SmartMike+ - Vlog&teleprompter

I record videos constantly for work, when it’s working it sounds really good, video isn’t bad, it’s a fight to get the 4K to not distort though. Audio either sounds great or horrible. It won’t let me adjust gain levels leading to constant pops and snaps. The audio drops out constantly making me get creative with video edits, and even needing to redo shots. It could be great, but if you use an iPhone and need a mic just get a wireless lapel that comes with a Bluetooth receiver that plugs into your input jack on your phone. They’re 20 bucks on Amazon and you can even use the native camera app on your iPhone. No more retakes and no more messing with creative video and audio edits to fix bad sound quality. Wish I could like it, but after 4 months of weekly use I’m not impressed whatsoever. I can clean up phone mic audio better than I can fix these issues. Phones have 4K video now and can shoot pro quality shots, it’s time the audio matched.

Anon Emous 5Fri, Apr 19, 2024

United States

I had an iPhone 12 and used this app all the time because I loved the camera features such as Picture in Picture but when I upgraded to iPhone 14 I lost all those abilities. Now the 2 mics I have are useless and I feel like I wasted time and money on this app. Please update to support more IOS updates and newer phone models

RedheadedMidgetMon, Aug 28, 2023

United States

I really want to like this app. There is a teleprompter option so you can read lines while directly looking at the camera but they are hard to input and hard to adjust. then there is a caption option. it almost works but not really. and then after spending lots of time fixing the captions, I try to download the video with captions and get a syntex error. soooo, it would be much better not to have this feature. i would have gone elsewhere for the captions that took ages to fix. also, never heard back from CS on the topic

10458975896Sat, May 27, 2023

United States

Have had this for two years now, and the biggest problems are the following: 1) You need to run this mic through an app, rather than it just being plug and play after connecting the mic through Bluetooth 2) When you select 4k within the app, all of the sudden the picture becomes neon green and filled with static Given that it’s been two years, and the company seems to have an automated bot responding to the feedback on here, I would not bank on either of these issues ever getting fixed. However, if you only need to shoot things in 1080p and you don’t mind using the unnecessarily clunky app, than you could make this mic work for your purposes - Otherwise, wait for a better option to emerge.

Arch Stanton13Sun, Jan 8, 2023

United States

На iOS 16 работает ужасно запись… искажает звуки как робот… на Android’E без каких либо проблем записывает.

BVV001Sat, Sep 17, 2022

United States

Everything works fine, however I bought a 2nd Mic thinking I could use both and you can’t. What would it take to add a feature for multiple mics or at least two?

Boy da kiddMon, Aug 8, 2022

United States

I use this app for my self-tape auditions and I love it! I’ve been using it for a year now after my husband got me a lav mic that supports this app. The audio is impeccable and it picks up my voice over the hustle and bustle noises of NYC during filming. HOWEVER, the in-app camera filters (smoothing, lighting, etc) that work in real time are amazing!! I can completely adjust the visual tone for dramatic vs comedic self-tapes with just one swipe! It gives my tapes such a professional look while being completely user friendly. They also added a teleprompter feature recently, by far the best teleprompter app I’ve used ever. It has so many speed, size and screen placement options. Your self-tape set up is everything when it comes to booking work and this app single handedly solves several technical challenges. Can’t say enough great things about this app!!

WhittyMackTue, May 31, 2022

United States