ProShotCase 4+

I cannot take more than one photo before the app switches to video. I click the volume plus button, it takes a single photo, and it switches to the video setting. Either my iPhone 7 Plus is registering phantom volume down clicks (which I see no evidence of in other apps) or the app is somehow lagging. Either way, it really hurts the experience of an app that seems super useful in every other regard.

The case does the job but the app is super frustrating. The sales pitch says it’s simple - one button to rotate through photo/sleep/video and the other button to capture footage/snap the pic. I found that sometimes the buttons don’t work at all so you’re pressing and pressing with no response, sometimes they work - and when they work as advertised it’s great - and sometimes you press it and it zooms the camera at .5 increments instead of just taking the photo or video so you completely miss photo ops again and again. None of the instructions say anything about how to zoom vs just taking the image, or - better yet - opting out of zoom functionality, and it’s not in the settings. I looked for tips on You Tube and no one is addressing this. When you’re trying to capture wildlife images underwater the camera needs to respond instantly and predictably- this doesn’t. Proshot you need to provide a user manual and developers, please fix this app!

I’ve been using ProShot cases for several years, since they first came out. The case itself is good, and customer service for the cases is top-notch when I’ve needed help.

The app, however, is still not good, despite several years of updates. My iPhone 14 overheats when the app is running. Also, even when on dry land, touch screen does not work. (I know touch screen doesn’t work underwater, but it used to work above water, for changing app settings or switching to selfie camera; today, nope.)

I do like that it’s now simpler to toggle between video and photo, and I like the long-press to zoom in or out, although it doesn’t seem to be utilizing the different iPhone lenses when it zooms; I think it’s just digitally zooming the 1x lens. (Normally when switching lenses, the image shifts slightly due to the different positions of the lenses; when zooming in with the app, there is zero image shift.)

Image quality is great with iPhone 14, especially with the pink filter for snorkeling. Here’s hoping the app gets rebuilt in time for a 2026 trip to the Coral Triangle — if not, I gotta bail and get something different. Which is a shame, because iPhone has such a great camera, and it’s sweet to have your snorkel pics right there in your photos instead of having to transfer from a different device like a GoPro.