BlendCamera vs Overlay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlendCamera
This app allows you to blend multiple photos together with various live effects and overlay modes. Create unique double exposures and enhance your images with preset filters and adjustable transparency.
- Unlimited overlay shots
- Live effects and overlay modes
- Preset overlay patterns
- Gradient and transparency overlays
- Adjustable opacity
- Zoom and flip functionality
- One-click color adjustment
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Capture and apply live effects, overlay patterns, and blend shots while taking photos. Embark on your creative photography journey anytime, instantly. The BlendCamera includes the following features: Unlimited Overlay Shots: No limit on the number of overlays, allowing you to unleash your imagination and create freely. Live Effects: Various live effects such as motion, negative, tint, separation, mosaic, magazine, soft light, black and white, and more. Overlay Modes: Overlay modes like film, translucent, overlay, multiply, soft light, lighten, color burn, color dodge, difference, blur, and more. Preset Overlay Patterns: Light leak, light spot, raindrops, vignettes, branches, film, dust, ink, and more. Gradient Overlays in 8 Directions: Easily shoot group photos, twins, urban reflections, and more. Light and Dark Transparency Overlays: Conveniently set transparency for the bright or dark areas of photos using the light and dark transparency options. Opacity Adjustment: Manually adjust opacity for more controllable overlay shots. Zoom and Flip: Freely zoom in or out and flip the current overlay photo horizontally or vertically. Unlimited Possibilities: Combine various features to open up unlimited possibilities. One-Click Color Adjustment: 50+ preset film-texture filters for easy photo enhancement. #blendcamera Easily share your creative photos on Instagram, Facebook, X, Sina Weibo, WeChat, and your camera roll. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Overlay
This tool allows artists to overlay reference images or live camera feeds onto their drawing surface for accurate comparison. It facilitates precise figure studies by enabling direct visual alignment between the artwork and the source material.
- Overlay reference images
- Use live camera feed as overlay
- Compare drawing accuracy
- Supports photo or model overlay
- Flip overlay direction
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This is a simple but powerful tool for any artist that has studied figure drawing. Here's how it works: Take a picture of your reference image or model and the camera view will use that picture as an overlay. Now move the camera to your drawing to compare for accuracy. Note - this can be done the other way as well where you can take a picture of your drawing an overlay it with your reference or model.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Overlay at none against BlendCamera's 4. BlendCamera's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 43 months) and review sentiment (80% vs 69%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. BlendCamera sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Overlay asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for BlendCamera against 4.4 for Overlay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of BlendCamera's written reviews are positive against 69% of Overlay's.
BlendCamera ships an update monthly, Overlay every 43 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | BlendCamera | Overlay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (23 ratings) | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 69.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 43 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 山 钟 | Derek Dawson |
Customer experience
BlendCamera
Overlay
In-app purchases
BlendCamera
- Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
- Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Remove Watermark$0.99
- Save Full Resolution Photo$0.99
Overlay
No in-app purchases









