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Photosets TV | Rocket | Company |
Photosets is the first, & still ONLY, Intelligent Burst Photo Camera App on the planet ! Max Out your iPhone™ with the planet's "Best UN-Discovered Gem App" !
Photosets is the ONLY Camera App on the planet with Intelligent Camera Startup™ support ! It's a Intelligent Algorithm, that knows how to properly "Warm Up" your iPhone OR iPad for High Performance Burst Photo Capture ! Without it, for most but NOT all, High Performance Burst Photo Capture is NOT possible ! -----
Photosets is (very-likley) ONLY ONE GOOD DAY AWAY from Making History ! Please help us out if you can. -----
FYI, v8.12, Approved Friday, Nov 20th, is Photosets' 256th App Approval ! If possible, please Rate & Review the app if/when prompted by Photosets. Photosets will make two & ONLY two "Ratings Requests": 1.) A first request AFTER you capture "60" OR more total photos (over 3 OR more photo sets), & then transition to the Home View. 2.) A second request AFTER you make a first Burst Video, & then transition to the Home View. Please note that whether a Ratings Request is made OR NOT, is completely under Apple's control. Like ALL apps, Photosets has ZERO control over it. Thanks in Advance if you're able to help us out ! -----
News
Photosets TV (Universal Binary Update now Available !) (Newest Build, #51, natively supports both Intel-based Macs & Apple Silicon Macs !) -----
Photosets
Burst Photo Camera + Premium 30-Scene Burst Video Maker !
(iOS App Store here in the States)
● Key STATs (June 10, 2015 - Nov 24, 2020): ● Downloads: 46.8K ● Updates: 661K ● # of Approved Versions: 256 ! -----
Cosmosent Labs, Inc.
7514 Girard Avenue
Suite 1179
La Jolla, CA 92037
Twitter: Photosets@PhotosetsCamera
Privacy Policy Terms of Use -----
Our Claim to Fame
● App Developer of the Most-Advanced & Highest-Performance Burst Photo Camera App on the planet ! ● App Developer of the ONLY Burst Photo Set Media Player on the planet ! ● App Developer of the ONLY iPhone Unit Sales Estimator App on the planet ! -----
Our Apps
| |
List (USD) |
AAPL's Cut (USD) |
Our Cut (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photosets v8.12 (iOS App Store) |
FREE ! |
- |
- |
| "Pro" In-App Purchase for Photosets (iOS App Store) |
$5.99 |
$1.79 |
$4.20 |
| Photosets TV v1.0 (this website ONLY; Mac App Store soon ?) |
FREE ! |
- |
- |
| Timmy v2.0 (TBD) |
TBD |
- |
- |
● The Pro In-App Purchase for Photosets is Available ONLY on the following 12 Apple mobile devices: ● iPhones: 7+, 8+, Xs, Xs Max, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 12 mini, 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max ● iPads: 2020 Air 4 ● Please see our Photosets webpage for the app's Tech Specs. ● Timmy made its Debut in the iOS App Store in May of 2018. ● Apple pulled Timmy from their iOS App Store on Sept 9th, 2019, the day BEFORE their 2019 iPhone Announcement. ● Please see our Timmy webpage for additional information. -----
Our Short List of Recommended iPhones & iPads
| Display |
Recommended iPhone(s) OR iPad(s) |
"Pro" IAP Avail |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
Resolution |
OLED |
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| 6.7" |
2778 x 1284 @ 458 PPI |
✔ |
12 Pro Max |
✔ |
| 6.5" |
2688 x 1242 @ 458 PPI |
✔ |
Xs Max, 11 Pro Max |
✔ |
| 6.1" |
2532 x 1170 @ 460 PPI |
✔ |
12, 12 Pro |
✔ |
| 6.1" |
1792 x 828 @ 326 PPI |
- |
11 |
✔ |
| 5.8" |
2436 x 1125 @ 458 PPI |
✔ |
Xs, 11 Pro |
✔ |
| 5.5" |
1920 x 1080 @ 401 PPI |
- |
7+, 8+ |
✔ |
| 5.4" |
2340 x 1080 @ 476 PPI |
✔ |
12 mini |
✔ |
| 4.7" |
1334 x 750 @ 326 PPI |
- |
2nd-Gen SE |
- |
| 10.9" |
2364 x 1640 @ 264 PPI |
- |
Air 4 |
✔ |
● A14 devices listed in Red. ● A13 devices listed in Blue. ● A10-A12 devices listed in Black. -----
High-Level Overview of Photosets & Photosets TV
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Photosets |
Photosets TV macOS |
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|---|---|---|---|
| iOS |
macOS Apple Silicon Macs |
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| Camera |
✔ |
- |
- |
| Editor |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
| 30-scene Video Maker |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
| 8K-Res Thumbnail Maker |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
