Comparison

Mavis Camera vs Camera Sun

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

Head to head
About

Mavis Camera

This app offers advanced video recording and live streaming capabilities for creators and professionals. It provides manual camera controls, professional monitoring tools, and various output options for seamless integration into modern workflows.

Highlights
  • ProRes, HEVC 10-bit, Open Gate recording
  • Custom and Filter LUTs for filmic looks
  • Advanced monitoring tools (focus peaking, zebras)
  • Manual camera controls (focus, exposure, ISO)
  • NDI® HX3 Certified
  • Camera to Cloud integrations (Frame.io, MediaSilo)
  • Live streaming to YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook
Features
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Whether you're a streamer building a channel, an industry veteran looking for new ways of working or a creator with a passion for filmmaking, Mavis Camera has something for you. -- MAIN FEATURES -- • Record in a range of resolutions, frame rates, and codecs including Open Gate, HEVC 10-bit, ProRes and ProRes RAW • Record and preview using custom LUTs, and achieve a filmic look with built-in Filter LUTs • Monitor tools including focus peaking, zebras, false color, expanded focus, guides, flip • Manual camera controls including focus, exposure, shutter and color • Hardware Remote Controllers - Teradek RT, CyanView RCP, Tilta Nucleus (USB dongle only) • NDI® Send and Receive HX3 Certified • Pro HDMI output • HDMI input via Atomos Ninja Phone support • HDMI / SDI input via Accsoon SeeMo series support • Adobe Frame.io Camera to Cloud • Streaming including YouTube, Twitch, Instagram and Facebook • Custom audio inputs • Audio mixer including gain, pan and solo controls for individual channels • Real-time audio passthrough for monitoring in headphones • HDR video pipeline • Custom RTMP destination & SRT (TX Caller) streaming • Mavis C2C including Framelight X, MediaSilo, Sony Ci & Amazon S3 • Mavis Cloud Hub remote configuration for Mavis C2C and streaming settings • Timecode including Time-of-Day, Offset and UltraSync BLUE • Vertical and landscape recording and streaming • API -- AUDIO TOOLS -- • Integrated audio mixer with stereo output • Gain & pan control per input channel • External mic inputs • Internal mic selection • Multi-track ISO recording • Bluetooth monitoring -- CONNECTED WORKFLOWS -- NDI • Send or Receive with NDI • NDI HX3 Certified • Automatically find all NDI sources on local network • Set NDI Groups, Discovery Server, UDP/TCP Mode Camera to Cloud • Mavis C2C integrations with Framelight X, MediaSilo, Sony Ci & Amazon S3 • Direct integration with Adobe Frame.io • Direct integration with Atomos ATOMOSphere • Progressive uploads while you record • Manage Mavis C2C devices from hub.mavis.cloud Live Streaming • Vertical and landscape streaming • Simultaneously record and stream • Custom RTMP and SRT Caller destinations • Manage Streaming devices from hub.mavis.cloud -- CAMERA CONTROLS -- Manual controls including • Focus • Exposure • ISO • Shutter • Color temperature • Shutter lock • Custom frame rates • Range of resolutions • Range of bitrates • Codecs including ProRes -- MONITOR TOOLS -- What they do • Mavis LUTs let you record or preview your footage with a filmic grade, helping you visualise the final look while you shoot • Focus peaking and expanded focus features help you achieve consistently sharp and precise shots • Zebras help ensure your shots are never overexposed • Guides help you frame your shot • Aspect Ratio overlay lets you preview your image in a different width/height • Waveform monitor helps you shoot with the optimal dynamic range • Vectorscope helps maintain consistent colors and ensures accurate white balance Notable settings • Record and preview LUTs • Focus peaking color and sensitivity • Guides including thirds, portrait safe and square • Zebras, color and sensitivity range • Aspect Ratio overlay cross hairs, safe area and transparency -- API -- • Control the internal camera from an API • Discover and learn the API with a built in API Playground web server • Develop your own control interfaces with a WebSocket based interface • Full RCP based control including color shading • Secure your connections with API keys Device restrictions apply. Some features require In-App Purchase or App Subscription. Check out the support pages for full details - support.mavis.cloud EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Mavis Camera was developed by people who love what they do. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! :-)

