Comparison

BlendCamera vs Overlay

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Overlay reference images
  • Use live camera feed as overlay
  • Compare drawing accuracy
  • Supports photo or model overlay
  • Flip overlay direction
Features
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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.

Screenshots

BlendCamera4 screens
Overlay2 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BlendCamera sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Overlay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BlendCamera ships an update monthly, Overlay every 43 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BlendCamera versus Overlay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlendCameraOverlay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (23 ratings)4.4 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better69.2% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better16
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 43 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer山 钟Derek Dawson

Customer experience

BlendCamera

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Overlay

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral18.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral23.1%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

BlendCamera

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Remove Watermark$0.99
  • Save Full Resolution Photo$0.99
None

Overlay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BlendCamera free?
BlendCamera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Overlay free?
Overlay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BlendCamera or Overlay?
Overlay is rated higher. BlendCamera averages 4.3 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Overlay averages 4.4 from 16 ratings.
Do BlendCamera or Overlay have ads?
Neither BlendCamera nor Overlay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlendCamera or Overlay?
BlendCamera ships an update monthly, and Overlay every 43 months. Most recently, BlendCamera was updated on October 24, 2026 and Overlay on October 24, 2026.

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