| BIG-screen TV Media Player |
- |
- |
✔ |
● FYI, our upcoming Rocket Camera is now positioned as a companion to Photosets running on an Apple Silicon Mac ! ● It fills the void of Photosets running on an Apple Silicon Mac ! ● Could be a Game Changer ! ● Additionally, if you're using Photosets on an iPhone OR iPad, & it's directly connected to an Apple Silicon Mac that is ALSO running Photosets, you'll soon have the option of storing your captured photosets ONLY on your Mac ! ● Could be a Game Changer ! ---------- News Updates ----------
Update for 8 AM (California-time) Tuesday, Nov 24th, 2020 Two things to announce: 1.) Again, we did NOT submit Photosets v8.13 to Apple App Review by day's end yesterday as planned. We felt it wise to give it another day. We're currently On Track to submit it by day's end today. It includes Enhancements, Refinements, & Bug Fixes, that we had NOT originally planned for with v8.13. 2.) We've noticed that Adobe has purchased ALOT of iOS App Store Search Ads against Photosets recently. As such, we're now looking at ways to use that to our advantage ! Perhaps Adobe knows what Apple doesn't. Consider this: An "Adobe / Facebook / Google / Photosets" Alliance ! Have a Nice Ring to it ? We certainly think so ! We will pursue it ! -----
Update for 11:30 AM (California-time) Monday, Nov 23rd, 2020 Two things to announce: 1.) We did NOT submit Photosets v8.13 to Apple App Review by day's end on Sunday as intended. We're On Track to submit it by day's end today. 2.) Among other things, today we're working on Bringing Back Photosets' "Benchmark Mode," & with a twist. It's intended to Highlight the AVCaptureVideoDataOutput Timing Issue we first Discovered this past Thursday. Hopefully, Apple R&D will use it to NOT ONLY Fix the Current Timing Issue, but ALSO once Fixed, as a Quick Spot Check to verify they didn't break things in future updates. As a reminder, Cosmosent Labs, Inc., is a small company of Cal Poly, SLO, Electronic Engineering graduates, ALL with extensive Chip Verification Experience PRIOR to transitioning into Camera App Development (in Sept 2014). -----
BREAKING NEWS: 9:30 AM (California-time) Monday, Nov 23rd, 2020 We didn't plan it that way, but it's Crystal Clear to us this morning, Photosets v8.13 could become the Single Greatest Upgrade Catalyst in the History of the App Store ! Why ? Because of the new 300-photo Limiter, & the (short) list of Apple mobile devices that the "Pro" IAP is Available on. Also, different subject, we've concluded it's in everyone's best interest for Apple R&D to Fix the AVCaptureVideoDataOutput Timing Issue that we first Discovered this past Thursday ! As a reminder, AVCaptureVideoDataOutput is a key part of Apple's Camera Frameworks. Either Apple R&D intentionally self-sabotaged it, to make the iPhone 12 family look better, OR they over-looked something during testing, & added a Bug. Either way, we're Calling them Out on It ! It is our personal opinion that Apple R&D intentionally self-sabotaged it ! Too much of a coincidence that it happens now, AFTER all members of the iPhone 12 family have been Released. Like we said, we're Calling them Out on It ! -----
Update for 9 AM (California-time) Sunday, Nov 22nd, 2020 Two things to announce: 1.) We're On Track to submit Photosets v8.13 to Apple App Review by day's end. In addition to what we've already disclosed (see below), v8.13 includes a new 300-photo Limiter (for those without the "Pro" IAP. Specifically, if NO "Pro" IAP, capture will Max-Out @ ONLY 5 photos per set AFTER 300 total photos have been captured. 300 photos is sufficient to capture "15" 20-photo photo sets, OR "20" 15-photo photo sets. Both combinations are supported by the Base version of the app. Our intent is simply to try to encourage more Users to upgrade to the "Pro" IAP. 2.) Yesterday we began looking at ways to use our recently-Discovered flaw in Apple's Camera Framework to our advantage. First, we won't assume that they Can, OR Will (even if they could), Fix It. Second, either way, it doesn't affect Photosets. As long as Users are running v8.12, that is. Third, if it doesn't get Fixed, our Rocket Camera then has more value.
NOT Rocket Science ! Those sufficiently Skilled in the Art should (easily) see where we're going with this !
