Lemon Camera vs OpenClient
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lemon Camera
This AI-powered app transforms your camera into a personal assistant. It can write poems from photos, translate menus, identify food calories, count people, explain signs, and tell stories about art. Simply take a photo, ask a question, and receive an answer.
- AI-powered photo analysis
- Write poems from photos
- Translate menus
- Identify food calories
- Count people in photos
- Explain traffic signs
- Tell stories about art
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Powered by state of art AI, Lemon Camera turns your camera into a powerful personal assistant. - Write a poem for your loved ones based on a photo - Translate food menu when traveling overseas - Find out calorie of your food - Count how many people in a photo - Explain traffic sign - Tell stories about master pieces in a museum and a lot more. Take a photo, ask questions, and get answers. As simple as that. As AI requires costly computing power, to use Lemon Camera and support us, please subscribe to our auto-renewing subscriptions, which offers free trial period for you to test our app. - Weekly subscription priced at USD 2.99$ / week, with 3 days free trial period. - Monthly subscription priced at USD 9.99$ / month, with 7 days free trial period. You can cancel any subscriptions with no cost before free trial ends, and cancel any active subscriptions after trial period without extra cost. After cancellation, you can still use Lemon Camera until last subscription period ends. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed or canceled via subscription management in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
OpenClient
Connect to your self-hosted AI models for private conversations without subscriptions. Supports multimodal input, real-time streaming, and extensive model compatibility. Offers robust conversation management and personalization features.
- Connect to self-hosted LLMs
- Real-time streaming responses
- Multimodal input (photos, PDFs)
- Conversation history and branching
- Prompt templates and memory
- iCloud sync
- Export conversations to JSON
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OpenClient is an independent AI chat client for professionals and developers who run their own LLM infrastructure. Connect it to your self-hosted server and chat with your models, without mandatory subscriptions. Compatible with LiteLLM, Ollama, and OpenAI-compatible servers. Supports many popular model families, including GPT, Claude, Llama, Gemini, Mistral, and more. Chat • Real-time streaming responses with Markdown and code block rendering • Collapsible Thinking section for supported reasoning models • Attach photos, camera captures, and PDF documents for multimodal conversations • Drag and drop text, images, and files from other apps (Split View, Stage Manager, Finder on macOS) • Dictate messages with Speech-to-Text and listen with Text-to-Speech • Web search through the search provider configured on your server • Tool-calling support for models that provide function calling • MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, browse, enable, and use external tools from MCP servers like GitHub, databases, and more, configured on your LiteLLM server • Favourite messages to bookmark and revisit quickly • Per-conversation system prompt and model parameters (temperature, max tokens, top-p) Conversations • Full conversation history with search, pins, and tags • Branch from any message to explore alternatives, then edit and regenerate • Media & Files gallery to browse all attached images and documents • Share content from any app directly into a new conversation via Share Sheet • Apple Shortcuts integration: New Chat, Search Chats, Send File to Chat • Home Screen widgets: New Chat, Search, Quick Actions, Conversations Overview • Control Center button: start a new chat from Control Center • iCloud sync across your Apple devices • Export conversations to JSON • Token usage per message and estimated conversation cost Models • Browse available models with capability badges (vision, tools, JSON mode) • Model detail sheet with context window, pricing, provider, and capabilities • Voice selector for Text-to-Speech models • Switch models per conversation Personalization • Prompt template library for recurring workflows • User profile to provide name and context • Memory to save facts and preferences, synced via iCloud On macOS • Menu bar companion for quick access without opening the main window Privacy • OpenClient does not operate a backend service for your chats. Your requests are sent to the server you configure. • OpenClient does not include advertising SDKs or third-party analytics trackers. This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0: https://github.com/ArtCC/openclient-llm Privacy Policy: https://arturocarreterocalvo.com/openclient-llm/privacy Terms of Use: https://arturocarreterocalvo.com/openclient-llm/terms OpenClient is an independent client and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the model or platform providers referenced above.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: OpenClient at free against Lemon Camera's subscription. OpenClient also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). Lemon Camera's advantage is iOS requirement (17 vs 26.6). 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
Both are free to download. Lemon Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and OpenClient sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lemon Camera ships an update every 10 days, OpenClient every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lemon Camera | OpenClient |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 26.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 244 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Lansan Technology Co., Ltd. | Arturo Carretero Calvo |
Customer experience
Lemon Camera
OpenClient
In-app purchases
Lemon Camera
- Weekly Subscription$2.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
OpenClient
- Monthly Support$2.991 Month
- Annual Support$8.991 Year
- Small Coffee$2.99
- Medium Coffee$3.99
- Big Coffee$8.99









