LeanCam vs Just So Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LeanCam
This camera app helps you capture more photos and videos without quickly filling your device's storage. It offers familiar camera controls and options for saving space, with advanced features available for greater customization.
- Space-saving photo capture
- Space-saving video capture
- Rear and continuous zoom
- Combined front/rear camera capture
- Flash, timer, grid, tap-to-focus
- Optional metadata/location saving
- Customizable quality and resolution (Pro)
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LeanCam helps you shoot more and store less. Use LeanCam as your everyday camera when you want clean photos and videos without filling your iPhone as quickly. The default capture settings are designed to keep file sizes lean, while still giving you familiar camera controls like rear zoom, continuous zoom, flash, timer, grid, tap-to-focus, and optional metadata/location saving. LeanCam is useful for travel, family moments, quick documentation, creator clips, school notes, work records, and everyday photos or videos where storage matters. Need more control? LeanCam Pro lets you customize quality and resolution so you can choose smaller files when storage matters or higher quality when the shot needs it. LeanCam also includes combined front/rear camera capture on supported devices. Capture what you see and your reaction in one photo or video, with a default combined layout included for free. LeanCam Pro unlocks more collage layouts, PiP borders, and advanced capture options. Free includes: - Space-saving default photo capture - Space-saving default video capture - Rear camera zoom and continuous zoom - Front/rear combined default collage on supported devices - Flash, timer, grid, and tap-to-focus - Optional metadata and location saving LeanCam Pro unlocks: - Custom photo quality - Custom video quality - Custom photo and video resolution - More combined front/rear collage layouts - PiP border options - Advanced capture settings Simple enough for everyday shooting. Flexible enough when you want control over quality, file size, and creative capture.
Just So Camera
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Just So is a camera that teaches you composition while you shoot. FOOD • Take one photo of the table. Just So recognizes the main dish, the sides and the drinks. • Dashed outlines show where each item should go for a triangle, diagonal, rule-of-thirds or centered layout. • Move one thing at a time with step-by-step guides, then take the shot. PORTRAITS • Line up the head with the circle and the feet with the line. • Live hints tell you to step back, turn the phone or tilt it up, so feet never get cut off. • When everything lines up, the guide turns green. That's when it's just so. PRIVACY • No account, no ads. • Food photos are sent to Google's Gemini (through Firebase) only to plan the layout. • If you choose to help improve the app, food analyses are shared anonymously. Off by default. • Portrait framing runs entirely on your iPhone. Portraits are never uploaded. Your photos are saved to your photo library, ready to share. Food layouts need an internet connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Just So Camera at none against LeanCam's 1. Just So Camera also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. LeanCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Just So Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LeanCam | Just So Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zhe Wu | Wen-Jen Chen |
In-app purchases
LeanCam
- LeanCam Pro Lifetime$14.99
Just So Camera
No in-app purchases









