Comparison

Horizon Camera vs Perspectivize

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

Head to head
About

Horizon Camera

This app ensures all your videos and photos are captured horizontally, regardless of how you hold your device. It uses your phone's gyroscope to automatically level your recordings, preventing vertical video syndrome. You can also apply filters, use front or back cameras, and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Record horizontal videos and photos
  • Automatic orientation correction
  • Multiple resolutions (VGA to 4K)
  • Slow motion support (60/120 FPS)
  • Three leveling modes
  • HDR photos
  • Eight fun filters
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Featured in Engadget, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Wired, AppAdvice, Cult of Mac, TUAW! “We just wish Apple and Google had bundled this as standard." - Engadget "Brilliant, Overdue App Forces Your Phone to Take Horizontal Videos" - Gizmodo "You owe it to yourself to check out the new Horizon app for iOS." - AppAdvice "Horizon App Solves the Dumbest Thing About Smartphone Video" - WIRED "Horizon will eliminate portrait recording forever" - TUAW "Horizon for iOS means no more vertical videos" - The Next Web ______________________________ Horizon lets you record horizontal videos and photos no matter how you hold your device. Hold it upright, sideways or even keep rotating it while capturing, your captured moments will always stay horizontal! You can add filters, shoot with the back or front camera and share your creations! Ever felt the need to rotate your device while recording a video? Do you often end up with vertical videos or videos in wrong orientation? Meet Horizon! Horizon works like magic! It auto-levels your photos and videos while recording, using your device’s gyroscope. The resulting orientation is corrected so that it always stays parallel to the ground. It's like a pro gimbal rig in your hand! With Horizon you can help bring an end to the Vertical Videos Syndrome. Yes, you can now record horizontal videos, even while holding your device in portrait mode! ▶ Capture horizontal videos & photos ▶ Multiple resolutions including VGA, HD, Full HD and even 4K!* ▶ 60 and 120 (slow motion) FPS support* ▶ Three leveling modes: Flex, Rotate and Locked ▶ HDR photos ▶ Tap and hold to slow down your 120 FPS videos! ▶ Lossless zoom with the all new ‘Crisp’ resolutions!* ▶ AirPlay mirroring while recording ▶ Various video aspect ratios (Square 1:1, Wide 16:9, Standard 4:3) ▶ Record videos and photos with front or back camera ▶ Eight fun filters to choose from ▶ Video Library with clever item selection ▶ Share your creations to your favorite social network ▶ Open your videos in other apps ▶ Select Video Quality to save space (High, Medium, Low) ▶ Geotagging ▶ AF/AE Lock * https://horizoncamera.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202388411

About

Perspectivize

Transform your photos by altering their perspective. Ideal for making document images perfectly rectangular, straightening architectural lines, or creating dramatic viewpoints. Enhance or minimize features near image borders with ease.

Highlights
  • Change photo viewpoint
  • Rectify document images
  • Straighten buildings
  • Adjust image borders
  • Simulate high/low camera angles
Features
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A *FREE and without Ads* App that lets to you change the point of view of a photograph. Very useful for tweaking images of documents and buildings. Uses: 1. Adjust your document photos into a perfect rectangle. Make them appear like a scanned image. 2. Straighten buildings or any Vertical or Horizontal Reference point in an image. 3. Change viewpoint of a photo to make it seem that the photo was taken from very high up, or way down low. 4. Adjust photo to Emphasize or De-emphasize features near the image border. Please see preview video for more details. Have fun! Feel free to leave any suggestions at the support URL.

Screenshots

Horizon Camera4 screens
Perspectivize4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Perspectivize at none against Horizon Camera's 4. Perspectivize also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 56%). Horizon Camera's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Horizon Camera sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Perspectivize asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Horizon Camera against 3.6 for Perspectivize. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 73 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Horizon Camera's written reviews are positive against 68% of Perspectivize's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Horizon Camera ships an update fortnightly, Perspectivize every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Horizon Camera versus Perspectivize: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHorizon CameraPerspectivize
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (65 ratings) — better3.6 (73 ratings)
Positive reviews55.8% of reviews67.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6573 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.1 — better9.2
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPZ Mobile LimitedCoralworks Innovations Inc.

Customer experience

Horizon Camera

All ratings65 ratings
Positive64.6%
Neutral9.2%
Negative26.2%
Written reviews233 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral14.6%
Negative29.6%

Perspectivize

All ratings73 ratings
Positive63.0%
Neutral8.2%
Negative28.8%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive67.7%
Neutral4.6%
Negative27.7%

User reviews

Horizon Camera

From 65 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Keeps video horizontal
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive
  • 🎥 Useful for recording videos
  • 💡 Innovative idea

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 📽️ Shaky and unstable video
  • 🔇 Audio not in sync
  • 🔍 Autofocus issues

Perspectivize

From 73 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient perspective correction
  • 💰 Free to use
  • ✨ Fixes skewed photos
  • 🖼️ Good for documents

Room to improve

  • anúncios Annoying ads
  • 👎 Inconsistent functionality
  • 🚫 Lacks basic editing tools (crop, rotate)
  • ⚠️ Misleading description (ads, video support)
  • 🗑️ Purchase required for saving

Bugs and requests

Horizon Camera

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Videos not saving properly
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Orientation detection problems

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add photo mode
  • Improve video quality and stabilization
  • Ability to edit and flip videos
  • Zoom functionality
  • Pause/resume recording
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  • Customizable settings

Perspectivize

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • 🐛 Cannot save edited photos
  • 🐛 Unable to access photos
  • 🐛 App pastes clipboard data automatically
  • 🐛 Edited photo data incompatible
  • 🐛 Ads with sound on save

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add crop tool
  • Add rotation tool
  • Grid lines for alignment
  • Full point control for perspective adjustment
  • Video editing support

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Horizon Camera

One-time4
  • Remove watermark$0.99
  • Hollywood Filter Pack$0.99
  • Sherlock Filter Pack$0.99
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  • Premium$1.99
None

Perspectivize

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Horizon Camera free?
Horizon Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Perspectivize free?
Perspectivize is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Horizon Camera or Perspectivize?
Horizon Camera is rated higher. Horizon Camera averages 3.7 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Perspectivize averages 3.6 from 73 ratings.
Do Horizon Camera or Perspectivize have ads?
Neither Horizon Camera nor Perspectivize shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Horizon Camera or Perspectivize?
Horizon Camera ships an update fortnightly, and Perspectivize every 13 months. Most recently, Horizon Camera was updated on September 25, 2026 and Perspectivize on August 15, 2026.

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