Comparison

OneLens vs Arrow Camera

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

Head to head
About

OneLens

Capture photos and videos directly to your cloud storage without cluttering your personal camera roll. This app offers seamless integration with popular cloud services and provides full camera controls for efficient workflow.

Highlights
  • Direct cloud upload
  • Keeps photos off camera roll
  • Built-in gallery
  • Full camera controls
  • Private by design
  • Supports multiple cloud services
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Keep your work photos out of your personal camera roll. OneLens is a camera app that uploads photos and videos directly to your cloud as you take them. They never touch Apple's Photos app. No filenames to enter, no folders to browse, no repeated upload prompts. Open the app, take the photo, done. Straight to the cloud Photos go directly to OneDrive, Google Drive, Google Photos, or Dropbox. Choose your destination folder and define how files are named — by date, time, or both. Stays off your camera roll Everything shot in OneLens lives only in your cloud. You can use iPhone Camera for personal photos, OneLens for everything else. Fast to open Add OneLens to your Lock Screen, as a widget or to Action Button. Built-in gallery Browse, share, and delete your uploaded files without opening a separate cloud app. Share via AirDrop, Mail, Messages, or whatever else you need. Full camera controls All lenses including macro and fusion, up to 50x zoom, manual exposure, flash on/off/auto, and a grid overlay. Optional GPS tagging if location metadata matters for your work. Private by design Authentication goes directly through the cloud providers OAuth2 and their official APIs. We don't collect, track, or store your media. We use only anonymous usage analytics to improve the app, and you can turn them off in Settings. Supported formats: JPEG, PNG, HEIC in full quality. Promotional Photos and videos are AI generated, as we didn't have construction site at hand - but you might. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Arrow Camera

Capture practical photos like receipts and labels separately from your main photo library. Organize images into albums before shooting or manage them within the app. Photos are stored locally on your device with no ads or cloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Separate photo storage
  • Organize photos into albums
  • Capture directly to albums
  • Review and manage photos
  • Local storage only
  • No ads or cloud sync
Features
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Arrow is a second camera for practical photos: receipts, labels, work shots and references you want to keep separate from your personal photo library. CHOOSE WHERE PHOTOS GO Pick an album before you shoot. Find your photos inside Arrow, move them between albums, or import photos as copies. PREPARE A USEFUL COPY Crop a photo, Blur part of a photo or Mark up something worth noticing. Add a Timestamp or text Watermark. Save your edits as a new copy while keeping the original. MAKE SOMETHING YOU CAN SHARE Use Before & After to compare two photos, Contact sheet to bring selected photos together, or Make PDF to prepare a document. Share or export the result to a destination you choose. KEEP TEMPORARY PHOTOS ORGANIZED Use Auto Delete to schedule temporary photos to move to Recently Deleted when Arrow next refreshes. Find deleted photos in Recently Deleted and restore them while available. SET UP YOUR NEXT SHOTS Configure Timestamp and Watermark Actions for new captures. Save Location is optional: when enabled and permitted, it saves available location information with new photos. You can use the camera without it. YOUR PHOTO LIBRARY STAYS LOCAL No account is required. Arrow stores your photo library on your device; you choose when to share or export photos. Usage analytics, diagnostics and optional Feedback are described in our Privacy Policy. Your photos are not attached to those reports. Nine tools for practical photos: Crop, Blur, Mark up, Timestamp, Watermark, Before & After, Contact sheet, Make PDF and Auto Delete.

Screenshots

OneLens4 screens
Arrow Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arrow Camera at none against OneLens's 3. Arrow Camera also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. OneLens sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Arrow Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for OneLens against 5.0 for Arrow Camera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OneLens ships an update every 4 days, Arrow Camera every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
OneLens versus Arrow Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOneLensArrow Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrunch Development ISWebcut GmbH

Customer experience

OneLens

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Arrow Camera

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

OneLens

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$1.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$49.99
None

Arrow Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OneLens free?
OneLens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arrow Camera free?
Arrow Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OneLens or Arrow Camera?
OneLens and Arrow Camera are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do OneLens or Arrow Camera have ads?
Neither OneLens nor Arrow Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OneLens or Arrow Camera?
OneLens ships an update every 4 days, and Arrow Camera every 3 days. Most recently, OneLens was updated on October 25, 2026 and Arrow Camera on October 8, 2026.

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