Comparison

Horizon Camera vs Draw Motion with Stabilization

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

Draw Motion with Stabilization

Easily create captivating cinemagraph videos by drawing masks on your footage to highlight moving or steady areas. This app simplifies the process of making living images, perfect for sharing on social media.

Highlights
  • Draw masks to reveal motion
  • Video stabilization
  • Create cinemagraphs
  • Looping video option
  • Export to video or GIF
  • Quick share buttons
Features
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Draw Motion app lets you create stunning cinemagraph videos - just draw on video to mask moving & steady areas. Cinemagraphs, or living images, are a mixture of photography & videos. Living photos always look impressive and are a great way to express yourself, especially on Instagram or Tik Tok. Our video stabilizer feature helps you to create cinema graph even easier. Right after choosing video press Stabilize and wait few moments while stabilization process does it job. How to create a cinemagraph with Draw Motion: - Just use your finger to draw the mask: live-masking reveals motion as you paint over the video. Select "Loop" if you want.  - Click Save. That’s it - now you can share your cinemagraph! Creating a living image is made very easy! Quick share buttons are available after you are done with creating cinemagraph. Export cinemagraphs to video files or gif (gifs) of desired quality and share them with us using #drawmotion tag!

Screenshots

Horizon Camera4 screens
Draw Motion with Stabilization4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Draw Motion with Stabilization at 4.3 against Horizon Camera's 3.7. Draw Motion with Stabilization also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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 and Draw Motion with Stabilization sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Draw Motion with Stabilization holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 69 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Horizon Camera's written reviews are positive against 52% of Draw Motion with Stabilization's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Horizon Camera ships an update fortnightly, Draw Motion with Stabilization monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Horizon Camera versus Draw Motion with Stabilization: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHorizon CameraDraw Motion with Stabilization
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (65 ratings)4.3 (69 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.0% of reviews — better51.6% of reviews
Number of ratings6569 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPZ MOBILE LIMITEDSergey Pekar

Customer experience

Horizon Camera

All ratings65 ratings
Positive64.6%
Neutral9.2%
Negative26.2%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive56.0%
Neutral14.5%
Negative29.5%

Draw Motion with Stabilization

All ratings68 ratings
Positive77.9%
Neutral10.3%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive51.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative42.2%

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

Draw Motion with Stabilization

From 69 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Innovative concept for cinemagraphs
  • 👍 Easy to use for some users
  • ✨ Creates interesting and trippy animations
  • 💰 Affordable watermark removal
  • 🚀 Fast processing for some users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Constant crashing
  • 🐌 Extremely slow processing
  • ❌ Unusable due to bugs
  • 💧 Watermark present (unless paid)
  • 📉 Renders in lower quality

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

Draw Motion with Stabilization

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • App freezes on launch
  • App crashes when saving edits
  • App cancels operations if screen is touched
  • Video stabilizer creates glitches
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  • Video renders in lower quality
  • App crashes when trying to save video
  • App crashes when trying to process video
  • App crashes upon start
  • App not launching
  • App will not load videos longer than 1 second
  • App will not save correctly (video part blacked out)
  • Cannot get videos to load
  • Projects disappear after export errors
  • File save error every time
  • App crashes and doesn't save
  • Undo button works incorrectly
  • Unable to initialize camera
  • App loses buttons randomly
  • App crashes 98% of the time

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add eraser brush for better masking
  • HD quality upload options
  • Option to change transparent part at the start of the video
  • Ability to load saved video from library
  • Feathering options for selections
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  • In-app purchase for watermark removal

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
1 purchases

Draw Motion with Stabilization

One-time1
  • Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Horizon Camera free?
Horizon Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Draw Motion with Stabilization free?
Draw Motion with Stabilization is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Horizon Camera or Draw Motion with Stabilization?
Draw Motion with Stabilization is rated higher. Horizon Camera averages 3.7 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Draw Motion with Stabilization averages 4.3 from 69 ratings.
Do Horizon Camera or Draw Motion with Stabilization have ads?
Neither Horizon Camera nor Draw Motion with Stabilization shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Horizon Camera or Draw Motion with Stabilization?
Horizon Camera ships an update fortnightly, and Draw Motion with Stabilization monthly. Most recently, Horizon Camera was updated on October 23, 2026 and Draw Motion with Stabilization on October 24, 2026.

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