Comparison

Zeus Focus Stacking vs Camera Roll Stories

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

Head to head
About

Zeus Focus Stacking

This app transforms your iPhone into a macro photography studio. It captures multiple images at varying focus points and intelligently blends them into a single, razor-sharp photo from front to back. Advanced features allow for precise control over capture and editing, with an optional Pro upgrade for enhanced capabilities.

Highlights
  • Precision focus bracketing
  • Automatic focus sweep
  • Intelligent alignment engine
  • Built-in adjustable editor
  • AI object removal (Pro)
  • 2x Super Resolution (Pro)
  • Full-resolution export (Pro)
Features
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Every Pixel. Razor Sharp. Zeus Focus Stacking turns your iPhone into a professional macro lab. Capture multiple frames at different focus distances, blend them into one perfectly sharp image — front to back. PRECISION CAPTURE • Focus Range — set Near and Far brackets on the live preview, so each stack sweeps only the depth you want • Tap to rack focus straight to any subject plane • Subject Focus — tap your subject and the series is captured around it, from the center outward, so what matters is sharp first • Automatic focus bracketing — sweep from near to far in seconds • 10 or 20 frames per stack (20 with Pro) • Linear or macro-biased focus distribution for optimal coverage (macro with Pro) • Capture Speed — Max Speed, Balanced, or Max Quality for the focus bracket (Pro) • Ultra 48 MP — capture the whole bracket at the sensor's full resolution, on iPhones with a 48 MP-class sensor (Pro) • Lossless 12 MP zoom via the wide camera • Shoot in portrait or landscape — your photo always comes out the right way up • Single Shot — one photo at the current focus, edited like any result REMOTE CONTROL • Shoot from another phone or a computer's browser: scan a QR code or share a link, on the same Wi-Fi or Personal Hotspot — nothing to install, no internet needed • Live view, Focus Range, capture options and shutter, all from a distance • Save the result on your iPhone or download the picture from the browser INTELLIGENT ENGINE Advanced focus-stacking built for iPhone. Smart alignment holds your frames in register through hand-held movement, lens breathing and focus shifts, and the engine renders them into a single image with finer detail and cleaner edges than any Zeus release before it — clean outlines where your subject meets the background, no glow around bright points, and no doubling when something shifts between shots. Core stacking runs on-device; optional iCloud sync and showcase uploads stay under your control. BUILT-IN EDITOR • Exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, color and vignette — every change stays adjustable, and your original stays safe • Crop and straighten • AI object removal — paint over a distraction and it disappears (Pro) • 2× Super Resolution — double the resolution for galleries and large prints (Pro) PRO • Capture Speed — pick Max Speed for near-instant brackets (lighter per-frame processing) or Max Quality for the most per-frame detail; every stack exports at full resolution • iCloud Sync — projects and original frames across all your devices GALLERY THAT KEEPS UP • Original frames preserved for every project — re-stack with newer engines anytime • Engine History — regenerate with a newer engine and keep the earlier result; compare the versions in the viewer and delete what you don't need • HEIC and JPEG export, native Photos sharing • Picture of the Week — submit your best focus stacks to the gallery TUNED TO EACH iPHONE Each iPhone model gets its own calibration profile, so the stacking engine knows exactly how your lens behaves. Sharper alignment, no manual tweaks. Macro photography. Product shots. Jewelry. Watches. Coins. Insects. Botanical specimens. Forensic detail. Whatever the subject — Zeus Focus Stacking handles depth so you don't have to. Free to download. Pro upgrade unlocks full-resolution export, Ultra 48 MP capture, AI object removal, 2× Super Resolution, iCloud sync, Capture Speed control, and 20-frame brackets. Privacy Policy: https://zeusfocusstacking.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://zeusfocusstacking.com/terms

About

Camera Roll Stories

Features
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Your camera roll knows more about you than you do. WrappedMe finds it and turns it into a full-screen story you can share — entirely on your iPhone, for one single payment. No subscription. Use it whenever you want, not just in December. Run a Wrapped over the last twelve months, over a single day that mattered, or just open the app and watch your Insights grow as you shoot. Your photos already hold the answers: your most active days, the places you return to, the people who show up again and again. WrappedMe surfaces them. WHAT YOU GET - Wrapped: a shareable, story-style recap built from your most notable photos and stats. - Summary: real numbers, active days, top categories, places visited, your most intense day. - Insights: mini reports on faces, pets, places, and text found in your screenshots. - Special Day: pick any single day and get a mini Wrapped for it, including a real video composed from your Live Photos. - Your essence: an on-device model writes one sentence about how you photograph, and assigns you one of twelve archetypes — Adventurer, Homebody, Social, Explorer, Creative, Curious, Active, Serene, Nostalgic, Foodie, Traveler, or Artist. ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION WrappedMe unlocks with a single one-time payment. No weekly charges, no renewals, nothing to cancel. The price is always shown before you buy, and your purchase is tied to your Apple ID and restores on any device. 100% ON YOUR IPHONE The entire analysis — categories, faces, text on screens, places — runs with Apple's Vision and Apple Intelligence frameworks directly on your device. No photo is ever uploaded to a server, ours or anyone else's. There is no account, no email, no password. It works with no connection at all. Lock the app with Face ID so your Wrapped stays yours.

Screenshots

Zeus Focus Stacking4 screens
Camera Roll Stories4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Camera Roll Stories at every 2 days against Zeus Focus Stacking's weekly. Zeus Focus Stacking's advantage is iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Zeus Focus Stacking sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Camera Roll Stories sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zeus Focus Stacking ships an update weekly, Camera Roll Stories every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Zeus Focus Stacking versus Camera Roll Stories: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZeus Focus StackingCamera Roll Stories
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoberto SartoriGuillermo Navarro

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Zeus Focus Stacking

Subscriptions2
  • Zeus Pro · Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Zeus Pro · Yearly$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Camera Roll Stories

One-time1
  • Full Wrapped Unlock$3.99

Questions

Is Zeus Focus Stacking free?
Zeus Focus Stacking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Camera Roll Stories free?
Camera Roll Stories is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Zeus Focus Stacking or Camera Roll Stories have ads?
Neither Zeus Focus Stacking nor Camera Roll Stories shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zeus Focus Stacking or Camera Roll Stories?
Zeus Focus Stacking ships an update weekly, and Camera Roll Stories every 2 days. Most recently, Zeus Focus Stacking was updated on October 24, 2026 and Camera Roll Stories on October 16, 2026.

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