----- Update for 8:30 AM (California-time) Saturday, Nov 21st, 2020 FYI, Photosets v8.13, Available Monday ?, adds the following app-to-app AirDrop support.
| Sender |
Receiver |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Photosets |
Photosets TV macOS |
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| iOS |
macOS Apple Silicon Macs |
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| Photosets on iOS |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
| Photosets on macOS Apple Silicon Macs |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
Our primary goal is to support Direct app-to-app AirDrop transfers illustrated by the Blue Checkmark. As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, we're simply bringing-back a Capability that Photosets used to have. Photosets has supported HSPX in one form OR another for about four years ! Also, please see yesterday's update for additional information. -----
BREAKING NEWS: 5 PM (California-time) Friday, Nov 20th, 2020 FYI, we intend to submit Photosets v8.13 to Apple App Review by day's end on Sunday ! Here is a Head's Up: ● Adds support for "Direct" AirDrop transfers from Photosets running on your iPhone OR iPad, to Photosets running on an M1 Apple Silicon Mac ! ● Just prior to sending via AirDrop, Photosets running on your iPhone OR iPad will package the photos of your photo set into an HSPX (container file). ● On the receiving end, Photosets running on your M1 Apple Silicon Mac will extract the photos from inside the HSPX (container file), & set them up (inside the app) just like any captured photo set, for you to do whatever you like with. ● As a reminder, HSPX stands for "High-Speed Photoset Container File".
Please see Photosets' Mail Drop feature if you can't wait for v8.13. It uses HSPX for Mail Drop transfers. It ALSO offers an additional benefit. It will teach you how to use Photosets' HSPX Decoder ! Specifically, if you Copy an HSPX file into Photosets' HSPX folder, the app will automatically extract (& setup) the contents (i.e., photos) of the file (when it transitions out of Background / Suspended State). -----
Update for 10:30 AM (California-time) Friday, Nov 20th, 2020 FYI, Photosets v8.12 was Approved earlier today, & is now Available for Download. As we stated yesterday, it is NOT ONLY a viable candidate for App of the Day, but it is ALSO a credible candidate for iPhone App of the Year ! Today, we're working on Refinements to it, so that it works as Best as Possible when running on Apple Silicon Macs. Specifically, on Improvements for transferring photo sets from Photosets running on an iPhone OR iPad, to Photosets running on an Apple Si Mac. Also, because it is so special, we decided to make v8.12 Available WW ! We encourage everyone to Update to it ASAP. -----
Update for 5 PM (California-time) Thursday, Nov 19th, 2020 FYI, Photosets v8.12 is now "Waiting for Review" @ Apple App Review. NOT ONLY is it a viable candidate for App of the Day, but it is ALSO a credible candidate for iPhone App of the Year ! -----
Update for 10 AM (California-time) Thursday, Nov 19th, 2020 FYI, we did NOT submit Photosets v8.12 to Apple App Review last night. We decided to work on it one more day, & will submit it by day's end today ! Today, we're working on Important Fine-Tune Adjustments to the Camera's Capture Pipeline.
Also, FYI to ALL, Photosets is now Available ONLY via the iOS App Store here in the States. Strictly a Business Decision, & strictly Our Call. Could be a permanent change.
As a reminder, even though Photosets is the Most-Advanced & Highest-Performance Burst Photo Camera App in the history of smartphones, to-date, it has Received NO Love from Apple in it's "curated" iOS App Store. As such, we feel we need to be much more careful with our Business Decisions than most. The absolute worst thing that could happen to ANY Small Business App Dev is that you make just-over $1M USD in CY2021, & then make below $1M USD the next year ! For that case, you'll lose up-to $150K USD in Revenue ! As we understand it, Apple taxes the subsequent year @ 30% ! That basically means (at least) one less person will be working at the company !
As a U.S.-based App Dev, we believe the smart move is probably to wait till we reach $1M USD in Revenue each year strictly via the iOS App Store here in the States, & then, & ONLY then, consider opening-up Availability to OUTSIDE the States. In a Nutshell, that's our current plan.
