Comparison

Studio Lighting PRO vs Round Photo

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

Head to head
About

Studio Lighting PRO

Enhance your photos with professional-grade lighting filters and editing tools. Easily adjust brightness, contrast, and blur to create stunning images in just a few taps. Share your creations instantly to social media or save them to your device.

Highlights
  • One-touch lighting filters
  • Adjustable opacity, brightness, and contrast
  • Blur and focus tools
  • Rotate, crop, and resize
  • Direct social media sharing
  • Save to photo library
Features
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*** Just like a professional photographer! *** Enjoy edit your photo with various lighting filters. No matter you are a professional or a novice, you can make AMAZING pictures in a few taps. You also can share photos on variable SNS service such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. How to use: 1. Take a shot or choose a picture from photo library 2. Apply filters. 3. Save or share! That's it! Features: - Easy-to-use 1-touch lighting filters - Adjust opacity - Adjust brightness - Adjust contrast - Blur and focus - Rotate, crop and resizing - Share to Twitter, Instagram or Facebook - Save to Photo Library - Send photo by mail No registration is required, and there are no limitations to use.

About

Round Photo

Easily transform your photos into perfect circles with adjustable borders. Save, print, email, or share your creations directly from the app. Offers powerful editing tools to enhance your images before making them round.

Highlights
  • Create perfect round photos
  • Adjustable photo diameter
  • Zoom and move photo
  • Powerful photo editor (filters, effects, text)
  • Customizable colored borders
  • Save, print, email, and share
Features
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This app gives you the ability to create, print, email, or share a perfect round photo. 1. Enter the desired diameter of the photo in pixels, millimeters, centimeters or inches. 2. Open a photo or take a photo with the camera. 3. Zoom and move the photo with your fingers. 4. Edit the photo with the powerful photo editor. (filter, focus, effects, text) 5. Adjust the colored border. 6. The finished round image can now be saved, printed, sent or shared.

Screenshots

Studio Lighting PRO4 screens
Round Photo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Round Photo at 4.8 against Studio Lighting PRO's 2.3. Round Photo also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 3). Studio Lighting PRO's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Studio Lighting PRO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Round Photo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Round Photo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Round Photo has 2.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Studio Lighting PRO's written reviews are positive against 77% of Round Photo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Studio Lighting PRO ships an update every 4 months, Round Photo every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Studio Lighting PRO versus Round Photo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudio Lighting PRORound Photo
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)4.8 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews77.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuantis,Inc.Vitalij Schaefer

Customer experience

Studio Lighting PRO

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral66.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Round Photo

All ratings2,829 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral7.4%
Negative15.6%

Bugs and requests

Studio Lighting PRO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Round Photo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • PNG exports losing transparent backgrounds
  • Overlay issues after recent update
  • Saved photos appearing as blank or pixelated

Requested features

3 requests
  • Festive/seasonal border options
  • Ability to print multiple photos per page
  • Color picker tool for border/background customization

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Studio Lighting PRO

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
1 purchases

Round Photo

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$34.99

Questions

Is Studio Lighting PRO free?
Studio Lighting PRO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Round Photo free?
Round Photo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Studio Lighting PRO or Round Photo?
Round Photo is rated higher. Studio Lighting PRO averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Round Photo averages 4.8 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Studio Lighting PRO or Round Photo have ads?
Both Studio Lighting PRO and Round Photo show ads.
Which is updated more often, Studio Lighting PRO or Round Photo?
Studio Lighting PRO ships an update every 4 months, and Round Photo every 3 months. Most recently, Studio Lighting PRO was updated on October 26, 2026 and Round Photo on October 24, 2026.

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