Comparison

Lens vs Interval Camera

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

Head to head
About

Lens

Features
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Turn your photos into finished pieces. Lens gives a photo a frame — and a line that belongs to it. The time, the place, the weather, the settings you shot at: any of it can become part of the picture. Everything happens on your phone, and works offline. WATERMARKS THAT READ YOUR PHOTO No field-picking required. Choose a scene, and Lens reads the EXIF and location to write the matching line for you: Moonlight · Seasons · Landscape · Portrait · Place · Flora · Street · Milestones Every scene offers several phrasings you can cycle through — or write your own. FOUR SHOOTING STYLES Prefer the numbers to a sentence: Full specs — camera · lens · focal length · aperture · shutter · ISO, all on one line Device — SHOT ON your camera Credit — © year, your name Artistic — a line you write yourself, or the name of the film tone you picked Each style has two layouts. Switching layout changes the arrangement, never where the data comes from. MILESTONES — A WATERMARK THAT COUNTS DAYS Add the moments that matter: a birth, a wedding, a goodbye, the start of a trip. Pick the Milestones theme and Lens counts from the capture date — “Day 128” or “30 days to go”. Everything stays on your device. FRAMES Classic (thin sides, wide bottom) · Wide mat (weighted bottom) · Bottom mat · Top-and-bottom · None Side and bottom widths adjust freely. Border materials include white, light gray, red, and wood — plus washi and cotton-rag paper textures. The gallery varies by region: the Japanese edition includes instax proportions, Latin-script editions a classic wide bottom. SIGN IT Vermilion seal (1–4 characters of your choosing) · Handwritten signature, drawn with your finger · Your own brand or camera logo BUILD YOUR OWN Prefer to choose yourself? Arrange any of 13 fields across two lines: date · time · city · camera · lens · focal length · aperture · shutter · ISO · exposure · weather · temperature · altitude ADJUST 12 restrained film tones — no blown highlights, no oversaturation 11 crop ratios including DIN, 65:24 panoramic, and custom Type size, color, alignment, and opacity all adjustable WORK FASTER Save any setup as a template for one-tap reuse | Batch-frame many photos at once | Drafts wait for you | Export a copy, or replace the original ON PRIVACY Your photos, signatures, and seals never leave your phone. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is synced, nothing trains an AI. The one network call asks Open-Meteo for the weather at your photo's time and place — it sends the coordinates and timestamp, never the photo. Available in English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Français, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, and Português. Temperature, altitude, dates, and 12/24-hour time follow your region automatically.

About

Interval Camera

This app automatically captures photos at set intervals, ideal for hands-free selfies, group shots, or documenting changes over time. It offers customizable capture settings, including interval duration, start delay, and stop conditions, with both standard and silent capture modes.

Highlights
  • Automatic photo capture at preset intervals
  • Customizable interval and start delay
  • Stop after a set number of photos or duration
  • Standard and silent capture modes
  • Front/rear camera support with zoom
  • Tap to focus, pinch to zoom, AE/AF lock
  • Adjustable aspect ratios and grid/level
Features
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Interval Camera takes photos automatically at preset intervals and saves them directly to Photos. Use a tripod for selfies, group portraits, craft projects or changes you want to record over time. Capture settings • Choose an interval from 1 second to 5 minutes. • Start-delay presets from 0 to 60 seconds. • Stop after 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 photos, after a set duration, or manually. • Pause a session and resume the remaining shots. Standard and Silent modes Select the capture mode in Settings. Silent mode saves a frame from the camera feed instead of taking a standard photo. Image quality and resolution differ from Standard mode. Flash, start sounds and countdown sounds are unavailable in Silent mode. Camera controls • Front and rear cameras, with zoom on supported cameras. • Tap to focus, pinch to zoom, AE/AF lock and exposure adjustment. • 4:3, 1:1 and 16:9 aspect ratios, grid and level. • JPEG/HEIF and available photo resolutions depend on the device and capture mode. Saving and reviewing View and share saved photos. If saving fails, retry saving the retained photos or explicitly discard only the failed photos. Already saved photos are kept. Keep the app visible and the screen unlocked while capturing. Processing and saving can delay the next shot. Check available storage before long sessions. This app takes still photos; it does not create timelapse videos or analyze movements. No ads or account registration. The app does not upload your photos. iCloud Photos syncing follows your device settings. For help, use the App Support link on this page.

Screenshots

Lens4 screens
Interval Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Interval Camera at #108 against Lens's unranked. Lens's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On update cadence, 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

Lens costs $0.99 and Interval Camera $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lens versus Interval Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLensInterval Camera
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank—#108 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer达麟 黎CAEN Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Lens

No in-app purchases

None

Interval Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lens free?
Lens costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Interval Camera free?
Interval Camera costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lens or Interval Camera have ads?
Neither Lens nor Interval Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lens or Interval Camera?
Lens ships an update every 2 weeks, and Interval Camera every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lens was updated on October 21, 2026 and Interval Camera on October 11, 2026.

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