Motion Sensor 4+

I use this app to shoot video of birds, close up, on a window feeder. Because I’m shooting through glass, auto-focus is a bit of a pain, so it’s nice that I can turn auto-focus on in the settings, focus on the bowl, then turn auto-focus off, effectively locking focus.

Things I’d like to see:

1) A full “manual focus” feature, where you can set-up/frame the camera, click a spot and have it auto-focus once. Then, once you turn on the recording, focus is locked.

2) It gets a little bit confused going between extremes of light and dark. So the auto-exposure is weird, possibly linked to the manual-focus issue/switch?

3) On the rear camera of the iPhone XS Max, I can switch between the 1x and 2x cameras but I’m not seeing the full “wide” mode of the 1x lens. This is possibly related to HD (1080p) shooting versus 4K. Will have to experiment more. But I’d like to see “full frame” HD, if possible.

4) Not sure what’s up with the App Store but it’s complaining that this app isn’t available in the App Store when I go to review directly from the app. Maybe a bad review link needs to be updated?

Otherwise, I see this app being the “go to” app for recording video triggered by motion!

Pretty cool little app. motion sensitivity and speed is pretty darn good. You can even select area of sensitivity range within the view of the picture area. you can select how long the video recording runs after motion is stopped . I had to stabilize my bird feeder so that only bird motion is captured otherwise it would keep rocking. you will need camera support to hold your camera solid still to the framing of the subject area while you are not there. I would not try this Marmots , Monkeys and Ravens.......Marmots, Monkeys and Raven .....Oh My !

Functionally speaking, it’s a nice app. I’ve gotten dozens of cool videos of the birds in the bird feeder outside my window by setting up my phone, turning on this app, and letting it run for a few hours. It’s a really cool opportunity, and easy to learn for beginners.

I will say that for $5, I was expecting a much smoother app. It crashes frequently, probably every time I use it. Additionally, when you view one of the videos that you’ve collected and then go back to the full list of videos, it’s nearly impossible to figure out which video you just watched. I’d like to see those two things fixed in a future update.