Silenus vs Lightscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Silenus
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Edit • Basic - Temperature, Tint, Exposure, Contrast, Brightness, and Saturation Colors • Ver, Aestas, Autumnus, and Hiems Presets • Terminus - Nostalgia - Amber, Bronze, Copper, Denim, Eclipse, Faience, Glaze, Henna, Iron, Jade, Khaki, Linen, Mosaic, Nocturne, Oak, Porcelain, Quill, Rawhide, Slate, Trellis, Usukō, Velvet, Wool, Xanadu, Yarrow, and Zen • Mensis - Duotone - Green, Spring Green, Cyan, Azure, Blue, Violet, Magenta, Rose, Red, Orange, Yellow, and Chartreuse Green • Annus - Combination - Atmosphere, Bay, Crystal, Desert, Ether, Forest, Gulf, Haze, Ice, Jungle, Kambaba, Lava, Moss, Nectar, Oasis, Peat, Quarry, Reef, Storm, Tide, Unexplored, Vulcan, Woodland, Xenon, Yonder, and Zephyr • Labes - Blur - Miniature, Bokeh, Box, Disc, Gaussian, Masked, Median, Motion, and Zoom • Remedium - Adjustment - AbsoluteDifference, ColorClamp, Controls, Matrix, Polynomial, Threshold, Exposure, Gamma, Hue, ToSRGB, ToLinear, Kelvin, ToneCurve, Vibrance, and WhitePoint • Augendae - Effect - CrossPolynomial, Cube, Invert, Map, Posterize, LabToRGB, RGBtoLab, Dither, Document, FalseColor, Palettize, Thermal, Vignette, VignetteEffect, and X-ray • Noir - Monochrome - R Channel, G Channel, B Channel, MinRGB, MaxRGB, Tonal, Mono, Noir, Luminance, Meteorite, Ochre, Sienna, Umber, Charcoal, Bistre, Azurite, Malachite, Cinnabar, Silver, Ultramarine, Verdigris, Carmine, Sepia, Tyrian, Cocoa, Saffron, Madder, Indigo, Turmeric, Spinach, Carrot, Iris, Marigold, Artichoke, Paprika, and Cyaneus • Processus - Cool Tone - Greenery, Peridot, Emerald, Alexandrite, Process, Aventurine, Opal, Turquoise, Amazonite, Cerulean, Ethereal, Marina, Lapis, Twilight, Sapphire, Corallite, Iolite, and Amethyst • Translatio - Warm Tone - Daiquiri, Lime, Chartreuse, Illuminating, Transfer, Pineapple, Lemon, Banana, Cantaloupe, Apricot, Orange, Mango, Fiery, ChiliPepper, Barn, Fig, Peach, and Raspberry • Ipsas - Style - Bloom, Comic, Crystallize, Depth, Edges, EdgeWork, Gabor, Gloom, Hexagonal, HighlightShadow, LineOverlay, Pixellate, Pointillize, SpotColor, and SpotLight • Mollis - Desaturated High Contrast - Darken, Multiply, ColorBurn, LinearBurn, Lighten, Screen, ColorDodge, LinearDodge, Overlay, SoftLight, HardLight, VividLight, LinearLight, PinLight, Difference, Exclusion, Subtract, Divide, Hue, Saturation, Color, and Luminosity • Alteratio - Distortion - Bump, BumpLinear, Splash, Wrap, Droste, Displacement, Glass, Lozenge, Hole, LightTunnel, NinePartStretched, NinePartTiled, Pinch, StretchCrop, Torus, Twirl, and Vortex • Causa - Generator - BlurredR, Checker, ConstantColor, LenticularHalo, Mesh, Random, RoundedR, RRStroke, StarShine, Stripes, and Sunbeams • Prospectiva - Geometry - AffineTransform, Bicubic, Crop, Flip, KeystoneCorrection, Lanczos, PerspectiveCorrection, PerspectiveRotate, PerspectiveTransform, Extent, and Straighten • Clivus - Gradient - Ocean, Sierra, Waterfall, Glacier, Fjord, Dune, Lagoon, River, Cavern, Byzantium, Heritage, Afterglow, Murex, Jasmine, and Nebulas • Dimidius - Halftone - Circular, CMYK, Dot, Hatched, and Line • Minuo - Reduction - Row, Column, Area, AreaMin, AreaMinA, AreaMax, AreaMaxA, AreaMinMaxR, and K-Means • Acuere - Sharpen - SharpenLuminance, UnsharpMask, Portrait, Flower, Architecture, Scenery, Web, and Generic • Fictilis - Tile - AffineClamp, Affine, Clamp, Triangle, FourfoldTranslated, FourfoldRotated, SixfoldRotated, Kaleidoscope, Parallelogram, FourfoldReflected, SixfoldReflected, EightfoldReflected, and TwelvefoldReflected • Conversio - Transition - Accordion, BarsSwipe, CopyMachine, Disintegrate, Dissolve, Flash, Mod, PageCurl, Shadow, Ripple, and Swipe • Super - Overlay - Circle, Ellipse, Hexagon, Pentagon, Square, Triangle, and Spring Access Membership • Terminus - Weekly - 297 Presets • Mensis - Monthly - 357 Presets • Annus - Annual - 383 Presets Terms of Use • Plan automatically renews until cancelled. EULA • https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Lightscope
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Shot in Apple Log and tired of flat, washed-out previews? Lightscope plays Apple Log (1 & 2) footage back the way it was meant to look — in real Rec.2100 HLG — and lets you grade it right on your iPhone or iPad. PLAY IT RIGHT • True HDR playback of Apple Log 1 & 2 clips (Rec.2100 HLG) • Technical LUTs generated from DaVinci Resolve for accurate log-to-display transforms • One-tap HDR / SDR display modes GRADE ON-DEVICE • Color wheels (lift · gamma · gain), exposure in the scene-referred log domain • Tone curves with a live curve editor • Color warper and skin-tone secondaries • Film & cinema looks, plus your own .cube LUTs • Broadcast scopes: waveform and vectorscope, on the image while you grade • Non-destructive: every clip remembers its grade automatically • Shareable grade presets EXPORT • 10-bit HEVC in Rec.2100 HLG (true HDR) or Rec.709 (SDR master) • Saved straight back to your Photos library TRY EVERYTHING FREE FOR 14 DAYS Every feature is unlocked for two weeks — no account, no sign-up. After the trial, your library stays free to browse, and a single one-time purchase of Lightscope Pro keeps true HLG playback, the full grading suite and export forever. No subscription. Family Sharing supported. Everything happens on your device. No uploads, no tracking. Requires iOS 17 or later. Apple Log recording requires iPhone 15 Pro or later (or footage from Final Cut Camera / Blackmagic Cam).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lightscope at every 5 days against Silenus's every 3 weeks. Silenus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Silenus sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Lightscope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Silenus ships an update every 3 weeks, Lightscope every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Silenus | Lightscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yu Tse Wu | Jian Zhou |
In-app purchases
Silenus
- Terminus$0.997 Days
- Mensis$2.991 Month
- Annus$29.991 Year
- SuperFree
- RemediumFree
- Acuere$0.99
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- Labes$1.99
- Mollis$1.99
- Fictilis$1.99
- Conversio$1.99
Lightscope
- Lightscope Pro$9.99









