Live Focus vs Pink Frame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live Focus
This app allows you to add realistic depth and cinematic focus to any image after it has been taken. You can refocus photos, create background blur, and adjust focus points on existing images, including old photos and AI-generated art. Future updates plan to bring these capabilities to video.
- Refocus photos after shooting
- Create cinematic background blur
- Adjust focus point and depth intensity
- Apply depth to AI-generated images
- Revitalize old photos and artworks
- Instant focus change preview
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Shoot first. Focus later: Live Focus lets you add realistic depth and cinematic focus to ANY IMAGE, after it’s already taken. Photos, illustrations, AI-generated images, and even images from decades ago. If it’s an image, Live Focus can bring depth to it. No special camera or device. Just focus everything, reimagined. What you can do: - Refocus photos after shooting - Create cinematic background blur - Adjust focus point and depth intensity - Apply realistic depth to AI-generated images - Bring old photos and artworks back to life - Preview focus changes instantly Live Focus is expanding beyond single images. Support for serial media such as video is planned, bringing the same refocusing and depth experience to moving moments. Through this project, our long-term goal is to reconstruct past moments from ordinary photos and videos, enabling a new kind of spatial vision experience — where depth, perspective, and presence can be explored, even when they were never originally captured.
Pink Frame
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Pink Frame records a 3-second cinematic clip every day. WHAT IT DOES - Tap record for a 3-second cinematic clip - iPhone 13 Pro and newer capture depth-of-field with automatic rack focus - Older devices fall back to standard 1080p video - Add a one-line note to each clip - Year reel: every clip you keep, day by day, in one grid - All video stays on your device WHAT IT IS NOT - Not a TikTok / reel editor - Not a stitched-year-video tool - No AI narration REQUIRES CAMERA + MIC - iPhone with iOS 26 or later - iPhone 13 Pro or newer for cinematic capture - Microphone captures audio with each clip WITHOUT PRO Everything is unlocked for your first 3 days. After that, up to 3 frames in total. PRO ($4 monthly / $25 annual / $59 lifetime) - Unlimited frames Subscription Details - Pro Monthly: $4 / month - Pro Annual: $25 / year - Lifetime: $59 one-time Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled in Settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://danielius.studio/pink-frame/terms Privacy Policy: https://danielius.studio/pink-frame/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Live Focus at none against Pink Frame's 3. Live Focus also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Pink Frame's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Pink Frame sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Live Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Live Focus ships an update every 6 weeks, Pink Frame every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Live Focus | Pink Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tae ho Lee | Danielius Chalikovas |
Bugs and requests
Live Focus
Reported bugs
23 issues- App crashes when taking or saving pictures (iOS 13)
- App crashes when taking pictures (various modes)
- App crashes when trying to upload photos
- App crashes when trying to use non-default focus modes
- App crashes when trying to take a photo
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- App won't load or delete/reinstall
- Five-point focus adjustment isn't accurate
- GIF creation is jerky
- App crashes when trying to take a picture
- Focusing is incredibly slow
- Live focus doesn't work
- Cannot edit saved images
- Cannot upload photos from camera roll
- App crashes
- Doesn't allow adjustment of photos in library
- Takes ages to take a picture
- End result is not high quality
- Subject cannot be moving
- Took ages to figure out how to use
- Takes blurry pictures
- Cannot upload straight from camera roll
- Focusing is subpar
- App crashes on iPhone 6+
Requested features
8 requests- Portrait mode
- Support for more complex objects
- Instructions on how to use the app
- Ability to edit saved images
- Improve focus speed
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- Allow drawing from photo library
- Fix iOS 13 compatibility
- Add more advanced features
Pink Frame
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Live Focus
No in-app purchases
Pink Frame
- Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.001 Month
- Pro Annual$25.001 Year
- Lifetime$59.00
Questions
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