The GestureCam app gives other iPhones a hands-free group photo mode like Smart Take on the iPhone Duo. You prop up your iPhone, tap the shutter, step into the frame and hold your pose, and the new Auto Capture mode keeps taking photos until you tap the shutter again.
Smart Take takes up to 20 photos on its own once iPhone Duo sits steady on a table or tripod, and Auto Capture follows the same routine for solo shots and groups. GestureCam is on the App Store for iPhones with iOS 18 or later, and Auto Capture needs the one-time GestureCam Pro upgrade.
The GestureCam App Shoots While You Pose
Auto Capture starts when you tap the shutter. Once you step into the frame and hold still, GestureCam keeps taking photos of you alone or with a group, and it needs no gesture or voice command.
On iPhone Duo, Smart Take is built into the Camera app and its button appears once the phone is steady. GestureCam is a separate camera app, so you shoot from inside it instead of the stock Camera app.
Palm Gestures Are Free, Voice Is Pro
Auto Capture is one of several ways to trigger the shutter. You can show your palm to the camera to take a photo or to start and stop a video, which makes GestureCam useful for tripod shots and workout videos as well as group photos.
Free in GestureCam
- Palm gesture to take a photo or start and stop a video
- Adjustable gesture hold time and countdown
- Flash blink and a sound when the countdown ends, so you can tell from across the room
- Level meter and grid guides
Added by GestureCam Pro
- Auto Capture for continuous hands-free photos
- Voice commands to take photos, record video and switch cameras, with phrases you can customize
- Victory and Fist hand poses
- Burst mode with an adjustable photo count and interval
- Manual focus, exposure, ISO, shutter speed and white balance on supported cameras
Pro Is a One-Time $4.99
GestureCam is free to download, and GestureCam Pro is a one-time $4.99 purchase with no subscription. Everything that was free stays free, so the palm gesture works without paying.
The lenses and manual controls you get depend on your iPhone, and voice commands need microphone and speech recognition access. Your captures stay in the GestureCam library until you export or share them, and the app comes in eight languages, including German, French and Japanese. GestureCam needs 20.8 MB of free space, and it comes from developer Burak Taha Peksen, who also makes Selfie Light: Colorful Studio.
