Comparison

Camera Cube vs Lens

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Camera Cube

Capture fun photos and videos with unique 3D cube effects and live filters. Kids can explore how their image transforms within morphing shapes. Save and share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • 3D cube photo capture
  • Live morphing filters
  • Interactive cube rotation and scaling
  • Front and back camera support
  • Save and share to Camera Roll
  • 12+ unique filters
Features
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Take snapshots and see how you and your friends look inside a cube! The real fun starts when you add filters and the cube morphs into different shapes. Kids will love playing with this and see how their image changes inside the cube! FEATURES 15 amazing filters, all included: • Normal • Mirror • Quadrant • Sobel • Toon • Vignette • Invert • Sepia • Sharpen • Stretch • Sketch • Polka Dot • Swirl • Heat-map • Pinch Mix All: a different filter on every face of the cube! Swipe the cube to rotate it, pinch & zoom to make it bigger/smaller! Play/pause control to tweak cube look before taking a photo! Use front or back camera! Switch between 5 different deformation effects!

About

Lens

Features
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Lens lets you shoot photos and videos with real-time visual effects directly inside the camera. Choose a look, see it instantly, and capture the final result without moving to a separate editor. Lens is built for creators, visual experimenters, and anyone who wants a more expressive camera on iPhone. Fully free to use All camera effects, photo and video capture features are currently available without subscriptions or paywalls. Create, record, and share without limitations. What you can do with Lens: • Shoot with real-time visual effects • Record video with effects applied during capture • Take photos with the active look • Preview the result immediately after shooting • Save or instantly share your content to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Telegram and other social platforms Built for social sharing Share in seconds without extra editing. Live effects while you shoot Lens applies visual effects in real time instead of adding them later in post-production. This makes the creative process faster, more direct, and more fun. Depth-based effects on supported devices On compatible devices, Lens uses scene depth to power spatial visual effects. Selected looks react to foreground and background separation for more dimensional results. Built with a fast rendering pipeline Lens is designed for smooth real-time performance, responsive controls, and fast switching between styles while shooting photos and videos. Designed for creative capture Use Lens for: • Short-form videos • Social content • Stylized portraits • Experimental clips • Visual studies and artistic shooting Fast camera workflow 1. Open Lens 2. Choose an effect 3. Shoot photo or video 4. Preview the result 5. Save or share instantly Key features • Real-time camera effects • Photo and video capture • Instant preview after shooting • Effect intensity control • Smooth zoom workflow • Depth-based effects on supported devices • Fast save and share flow Device support Some features may vary depending on your device. Depth-based effects require supported hardware. Privacy Lens uses camera, microphone, photo library, and speech recognition permissions only for app functionality.

Screenshots

Camera Cube4 screens
Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lens at none against Camera Cube's 7. Lens also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Camera Cube's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Camera Cube sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Camera Cube ships an update every 5 weeks, Lens fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Camera Cube versus Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamera CubeLens
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrea BizzottoVladislav Poliakov

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Camera Cube

One-time7
  • Filters Pack 1$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Sketch Filter$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Swirl Filter$0.99
  • Heatmap Filter$0.99
  • Pinch Filter$0.99
  • Polkadot Filter$0.99
None

Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Camera Cube free?
Camera Cube is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lens free?
Lens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Camera Cube or Lens have ads?
Neither Camera Cube nor Lens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Camera Cube or Lens?
Camera Cube ships an update every 5 weeks, and Lens fortnightly. Most recently, Camera Cube was updated on October 16, 2026 and Lens on October 2, 2026.

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