# Benro Connect

> Photo & Video

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1599659331](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1599659331)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1599659331`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Benro Image Technology Industrial Co., Ltd.
- **Category:** Photo & Video
- **Rating:** 2.30 / 5 (33 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-10-01
- **First published:** 2021-12-30
- **Size:** 327 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/benro-connect/id1599659331)
- **Website:** [http://www.benro.com](http://www.benro.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.benro-polaris.com/product/privacy.html](https://www.benro-polaris.com/product/privacy.html)

## Description

Benro Connect is designed to control the Polaris Smart Electric Tripod Head and Theta Smart Modules, delivering an uparalleled experience in long-distance photography.

[Polaris Smart Electric Tripod Head]
With the app connected to Polaris, you can remotely control the shooting angle and preview your shots in real-time on your mobile device via Wi-Fi or cellular networks, offering great flexibility. The app supports various programmable shooting modes such as time-lapse, panoramic shooting, and sunrise/sunset time-lapse. Additionally, when paired with the optional Astro kit, Polaris can be transformed into a professional equatorial mount, allowing you to easily capture stars using the GoTo feature and automatically track stars for long-exposure shots without star trails.

[Fine-Tuning and Remote Control]
By wirelessly connecting the app with Battery Module and Camera Control Module, you can not only fine-tune the leveling but also achieve precise remote camera control, including live view, parameter adjustments, and media file management, making the shooting process more efficient and flexible.

[Holy Grail Time-Lapse Shooting]
By wirelessly connecting the app with Battery Module, Camera Control and Optical Sensor Module, enabling real-time ambient light detection. The Camera Control Module can then combine sensor input with advanced algorithms to dynamically adjust exposure settings, ensuring smooth transitions from day to night (and vice versa) for Holy Grail time-lapse photography.

[Live Streaming]
By wirelessly connecting the app to Battery Module and GoLive Module, you can easily enable real-time live streaming.

## Rankings

- #269,126 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the Polaris hardware and its star-tracking potential but repeatedly report the Benro Connect app as unreliable. Chronic connectivity problems, inconsistent alignment, and a clunky UI—along with live view and focusing issues—undermine the experience. Update failures and upgrade stalls compound the frustration, and several users feel the price is too high for a product with these reliability problems. Some praise ongoing updates and the developers’ responsiveness, but the core app reliability remains the main concern.

### Pros

- Robust, high-quality Polaris hardware build.
- Usable star-tracking capability with Polaris, especially for longer lenses.
- Ongoing development and responsiveness to user feedback with improvements over time.

### Cons

- Frequent connectivity failures between the app and Polaris (infinite retry loops, inability to connect, live view issues).
- Alignment and tracking are inconsistent or insufficient (poor tracking with one-star alignment; missing 2-star alignment).
- UI/camera interface and focusing are hard to use or nonfunctional.
- Firmware/app update failures or upgrades getting stuck (e.g., stuck at 50%).
- Perceived high price relative to the current app/hardware experience.

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