Comparison

LockBox vs LeanCam

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

Head to head
About

LockBox

Features
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Your photos and videos deserve a space of their own. SafeGallery is a private photo and video vault designed to help you protect and organize your personal media. Keep the memories that matter in a dedicated space on your iPhone, with local encryption, passcode protection, and Face ID. **YOUR MEMORIES. ONLY YOURS.** Create your private collection and enjoy greater control over your photos and videos. **PROTECT YOUR PRIVATE MEDIA** - Import photos and videos into your personal vault. - Protect new imports with on-device AES-GCM encryption. - Unlock your vault using a passcode or Face ID. - Keep protected media stored locally on your device. - Preserve your original photo and video quality. **ORGANIZE EVERYTHING EASILY** - Browse photos and videos in a dedicated private gallery. - Find and organize your protected memories. - Manage multiple files with convenient selection tools. - Import large media files with storage checks and progress feedback. **RESTORE AND SHARE WITH CONTROL** - Move unwanted vault files to Recently Deleted. - Restore items from SafeGallery's own Recently Deleted section. - Export selected photos and videos back to your photo library. - Share media through the familiar iOS Share Sheet. **SMART TWINS** Find similar photos stored inside your vault with on-device analysis. Review matching groups, choose the copies you want to keep, and organize your collection without automatically deleting your memories. **GO FURTHER WITH PREMIUM** Unlock additional media import capacity and advanced Smart Twins management tools with an optional Premium subscription. **PRIVACY COMES FIRST** SafeGallery is built around local media protection. Your vault is stored on your device rather than in an online photo gallery. Please remember: importing a file does not automatically delete its original from Apple Photos. Sharing or exporting a file places a copy outside the encrypted vault. Permanently deleted files cannot be recovered unless another copy exists. Keep your memories personal. Download SafeGallery and take control of your private photo and video collection.

About

LeanCam

This camera app helps you capture more photos and videos without quickly filling your device's storage. It offers familiar camera controls and options for saving space, with advanced features available for greater customization.

Highlights
  • Space-saving photo capture
  • Space-saving video capture
  • Rear and continuous zoom
  • Combined front/rear camera capture
  • Flash, timer, grid, tap-to-focus
  • Optional metadata/location saving
  • Customizable quality and resolution (Pro)
Features
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LeanCam helps you shoot more and store less. Use LeanCam as your everyday camera when you want clean photos and videos without filling your iPhone as quickly. The default capture settings are designed to keep file sizes lean, while still giving you familiar camera controls like rear zoom, continuous zoom, flash, timer, grid, tap-to-focus, and optional metadata/location saving. LeanCam is useful for travel, family moments, quick documentation, creator clips, school notes, work records, and everyday photos or videos where storage matters. Need more control? LeanCam Pro lets you customize quality and resolution so you can choose smaller files when storage matters or higher quality when the shot needs it. LeanCam also includes combined front/rear camera capture on supported devices. Capture what you see and your reaction in one photo or video, with a default combined layout included for free. LeanCam Pro unlocks more collage layouts, PiP borders, and advanced capture options. Free includes: - Space-saving default photo capture - Space-saving default video capture - Rear camera zoom and continuous zoom - Front/rear combined default collage on supported devices - Flash, timer, grid, and tap-to-focus - Optional metadata and location saving LeanCam Pro unlocks: - Custom photo quality - Custom video quality - Custom photo and video resolution - More combined front/rear collage layouts - PiP border options - Advanced capture settings Simple enough for everyday shooting. Flexible enough when you want control over quality, file size, and creative capture.

Screenshots

LockBox4 screens
LeanCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LeanCam at every 6 days against LockBox's every 14 months. LockBox's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. LockBox sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and LeanCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LockBox ships an update every 14 months, LeanCam every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
LockBox versus LeanCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockBoxLeanCam
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB15 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJasurbek MadaminovZhe Wu

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LockBox

One-time2
  • Prmium weekly$2.99
  • Prmium Monthly$8.99
1 purchases

LeanCam

One-time1
  • LeanCam Pro Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is LockBox free?
LockBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LeanCam free?
LeanCam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LockBox or LeanCam have ads?
Neither LockBox nor LeanCam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LockBox or LeanCam?
LockBox ships an update every 14 months, and LeanCam every 6 days. Most recently, LockBox was updated on October 30, 2026 and LeanCam on October 24, 2026.

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