Frequently asked questions.

MoviePro runs on iPhone with iOS 18 or later and on iPad with iPadOS 18 or later. An Apple-silicon Mac can run the iPad app as a Remote Control controller for a filming iPhone, and the Apple Watch app shows the iPhone's picture and starts and stops takes. What you can record (lenses, frame rates, ProRes, Apple Log, Dual Capture) depends on the device's cameras, and MoviePro only offers what your iPhone or iPad can actually do. Codecs and frame rates in the manual

No. MoviePro is an iPhone and iPad app, available only from the App Store. There is no Android version, so an Android app or APK using the MoviePro name doesn't come from us.

Apple's Camera app on iPhone 18 Pro already offers manual aperture, shutter speed, white balance and a histogram. MoviePro's Pro Mode brings these controls together with tools for repeating shots, monitoring picture and sound, controlling the camera remotely, and organizing recordings:

• Manual exposure: Set ISO, shutter and aperture directly on rails. Drag the ƒ rail or tap a stop from ƒ1.48 to ƒ4. Shutter shows as a speed (1/50) or an angle (180°). Use shutter priority to hold the shutter while ISO adjusts, or aperture priority to hold the aperture while ISO and shutter adjust.
• White balance: Set Kelvin and tint, hold the current automatic white balance with one tap, or measure a gray card.
• Repeatable shots: Run A/B focus pulls and zoom moves over 0.5–3 seconds. Save camera settings as presets and recall them for another setup.
• Scopes and Log monitoring: Check waveform and RGB parade on IRE scales, the vectorscope and the histogram; use zebras, nine-band false color, clipping warnings and focus peaking. Preview Apple Log in Rec.709 or HDR while the recording stays Log, with Bake LUT in recording off.
• Audio: See the active microphone, monitor left and right levels with peak hold, listen through headphones, and adjust gain from −12 to +24 where the input supports it. Record AAC, or 24-bit LPCM or 32-bit float, uncompressed at up to 192 kHz.
• Recording options: Choose exact 23.976, 29.97 or 59.94 fps; HEVC, H.264, ProRes or ProRes RAW; and supported Rec.709, HDR or Apple Log formats. Record to an external SSD or Pro Video Storage, or use Long-Record Mode for extended takes.
• On-set control: Operate the filming iPhone from another iPhone, iPad or Apple-silicon Mac, and hold an iPhone controller upright for vertical video. Use Apple Watch, the volume buttons or a Bluetooth remote to start and stop recording. Timecode and clean HDMI output are available too.
• Slate and take naming: Enter project, scene and take with Next Clip; App Library clips, Photos copies and shares are named from the slate (for example Interview_20261001_142530_S03_T004.mov), Files or SSD recordings carry the slate in their metadata, and the take number advances after each successful save. The Take Receipt reports the save result, recorded settings and any warnings.
• Review and sharing: Filter the Library by Favorites, Good Takes or Issues. Inspect clip details, step through frames, loop playback, and select multiple recordings to share, favorite or delete.

MoviePro also includes Auto Mode for quick shooting and Dual Capture with PIP, Split, Two Files and SWITCH layouts. Availability depends on the device, recording format and destination. See the full MoviePro vs iPhone Camera comparison and Pro Mode manual for details.

The pro tools carry over: ProRes, manual exposure, white balance and focus, and exposure tools. What MoviePro is built around is keeping a pro camera simple, with full control but no cockpit of buttons over the picture:

• The picture comes first. One row of values sits above it. Tap ISO, shutter, ƒ, white balance or focus and that control opens as a rail; tap again or swipe, and it's gone. The whole row hides with a swipe.
• One line tells you what matters. The Assist Line reports locks, warnings and problems in plain words, instead of a screen of status icons.
• Each scene carries only what that shoot needs. Auto for run-and-gun, Pro for full control, Dual Capture for two cameras at once. Torch, grid, reticle, Remote and the slate live in one More menu.
• Power when you reach for it: A/B focus pulls and zoom moves, presets, scopes, audio metering, Remote Control from another device, and a Take Receipt after every take.

Each comparison lists what's shared and what's different: Blackmagic Camera, Final Cut Camera, FiLMiC Pro.

Auto runs focus, exposure and white balance for you, so you can shoot at once and lock each one when the shot is right. Pro puts ISO, shutter, white balance, tint and focus on rails, with scopes, presets and repeatable focus and zoom moves. Dual Capture records two cameras together as picture-in-picture, split screen, two separate files, or one file you cut live between cameras. See the three scenes

In Auto, tap the subject first (with Tap Action set to OFF, the default), then tap AF or AE on the lock rail beside the preview. Each turns gold with a padlock and holds through the take until you tap it again. In Pro, with Tap Action OFF, set the reticle to Center and a tap on the preview holds focus and exposure together. Separately, the AF chip on the focus rail holds focus alone, and the padlocks on the ISO and shutter rails fix exposure. In Dual Capture, the AE·WB chip holds exposure and white balance for both cameras. Reticle modes in the manual

