# Bokeh Lens — user reviews

> 292 indexed App Store user reviews of Bokeh Lens by StudioTIMO, rated 3.20/5 from 64 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bokeh-lens/id587849880/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bokeh-lens/id587849880.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 26 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 22

## What do users think of Bokeh Lens?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 🎨 Effective bokeh/blur effect quality
- 💰 Affordable price point ($0.99-$1)
- 🔍 Helpful zoom magnifier for precise editing
- ⚡ Fast processing and rendering
- 🎯 Good control over focus area selection
- 📱 Works on older iPhone models without portrait mode
- ✨ Adjustable feathering and blur intensity
- 🖼️ Preserves image quality reasonably well
- 🎬 Can edit both existing photos and newly taken ones

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent app crashes on various iOS versions
- ⚠️ Black screen errors when importing photos
- 📉 Low output resolution (saves at reduced quality)
- 🔧 Outdated user interface design
- ⏱️ Manual masking is tedious and time-consuming
- 🎭 Hard edges on blur transitions look unnatural
- ❌ No automatic subject detection
- 📱 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- 🚫 No iPad support despite user requests
- ⚠️ App becomes slow and unresponsive
- 🎬 No video editing capability
- 💾 Watermark appears even in paid version (reported by some)
- 🔄 Limited features compared to free alternatives

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when opening certain photos
- Black screen appears during photo import
- Incompatibility with iOS 13, 16, and newer versions
- App freezes when saving images
- Photos don't display in album (only blanks)
- Random photo loads instead of selected one
- App becomes unresponsive after updates
- Crashes on iPhone 6 Plus and larger displays
- Performance degradation warning on newer iOS
- Artifacts and black squares appear at high blur levels
- Saving takes excessive time (over an hour reported)

**Most requested features**

- Automatic subject/edge detection
- iPad version support
- Soft feathering brush for smoother transitions
- Full resolution image saving
- Different bokeh shapes (star, octagon, etc.)
- Gradient blur/tilt-shift effect
- Video editing support
- Project save functionality for later editing
- Intelligent masking with lasso tool
- Adjustable brush opacity
- Motion blur effects
- Color correction/saturation adjustment
- UI modernization and redesign
- Ability to scroll through photos without reopening
- Selection inversion option

## Newest reviews (10 of 292)

### 3/5 — Make new design

*2022-09-21, version 1.4.0*

new design please 🙏

### 4/5 — Thank you

*2022-06-02, version 1.4.0*

There is so much junk in this space. Thank you so much for just making an app that does a thing for a reasonable price.  THIS type of app is what made the whole concept of the smart phone and App Store great!

### 3/5 — App should be called BLUR lens

*2021-04-13, version 1.4.0*

Works well if all you want is a blurred background. There are no actual Bokeh effects.

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2019-06-16, version 1.3.6*

I’m on the iPhone 6s and just purchased this and it works amazing I love it I can edit focal points better then my blade Zmax does with its bokeh camera feature I recommend this app u can zoom in close to get them good edges and if u use a touch pen it may even work better..

### 4/5 — :)

*2019-05-15, version 1.3.6*

This is an amazing app but When ever I import a picture it freezes and just Close the app and goes back to my home page!

### 5/5 — Spool useful

*2019-05-14, version 1.3.6*

Great app to use

### 5/5 — Muitos ajustes. Um dos melhores.

*2019-05-11*

Tenho uns 20 apps editores de img. Pode comprar esse sem medo.

### 1/5 — Crashed

*2019-04-10, version 1.3.6*

It worked for one picture and it worked great but now when I try to edit a photo, I get a black screen and it crashes and takes me back to my home page🤦🏽‍♀️ what a waist of 99 cents

### 1/5 — Can’t import a photo

*2019-03-06, version 1.3.6*

Every time I try to import a photo from my library I get a black screen,  this app is useless to me.

### 1/5 — Ужас!

*2019-01-27*

Скачал приложение за 75 рублей и только один блюр! Ужас! И его нужно самому в ручную настраивать и выделять область. Скачивайте Tadaa лучше! И удобно и бесплатно!

