Collective Resources

Apps for Cinema Artists

Software that can help you get a job done a little better or a little faster than before.

Web App (XML)
Web App (XML)
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Android
Google Android
iPhone / iPod Touch
Apple iPhone
& iPod Touch

This is an regularly updated directory of apps made for and used by professional filmmakers.


  App Platform / Description Cost Links

Movie*Slate (Clapperboard & Shot Log)

Photography
© PureBlend Software

Record updated 10 days ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Movie*Slate is a digital slate, clapper board, shot log, and shot notepad — designed for use with film, television, do ... »

$9.99

ver. 1/10

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

MagicHour

Utilities
© Vela Design Group

Record updated 10 days ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • MagicHour (formerly named VelaClock) is a world clock with unique features and an easily configurable user interface. Users c ... »

$3.99

ver. 12/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Simple DoF Calculator

Utilities
© Dennis van den Berg

Record updated 10 days ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Simple DoF Calculator allows photographers to calculate the depth of field and hyperfocal distance for any given settings. It ... »

$1.99

ver. 8/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

GrayCard

Photography
© Pixelexip

Record updated 10 days ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Never be caught off-balance again!

    GrayCard turns your device into a convenient and adjustable gray card. Phot ... »

$0.99

ver. 5/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

EditCalc

Utilities
© Brad Brooks

Record updated 10 days ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • * Do calculations in frames, footage or timecode and see all three units simultaneously
    * 23.98, 24, 25, 29,97, 30, 59 ... »

$0.99

ver. 5/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Gel Swatch Library

Reference
© Wybron, Inc.

Record updated 10 days ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Browse, search, and compare over 1,000 GAM, Lee, Apollo and Rosco gel colors with Wybron's Gel Swatch Libraryo for the iPhone ... »

$9.99

ver. 12/09

Official Site

Download

phobos.apple.com

FilmCalc

Photography
© Zebra Film

Record updated 10 days ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod TouchWindows Mobile
  • The Filmcalculator is a program for people working in the film business. It is mainly useful for D.O.P.'s, camera-operators, ... »

$39.99

ver. 1/10

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Screen Time Calculator

Photography
© Matthias Uhlig

Record updated 10 days ago
  • Screen Time Calculator is a small tool to identify the recording and playback time for a given number of frames in a variety ... »

Free

ver. 9/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

SKATER Dolly Rotation Calculator

Utilities
© P+S Technik GmbH

Record updated 10 days ago
  • The P+S Technik SKATER Mini is an Academy Award and Emmy Award winning camera dolly for linear and circular camera moves. It ... »

Free

ver. 9/09

No Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Photo fx

Photography
© The Tiffen Company

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • So you're on the go and you want to send your friends and family this great photo that they'll love, but you need to make som ... »

$2.99

ver. 8/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

iSee4k

Utilities
© Edward Watkins

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • With this nifty little app spend your time 'getting the shot', rather than pouring over manuals and reference tables.
    ... »

Free

ver. 8/08

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Pocket DIT

Utilities
© Clifton Production Services LLC

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • This is your cinematography "cheat sheet" that includes:
    * RED ONE virtual menu navigator that allows you to navigate ... »

Free

ver. 4/09

No Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

PocketLD

Photography
© Michael Zinman

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • PocketLD is a photometric database and calculation tool for theatrical and TV/Film lighting professionals.

    Sim ... »

$19.99

ver. 7/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Artemis

Photography
© Chemical Wedding

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Artemis is a digital directors viewfinder for the iPhone. Designed with both cinematographers and directors in mind, Artemis ... »

$29.99

ver. 11/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

MatchLens

Photography
© Indelible Pictures, Inc.

