera from nearby devices, then enable smartphone GPS on the camera. Other cameras Β· Map & photo tagging Record your route, find the place on the map, then choose one or more photos to add location by capture time. Direct Bluetooth support depends on the camera. Location is sent to your camera over Bluetooth. Tracks stay on your phone. Opening a map sends requests for the visible area to the map provider. Live location sending requires an account and an active trial or purchase. Subscription and lifetime options, pricing, and purchase restoration are available in the app. Background operation depends on permissions, phone settings, camera settings, and firmware. ShutterPin is independent and is not affiliated with camera manufacturers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://api.sinsa.cc/privacy
Shutter Link
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ShutterLink turns your iPhone into a remote for the camera you already own, over Bluetooth. No Wi-Fi network to join, no hotspot that drops, no account to make. Pair once, and the camera is there when you pick the phone up. Works with Sony Alpha, Fujifilm X and GFX, and Canon EOS bodies that have Bluetooth remote control. A REMOTE YOU ARRANGE Add, move, resize and remove controls on a grid, the way you would in Control Center. Upright and sideways are kept separately, and every camera keeps its own layout. Shutter, half press, single shot, shoot on focus, 3s and 10s self timers, AF-ON, C1, video record, power zoom and focus drive, as far as the body allows. SEQUENCES A bulb timer, an intervalometer and focus bracketing, composed into one run, with an estimate of how long it will take before you start it. Exposure ramping gives every frame a different length across a run, for a timelapse shot into changing light. A Live Activity keeps the count on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while the phone is in your pocket. ON YOUR WRIST, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE An Apple Watch remote with four controls you choose per camera. Siri and Shortcuts for shutter, start and stop. A Control Center button for the shutter, one press from anywhere. MORE THAN ONE CAMERA Pair as many bodies as you like. They stay connected together, and the title on the remote decides which one it drives, so a sequence running on one carries on while you shoot with the other. GEOTAGGING AND THE SHOT LOG Feed the phone's position to the camera over the maker's own location service, and the camera writes GPS into its own files, including the frames you fire on the body that the app never sees. The shot log records when and where every frame the app triggered went off, and exports GPX for matching photos by capture time in Lightroom or Capture One. FREE TO CONNECT, PAY TO CONTROL Finding, pairing and connecting cost nothing, so you can watch the app talk to your camera before you spend anything. One purchase then unlocks the remote for every supported make, now and for the makes added later. No subscription, no account, no sign-in. WHAT BLUETOOTH CANNOT DO Bluetooth is a remote release, not a tether. There is no live view, no image preview or transfer, and no reading or setting ISO, aperture, shutter speed or white balance. What is on offer also varies by make: a Fujifilm gives the shutter, its half press and geotagging, and a Canon gives different things depending on which of its two Bluetooth modes you paired from. The app follows what your camera can actually do rather than what its badge says, lists that for you before you buy, and never draws a button the body will not answer. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Sony, Fujifilm or Canon. Product names are the trademarks of their owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ShutterPin at every 2 days against Shutter Link's fortnightly. ShutterPin also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ShutterPin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Shutter Link sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ShutterPin ships an update every 2 days, Shutter Link fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShutterPin | Shutter Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days β better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SINSABRIDGE | Jonathan Underwood |
In-app purchases
ShutterPin
- Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$39.99
Shutter Link
- Bluetooth Remote$6.99
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