Comparison

CamRanger Share vs Flashpoint R2

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

Head to head
About

CamRanger Share

This companion app allows clients and others to view photos and live feeds from a photographer's device. It requires specific hardware and the main application to function, granting viewers access at the photographer's discretion.

Highlights
  • View photos
  • Live view streaming
  • Client access
  • Requires CamRanger hardware
  • Photographer discretion access
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Requires CamRanger hardware and normal CamRanger app. This is NOT the normal CamRanger app, but is for clients and others with their own iOS device to be able view images/live view at the photographers discretion.

About

Flashpoint R2

Control professional lighting systems wirelessly from your smartphone. Adjust exposure, modes, and settings for a wide range of compatible flash and LED products. This app enhances your camera's capabilities for advanced photographic control.

Highlights
  • Wireless TTL system control
  • Remote flash and LED management
  • Exposure and mode adjustment
  • Channel and group designation
  • Save and recall settings
  • Real-time parameter control
Features
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The Flashpoint APP operates in tandem with the Flashpoint R2 Pro Mark II transmitter as a mobile phone gateway to the graphical control of the R2 2.4GHz Wireless Radio Remote TTL System. The combination links seamlessly to a wide range of Flashpoint professional flash and LED products, from the mighty Rapid 1200 AC monolight to the lithium powered XPLOR’s and eVOLV’s portable strobes and on to the Zoom and Streaklight speedlights – all for use with Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm and Panasonic/Olympus cameras. The FP APP expands the capabilities of your built-in smartphone camera to gain membership in the R2 Family. Capture like never before as part of the most expansive, elite club of flash and LED available for the imaging world. Every aspect of lighting nuance is before you on the screen; exposure, mode, modeling lamp, audio tones, stroboscopic range, as well as the 32 secure channels and 16 group designations. You can set it, test it, change it and memorize the stored settings for future events. Customize the R2 Family experience as you want it, without ever getting near your gear. No less than 16 pages of micromanagement of every exacting parameter relating to your lighting for studio or on location. It’s the discerning photographer’s dream come true.

Screenshots

CamRanger Share1 screens
Flashpoint R23 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CamRanger Share at 3.7 against Flashpoint R2's 2.4. CamRanger Share also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 17%). Flashpoint R2's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CamRanger Share holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashpoint R2 has 35 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of CamRanger Share's written reviews are positive against 17% of Flashpoint R2's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CamRanger Share versus Flashpoint R2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamRanger ShareFlashpoint R2
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better2.4 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings635 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCamRangerAdorama inc.

Customer experience

CamRanger Share

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

Flashpoint R2

All ratings35 ratings
Positive25.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral12.5%
Negative70.8%

In-app purchases

None

CamRanger Share

No in-app purchases

None

Flashpoint R2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CamRanger Share free?
CamRanger Share is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flashpoint R2 free?
Flashpoint R2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CamRanger Share or Flashpoint R2?
CamRanger Share is rated higher. CamRanger Share averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Flashpoint R2 averages 2.4 from 35 ratings.
Do CamRanger Share or Flashpoint R2 have ads?
Neither CamRanger Share nor Flashpoint R2 shows ads.

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