About

Camera Sun

Features
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We've all struggled trying to get the perfect exposure for a shot, trying to get the photo right, while balancing a phone about to fall out out finger tips, shutter out of reach, just before we drop it and miss the shot. Our twisty fingers never had a chance. Enter Camera Sun - The app designed to be the best way of being a real photographer on your phone. Developed by a real DSLR photographer. Made for Humans like us. The revolutionary dials and slide to shoot shutter are made to feel as if you are taking pictures with a real photography tool. Simply slide to adjust the controls you want, and without lifting a finger, swipe your thumb to the shutter area to nail the shot. TOP FEATURES - Designed for how we actually hold our phones. - Shutter speed, ISO, focus and white balance on dials under your thumb. - Press, or slide onto, the shutter arc to shoot. Precise, intuitive control. - A real manual camera, one-handed plus an AUTO mode with one giant shutter. - An always-on readout shows your shutter speed and ISO in one fixed spot: white means you set it, orange means the camera is adjusting it live. QUICK START Everything lives on concentric dials anchored to the corner of the screen, right under your thumb. - Turn the rings to set shutter speed, ISO, focus and white balance. - Haptic clicks, just like a real dial. - M, Tv (shutter priority), Sv (ISO priority) and AUTO. - A live exposure meter. Tap it to zero your exposure. - The inner ring adjusts the selected setting; the outer ring drives EV compensation — or the second exposure parameter in full manual (M). - Left-hand mode in Settings flips everything. TAKING A PHOTO Press the red shutter arc, or just slide your thumb onto it. It fires when you touch it. The volume keys and the Action button fire it too.
 Adjust, Shoot, re-adjust, shoot: take a shot, slide back to the dials to change a setting, then slide onto the arc again. One photo per touch, all without lifting your thumb. In AUTO the whole corner becomes one big shutter. Slide onto it to shoot; slide out and back in to shoot again. CHOOSING YOUR LEVEL OF CONTROL AUTO - point and shoot. Tap the screen to focus. Camera Sun handles the rest. Tv - you choose the shutter speed (freeze or blur motion); the app adjusts ISO live. Sv - you choose the ISO (how sensitive the camera is to light); the app adjusts the shutter speed live. M - Manual. You control both shutter speed and ISO. If you get stuck, tap the light meter and Camera Sun balances the exposure for you. FOCUSING Tap anywhere on the screen to focus on that spot. Prefer to focus by hand? Tap FOCUS to switch to manual, then turn the inner dial, just like the focus ring on a lens. Tap FOCUS again to go back to autofocus. WHITE BALANCE Turn the WB dial to lock a colour temperature. Tap WB again to hand it back to auto. BURST Turn on "Burst on hold" in Settings, then keep holding the shutter arc: the count ticks up as each frame saves. Burst not available in AUTO. Reviewing your shots After your first photo, a thumbnail appears in the opposite corner. Tap to browse pics you've taken this session. Camera Sun never looks through your photo library - older photos stay safely in the iPhone's Photos app. SETTINGS - Fire on pull turn slide-to-shoot off if you'd rather only press. - Burst on hold - Corner shutter button — add a second shutter button in the corner of the dials - Left-hand mode - Reach - resize the dials PRIVACY FIRST Camera Sun can only ADD photos to your library; it never reads it. No account, no tracking, no analytics. One-time purchase, no subscription. We do not collect any data. Note Zoom modes depend on the devices inbuilt camera

Screenshots

Mavis Camera4 screens
Camera Sun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mavis Camera at Free against Camera Sun's $2.99. Camera Sun's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Mavis Camera is free to download; Camera Sun costs $2.99 up front. Mavis Camera sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 7 days. Camera Sun asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mavis Camera ships an update fortnightly, Camera Sun every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mavis Camera versus Camera Sun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMavis CameraCamera Sun
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.4 (743 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings743 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size253 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMavis Broadcast LtdZAHIR MIRZA

Bugs and requests

Mavis Camera

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inconsistent video metadata and resolution
  • Upside-down video playback after switching cameras
  • Inability to lock manual shutter speed and ISO
  • Unreliable Bluetooth connectivity with external devices
  • Saving videos taking an unusually long time

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dolby Vision HDR support
  • Log color profile and flat picture settings
  • Smooth zoom functionality
  • Remote monitoring and control capabilities
  • Improved gimbal integration and support
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  • Portrait mode and Instagram Reels support

Camera Sun

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Mavis Camera

Subscriptions3
  • Mavis C2C$14.997 Days
  • Annual Pass$29.991 Year
  • Mavis C2C$29.991 Month
One-time12
  • Timecode UltraSync BLUEFree
  • Timecode$2.99
  • Gimbals$2.99
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  • Buy us a coffee$4.99
  • Viewfinder$5.99
  • Formats$5.99
  • Pro Tools$5.99
  • Film Kit$14.99
  • Pro Pack$14.99
  • Big Bundle$17.99
  • API$19.99
  • NDI®$29.99
None

Camera Sun

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mavis Camera free?
Mavis Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Camera Sun free?
Camera Sun costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mavis Camera or Camera Sun have ads?
Neither Mavis Camera nor Camera Sun shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mavis Camera or Camera Sun?
Mavis Camera ships an update fortnightly, and Camera Sun every 2 days. Most recently, Mavis Camera was updated on October 10, 2026 and Camera Sun on October 8, 2026.

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