Irisly vs FolderCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Irisly
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Find out your true eye color, measured from your iPhone's camera sensor, not guessed. Free and private: the photo and the color analysis stay on your iPhone. No account, no subscription, no ads, no trackers. WHAT YOU GET • Your eye color, named, plus the shades that make it up • Details like a golden halo around the pupil, when your iris has one • An honest answer: if the photo isn't good enough to be sure, Irisly tells you instead of guessing • Your full-resolution photo and the measured iris, saved exactly as captured EASY TO CAPTURE Voice guidance and haptics place your eye in the frame, even with the phone held up to a mirror. The shutter fires by itself once the image is sharp and steady. Front or back camera, your choice. IRIS ART (optional) Turn your iris into an artistic portrait that keeps your measured colors. You pay per render, with tokens bought in the app: no subscription. For that render only, your photo goes to our servers during the computation and is not kept. Take a close look at your eyes. Download Irisly and see your real color. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
FolderCam
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Work photos belong in work folders. Choose a folder and take a photo. FolderCam saves it straight to that folder. When the job is done, select several photos and delete them together. Your personal Photos library stays separate. New photos and videos are not automatically added to your device’s Photos library. For all kinds of work Product checks, shop displays, meetings, receipts, deliveries and equipment records: keep each task in its own folder. Find, record and organize • Search by photo title, note or place. • Add a title, note, date and place to each photo. Find and choose places with Apple Maps. • Select multiple photos to move, share or delete together. • Capture photos and videos, scan documents, and use a timer or grid. Set photo retention by folder Photos stay until you delete them by default. If you enable automatic deletion for a folder, its chosen retention period applies to new captures made afterward. Expired photos are removed when you open the app. Switch a photo to Keep before it expires if you still need it. Start free. Do more with Premium. Basic capture, app storage, date selection, standard folder retention, Photos export and direct sharing are free. FolderCam Premium adds unlimited folders, custom retention and deletion schedules, Cloud or Files saving, time and location stamps, ZIP sharing and markup undo. Choose a monthly or annual subscription, or a lifetime purchase. The current price is shown before purchase. Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple account settings. Your photos and data Photos stay on your device with no automatic upload. Optional Apple or Google sign-in uses Firebase Authentication; it does not back up photos or change Apple purchases. Firebase stores your account ID and provider profile, such as name and email. Delete the account in Settings. Files providers receive copies only when you choose Save to Cloud or Files. RevenueCat receives an anonymous customer identifier and purchase history for Premium verification, subscription management and purchase analytics. Free users may see ads in the library and after some exports; Premium removes ads. Google AdMob may process device identifiers, app interactions and approximate location for ad delivery and measurement. Location permission is requested for Use Current Location or Premium location stamps. Deleting the app deletes its library; export important photos first. Device backups follow iOS settings. Usage analytics is on by default. A previous choice to turn it off remains respected. Firebase receives app interaction events; photos, folder names and precise location are not sent. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Irisly at none against FolderCam's shown. FolderCam's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Irisly sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and FolderCam sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.90 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Irisly against 5.0 for FolderCam. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Irisly ships an update every 4 days, FolderCam every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Irisly | FolderCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Valentin Martin | Zrindy LLC |
Customer experience
Irisly
FolderCam
In-app purchases
Irisly
- 1 render$2.99
- 5 renders$8.99
- 12 renders$17.99
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- 30 renders$34.99
FolderCam
- FolderCam Premium Monthly$1.901 Month
- FolderCam Premium Annual7 Days trial$5.901 Year
- FolderCam Premium Lifetime$9.90








