Horizon Camera vs GcamPro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
GcamPro
Connect to hunting cameras via Bluetooth to enable Wi-Fi, then stream live video previews. Download captured photos and videos directly to your phone's gallery.
- Bluetooth camera Wi-Fi activation
- Quick camera connection
- Real-time camera preview
- Download camera files to phone
- Manage hunting camera footage
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This is an app customized for a new hunting cameras 1. The APP can turn on the hunting camera wifi through bluetooth, and then quickly connect the hunting camera 2. Real-time preview camera screen 3. Download camera files to phone photobook
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Horizon Camera at 56% against GcamPro's 11%. Horizon Camera also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (65 vs 4). GcamPro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Horizon Camera sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. GcamPro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Horizon Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Horizon Camera has 65 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Horizon Camera's written reviews are positive against 11% of GcamPro's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Horizon Camera | GcamPro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (65 ratings) — better | 2.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PZ Mobile Limited | GD Digital Limited |
Customer experience
Horizon Camera
GcamPro
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
GcamPro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Horizon Camera
- Remove watermark$0.99
- Hollywood Filter Pack$0.99
- Sherlock Filter Pack$0.99
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- Premium$1.99
GcamPro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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