logos
2006 (unused) 2007-2009 2009–2010 2010–2013 2013–2017 2017–2021
2006 (unused) 2007-2009 2009–2010 2010–2013 2013–2017 2017–2021
2021–2024 2024 (unused) 2024–2025 2025 (unused) 2025–present  
2021–2024 2024 (unused) 2024–2025 2025 (unused) 2025–present

2006 (unused)

Ios prototype camera

This icon was used during the presumed later pre-iPhone OS 1 mockup of iPhone OS prior to launch, known due to prototypes released during court exibits of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple Inc., Case No. 11-CV-01846 (N.D. Cal.).[1] No camera application exists on the first mockup.

2007-2009

Camera (iPhone OS) 2007

2009-2010

Camera (iPhone OS) 2009

All app icons were slightly darkened in iPhone OS 3.

2010–2013

All app icons were updated in iOS 4 for Retina Displays.

2013–2017

Camera (iOS) 2013

This icon was used from iOS 7 in September 2013 to 2017.

2017–2021

This icon was used from iOS 11 to iOS 15. The lines were removed from the camera and it is no longer concave.

2021–2024

Camera (iOS) 2015

This icon was used from iOS 15 to iOS 18. The shutter button was removed from the camera.

2024 (unused)

Camera (iOS) 2024

This icon was used from iOS 18 beta 1 to beta 3.

2024–2025

Camera (iOS) 2024 II

The icon was changed slightly again in iOS 18 beta 4.

2025 (unused)

Ios 26 camera

This icon is based on iPhone OS 1.0, but the camera lens is larger. These icons were used in iOS 26 beta 1-3.

2025–present

Camera (iOS) 2025

The lens was made larger in iOS 26 beta 4.