Comparison

ComeCloser Camera vs PulseDrive

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

Head to head
About

ComeCloser Camera

This app utilizes your iPhone's multiple lenses simultaneously to capture photos that retain the depth and spatial feel of the original scene. It offers intuitive foreground depth control and processes all data locally on your device for speed and privacy.

Highlights
  • Simultaneous multi-lens capture (wide, ultra-wide, telephoto)
  • Real-time depth sensing
  • Foreground Depth control
  • On-device processing
  • Preserves spatial feel and proportions
Features
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You already have one of the most advanced cameras on earth in your pocket. So why does all that depth disappear the moment you tap the shutter? Every iPhone since the 11 Pro ships with multiple lenses — wide, ultra-wide, telephoto — each one engineered to see the world differently. Open the stock Camera app and take a photo, though, and only one of those lenses ever fires. The rest sit idle, every single time you tap the shutter. The result? Photos that look close, but never quite like the moment you were actually standing in. ComeCloser changes that. Instead of locking you into a single lens, ComeCloser runs a live multi-lens capture session — wide, ultra-wide, and telephoto all active at once. Depth and motion data flow in alongside the image in real time, letting the app understand the actual geometry of the scene you're shooting: how close your subject is, how the background sits behind it, where the natural depth of the room or landscape begins and ends. The result isn't a filter or a stitched composite. It's a photo that holds onto the proportions and depth your eyes actually perceived — the spatial feel of being there — rather than the stretch or compression a single fixed lens introduces depending on how far you were standing. FOREGROUND DEPTH Set your distance, and ComeCloser handles the rest. Using your iPhone's depth sensor, ComeCloser lets you define how far into the scene your foreground extends — giving you intuitive control over what the camera treats as close versus far, without needing to think about focal lengths or aperture settings. Point, set, shoot. The depth takes care of itself. FULLY ON-DEVICE Everything processes locally on your iPhone, frame by frame, using Apple's Metal framework. No cloud upload. No waiting. No quality loss from re-compression. Your photos stay on your phone and process as fast as you shoot. WHAT YOU GET — Multi-lens capture from your iPhone's wide, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses simultaneously — Real-time depth sensing that understands the geometry of your scene — Foreground Depth control: set your reach, ComeCloser does the rest — On-device processing — private, fast, and works anywhere — Photos that look like you were actually there If you've ever looked back at a photo and felt like something was missing — the way the room felt, how close that person actually was, the sense of depth in the scene — ComeCloser was built for that exact feeling. Your iPhone's camera has always been capable of this. ComeCloser is what unlocks it.

About

PulseDrive

Features
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Back up before you delete. Keep private files behind a lock. PulseDrive combines verified photo and video backups, an encrypted file Vault, and ordinary on-device file organization for iPhone and iPad. BACK UP YOUR WAY Copy media to a writable folder you choose through Files, including a compatible external drive. Start with your library, recent items, large videos, favorites, screenshots, an album, a date range, or your own selection. Back Up What's New skips unchanged items already verified on that destination. CHECK THE COPY Choose Basic, Size Match, or Checksum verification. Review a completion receipt with verified items and anything needing attention. A portable manifest travels with each backup so you can import history when reconnecting its destination. PAUSE, RESUME, AND RESTORE Pause safely and resume unfinished work. Follow supported backup progress with a Live Activity. Browse backup files and restore selected photos or videos to Photos. Keep PulseDrive open to finish large transfers; iOS may pause work when background time expires. A PRIVATE ENCRYPTED VAULT Create a separate, password-protected home for personal photos, videos, documents, and other files. Use supported Face ID or Touch ID unlock, organize collections, and configure recovery options. Create encrypted Vault backups and explicitly restore them with the required password or recovery method. Vault files and encryption keys remain separate from ordinary Drive files. QUICK SAVE AND MY DRIVE Use Share → PulseDrive from another app to queue a file, then unlock Vault to encrypt the waiting import. My Drive provides ordinary on-device folders, search, sorting, favorites, file previews, and sending or saving a copy. Imports copy selected originals rather than deleting them. REVIEW BEFORE REMOVING Safe Delete checks file presence and size for its initial list, then reads selected backups again, including stored checksums, before asking Photos to remove anything. Favorites and recent items are protected by default. Nothing is deleted automatically; Photos controls final confirmation and Recently Deleted retention. OPTIONAL WEEKLY ENCOURAGEMENT Explore 110 Scripture references and original reflections in ten themes. Optional weekly reminders start off and let you choose a day and time. NIV passage reading opens an external Bible source; original encouragement is clearly distinguished from Bible quotations. YOUR CHOICES No PulseDrive account or subscription is required. Optional first-party usage analytics start off, with editable privacy choices in Settings and separate returning-use permission. Analytics exclude file contents, filenames, credentials, messages, and precise locations. Use light or dark appearance and layouts that adapt to iPhone and iPad. A destination you select in iCloud Drive or another cloud-backed provider may sync through that provider. Originals stored only in iCloud Photos may need to download before copying. Keep independent backups of important files.

Screenshots

ComeCloser Camera4 screens
PulseDrive3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ComeCloser Camera at Free against PulseDrive's $1.99. ComeCloser Camera also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ComeCloser Camera is free to download; PulseDrive costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ComeCloser Camera ships an update every 11 days, PulseDrive every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ComeCloser Camera versus PulseDrive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComeCloser CameraPulseDrive
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPerception Labs, LLCBrent Gaddis

In-app purchases

None

ComeCloser Camera

No in-app purchases

None

PulseDrive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ComeCloser Camera free?
ComeCloser Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PulseDrive free?
PulseDrive costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ComeCloser Camera or PulseDrive have ads?
Neither ComeCloser Camera nor PulseDrive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ComeCloser Camera or PulseDrive?
ComeCloser Camera ships an update every 11 days, and PulseDrive every 2 months. Most recently, ComeCloser Camera was updated on October 31, 2026 and PulseDrive on October 29, 2026.

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