Comparison

Lenset vs FrameReady Camera

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

Head to head
About

Lenset

This app helps filmmakers and location scouts visualize shots by simulating real cinema cameras, lenses, and sensor formats. It offers advanced zoom controls, authentic lens vignettes, and integrated location scouting tools with sun-path analysis.

Highlights
  • Simulate 63 cinema cameras and 300+ sensor formats
  • Cinematic zoom control with adjustable curves and speed
  • Real lens vignettes from reference captures
  • GPS-tagged captures with sun-path overlay
  • Organize shoots into projects and scenes
  • Import custom LUTs
Features
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Lenset is the Director's Viewfinder reimagined for filmmakers and location scouts. Frame shots through real cinema cameras and lenses, pull cinematic zoom moves, and see authentic lens vignettes from reference captures, every capture tagged with GPS, compass heading, and a sun-path map overlay. DIRECTOR'S VIEWFINDER, REIMAGINED Frame the shot before you set up. Pick a camera, a sensor format, and a lens, and Lenset scales the iPhone preview to match — with frame lines, focal length, 35mm equivalent, coverage ratio, and a calibration warning if the sensor exceeds the reference data. • 63 cinema cameras across 10 manufacturers — ARRI, RED, Sony, Canon, Blackmagic, Panavision, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Vision Research, Freefly • 300+ sensor formats — Open Gate, Vista Vision, Super 35, Super 16, anamorphic, plus 35mm and 16mm film • Cinema frame lines with adjustable color, opacity, and masking • Grey-border framing for wide primes the iPhone can't reach natively, with vignette and frame line tracking the lens, not the iPhone CINEMATIC ZOOM CONTROL — SMOOTH & SPEED CONTROL Pull a zoom move the way a focus puller would. Not a pinch. Not a digital slider. A real zoom-pull engine designed for cinematic moves. • Logarithmic and linear zoom modes • 7 zoom curves — Linear, Standard, Aggressive, Soft, Broadcast, plus two ARRI ZMU-4-inspired Cine Expo profiles • 0–100 speed slider for slow push-ins or crash zooms • Optional feathering for smooth motor-style ramping • Joystick or speed-strip control • Vision-based parallax compensation at multi-lens switchovers — when the iPhone crosses 2Ɨ or 5Ɨ, the frame stays put through the lens swap • Prime lens navigation: swipe or pinch to step through fixed focal lengths in a cinema set, with auto-selection of the best iPhone physical lens for each prime LENS COVERAGE — REAL LENS VIGNETTES, LIVE See how a real cinema lens behaves on your chosen sensor. Lenset's vignette data is sourced from reference captures — not procedurally generated, not estimated from spec sheets. 66 lens sets with reference-captured vignette textures: More being added 100+ additional cinema lens sets included as data-only references — Master Primes, Signature, Supreme, Master Anamorphic, Cooke S/i, Primo, Hawk anamorphic, Optimo, Premista, Cabrio. LOCATION SCOUTING, BUILT IN Every capture is GPS-tagged with compass heading and device tilt. Drop a scene onto a map with your camera's field-of-view cone projected from the capture point, then scrub through a sun-path overlay computed from NOAA solar ephemeris — sunrise, sunset, golden hour, and the full daypath at your shoot location and date. Plan future shoot dates by checking sun angle before you arrive. PROJECTS + SCENES Organize shoots into projects and numbered scenes. Drag clips between scenes, mark favorites, review with pinch-to-zoom photo and video. Export shotlists to share with directors and producers. BRING YOUR OWN LUT Import .cube LUTs from DaVinci Resolve, Lustre, or any grading tool. Preview your look live in the viewfinder, then bake it into recordings and full-resolution photos. Apple Log, Rec.709, ARRI LogC4, S-Log3, BT.2020, and DCI-P3 input/output color spaces supported. CAMERA FUNDAMENTALS 4K HEVC video at 24, 25, 30, 50, 60 fps. Full-sensor HEIF photo capture. Tap-to-focus, long-press AE/AF lock. Manual white balance, EV bias, rule-of-thirds grid, customizable center marker. Frame line, vignette, grey border, and info bar baked into recordings. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT Everything stays on your device. No tracking, no analytics, no cloud, no account. Lenset doesn't have a server. Made for filmmakers, by filmmakers.

About

FrameReady Camera

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Record creator videos that fit before you edit. FrameReady Camera helps you keep your face, captions, hook and call to action visible while recording, so your clips are easier to edit, share and reuse. Use live video guides, face positioning, a clean teleprompter, scripts, projects and export tools to prepare your shot before you press record. Made for: • Talking head videos • Product demos • Tutorials • Coaching clips • App demos • UGC style videos • Vertical creator content Key features: • Live framing guides for creator videos • Face positioning assist, processed locally on device • Teleprompter for scripts, hooks and talking points • Creator projects for takes, clips and scripts • Universal Fit to check important areas before recording • Clean video export without burned in overlays • Optional cover and guide snapshot export • Local first workflow, no platform login and no hidden uploads FrameReady Camera is not a video editor. It helps you record cleaner source footage before editing, posting or sharing in your own workflow. Terms of Use / Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://flinzel.github.io/framereadycamera/privacy.html

Screenshots

Lenset4 screens
FrameReady Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FrameReady Camera at Free against Lenset's $11.99. Lenset's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

FrameReady Camera is free to download; Lenset costs $11.99 up front. FrameReady Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Lenset asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Lenset versus FrameReady Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLensetFrameReady Camera
Price$11.99Free — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size314 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEyvin Studios ABFlorian Kintzel

In-app purchases

None

Lenset

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

FrameReady Camera

Subscriptions2
  • FrameReady Premium Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • FrameReady Premium Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Lenset free?
Lenset costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FrameReady Camera free?
FrameReady Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lenset or FrameReady Camera have ads?
Neither Lenset nor FrameReady Camera shows ads.

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