In Pro, tap ISO or S in the telemetry row and drag the rail. Dragging fixes the value, and the padlock closes in amber. For shutter priority, fix S and leave ISO automatic; this needs iOS 27 and a format that supports it, and before iOS 27 ISO and shutter lock together. Shutter shows as a speed (1/50) or an angle (180°), set in Settings › Camera › Shutter Units. On iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, ƒ also sets the main camera's aperture. Exposure in the manual

In Pro, open the white-balance rail and drag to a Kelvin value; tint has its own rail. Tapping AWB instead freezes the color the camera has already chosen. For a measured value, use gray-card measurement. In Auto, the WB chip holds the current automatic white balance. White balance in the manual

Yes, in Pro. On the focus or zoom rail, set mark A and mark B, choose a duration from 0.5 to 3 seconds, and run A→B or B→A. Rehearse it once before the take, and again after changing lens or subject distance. Focus pulls · Zoom moves

Yes. Pro's scopes panel has a histogram, RGB parade, waveform and vectorscope, plus focus peaking, zebra, false color and clipping warnings. They are drawn on the screen only, never into the recording, and their thresholds are set for HLG and Apple Log as well as Rec.709. Scopes in the manual

A preset saves your Pro camera setup so you can bring it back in one tap: recording format, camera and lens, zoom, exposure, white balance, focus, stabilization, audio input and gain, and monitoring tools. It doesn't save Long-Record Mode, Audio Format, the save destination or Next Clip, so check those after applying one. Tap the Presets key, then + New to save the current setup, and later Use to apply it. A gold check marks the preset the camera is running. What a preset saves

Yes. Dual Capture is MoviePro's dual (duo) camera mode, on iPhones and iPads that support Apple's multi-camera capture. You can record front and back, or two back lenses, as picture-in-picture, split screen, two separate files, or one file you cut live between cameras. Dual Capture records at up to 30 fps, with one microphone for the take. See Dual Capture

4K, 1080p and 720p, at frame rates from exact 23.976 up to 120 or 240 fps where the device supports them. High-frame-rate clips play back in real time; slow them down in your editor, since there is no separate slow-motion setting. Above 60 fps some features change, such as timecode and Log conversion. Frame rates in the manual

Yes. Pro records 23.976, 29.97 and 59.94 fps at exact NTSC timing, not rounded to 24, 30 or 60. The rate is held with manual exposure or, on iOS 26 and later, with a locked frame duration that keeps auto exposure. If the rate can't be held, the take doesn't start rather than recording the wrong rate. Auto and Dual Capture record whole-number rates. Frame rates in the manual

Yes. ProRes 422 HQ, 422, 422 LT and 422 Proxy record on ProRes-capable iPhone Pro models. ProRes RAW and RAW HQ need iPhone 17 Pro or later on the main camera, and record to an external USB-C SSD (exFAT) or, on iOS 27, to Pro Video Storage. Some ProRes formats also need an external SSD. Codecs in the manual

Yes. Apple Log records on supported iPhone Pro models, and Apple Log 2 on devices that support it with iOS 26 or later. Log looks flat on purpose: it keeps more highlight and shadow detail for grading. Convert it to Rec.709 in your editor, or watch it as Rec.709 in MoviePro while you shoot. Apple Log in MoviePro

Yes. With Apple Log or Apple Log 2 selected, choose Rec.709 or Rec.2100 HDR under Settings › Video Format › Color Mode › Log Look, and leave Bake LUT in recording off. The preview shows the converted image and the file stays Log. In Pro, the LOG / 709 / HLG control switches the view. Log View in the manual

Yes, for single-camera takes up to 60 fps. Choose the look under Log Look and turn on Bake LUT in recording; the file then holds the converted image, and the original Log isn't saved. Long-Record Mode still records Log, and ProRes RAW stays RAW. Baking the look in the manual

No. MoviePro's Log conversions are built in: Rec.709 and Rec.2100 HDR, for monitoring or baked into the file. To use your own LUT, record Log and apply it in your editing app. Color modes in the manual

Yes, on HDR-capable devices: 10-bit HDR (Dolby Vision) with HEVC or ProRes, or 8-bit HLG with H.264. Watch HDR on an HDR display; on an SDR screen it can look different from MoviePro's preview. Color modes in the manual

For HEVC and H.264, choose a Video Quality tier, which sets the data rate. ProRes and ProRes RAW use the fixed rates of the codec. Long-Record Mode and frame rates above 60 fps use the system's rate. Codecs in the manual

MoviePro records standard QuickTime (.mov) files, with a timecode track in normal recording. Whether your editor opens them depends on the codec and the editor's version: HEVC, H.264 and ProRes are widely supported, while ProRes RAW, Apple Log and HDR need recent versions with support for those formats. Test a short clip in your editor before an important shoot. Clip details in the manual

There is no limit by default: Record Duration is set to Unlimited. A take runs until you stop it, storage fills, or heat, power or an interruption ends it. For long takes, Long-Record Mode records straight from the camera so the phone runs cooler, with a few trade-offs such as no timecode track. Long takes in the manual

Yes. Any microphone iOS recognizes as an input works: USB-C, Lightning and wired mics, and wireless receivers from DJI, RØDE, Shure and others. Connect it before the take, then check its name and the meters in the audio controls; the icon shows a plug for USB and wired inputs. With two mics connected, iOS uses the one connected last. Audio inputs in the manual

Yes. Turn on Settings › Audio › Bluetooth Mic. With it off, AirPods are used for listening and the built-in microphone records. Test the range and sound before an important take. Audio inputs in the manual

Check the playback output first. While a Bluetooth mic is connected, iOS can send playback to it, so a video can seem silent even when its sound recorded. Switch playback to the iPhone's speaker:

1. In MoviePro's player, tap the audio-output button at the right end of the play controls and choose iPhone.
2. Or open Control Center, tap the AirPlay icon on the Now Playing controls and choose iPhone.

