Codecam vs FileBrowserTV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Codecam
Unlock the full potential of your iPhone camera with advanced manual controls for both photos and videos. Adjust settings like shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and focus for professional-quality results. Explore various compression and frame rate options for video recording.
- Manual shutter speed and ISO
- Manual white balance (temperature, tint)
- Manual focus control
- Adjustable video compression and frame rates
- Video zoom with focal length display
- Video stabilization options
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All the power of the iPhone camera at your fingertips! With the incredibly capable camera that is your iPhone, and Codecam, the most simple, easy to use, yet very powerful app, you can enjoy the unlimited possiblities that the complete control over your iPhone's camera can provide! Photo features: - shoot in JPEG, like the stock camera app, or shoot JPEG+RAW, which also records a DNG file next to your jpeg (it will still look like a single photo in the photos app). You can import the DNG to you computer, or edit it on your iPhone with an app that supports DNG raw files. - manual shutter speed, ISO. Lock your exposure by picking a new value, or by long pressing the automatically selected one. Long press again to go back to auto. You can also swipe up and down on the screen to apply an exposure compensation while in automatic exposure mode. - manual white balance: temperature and tint. You can lock the current value just like the exposure, or pick the exact values. White balance presets are also available: Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, plus two Incandescent and Fluorescent presets. - manual focus: switch between auto an manual focus by tapping the button, or by tapping an area on the image to focus on it. A slider to manually focus is also available. Video features: - video zoom: you can zoom by pinching the image, up until the point where upscaling would occur. For 4K, you can override this behaviour to allow zooming until the 1080p crop. The approximate focal length for the given zoom is also shown on the screen (converted to the equivalent focal length of a Super 35 or Full Frame sensor). - the same manual controls for shutter speed, ISO, white balance and focus as in photo mode. Smooth autofocus using Focus Pixels on the iPhone 6 or newer is available. - compressions supported: 15 Mbit, 25 Mbit, 50 Mbit, 75 Mbit, 100 Mbit, 200 Mbit, 400 Mbit in H.264 (or H.265 in newer devices) with selectable IPB or ALL-I modes, and MPJEG compression with either optimal (9/10 or 8/10 for 4K) or full quality (10/10) setting (note: the displayed bitrate in MJPEG mode is an estimation of the maximum possible bitrate) - frame rates supported: 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p30 - additional frame rates supported by iPhone 5s: 720p50, 720p60 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 6: 720p120 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 6: 1080p50, 1080p60, 720p240 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 6s and 7: 1080p120, 2160p30, 2160p25, 2160p24 - additional frame rates supported by the iPhone 8, X, 11, 11 Pro: 1080p240, 2160p50, 2160p60 - video stabilization is supported, you can toggle between on, off or cinematic, depending on availability on your device - show shutter angle instead of shutter speed - cinematic 1:2.35 overlay: crop mark option is available in the settings menu to switch between 16:9 and cinemascope. This feature is for composition only, the image that will be recorded is the full 16:9 frame. Additional features: - automatic save to camera roll: all images and supported videos are saved to the camera roll - gallery: You can see the images and videos you took in a grid or loupe view, with full metadata. You can also share them, or delete them right in the app.
FileBrowserTV
Stream photos, videos, PDFs, and music from your computer or NAS to your Apple TV. Browse files with ease using thumbnails and slideshows, and enjoy direct playback without cloud storage.
- Stream photos, videos, PDFs, comics
- Browse files from Mac, PC, NAS
- Thumbnail view for easy navigation
- Customizable slideshows with animations
- Parental lock for selected folders
- Direct playback, no cloud storage needed
- Supports CBR, CBZ, ZIP, RAR files
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View photos, PDFs, comics and play videos and stream music stored on your Mac, PC, TimeCapsule or NAS drive on your Apple TV! Browse your holiday photos with your family - now easier than ever. Scan your network, connect, browse, sit back and enjoy. - Streams video formats supported by Apple TV. - View thumbnails to easily find the pictures you’re looking for. - Choose from ten different picture slideshow animations. - Auto updating slideshow when adding new images to a folder. - Stream music while browsing or watching a slideshow. - Create shortcuts to your folders for easy browsing. - Add a parental lock to selected folders to keep content for older ones private. - Automatic scan finds your shared folders on computers and drives. - Built in help so you can easily share folders on computers. - Open and view PDF files and comics on your TV using zoom, pan and the page navigator. - View comic book CBR and CBZ files and images within ZIP and RAR files. - View digital camera raw format files. If you have gigabytes of pictures and videos, FileBrowserTV will handle them with ease. No indexing is needed, and nothing is copied to cloud storage. It all happens on your network. FileBrowserTV has been written from the ground up for Apple TV. The user interface is super smooth and looks great, so it will be a pleasure to browse your memories! Try all features free for 14 days and purchase the full version once you’re ready!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Codecam at none against FileBrowserTV's 1. Codecam also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 40%). On price 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
Both are free to download. FileBrowserTV sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Codecam asks for nothing beyond the download.
Codecam ships an update monthly, FileBrowserTV every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Codecam | FileBrowserTV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (24 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Laszlo Varadi | Stratospherix Ltd |
Customer experience
Codecam
FileBrowserTV
In-app purchases
Codecam
No in-app purchases
FileBrowserTV
- All FileBrowserTV Features$4.99









