Comparison

Codecam vs Auto Digital Video Standard

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Auto Digital Video Standard

Record videos automatically with various triggers like sound, proximity, or a timer. This app allows for quick, hands-free video capture with customizable durations and clip counts.

Highlights
  • Record by sound
  • Record by proximity sensor
  • Record by timer
  • Automatic recording on launch
  • Switch between front and rear cameras
  • Set number of video clips
  • Customizable video durations
Features
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The app could talk the remaining duration and the record duration every 30 seconds in English. With this App, when we put the iOs device one meter away, we could instruct the device to record the video by sound. With this App, just one action could record several video clips one by one.When we launch this App, it could start recording the video automatically. Record the video by timer, sound , proximity detection. 1 Fast: Just tap this App icon , so this App will be launched, after that, this App will record the video clips automatically. 2 Control by sound: Just make a sound, this App will record the video clips one by one. 3 Proximity Detection Sensor: Just cover the iPhone screen or hold the iPhone screen, the app will record the video clips one by one.(this feature only available for iPhone) 4 Timer:Capture one video by the indicted delay. Capture a number of video clips by the indicted interval. From the setting view, we could switch between the Rear camera and the front camera. Set the number of video clips. In the timer tab page, for the feature about recording one video: the delay duration could be 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, or 30 seconds. If we select the duration unit as minute, the video duration could be one minute, three minutes , five minutes, 10 minutes or 20 minutes. If we select the duration unit as 5 seconds or 10 seconds, the video duration could be 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds, 25 seconds, 30 seconds, 35 seconds, 40 seconds, 45 seconds, 50 seconds, 55 seconds. In the timer tab page, for the feature about recording video clips, by selecting the video duration unit as minute, the video clip duration could 1, 2,3, 4, 5 minutes. By selecting the duration unit as 5 seconds, or 10 seconds, the duration of video clips could be 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds, 25 seconds, 30 seconds, 35 seconds, 40 seconds, 45 seconds, 50 seconds, 55 seconds. In the fast tab page , sound tab page or proximity tab page, the duration of. video will be from 1 minute to 30 minutes.

Screenshots

Codecam2 screens
Auto Digital Video Standard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Auto Digital Video Standard at 5.0 against Codecam's 4.0. Codecam's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). 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

Auto Digital Video Standard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Codecam has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Codecam ships an update monthly, Auto Digital Video Standard every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Codecam versus Auto Digital Video Standard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodecamAuto Digital Video Standard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (24 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaszlo Varadi方 沈

Customer experience

Codecam

All ratings24 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative20.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%

Auto Digital Video Standard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Codecam

No in-app purchases

None

Auto Digital Video Standard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Codecam free?
Codecam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Auto Digital Video Standard free?
Auto Digital Video Standard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Codecam or Auto Digital Video Standard?
Auto Digital Video Standard is rated higher. Codecam averages 4.0 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Auto Digital Video Standard averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Codecam or Auto Digital Video Standard have ads?
Neither Codecam nor Auto Digital Video Standard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Codecam or Auto Digital Video Standard?
Codecam ships an update monthly, and Auto Digital Video Standard every 5 months. Most recently, Codecam was updated on September 9, 2026 and Auto Digital Video Standard on September 20, 2026.

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