| "Pro" In-App Purchase for Photosets |
List (USD) |
AAPL's Cut (USD) |
Our Cut (USD) |
# of Sales Needed to Reach $1M USD in Net Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currently |
$5.99 |
$1.79 |
$4.20 |
238.1K |
| Beginning Jan. 1st |
$5.99 |
$0.89 |
$5.10 |
196.1K |
| Delta |
- |
- $0.90 |
+ $0.90 |
-42.0K |
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Update for 8:30 AM (California-time) Wednesday, Nov 18th, 2020 FYI, there is a 50% chance we will submit Photosets v8.12 to Apple App Review by day's end. Yesterday, among other things, we added a first-cut of support for the new Apple Silicon Macs ! And because Photosets supports both iPhones & iPads on iOS, you have more window RE-sizing capability (on your Apple Silicon Mac) than iOS apps that simply support ONLY iPhones ! -----
Update for 4 PM (California-time) Tuesday, Nov 17th, 2020 FYI, we intend to release a Universal Binary version of Photosets TV v1.0 by day's end. It will be Build #51, & will natively support both Intel-based Macs & Apple Silicon Macs. -----
BREAKING NEWS: 12 Noon (California-time) Tuesday, Nov 17th, 2020 FYI, we are Excited to Announce that Photosets will soon include support for Apple Silicon Macs ! Make NO mistake, could be a Game Changer ! -----
Update for 4 PM (California-time) Monday, Nov 16th, 2020 Three things to announce: 1.) We've been Asked, & have Agreed, to Drop the Price of Photosets' "Pro" IAP to ONLY FIVE U.S. BUCKS ...Done ! 2.) We intend to submit Photosets v8.12 to Apple App Review by day's end on Thursday. Among other things, it adds the same Tools for RGB3 that the app currently offers for RGB2. 3.) Today we've Kicked Off R&D work on an Important Enhancement to Photosets ! Specifically, an innovative, custom-built "UN-comp. Converter" that will support Apple ProRAW, Legacy / Traditional RAW DNG, as well as UN-comp. RGB. Why are we doing this now ? Because it's ALSO applicable to M1 Apple Silicon Macs, which began arriving to customers today ! In other words, we can (soon) make ALL Features & Capabilities of Photosets, except for the Camera, available to M1 Apple Silicon Mac users ! As a reminder, UN-comp. simply refers to (image) UN-compressed photos.
High-Level Overview of Photosets' UN-comp. RGB
| Format |
File Extension |
Compression |
per-Photo Metadata |
Color Depth (bits) |
Photosets' Full-Res 12 Mpx Photo Capture Rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image |
Data |
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| Lossy |
Lossless |
Lossy |
Lossless |
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| Apple ProRAW |
.dng |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
10-12 |
1 fps Estimated |
| RAW DNG |
.dng |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
10-12 |
3 fps |
| UN-comp. RGB |
.rgb4 |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
10 |
30 fps Estimated |
| .rgb3 |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
8 |
30 fps |
|
| .rgb2 |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
- |
8 |
30 fps |
|
| .rgb |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
30 fps |
|
| HEIC |
.heic |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
8 |
30 fps |
| JPEG |
.jpg |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
8 |
30 fps |
● Apple ProRAW is supported by Apple ONLY on the 12 Pro & 12 Pro Max, & requires iOS 14.3. ● Apple ProRAW captured via the Back Wide Camera is
12-bit Image Sensor Data packaged in a 14-bit Container. ● Apple ProRAW captured via the Back Tele OR Ultra-Wide Camera, OR via the Front (Selfie) Camera, is
10-or-12-bit Image Sensor Data, dependent upon the Camera, packaged in a 14-bit Container. ● Legacy / Traditional RAW DNG, supported by Apple on the Back Wide Camera on select iPhones & iPads, is
10-or-12-bit Image Sensor Data, dependent upon the Model, packaged in a 14-bit Container. ● And specifically, it's the Container File Format that has 14 stops of Dynamic Range, NOT the actual captured Image Sensor Data ! ● And, among other things, it's the image sensor's ADC Read Noise that will generally determine what level of Color Bit Depth can be supported. ● .rgb = 1st-Gen UN-comp. RGB ● .rgb2 = 2nd-Gen UN-comp. RGB ● .rgb3 = 3rd-Gen UN-comp. RGB ● .rgb4 = 4th-Gen UN-comp. RGB (requires BGR10A2, the ideal 4B/pixel format) ● As a reminder, UN-comp. RGB (all flavors except RGB4, which is still under development) is 8-bits of Red, Green, & Blue, per pixel, in the P3 D65 (i.e., Display P3) color space, & with NO Image Compression. ● It represents the Highest Burst Photo Quality possible in smartphones,
& to our knowledge, is ONLY supported by Photosets (on iOS) & Photosets TV (on macOS) !
---------- Photosets TV Updates ----------
Photosets TV v1.0 Build # 51 The Install Deadline is Midnight on Nov 30th. If you install it prior to the Install Deadline you can use it (with NO strings attached) for 30 days ! As a reminder, Photosets TV is our 100% FREE companion macOS app for Photosets ! Please note that the User Interface is optimized for a 16:9 aspect ratio Monitor / Display / BIG screen TV ! Please visit our Photosets TV webpage to Download it.
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