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • This calculator computes the equivalent lens focal length to produce the same field of view between two cameras with differen ... »

$9.99

ver. 9/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Timecode Slate

Photography
© Matthias A. Uhlig

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Timecode Slate is the ideal companion for shooting music videos. It plays any song on your Iphone/Ipod touch with a visible t ... »

$3.99

ver. 10/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

TC Calculator

Utilities
© Javier Hernanz Zajara

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • TC Calculator is a simple calculator for operating with TC's (Time Codes) and frames. It can add, substract and convert TC's ... »

Free

ver. 9/08

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

LightMeter

Photography
© Frank Bauer

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • With LightMeter you can turn your iPhone 3G-S into a simple exposure meter. LightMeter makes use of the new auto focus camera ... »

$2.99

ver. 9/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Lens Angle Calculator

Calculator
© Digital Rebellion LLC

Record updated over a month ago
  • Universal Web App (XML)
  • Use this calculator to calculate the lens angle or focal length for a given sensor size.

    This is useful for pl ... »

Free

ver. 4/08

Official Site

View

www.digitalrebellion.com

Grat's Film Slate/Clapboard

Photography
© Grat Crabtree

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • This film slate/clapboard has two modes, classic black and modern white.

    Edit the fields by tapping them. Supp ... »

$0.99

ver. 10/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Film Budget

Productivity
© Asbury MediaCom

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Manage a film & television production budget with ease.
    * Up to three entirely separate project budgets can be tracked ... »

Free

ver. 10/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Mill Color

Photography
© The Mill

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Pre-defined looks include:
    * Golden
    * Print
    * Cross-processed
    * Chocolate
    * Noir
    * ... »

Free

ver. 10/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

pCAM

Utilities
© David Eubank

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • * Depth of Field & Hyperfocal Distance
    * Splits-Aperture Finder
    * Field of View (Image size) with Preview Illus ... »

$39.99

ver. 12/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Focalware

Utilities
© Spiral Development Inc.

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Focalware calculates the position of the sun and moon from rise to set anywhere in the world, at anytime of the year by util ... »

$9.99

ver. 3/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

ScriptWrite

Productivity
© Filter Apps, LLC

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Screenwriting for the iPhone done right. Made by screenwriters, for screenwriters.

    Write an entire screenplay ... »

$4.99

ver. 10/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Slate

Photography
© Gravitropic

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch

$1.99

ver. 10/08

No Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Stormchaser Cloud Reference Chart

Weather
© Crossgates AC

Record updated over a month ago
  • Universal Web App (XML)
  • An on-the-go webguide to common cloud shapes and patterns and what they mean to the stormchaser or weather buff who wants to ... »

Free

ver. 6/08

Official Site

View

207.45.186.82

Pixel Aspect Ratio Calculator

Calculator
© Digital Rebellion LLC

Record updated over a month ago
  • Universal Web App (XML)

Free

No Official Site

View

www.digitalrebellion.com

f/8 DoF Calculator

Photography
© Bitwerkz

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • AppCraver.com: Score 9/10
    Photography Gadgets: Field tested and highly recommended.
    CNET Reviews: One of the fi ... »

$3.99

ver. 5/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Hitchcock

Photography
© Cinemek

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Hitchcock for iphone is a mobile storyboard and pre-visualization composer designed for Directors, Directors of Photography, ... »

$19.99

ver. 11/09

Official Site

Download

www.itunes.com

Screenplay

Productivity
© Black Mana Studios

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Black Mana Studios' Screenplay is the world's first fully-functional mobile screenwriting application. It allows professional ... »

$7.99

ver. 11/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Sunrise & Sunset

Weather
© Piet Jonas

Record updated over a month ago
  • Universal Web App (XML)
  • This applications helps to calculate the sunset and the sunrise times and the total sun hours for each location in the world ... »

Free

ver. 7/08

Official Site

View

sun.speedymarks.com

Power Load Calculator

Calculator
© Digital Rebellion LLC

Record updated over a month ago
  • Universal Web App (XML)
  • Allows you to calculate the load on a particular circuit when certain devices are plugged in. For example, you can calculate ... »

