The iPhone 15 Pro has one of the best smartphone cameras on the market and an amazing ecosystem of apps to help you produce professional video. A great feature on the 15 is Cinematic Mode which gives you much more manual control of the device’s camera system.

The Galaxy S24 Ultra rivals the iPhone with an amazing 8K camera and the Android ecosystem of apps and platforms. Its camera system features 4 lenses to capture your video in different and creative ways. This is a great smartphone for video producers for Android users.

Google’s smartphone has an amazing camera and the whole Android ecosystem of apps. The three camera system on the Google phone comes with a standard wide angle lens, a telephoto lens, and ultra wide angle to capture many different kinds of shots.

iMovie for iOS is an app for editors of all skill levels. Import footage, cut it together, add graphics and music, and share right from your smartphone. With features that allow you to either edit from scratch or use various templates this is a great and easy to use editing app.

KineMaster is an editing app for iOS and Android that is easy to use. Import footage from your device, cut it, and share it directly to social platforms or your device. This app makes editing on your smartphone easy to do and has many features to make your video just right. 

LumaFusion is one of the best editing apps for iOS. The app gives you a lot of the same control you would have on desktop with the portability of editing on your device. Add multiple video and audio tracks, fine tune your video and share directly to social platforms right from the app.

Adobe Rush is an app for editors of all skill levels. Rush is a simple mobile version of Adobe’s Premiere Pro program. Easily import footage, cut it, add graphics and music, and share directly to social platforms or onto your device. You can also send it to desktop for additional editing. 

Filmic Pro is the most advanced shooting app for smartphones. Take control over focus, exposure, white balance and more. It gives you all the control of a manual camera on your smartphone. If you shoot with a smartphone this app is a great addition to get great looking shots.

Capturing quality audio is one of the biggest challenges when producing video on your smartphone or mobile device. Having a solid shotgun mic that connects to your device’s audio or power port is a good solution to make sure you are capturing professional quality audio.

Sometimes you want to put a microphone on a person and that’s when you’ll need a lavalier microphone. You can get ones, like this, that have a receiver that plugs directly into your phone.

This is an amazing little tripod made specifically for smartphones and allows you to set up your device in almost any environment. The bendable legs make it easy to adjust the height and angle, and also let you wrap the legs around objects for some amazing shots.

A light for your smartphone is a great addition. Having a light that you can plug in or clip on directly to your phone can be quite handy for getting some more light onto your subject. There are many different options for lights depending on what you want to use it for.

iMovie is an easy to use editing software from Apple and comes with every Apple computer. It is the easiest desktop editing software to use and is great for those just starting to edit on non-linear. Additionally you can easily transfer projects from iMovie for iOS to the desktop version.

FCP X is a powerful editing software from Apple. One of the industry standards for editing, it is both easy to use, and has a lot of features to help you edit your video. Part of FCP X’s appeal is its easy to use timeline that does not use traditional tracks which makes editing more intuitive. 

Premiere Pro is the other industry standard software and is popular thanks to its familiar track system. This powerful software is easy to use once you understand the basics of track-based non-linear editing. Another appeal of Premiere is its seamless integration with other Adobe programs.