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Binned

*2025-06-15, version 1.4.0*

Didn’t work

### 1/5 — DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY

*2024-08-05, version 1.4.0*

This app does absolutely nothing but blurring and fading not any Bokeh lens or filters. It’s also very slow. You can blur your photos in any other free app.

### 1/5 — Cannot use it

*2023-03-21, version 1.4.0*

iOS 16 is not working for this please update ASAP

### 1/5 — Upgrade app

*2020-05-12*

Please update and more features Upgrade more features and more effect please improvement this app five star app I wish updated version soon as soon

### 1/5 — Trash app

*2020-01-22, version 1.4.0*

Literally just purchased the app a couple mins ago and it keeps crashing every time I try to edit a pic, although it’s its a dollar please don’t buy this app.

### 1/5 — App crashes

*2020-01-05, version 1.4.0*

So after choosing a picture from my album, I click edit and the app crashes every time.

### 1/5 — don’t buy

*2019-12-18, version 1.4.0*

i want my money back lol

### 1/5 — Malisima

*2019-12-02, version 1.4.0*

Plata perdida

### 1/5 — Only for photos not video

*2019-09-24, version 1.3.6*

disappointing

### 1/5 — USELESS APP WITH A HORRIBLE WATERMARK

*2019-06-28, version 1.3.6*

Even if you pay for the app there is a watermark in your pictures - DO NOT BUY - MISLEADING APP

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Amazing I needed to blur my background heard about it boom done

*2025-08-02, version 1.4.0*

Never heard of it then my mate told me about it when on it learned how to use it in 2 seconds (pretty quick)  boom I use it every day since the day my mate told me 5 stars (it could use a update tho)

### 5/5 — Лучшее приложение для ручной обработки фона

*2022-06-23*

Пользуюсь данным приложением больше 5—ти лет. Для меня — лучшее приложение для ручного блюра. Можно точно и корректно выделить объект и получить качественный кадр (в отличии от автоматики, которая то тут, то там либо захватит лишнего, либо наоборот не захватит). 75 рублей? Копейки. Жаль, что приложение не обновляется, не адоптируется под новые дисплеи, и нет поддержки ipad (чувствует ж что скоро его выпелят за долгий простой без обновлений). Но в остальном все устраивает.

### 5/5 — Muy buena

*2020-11-08, version 1.4.0*

Me parece súper útil, si le diste un mal review es porque no la sabes utilizar!

### 5/5 — Fab fun!

*2020-09-19, version 1.4.0*

Something nice quick and easy to add impact to image

### 5/5 — Need Fix

*2020-03-14, version 1.4.0*

I’ve been using this app for years, the app was truly great till I updated my iOS to 13.3.1, something is really wrong with the blur tools, the end result blur was terrible. I really hope this problem can be fix soon. Thank you.

### 5/5 — Saw it. Bought it. Like it.

*2020-02-07*

For a low price, it’s a fun and useful app to have. Either for creative touches or to blur-out people/objects that shouldn’t be in the picture you’re posting. I have an older iPhone (6+) so some of the advanced standard modern-version iPhone features are not available to me and that makes this app great for me, but, we all know this: there’s no such thing as the perfect (free) app! ... therefore, combinations of free or low cost apps are often needed to get desired effects. I like this app in consideration of all of the apps i use to make slightly better than average pictures according to my meager skills. So, thumbs up!

### 5/5 — Best bokeh app

*2019-11-27, version 1.4.0*

This is the perfect app for me to use when I want to create that blur effect of pro cameras. It works perfect on my iPhone SE. The app is easy to use and the interface is very simple and practical.

### 5/5 — Gosto muito do aplicativo!

*2019-10-02*

Acho que a única coisa que falta é a Seleção Inteligente que já existe em outros apps porque a seleção dele demora um pouco. Tirando isso acho o efeito dele muito bom. E pra mim é grátis, nunca apareceu a opção de pagar.

### 5/5 — Поддержка iOS 13

*2019-09-25*

Будет ли поддержка ios 13?

### 5/5 — Erros no IOS 13

*2019-09-24*

Esta dando falha no efeito depois da att para ios13

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