With features tailored to everyone from amateur to Pro photographers Camrote has you covered, making it a fantastic tool for remote control of your Sony Alpha or Cyber-shot camera.
From taking family self-portraits to setting up and capturing complex scenes, Camrote is the tool for your remote control needs!
Features & Benefits
• Easy transfer of full-resolution RAW* files (or JPEG... or both!) from your supported camera.
• Simple connection process via QR, NFC, recently connected devices or manual entry.
• Ability to change shutter settings with the flick of a finger.
• Fantastic compositional tools for any situation.
• Bulb and Continuous shooting modes*.
• Ability to switch between landscape and portrait aspect ratios.
• Simple to use and effective intervalometer mode, including BULB shooting.
• A beautiful default dark theme to help you when working in low-light conditions.
• Intuitive UI for capturing geotagging tracks via GPX for import to Lightroom or other editing software**.
• Easy interface for either batch download or single download of captured images.
• Designed from the ground up to be fast and intuitive on both iPhone and iPad to make capturing photos a breeze.
• Customisable UI: Choose whether to configure shutter settings using a slider or radio buttons.
Coming Soon
• Shooting presets.
Future Functionalities
• Apple Watch support to configure and capture photos from your wrist!
• Auto exposure ramping for intervalometer (pending research to see if an iOS device is powerful enough to do the necessary calculations).
• Support for remote control of other camera manufacturers***
Made with Love
Camrote is made with love in Wales, by an avid Amateur photographer and has the support of a large community of beta testers who are constantly suggesting brilliant new features and ideas! It will only continue to become a better remote control tool with time.
In-App Purchases
Some features require in-app purchases to use, or are extendable via an in-app purchase. These purchases will be charged to your iTunes Account. Terms and Conditions can be found here: http://camrote.app/terms_and_conditions
* Only on supported cameras. See our support page form more info.
** Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
*** Some manufacturers may not be supported where documentation is not available.
Camrote uses the Camera Remote API by Sony via ROCC, and works along side Imaging Edge Mobile and Play Memories.
Sony, α, Alpha, Cyber-shot, NEX, RX are trademarks of Sony Corporation.
Very nice start with this app. Able to connect to an A7RII and A9 from iPhone XS and also from an iPad. The app controls current camera functions allowed from app. Did not notice any lag in changing camera settings via the app. The Sony body recognizes the changes immediately. Was able to capture test photos using app. Connection to A9 much more straight forward than A7RII. Did not lose connection to either camera during use of app. Currently tap to focus does not work for neither of my Sony bodies if it is developed into current version of app. Also IAP purchasing does not work. Tried countless times to use IAP purchasing to support further development efforts however it currently does not load. Unable to use options available via IAP.Again very nice start on the app and look forward to seeing future updates!
Developer Response
Hi there, First of all; glad you haven’t had too many issues with the app so far, especially on the a9 as I didn’t have many testers using it! Touch AF should work on the a7rii but unfortunately has - for reasons best known to Sony - been removed on the latest series of cameras, which I sadly can’t work around.In App Purchases should start working automatically soon! We are just waiting on Apple propagating the information to their servers!
I wanted this too work
edouble101
I use my Sony a9 mounted on a long pole and when I am doing this I cannot access the camera. I hoped the solution was to use this app to view my composition and control the shutter. During a 2 hour event I had numerous “lost connection” occurrences and most importantly I was unable to control my a9. There was always lag from when I repositioned my a9 to when I would see the composition on my iPhone 12 Pro screen which made it difficult to use. I had to use a Bluetooth camera remote to trigger the shutter and this app to view the composition because I could not reliably trigger the shutter through this app. I was not able to adjust exposure settings with this app and I could not view the photographs I had taken on my iPhone 12 Pro. In the end I was able to get the shots I wanted but this app did not work nearly as well as I hoped! Overall, for a free app it’s usable, but with very heavy limitations. Is there a more reliable app?
Worked, once
Gdbf137
The app works immediately with my Sony Alpha camera, and then stops allowing you to transfer images or to operate the shutter, leaving one to peruse the purchased app in frustration. The Camrote developer publishes in-app that *his* gear is comprised of an iPhone 8 and a Sony a7ii, because he’s suggesting donations, over the cost of basic in-app feature unlock purchase. I donated, and only unlocked the ability to change the app icon. The developer’s Twitter support is curt: they simply request the model & version of your camera, and then no more attention once it is provided, leaving little doubt that the details of (entry level) gear, which is similar to “his” purported setup, was sufficient explanation!
Works ok except for this crucial item...
AmyTheLlamaQueen
I downloaded the free version of this app a long time ago and only used it a few times but it seemed decent. Then last week I needed to do some product shots so I set everything up and connected Camrote via bluetooth, took a bunch of pictures and all seemed fine until I noticed the images were all JPEG instead of RAW which is what the camera is always set on. Thinking that maybe RAW was only available with the pro version, I paid the $10 and took a bunch more shots. Both camera and app were definitely set to "RAW" but again, all the photos are JPEGs. I submitted a complaint via the support screen and it's been probably a week and I have not heard anything back. This app is useless to me if I can't take photos in RAW. Very annoying!
This update brings you some improvements to existing functionality, and aims to improve the experience for users who rely on accessibility technologies.
- Better support for iOS accessibility technologies, in particular better support on many screens for screen reader and voice control.
- Improvements to the stability of Focus Stacking, including a reduction in capture failure cases and a few new options for customising these settings.
- Improvements to Touch AF behaviour, including warning and allowing disabling of Touch AF points where shooting settings are disabled due to a Touch AF point being focused on.
- Fixes date ordering of photos imported to photos app on some versions of iOS.
Version 1.13.0
The developer, Simon Mitchell, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Simon Mitchell
Size
43.3 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