To check that the take recorded sound, tap INFO in the player and read the Audio section. Source names the microphone that recorded, and Peak shows the loudest level. If no sound reached the recording at all, an Integrity note at the top says so.

Before your next take, select the Bluetooth mic again in Control Center (AirPlay icon › your mic), and check that the microphone icon beside the meters shows the Bluetooth mark. Clip details in the manual

Yes. With headphones connected, tap MON in Pro's audio controls (Monitor in Auto) to listen while you record. Gain runs from −12 to +24 on inputs that allow it. When the fader reads —, use the microphone's own level control. Audio in the manual

Yes. One iPhone films (Source), and a second iPhone, an iPad, or an Apple-silicon Mac running the iPad app controls it: live picture, exposure, focus, zoom, presets and Record. The filming iPhone records and keeps the files. One controller runs one camera at a time. Remote Control · Setup in the manual

No. Both devices only need the same Wi-Fi network, or the filming iPhone's Personal Hotspot. The picture and commands travel directly between your devices, not through MoviePro servers, and there's no account to create. Connecting in the manual

Yes. It shows the iPhone's picture and the take timer, and starts and stops recording. Keep MoviePro open on the iPhone; the Watch doesn't record on its own. Apple Watch in the manual

Yes. On a gimbal, compare stabilization Off and Standard and keep whichever suits the move. To start and stop without touching the phone, turn on Volume Shutter in Settings › Lens & Rig and use the volume buttons or a compatible Bluetooth remote. Remote Control and the Watch app do the same. Clean HDMI Feed sends the picture without controls to an external monitor. Rigs and controllers in the manual

Yes, on iPhones and iPads with USB-C. Choose it in Settings › Storage › Save Destination, and keep it connected until the take has finished saving. ProRes RAW records only to an external SSD (exFAT) or to Pro Video Storage. Test the drive, cable and format together before a shoot. Storage in the manual

In MoviePro's App Library by default. Settings › Storage › Save Destination can send takes to Photos, to both the App Library and Photos, to a Files folder or to a connected SSD. Each take is in the place it was saved to, and its Take Receipt says where. Storage in the manual

It's the report MoviePro shows after every take: whether the file saved, where, and what was actually recorded, including format, frame rate, exposure, audio, dropped frames and file size. From it you can play the clip, share it or mark it Good Take. The Take Receipt in the manual

In the App Library, tap Select, choose one or more clips and tap Share. From the share sheet, save them to Photos, AirDrop them to a Mac or send them to another app. The original stays in MoviePro. Sharing in the manual

Format choices depend on each other and on the device: codec, color mode, resolution, frame rate, lens and scene. MoviePro greys out choices your iPhone or iPad can't record with the rest of your settings, so one choice can rule out another. For example, H.264 has no Apple Log, and Dual Capture stops at 30 fps. Change the earlier choice in Settings › Video Format to free it up. A few conflicts only show when you press Record; MoviePro then stops the take from starting, or tells you what it changed, before anything records. Video Format settings in the manual

Check the Take Receipt first; it reports what happened. The usual causes are full storage, a Record Duration limit, a drive or cable that disconnected, heat, or another app taking the camera or microphone. High frame rates, ProRes, Dual Capture, charging and direct sun all add heat, and Long-Record Mode or a lighter format runs cooler. Troubleshooting in the manual

Usually it's the screen, not the file. HDR looks different on an SDR display, and Log is meant to look flat until it's converted. Screen Dimmer lowers the screen's brightness without changing exposure, so judge exposure with the scopes or zebra, and check the Take Receipt for what was recorded. Image problems in the manual

Connect it before the take and check that iOS recognizes it. For a Bluetooth mic, turn on Settings › Audio › Bluetooth Mic. If another app is using the microphone, close it and reopen MoviePro. On iPhone you can't choose between two connected mics, so disconnect the one you don't want. Audio inputs in the manual

Open Settings › App › Restore Purchases while signed in with the Apple Account you bought MoviePro with. Previous owners restore access the same way. If something is still missing, email support@moviepro.app.

MoviePro never uploads your video or audio and doesn't sell personal data. Release builds send limited usage events and crash reports through Firebase to help fix problems; they contain none of your footage or recorded content. Privacy policy

In MoviePro, open Settings › App › Support › Contact Support. It starts an email with diagnostics attached. You can also email support@moviepro.app directly. Tell us your device, iOS version, app version and recording settings, plus what the Take Receipt or warning said, so we can reproduce it. Contact