Free

ver. 7/08

Official Site

View

www.digitalrebellion.com

Footage Calculator

Calculator
© Digital Rebellion LLC

Record updated over a month ago
  • Universal Web App (XML)
  • Enables you to calculate the amount of disk space required for various video codecs at varying frame rates. It offers an easy ... »

Free

ver. 12/07

Official Site

View

www.digitalrebellion.com

Depth of Field Calculator

Calculator
© Digital Rebellion LLC

Record updated over a month ago
  • Universal Web App (XML)
  • This tool will calculate the depth of field for a given sensor or film type, aperture, focal length, and subject distance (th ... »

Free

ver. 1/08

Official Site

View

www.digitalrebellion.com

Helios

Photography
© Chemical Wedding

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • An iPhone/iPod Touch application that graphically predicts the path of the sun from dusk to dawn, on any given day, in any gi ... »

$29.99

ver. 10/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Film Counter

Utilities
© Dotproof Inc.

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • The Film Counter is a stopwatch designed for timing 24 fps film. The hand in the analog display makes one revolution in preci ... »

$0.99

ver. 6/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

iTC Calc

Productivity
© KPL Production Services

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • iTC Calc is the perfect companion for any producer, post-production producer, editor, flame or After Effect artists and every ... »

$4.99

ver. 1/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

FilmSlate

Photography
© Idea Engine, Inc.

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • FilmSlate puts a portable "Smart Slate" in your hand.

    FilmSlate was developed by professionals, for profession ... »

$4.99

ver. 10/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

iSlate

Photography
© ibuiltthis / Tony Lee

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • iSlate is an easy to use portable digital clapper board that can help video enthusiasts add a touch of hollywood magic to the ... »

$2.99

ver. 5/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Film Rate Calculator

Calculator
© Digital Rebellion LLC

Record updated over a month ago
  • Universal Web App (XML)
  • Calculates the relationship between film reels and shooting time.

    Use this calculator to work out how many rol ... »

Free

ver. 12/07

Official Site

View

www.digitalrebellion.com

Sun Position

Utilities
© Matthew Uhlig

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Sun Position allows to quickly determine the azimuth and altitude of the sun for any given time and place on this planet.
    »

$0.99

ver. 12/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Sun Seeker

Navigation
© ozPDA

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Sun compass and augmented reality viewer. Finds the sun's position and path for any time of the day or of the year.
    »

$2.99

ver. 10/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

LlamaSlate

Utilities
© Scott Lawrence

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • LlamaSlate helps you find shots in your footage, and synchronize multiple cameras.

    It keeps track of Scene and ... »

$0.99

ver. 7/08

Official Site

Download

phobos.apple.com

TCCalc

Utilities
© Jean-Luc Pedroni

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • TCCalc est un calculateur de time code pour differents frames rate. Pal ,NTSC drop, NTSC, film (cinema) et images.
    Par ... »

$4.99

ver. 8/08

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

Film Utility

Tools
© ADibu

Record updated over a month ago
  • Android
  • Film Utility is an application that helps filmmakers to convert frames, feet, and timecode and see the result of all three si ... »

$1.99

No Official Site

Download

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Aspect Ratio Calculator

Calculator
© Digital Rebellion LLC

Record updated over a month ago
  • Universal Web App (XML)
  • Allows you to calculate the aspect ratio, width or height of an image or video. Also displays extra information such as the f ... »

Free

ver. 12/07

Official Site

View

www.digitalrebellion.com

Film Calculator

Utilities
© 2.1 Films

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • The 2.1 Film Calculator is a multi-purpose tool for filmmakers to aid in common tasks of film conversion and counting in pre- ... »

$0.99

ver. 9/08

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

AClapBoard

Photography
© Rolf-Dieter Klein

Record updated over a month ago
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch
  • The application combines two function. First, its a handy time measurement for spending times at work processes. The second f ... »

$4.99

ver. 8/09

Official Site

Download

itunes.apple.com

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