Comparison

Camera Lens vs Plural

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

Plural

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Plural records from several iPhone cameras at the same time — and gives every one of them real manual control. Wide, ultra wide, telephoto and front: pick up to three, set each one up independently, and press record once. Every camera writes its own file, frame-aligned from the same start, ready to cut together. MULTI-CAMERA, FULL MANUAL • Simultaneous recording from multiple cameras on supported iPhones • Per-camera focus, ISO, shutter and exposure compensation • Shutter- and ISO-priority semi-auto modes, or full manual • Shutter shown in seconds or degrees, up to a full 360° • White balance matched across the back lenses so cuts line up • Tap to focus and expose, respecting whatever you have locked PRO FORMATS • HEVC and H.264 with quality tiers, plus advanced encoding controls • ProRes (Proxy to 4444 XQ) and ProRes RAW on supported models • Apple Log, Apple Log 2, HLG and Dolby Vision HDR • 23.98, 29.97 and 59.94 fps recorded at the true NTSC rate, with drop-frame timecode • High-frame-rate capture with slow-motion conform, plus interval time-lapse • Record straight to an external SSD over USB-C MONITORING • Waveform, histogram, zebras, false color and focus peaking • Built-in Log monitoring and custom LUT import • Frame guides (2.39, 1.85, 9:16, 4:3, 1:1), grids and a level • Anamorphic de-squeeze preview (1.33Ɨ, 1.55Ɨ, 1.75Ɨ) • Picture-in-picture monitors for the other cameras • Clean HDMI feed or mirrored monitor on an external display • Always-on timecode, audio meters, battery and storage readouts BUILT FOR THE IPHONE IN YOUR HAND • Camera Control on iPhone 16 and later • Launch straight from the Lock Screen and record without unlocking (iOS 18 or later) • Lens, focal length, iris and GPS metadata that Final Cut Pro understands • No account, no tracking, no servers Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Camera Lens4 screens
Plural2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Camera Lens at none against Plural's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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. Plural sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Camera Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Camera Lens versus Plural: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamera LensPlural
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuke Rehmannēš“ē„¶ å¼ 

In-app purchases

None

Camera Lens

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Plural

Subscriptions2
  • Plural Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Plural Pro Yearly14 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plural Pro Lifetime$14.99

Questions

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

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