If you have more than one iPhone in the house, you already own a multi-camera rig. Install Remote Shutter on every phone, pick one as the director, and the rest become cameras: you see every angle live in a grid on the director, and one button starts and stops recording on all of them at the same instant.
What multicam does
- Up to four cameras, one director. The director connects to each camera directly over peer-to-peer Wi-Fi — no router, no account.
- Every angle live. The director shows a grid of live previews, so you frame each phone before you roll, and tap any tile to see it full screen.
- One synced shutter. Photo or video, the capture fires on every camera at the same instant. No more clapping for sync.
- Camera settings from the director. Frame rate (24/30/60), resolution (1080p/4K), aspect ratio, HDR and tap-to-focus are set from the director, so every phone rolls at the same 24p/4K without walking around to each one.
- Footage comes back to you. Each camera records at full resolution locally, then the clips collect automatically to the director, stamped with alignment metadata so any editor — iMovie, Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut — lines the angles up.
Two cameras are free; Pro unlocks four.
What it is good for
- Interviews and podcasts — a wide two-shot plus a close-up on each person, cut between them later.
- Music and dance — one wide, one on hands or feet, one on the face; record a single take and edit the angles.
- Sports and skills — front and side views of a swing, a lift, a trick, captured on the same frame.
- Unboxings and tutorials — an overhead on the table and a face camera, started together.
- Events — put spare phones on tripods around the room and direct from your own.
How to set it up
- Install Remote Shutter on every iPhone and open it on all of them. They find each other automatically — keep Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on; no network is needed.
- On the phone you will hold, choose remote. When two or more cameras connect, the director grid appears.
- Mount the camera phones (any tripod or clamp works) and frame each angle from the director's live tiles.
- Tap the shutter to take a photo on every camera at once, or start recording on all of them. Stop, and the clips collect to the director.
Tips
- Keep the cameras within about 50 ft (15 m) of the director with line of sight, or put every phone on the same Wi-Fi network for more range.
- Set focus on each angle before rolling so the cuts match — tap the preview where you want it sharp.
- Old phones are fine as cameras. The director does the most work, so use your newest phone for that.
- Turn on camera standby on the camera phones for long shoots — the screen rests while the phone keeps streaming and recording.
Single camera is still the everyday case — a spare iPhone as a remote camera or an iPad or Mac as the monitor — and multicam is the same app with more phones connected.