Comparison

Camera Lens vs FixedLens

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

Head to head
About

Camera Lens

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Camera Lens is a familiar Photo and Video camera designed to keep partly broken iPhones useful. Disable individual physical camera lenses that shake, fail to focus, or no longer work. Camera Lens remembers disabled lenses and never adds them to its capture session. When enabled, unavailable zoom-level replacements can use digital zoom on a working lens to preserve familiar zoom choices. Features: • Photo and Video capture with familiar camera controls • Hard exclusion of disabled wide, ultra-wide, telephoto, and front cameras • Optional synthetic replacements for unavailable zoom levels • Per-lens continuous, single, locked, or manual focus controls • Per-lens focus range and remembered manual focus position • Per-lens video stabilization choices based on device support • HEIF/JPEG photos and HEVC/H.264 video formats • Capability-aware resolution, frame rate, HDR, flash, torch, timer, grid, level, exposure, and aspect-ratio controls • Recent photo, Live Photo, and video browsing with sharing • Camera Lens control for the Lock Screen on supported iPhones Privacy: Camera Lens has no account, ads, analytics, or third-party SDKs. It does not upload your photos, videos, settings, or personal information. Photos access is used only for saving captures and browsing your own library. Optional location access adds metadata to captures. Camera Lens does not repair damaged hardware. Results depend on which physical cameras remain usable on your iPhone.

About

FixedLens

Features
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FixedLens is a manual-first camera for people who want to set everything themselves. ONE LENS, LOCKED Pick a physical lens — ultra-wide, wide, or telephoto — and it stays put. No automatic lens switching mid-shot. Ideal for macro work and for a consistent field of view across a series of shots. FULL MANUAL CONTROL - Manual focus with an on-screen distance dial and a focus point you can place anywhere - Manual shutter speed and ISO, or exposure compensation in auto mode - Tap anywhere to set focus and exposure - Live focal length and zoom readout (35 mm equivalent) PHOTO AND VIDEO - Up to 48 MP photos, with a live megapixel readout for the active lens - 4K video at 30 or 60 fps, or 1080p - Drag the shutter button along its track to switch between photo and video BUILT FOR SHOOTING - Grid overlay and torch toggle - Works in portrait and landscape - Quick preview of your last shot, with delete - Optional location tagging No account. No ads. No cloud. Your photos and video go straight to your library. Available in English and Ukrainian.

Screenshots

Camera Lens4 screens
FixedLens3 screens

Verdict

The call

Camera Lens and FixedLens are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Camera Lens versus FixedLens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamera LensFixedLens
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuke RehmannOleksandra Shcherbyna

In-app purchases

None

Camera Lens

No in-app purchases

None

FixedLens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Camera Lens free?
Camera Lens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FixedLens free?
FixedLens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Camera Lens or FixedLens have ads?
Neither Camera Lens nor FixedLens shows ads.

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