Comparison

SCOUT Locations vs CamPlot Creator

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

Head to head
About

SCOUT Locations

Discover and share film and photo locations with a global community. Find spots near you using map view or tags, and publish your own discoveries with photos and descriptions. Save your favorite locations for future reference.

Highlights
  • Discover film and photo locations
  • Publish new locations
  • View locations on a map
  • Search by tags
  • Save favorite locations
  • Add photos and descriptions
Features
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SCOUT offers you the opportunity to find and publish film and photo locations in your surroundings. Our goal with SCOUT is to provide photographers and filmmakers a huge and open archive of locations. To reach this goal all users can publish locations in SCOUT and share them with the whole community. Don't search, find! Find locations near by and view them on a map. Or look for Tags, to find locations according to your imagination. Publish Locations! Publish gorgeous places and share them with photographers and filmmakers all over the world. Add photos, a description and tags to your locations. Favorites Add locations to your favorites, to view them later.

About

CamPlot Creator

Create detailed camera plots for film and video productions. Visualize lens coverage, track subject movement, and share live updates with your crew. Includes tools for media calculation, depth of field, and exposure.

Highlights
  • Place cameras, subjects, and lights on ground plans
  • Visualize lens coverage and FOV
  • Track camera and subject movement with paths
  • Real-time updates for crew
  • Includes media, depth of field, and exposure calculators
  • Director's viewfinder with real camera bodies and LUTs
  • Generate camera reports and track inventory
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CamPlot is the plotting tool multicam directors actually think in. Place cameras, subjects, and lights on the real ground plan, see exactly what every lens covers, and hand your crew a live plot that updates the moment you change it. THE PLOT Drop cameras and subjects with a tap. Tag each camera with operator, camera type, lens, support, and shot type — your operator roster auto-fills them across every setup. Import the ground plan from your art director, scale it to real dimensions, and plot over the actual set. Organize a whole production as multiple setups in one project. REAL LENSES, REAL COVERAGE Set focal length in millimeters, toggle Full Frame and Super 35, and stretch the FOV cone to any distance with live frame-width readouts. Lock a camera onto a subject and it tracks as either one moves. Scale and measure real distances in feet and inches. A TRUE DIRECTOR'S VIEWFINDER Hold up your iPhone or iPad and see the shot through the real camera. Pick the body — Alexa, FX6, Komodo, Ronin 4D and more — swipe through your lens kit on an endless roll, and grade the image with true 3D LUTs — 200+ cinema looks plus your own .cube files, exportable for your camera's log. See the sun's path drawn over your framed shot for any date using your location and compass — golden-hour planning while you're still scouting. On Pro iPhones, a LiDAR measure mode reads the exact distance to your subject. Captures save silently to a CamPlot album in Photos and onto the camera in your plot. THE CALCULATORS — FREE WITH ANY ACCOUNT Five cinematographer's tools, unlocked at every level. Media: recording time on any card for dozens of real cameras and their actual formats. Depth of field: a live photographic preview you can pinch to reframe, with staggered subjects that fall out of focus. Sensor sizes: any sensors drawn to scale. Exposure: interlocking ISO, aperture, shutter, and ND dials that balance each other like a real camera. Sun and Moon: the day's light, shadow direction and shadow length at any location and date. MOVEMENT, JIBS, AND DOLLIES Plot camera and subject movement with multi-point paths, save a lens and facing per position, and hit play to watch your blocking come alive. Put a camera on a jib arm or dolly track and CamPlot keeps every move within what the rig can physically do. BUILT FOR THE CREW Share a link and the entire crew sees the plot live — free for viewers, no downloads. Give your AD full edit access with a session change log and one-tap undo. Crew keep private markup and notes on any shared plot without touching the original. Changed the plot an hour before rehearsal? Hit Notify and every crew member gets a push summarizing exactly what changed. READY FOR THE TRUCK Generate a complete camera report — tags, lenses, support, operators, shot types — with setup-to-setup changes highlighted automatically. Track inventory so you know the moment a plan calls for more gear than the truck carries. Export any setup as PDF or JPEG, or a whole project as a multi-page PDF. Every change saves to the cloud with rolling backups, and works offline — your changes sync the moment you're back on signal. ACCOUNT LEVELS CamPlot Crew is free forever: view shared plots live, camera and inventory reports, push notifications, and all five Calculators. CamPlot Plus adds private markup, PDF export, and the full Director's Viewfinder. CamPlot Max adds building and sharing your own plots, cloud storage, and live crew collaboration. SUBSCRIPTIONS CamPlot Max: $59.99/year or $5.99/month. CamPlot Plus: $29.99/year or $3.99/month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your device Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://camplot.studio/privacy.html

Screenshots

SCOUT Locations4 screens
CamPlot Creator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CamPlot Creator at 5.0 against SCOUT Locations's 2.0. CamPlot Creator also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). SCOUT Locations's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CamPlot Creator sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SCOUT Locations asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CamPlot Creator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CamPlot Creator has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of SCOUT Locations's written reviews are positive against 100% of CamPlot Creator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SCOUT Locations ships an update every 2 months, CamPlot Creator every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
SCOUT Locations versus CamPlot Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSCOUT LocationsCamPlot Creator
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonas EsterRomany Films Inc.

Customer experience

SCOUT Locations

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

CamPlot Creator

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SCOUT Locations

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

CamPlot Creator

Subscriptions4
  • CamPlot View+7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • CamPlot Creator7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • CamPlot View+7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • CamPlot Creator7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is SCOUT Locations free?
SCOUT Locations is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CamPlot Creator free?
CamPlot Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SCOUT Locations or CamPlot Creator?
CamPlot Creator is rated higher. SCOUT Locations averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CamPlot Creator averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do SCOUT Locations or CamPlot Creator have ads?
Neither SCOUT Locations nor CamPlot Creator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SCOUT Locations or CamPlot Creator?
SCOUT Locations ships an update every 2 months, and CamPlot Creator every 3 days. Most recently, SCOUT Locations was updated on November 1, 2026 and CamPlot Creator on November 10, 2026.

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