zerocam vs Memorylens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
zerocam
Capture authentic photos without AI overprocessing. This app offers a clean image pipeline for natural results, letting you shoot with simplicity and preserve your phone's full hardware potential. It includes subtle color grades and multi-exposure for artistic shots.
- No AI overprocessing
- Natural distortion-free look
- Simple interface, no settings
- Native lens support
- Zero Looks color grades
- Multi-exposure mode
- Pro-grade RAW & JPG
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Zerocam 2.0: Camera for Real Photos. Zero Processing. Zero Filters. Most phone cameras today rely on aggressive computational processing that can over-sharpen images and create a flat, artificial look. Zerocam 2.0 strips away the digital makeup. We built a clean, high-quality image pipeline to capture life as you see it. No fake HDR, no “beauty” filters, and zero over-processing. Why Zerocam? While most camera apps add more controls and processing tricks, Zerocam removes distractions and focuses on the soul of photography: - A natural, distortion-free look. Say goodbye to strange halos around buildings and skin that looks like plastic. - Pure simplicity. No settings to tweak. No menus to get lost in. Open the app and shoot. - Full hardware potential. Get the most out of your iPhone camera system. What’s New in 2.0? - Native Lens Support. Easily switch between Wide, Ultra Wide, and Telephoto on supported iPhone models. - Zero Looks (Natural Color Grades). Subtle, film-inspired color profiles applied in real time. These are not heavy filters, but carefully crafted professional color grades, updated monthly. - Multi-Exposure Mode. Create artistic shots by instantly merging two frames into one. - iPhone-Optimized Interface (Beta). A redesigned UI that feels native, fast, and intuitive across supported iPhone sizes. - Pro-Grade RAW & JPG. A rebuilt image pipeline delivers cleaner tones and more reliable RAW files, giving you greater flexibility in post-production. Built for Intentional Photography Zerocam is designed for photographers who want to stay present, not buried in settings. It’s fast, intentional, and built to treat your phone like a real pocket camera. Designed by Dmitry Novikov Developed by Sergio Rodríguez Rama Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Memorylens
This app surfaces photos from your camera roll taken on the current day in previous years. It intelligently filters out screenshots, receipts, and duplicates, prioritizing photos with people. An optional subscription saves memories even if original photos are deleted.
- Daily photo reminders
- Intelligent photo filtering
- Screenshots and duplicates removed
- Prioritizes photos with people
- Optional memory saving subscription
- On-device processing
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Memorylens shows you the photos you took on this day, in every year before this one. Open it in the morning. One day, all the way back. What it leaves out Your camera roll is mostly not memories. It is screenshots, receipts, parking signs, and the nineteen near-identical shots you took to get one good one. Memorylens reads all of that and keeps it out. Screenshots are detected exactly, not guessed at. Bursts collapse to the one frame worth keeping. Receipts, documents and photos of a laptop screen get scored and dropped. Photos with people in them rank higher, because those are the ones you stop on. You set how strict the filter is. If something still gets through, hide it, and it never comes back. The bits that matter A reminder each morning, at a time you pick. Any photo hidden permanently, with one tap. Share a memory in a frame that carries the year, or share the photo on its own. Finding today's photos happens on your phone and needs no connection. Honest about your data Memorylens reads the dates on your photos to work out what belongs to today. That runs on your phone. Nothing is sold, nothing is used for advertising, and there is no tracking of any kind. Keep, optional The daily memory is free, every year of it. Keep adds one thing: a copy of each memory saved as it surfaces, so the day is still here even if the photo has left your phone. Delete from your camera roll without losing the moment. A copy is around 1600 pixels wide, right for looking at and sharing, not a replacement for your original. Screenshots and receipts are never uploaded. Keep costs EUR 19.99 a year. It is a yearly auto-renewing subscription: payment is charged to your Apple account when you confirm, and it renews at the same price each year unless you cancel at least a day before it renews. You can cancel any time in your Apple account settings. Requires iOS 18. iPhone only. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brandpeneur.com/memorylens/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Memorylens at 5.0 against zerocam's 3.9. zerocam's advantage is ratings volume (147 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. zerocam sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Memorylens sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $17.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Memorylens holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: zerocam has 147 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
zerocam ships an update every 8 days, Memorylens every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | zerocam | Memorylens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (147 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 147 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zero Camera Ltd | Joshua George |
Customer experience
zerocam
Memorylens
Bugs and requests
zerocam
Reported bugs
3 issues- Photos not saving
- Viewfinder not working
- Inconsistent performance
Requested features
10 requests- Tap to focus
- Camera flash
- Front camera support
- Higher resolution capture
- More zoom options
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- Customizable shutter button
- In-app lens switching
- Viewfinder aspect ratio matching output
- Disable auto macro mode
- Custom white balance presets
Memorylens
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
zerocam
- Zerocam ∞$1.997 Days
- Monthly Zerocam + Mono Bundle3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Zerocam ∞1 Month trial$3.391 Month
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- Annual Zerocam + Mono Bundle7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Zerocam ∞1 Year trial$19.991 Year
- Zerocam Infinite$34.99
Memorylens
- Keep$17.991 Year









