Moment reinvents its iPhone camera app interface with swappable Action Plates

Moment has given its popular iPhone camera app a clever rethink. The latest update to Moment Pro Camera II introduces Action Plates — swappable on-screen control layouts that you switch between depending on what you’re shooting, much like choosing a controller for a video game. It’s a smart bit of interface design that tackles a real frustration with mobile camera apps: they’re often either too cluttered or too basic. You can find it via Moment. The idea is that no single control layout suits every situation, so rather than force one interface on you, Moment lets you pick the one that fits the moment. Each Action Plate keeps the essentials — a shutter release, key camera controls and exposure information — but arranges them differently, with its own look and feel. Street photography might call for a clean, minimal viewfinder with as little clutter as possible; run-and-gun video wants every...