Comparison

ARCH Cam vs FlowLock

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

Head to head

ARCH Cam

Minimal Film Stock Camera

★ 1.01 ratingsView app →

About

ARCH Cam

Features

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Arch Recap is a spatial memory archive. Screenshots and photos navigable in 3D Arches. AI search on-device. No servers, no accounts. Stay offline. Recapture your moments. - Type "recipe for sweet & sour chicken" or "flight from August". An on-device Gemma 3n model surfaces matches instantly. - Arches. Spatial rooms for the moments you revisit. Pinch out to fly between them. Each keeps its own layout, tile size, and name. - On-device AI. Google's Gemma 3n via MediaPipe, running entirely on iPhone. - Spatial layouts. Sphere, helix, cube, cylinder, rings, waves. - Photo notes. Tap under any photo in an album Arch to leave a translucent caption. - Long-press. Drag a screenshot to share or delete. No menus. - Calendar. Ask "add this", confirm in the native editor. - 100% on-device. No accounts. No cloud. Your moments stay yours.

About

FlowLock

Enhance your concentration by blocking distracting websites within Safari. Initiate focus sessions to prevent access to social media and video platforms. A special Tunnel Mode allows viewing specific content from blocked sites without enabling further browsing.

Highlights

Block distracting websites in Safari
Initiate focus sessions
Tunnel Mode for specific content viewing
Prevent access to social media and video sites

Features

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FlowLock helps you stay focused by blocking distracting websites in Safari. Start a focus session to block YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat and more. If someone sends you a link to a blocked site, FlowLock's unique Tunnel Mode lets you view that specific content without being able to navigate anywhere else — no rabbit holes.

Screenshots

ARCH Cam3 screens

FlowLock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FlowLock at daily against ARCH Cam's every 2 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ARCH Cam ships an update every 2 months, FlowLock daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level

ARCH Cam versus FlowLock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	ARCH Cam	FlowLock
Price	Free	Free
Rating	—	1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	—	0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings	—	1 — better
Update frequency	Every 2 months	Daily — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	—	Free
Devices	iPhone, iPad	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS	16.0	15.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	39 MB	2 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Bob Van den Audenaerde	Thomas Shaw

In-app purchases

None

ARCH Cam

No in-app purchases

None

FlowLock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARCH Cam free?

ARCH Cam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is FlowLock free?

FlowLock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do ARCH Cam or FlowLock have ads?

Neither ARCH Cam nor FlowLock shows ads.

Which is updated more often, ARCH Cam or FlowLock?

ARCH Cam ships an update every 2 months, and FlowLock daily. Most recently, ARCH Cam was updated on October 20, 2026 and FlowLock on October 10, 2026.