Comparison

Prelens Camera vs Stills

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

Head to head
About

Prelens Camera

Apply photo presets as live filters to capture images exactly as you envision them, eliminating the need for post-shoot editing. Import .xmp presets from popular editing tools for instant, ready-to-post photos.

Highlights
  • Realtime preset filters
  • Import .xmp presets
  • Instant photo capture
  • No post-editing required
  • Direct social media posting
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Prelens Camera lets you shoot photos with photo presets applied as realtime filters. + Preview your look before you take the photo + Capture exactly what you want + Skip editing completely Realtime preset camera Import .xmp presets from your favorite editing tools (like Lightroom) and use them as live camera filters - realtime preset preview - photo filters for camera - instant capture with effects applied No wasted time editing photos after shooting With Prelens Camera, your photos are ready instantly: - no additional editing needed - no extra apps - no back-and-forth adjustments - shoot → post → done Prelens Camera is designed for: - Photographers - Content creators - Social media managers - Perfect for instagram, tiktok, and content production Coming soon: - expanded Lightroom effects and adjustments support - RAW capture support - improved zero processing capture - edits intensity adjustment - advanced camera controls - expanded preset selection

About

Stills

This app simulates a disposable camera experience, letting you capture moments without previews or retakes. Once a roll is full, your photos develop, revealing what you've captured.

Highlights
  • Simulated disposable camera
  • No photo previews
  • Delayed photo development
  • On-device search
  • Friend connection via proximity
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Stills is a disposable camera for your phone, and now it has friends. You can't see the photo. Sorry. That's the camera. Then you send one to a friend that vanishes after one look. Load a roll, shoot your frames, and get nothing back until it's full. No preview. No retakes. No quietly deleting the bad one before anyone sees it. Just you, a shutter, and the terrible confidence that you probably got it. Then the roll develops, and you find out. PRESENCE: FRIENDS, MADE IN PERSON Add a friend by scanning their code. No usernames to guess, no requests from strangers, no algorithm deciding you two should know each other. You have to actually meet. The moment you're friends, you each take a first photo. Two prints, one from each phone, kept on your friendship forever. FLICKS Flick a photo up and it's theirs. It develops on the spot, they see it once, and it's gone. Flicks are end-to-end encrypted, so not even we can see them. Cover one in emoji and stickers, write on it, react to one, take one more look, or save the ones you love to your chat or your Photos. Send each other a flick every day to keep a streak going. Chats are here too: swipe to reply, double-tap to love, press and hold to react, edit or unsend, and see when your message is read (you can turn that off). IT LOOKS LIKE FILM, BECAUSE WE MADE IT LOOK LIKE FILM Every frame runs through Stills 400: warm highlights, real grain, that glow around streetlights at 1am. Bright by day, and it holds up after dark: flash looks like flash, neon keeps its colour, and faces in dim rooms come through. It all happens on your phone in about a second. No uploading, no waiting on a server. YOUR PHOTOS STAY ON YOUR PHONE All of them. We can't see them, which is genuinely the point. Search runs on the device too. Ask for "that night we walked home in the rain" and it just finds it, without a single pixel going anywhere. Shoot a roll. Forget about it. Develop it later.

Screenshots

Prelens Camera3 screens
Stills4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stills at Free against Prelens Camera's $4.99. Stills also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On review sentiment, 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

Stills is free to download; Prelens Camera costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stills holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stills has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prelens Camera ships an update every 6 weeks, Stills every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Prelens Camera versus Stills: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrelens CameraStills
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)4.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings317 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB223 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMarcel Jereb s.p.Siarhei Karanchuk

Customer experience

Prelens Camera

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stills

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Prelens Camera

No in-app purchases

None

Stills

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prelens Camera free?
Prelens Camera costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stills free?
Stills is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prelens Camera or Stills?
Stills is rated higher. Prelens Camera averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Stills averages 4.9 from 17 ratings.
Do Prelens Camera or Stills have ads?
Neither Prelens Camera nor Stills shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prelens Camera or Stills?
Prelens Camera ships an update every 6 weeks, and Stills every 9 days. Most recently, Prelens Camera was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stills on October 24, 2026.

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