Wachteroids vs Lock2Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Wachteroids
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Mission -------- Your mission is to eliminate all the asteroids in space. Be very careful, you will encounter more of them as you progress. Every now and then, UFOs will appear, attempting to shoot you down. Controls ---------- Tap the screen to navigate the spaceship and shoot. The spaceship will fire at the targeted location. Use the Thrust button to boost the spaceship, and when surrounded, press the hyperspace button to change your location. Good luck!
Lock2Cam
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โ Your Camera, Reimagined as a Sci-Fi Movie Scope โ Lock2Cam overlays a real-time object detection HUD on your iPhone's camera feed, transforming everyday vision into a sci-fi / cyberpunk experience. A near-future scouter, a fighter jet's target view โ visuals you'd only see in movies, now on your phone with no special gear. โ Key Features โ โ Real-time Object Detection HUD The app detects people and objects in your camera feed in real time, drawing them with neon green frames and rune-style labels that follow each target. The stylized labels add to the sci-fi atmosphere while keeping detected names visually obscured โ a deliberate nod to subject privacy. โ Lock-On Animation (Red Vector) Every 20 seconds, a randomly selected target gets a dramatic red lock-on animation โ the green frame turns red and zooms in to capture it. This layers extra immersion on top of the standard HUD. โ Fully On-Device Processing All camera frames and detection data stay on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded, transmitted, or stored externally. Privacy by design. โ Portrait & Landscape Support The HUD adapts automatically to portrait and landscape orientation, letting you frame shots however you like. โ Requirements โ iPhone (iOS 16.0 or later) / iPad (iPadOS 16.0 or later) โ Technical Notes โ Object detection runs entirely on-device using Apple's Vision framework with the official YOLOv3 sample model (Apple Sample Code License). No cloud services, no third-party SDKs, no analytics. Turn the everyday into sci-fi.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lock2Cam at Free against Wachteroids's $1.99. Lock2Cam also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 39 months). Wachteroids's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Lock2Cam is free to download; Wachteroids costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wachteroids ships an update every 39 months, Lock2Cam every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wachteroids | Lock2Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free โ better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 2 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Cerra de Castro | seiji honda |
In-app purchases
Wachteroids
No in-app purchases
Lock2Cam
No in-app purchases









