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Mark II Artist's Viewfinder

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Mark II Artist's Viewfinder is an iOS app from DIRE Studio in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.8★ across 102 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Our BU Score puts it at 68Solid (established niche player). For a Photo & Video app, that means established niche player.

Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.

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💰 Forecast Revenue / mo

MODEL
Revenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
Paid app ($0.00)METRIC
+$2,800
Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC
+$2,200
worth every pennyREVIEW
+$2,000
Mature app (12y old)METRIC
+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW
+$1,400
slowREVIEW
−$1,200
Early-stage install base (102 ratings)METRIC
+$400
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📈 Reviews Growth

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App Specs
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💾 5 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.6+🔖 v8.0🔄 updated 6mo ago🌐 EN, FR, DE📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2013 (12y old)

📝 About this app

Artist's Viewfinder assists the filmmaker or still photographer in exploring different places and angles to find the optimal placement for the camera, and to second-guess compositions. By simulating real camera and lens combinations it allows you to visualize what you are going to shoot without actually setting up the camera. And it's also a great tool to train yourself to see.

Handles Like Your Camera

Exposure compensation. Auto-focus lock. AF confirmation beep. A Quick Control Screen for accessing frequently needed functions. Smart Function Keys. Shutter release via the Volume buttons. We designed the Mark II so that you could feel at home the moment you start working with it. And because it also saves high resolution photos, you can even use it as a regular camera.

Visualize the Grand Landscape

Paired with a 0.5x-class super-wide converter lens*, the Mark II becomes an indispensable tool for landscape and architecture photographers. The combination can simulate super-wide lenses up to around 16mm on the full-frame 35mm format. Or you can use it to compose super-wide stitched images. The Mark II even removes distortion present in the wide converter lens — in real time.

* FOR THE LIST OF SUPPORTED CONVERTER/DEVICE COMBINATIONS PLEASE VISIT: https://www.artistsviewfinder.com/tech-specs/

When There's No Need for Color

In black & white mode Artist's Viewfinder shows just the luminance information of the scene, making it easier to explore tonal structures and simulate what a black & white photograph will look like. Taking it a step further, the optional dark and neutral toolbar theme ensures that colors from the app doesn't interfere with your composition.

Unprecedented Simulation Flexibility

The Mark II leverages our extensive Viewfinder Camera Database, containing more than 800 still and motion picture cameras, 180 medium/large format backs and countless lenses — incorporating real lens data for ALPA, Hartblei, Hasselblad, Leica, Rodenstock, Schneider and Zeiss glass. And you can define your own cameras and lenses when you need something special for the job.

Does What Optical Viewfinders Can't Even Dream Of

Artist's Viewfinder stores location and simulation metadata with the pictures, allowing you to evaluate results of a location scout later on your computer. Or you can send the information off to the rest of the crew or to a rental house, right from the app. It also records a standard GPX format track log, alleviating the need for a separate logging device.

Want to Learn More?

To explore the complete list of features, please visit: https://www.artistsviewfinder.com/features/

Written by the author of the app, The Viewfinder Handbook is the ultimate source of information about the Mark II. Way more than a user manual, this free eBook not only walks you through the ins and outs of the app, but also provides conceptual background, insights and useful hands-on advice. Available in iPad optimized PDF format at: https://www.artistsviewfinder.com/handbook/

🆕 What's New · v8.0

New features:
• Added lab measured angle of views and ultra wide camera distortion profiles for iPhone 17, 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max.
• Ultra wide camera zooming for JPG captures is extended to iPhone 17, 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max.
• Support for iPhone Air screen size.
• Improved iOS/iPadOS 26 support.

Added cameras:
• ARRI ALEXA 35 Xtreme
• Blackmagic PYXIS 12K
• Canon EOS C50, R50 V
• Fuji GFX100RF, X-E5, X-M5
• Hasselblad X2D II 100C
• Leica SL3-S
• Nikon Z5 II, Z50 II, ZR
• OM System OM-3, OM-5 II
• Panasonic DC-G97, DC-S1II, DC-S1IIE
• RED V-RAPTOR XE 8K VV
• Sigma BF
• Sony FX2

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name
Mark II Artist's Viewfinder
Developer
DIRE Studio
Bundle ID
com.direstudio.viewfinder2
App Store URL
Open in App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Content rating
4+
Languages
EN, FR, DE

Company

Website
www.artistsviewfinder.com
Tagline
Mark II Artist's Viewfinder
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Revenue

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ML model estimate / mo
$12.7K/mo
Top-grossing rank
Outside top 100 in US Photo & Video
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Recent App Store Reviews27 latest · avg 4.7★ · 81.5% 5★ · 3.7% 1★
5★
22 (81%)
4★
4 (15%)
3★
0 (0%)
2★
0 (0%)
1★
1 (4%)
+1 ratings/week
Praise: great ×4 love ×4 fantastic ×4 amazing ×3 excellent ×3Complaints: expensive ×2 refund ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ Fully professional.
This app has fully professional features, an excellent tasteful interface and seamless execution. I am one of those eclectic professional photographers who would otherwise spend a small fortune on optical viewfinders for vintage and contemp…
★★★★★ Excellent product
Despite its high price, it's really useful for previsualing a subject when using a large format/medium format camera. Although there is some inaccuracy with the coverage (Toyo View 4A II), I was able to create a custom camera anyway. I…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Limited and expensive
This app will not allow me to view anything wider than a 35 mm. Seeing that I purchased this app to scope out what 24mm wide shots would look like for a location scouting it was useless. My battery also drained from 30% to dead in 20 minute…
★★★★☆ Z-Cam E2-F6 is missing
This app is good but unfortunately don’t have any Z-cam flagship in its virtual camera setting. I hope they add this soon. Many filmmakers are using this cinema camera now.…
📈Ratings growth102 ratings+10100% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾Feb 2014Jan 2024May 2026
Tracked (29 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
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