Lens. vs Cameo Waves
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lens.
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Experience photography the way it used to feel—slow, tactile, and full of anticipation. This app brings the warmth of vintage cameras into today’s world, blending nostalgic mechanics with the simplicity of your phone. Every interaction is designed to feel real: toggle the flash with a gentle click, slide the exposure dial, set a timer, and capture a moment that doesn’t appear instantly. Instead, it develops gradually, inviting you to pause and appreciate the magic of discovery. Shake your device to speed up the reveal, feel subtle haptics that mimic the touch of classic hardware, and listen to soft mechanical sounds crafted to recreate an authentic analog experience. Store your photos, curate your own board, and explore them in a fully immersive 3D Wall, where each memory gains depth, presence, and a sense of physicality—just like displaying prints in your own creative space. Features: • Flash, exposure, and timer controls inspired by old cameras • Gradual photo development with shake interaction • Carefully designed haptics for tactile realism • Soft, minimal mechanical sound effects • Personal board to keep your favorite memories • 3D Wall to showcase your photos in an immersive space • A nostalgic, immersive take on mobile photography Capture the moment. Feel the moment. Reveal the moment.
Cameo Waves
This app offers advanced manual camera controls and on-device AI editing for photographers and filmmakers. It provides professional tools for capturing and enhancing images and videos without uploading your data.
- True RAW+ capture
- Live histogram and focus peaking
- On-device semantic masking
- Portrait relighting tools
- LOG color profile for video
- Computational photography modes
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Cameo Waves is the precision camera for people who care how light feels. Shoot with real manual control — shutter, ISO, exposure, focus, and white balance — then finish with on-device AI that never uploads your images. Clean, calm chrome. Pro tools when you want them. Nothing in the way when you don’t. LIGHT COACH • Live, on-device tips when highlights clip or the frame is too dark • One-tap apply of suggested exposure • On iOS 26+, refined by Apple Intelligence — free, private, on-device • Built for learning light — not another filter pack SYSTEM CITIZEN • Hardware Camera Control and capture button support • Siri & Shortcuts — take photo, toggle video, open camera • VoiceOver-friendly controls across the viewfinder CAPTURE LIKE A PRO • True RAW+ with DNG when your device supports it • Live histogram, zebra stripes, focus peaking, and electronic level • Tap to focus · hold to lock AE/AF • Burst, bracketing, and real time-lapse video • Pinch zoom, aspect guides, and film looks INTELLIGENT EDITING — ON DEVICE • Semantic masking: Sky Pop and selective color without affecting the rest of the frame • Portrait relighting: studio-style Contour, Stage Light, Soft, Rim, and Golden Hour • Super-resolution to recover detail in crops • Object cleanup, noise reduction, and one-tap Magic Enhance • Film simulations from Portra to Cinematic CINEMA-READY VIDEO • Dual front + back recording on supported iPhones • Teleprompter and a soft screen ring light for talking-head takes • In-app studio — trim, film looks, social reframes, captions, cover frames, anamorphic de-squeeze, slow-mo, and export • LOG color profile for grading in DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro • ProRes 422 on supported iPhones • 4K capture and live audio monitoring so you never clip CAMEO AI STUDIO • Prompt-to-still and motion clips, on-device • Image Playground on supported iPhones; a cinematic local look as fallback • Hand off into the photo editor or video studio CREATIVE COMPUTATIONAL MODES • Silky Water & light trails — multi-frame stacks that simulate an ND filter • Star Trails for night-sky motion • Macro Assist for close-up lens and focus WORKFLOW THAT TRAVELS • Import professional .cube LUTs • Save exposure + film looks as shareable Cameo Presets and recipe cards • Scan a recipe QR or open a .cameo file to apply a look • Pro EXIF viewer — lens, aperture, shutter, ISO — plus copyright and location edits CAMEO WAVES PRO Unlock full manual controls, RAW, advanced AI, LOG/ProRes, computational modes, LUTs, presets, clean exports, and no watermark. Built for photographers and filmmakers who want control without complexity. All AI runs on-device. Your work stays yours. Privacy Policy: [https://textwaves.org/privacy-policy/](https://textwaves.org/privacy-policy/) Terms of Use (EULA): (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lens. at none against Cameo Waves's 2. Lens. also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cameo Waves sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Lens. asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lens. ships an update daily, Cameo Waves every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lens. | Cameo Waves |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leonardo Monteiro | TextWaves Inc |
In-app purchases
Lens.
No in-app purchases
Cameo Waves
- Cameo Waves1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Cameo Waves$39.99









