SIMPLY MONITOR · PRESS FACT SHEET
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App:            Simply Monitor
Developer:      Foggo Apps, the independent studio of Charles Chiejina
Platforms:      iPhone and iPad (iOS 26)
Cameras:        Sony α7 V (tested). More Sony bodies are being added; the app hides features a camera doesn't support.
Connection:     Bluetooth + the camera's Wi-Fi, or a USB-C cable
Availability:   Coming soon to the App Store
Price:          Free. Simply Monitor Pro ($5.99 one-time, no subscription) makes behind-the-scenes recording unlimited; 5 minutes in total are free.
Contact:        support@foggoapps.com
Guide:          https://www.foggoapps.com/simplymonitor/guide/Simply-Monitor-Guide.pdf (14 pages)

SHORT (34 words)
Simply Monitor puts your Sony camera on your iPhone: live view, every setting, focus stacking, an intervalometer, your originals and backups on the phone, and a behind-the-scenes video with every photo marked on it.

MEDIUM
Simply Monitor is a remote, monitor and backup tool for Sony cameras on iPhone. The camera's live picture fills the phone's screen over Wi-Fi or USB-C, with shutter, aperture, ISO, white balance, drive and focus in big readouts you scrub like a lens ring, and tap-to-focus on the picture. It runs focus stacks, a bulb timer, an intervalometer and exposure bracketing for you, pulls full-size originals off the card to Photos, a folder or a USB-C drive, backs up every new shot as you shoot, and writes GPS into every file through the camera. Tap BTS and it also records what the camera sees while you keep shooting stills, with every photo marked on the video for the edit. The app is free; a one-time $5.99 Pro purchase makes BTS recording unlimited.

LONG (the App Store description)
Simply Monitor puts your Sony camera on your iPhone: live view on a big screen, every setting under your thumb, your photos on the phone as you shoot, and a behind-the-scenes video of the whole session with every photo marked on it.

SHOOT
• Live view over Wi-Fi (Bluetooth starts it) or a USB-C cable. The link comes back by itself when it drops.
• Shutter, aperture, ISO, exposure compensation, white balance, drive, focus area, focus mode and picture profile in big readouts that follow the camera. Tap one and scrub a dial like a lens ring.
• Tap the picture to focus. Tap the shutter for one shot or hold it for a burst. The camera's own shutter button keeps working.
• Bluetooth shutter, like Sony's remote, so a shot never waits behind the video stream.
• Presets: save a whole setup as "Birds" or "Studio" and apply it in a tap.

FOCUS
• Focus stacking the app runs for you: step size, direction, number of shots, self-timer. Works with the electronic shutter.
• Ring Capture: turn the focus ring by hand and the app fires each time it stops, or every few steps as you keep turning.
• A/B focus memory, focus peaking, punch-in zoom.

AUTOMATE
• Shutter Robot: a bulb timer up to 30 minutes, an intervalometer for time-lapse, exposure bracketing for HDR, and recipes you save and run in one tap.
• Auto Shot: the phone watches the picture for birds, bees, people or cars, follows the subject and can take the photo for you.

YOUR PHOTOS
• Browse the card with bursts stacked and RAW+JPEG pairs shown as one. Save full-size originals, one or a whole selection, to Photos or to a folder in Files, which includes a USB-C drive. Send them to Lightroom or by AirDrop.
• Auto Backup copies every new photo off the card as you shoot, hands-free.
• GPS: the camera writes your location into every photo itself, even for shots from its own shutter button.

BEHIND THE SCENES
• Tap BTS and the phone records what the camera sees while you keep shooting stills. Every photo is marked on the video at the moment you took it, with its file name. An FCPXML opens in DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro with the markers already on the clip, and a CSV lists every shot.
• A settings bar and a focus box can be burned in. Your microphone's audio goes on the video. Long takes split into 1, 2 or 5 minute clips with nothing lost. Say "Start Snap" and "Stop Snap" to run it by voice.

FOR VIDEO
• Zebras, false colour, histogram, waveform, focus peaking, frame guides, grids, anamorphic desqueeze and flip. They change only what you see on the phone; recordings keep the camera's clean picture.
• Start and stop the camera's own recording from the phone.

ALSO
• Calculators for ND filters, exposure equivalents and depth of field, each with a "Set on camera" button.
• Night Mode: a dim red interface that keeps your night vision on a dark shoot.
• A 14-page how-to guide inside the app.

PRICE
Everything above is free. Behind-the-scenes recording is free for 5 minutes in total; Simply Monitor Pro, a single $5.99 purchase with no subscription, makes it unlimited.

CAMERAS
Tested with the Sony α7 V. Other recent Sony bodies are being added, and the app hides anything a camera doesn't support. Simply Monitor is made by Foggo Apps and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony. Sony and α are trademarks of Sony Group Corporation.

BRAND
Name: always "Simply Monitor", two words, capital S and M.
Colours: Canvas #000000 · Ink #EDEDEF · Amber #FFCC42 (selection, focus) · Tally red #FF3B30 (recording only)
Type: Barlow Condensed for the wordmark and labels, Barlow for body text (both SIL Open Font License).
The mark: a 3:2 monitor frame, amber focus brackets on the upper-right third, and a red tally dot.
Please don't recolour, stretch, rotate or add effects to the icon or mark.

Simply Monitor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony. Sony and α are trademarks of Sony Group Corporation.
