Futari guides, features and docs
Guides, feature notes and docs for Futari, the iOS camera app that turns a second iPhone into a live viewfinder and shutter.
Guides
All guidesHow to film yourself with the back camera on iPhone
Film yourself with the iPhone back camera using Apple's Camera app, AirPods, Apple Watch, or a second iPhone that shows the frame and starts recording.
How to Take a Group Photo With iPhone and Be in It
Take a group photo on iPhone with the Camera timer, Apple Watch or AirPods, or use a second iPhone as a live viewfinder so the photographer is in it.
How to take couple photos without a photographer
Four ways to photograph the two of you with no one else around, from the iPhone timer to a second iPhone that shows you the frame before the shot.
How to take good pictures of your girlfriend
Light, angle and iPhone Camera tools for better photos of your girlfriend, and how two iPhones let her see and approve the frame before you shoot.
How to Take Pictures of Yourself With iPhone
Timer, volume buttons, Apple Watch, AirPods or a second iPhone. Five ways to take pictures of yourself with iPhone, and which ones let you see the frame.
How to use another iPhone as a camera remote
iOS can't turn one iPhone into another iPhone's camera remote. Here is what Apple offers instead, and how an app on both phones does it.
Features
All featuresiPhone remote shutter that shows the frame
iPhone remote shutters compared: Bluetooth buttons, AirPods, Apple Watch, and a second iPhone that shows the frame, zooms and sets focus.
iPhone to iPhone photo sharing as you shoot
Futari saves every photo and video on both iPhones as it is taken, in a Futari album on each phone, so nobody has to AirDrop the shots afterwards.
Use an iPhone as a viewfinder for another iPhone
Futari streams one iPhone's back camera to a second iPhone as a live viewfinder: H.264 at about 1080p30, the whole frame with no crop, 720p on a weak link.
Docs
All docsAllow Local Network permission on iPhone for Futari
How to turn Local Network access back on for Futari in iPhone Settings, plus every permission Futari asks for, when it asks, and what each prompt says.
Futari camera app FAQ: what it is and what you need
Futari pairs two iPhones: one shoots, the other shows the live frame and fires the shutter. What you need, how to connect, who pays, where shots go.
iPhone camera remote not working? Every Futari fix
Futari's iPhone camera remote not connecting, dropping or not saving? Every message the app shows, word for word, with its cause and the fix.