Comparison

Xmas Magic Effects vs Lens

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

Head to head
About

Xmas Magic Effects

Features
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Create wonderful photos with FX Effects and decorate your instant photos to show off to your friends and family! Photo Effects is a photo wonder app that provides amazing pic portraits by wrapping your instant photos with vibrant colored frames! Make attractive photo looks by performing extraordinary photo compositions of your favorite photos with various trendy photo effects & filters such as Magic Photo Effects, Shiny Photo Filters, Color Photo Filters, Seasons Photo Effects, Out of World Photo Filters!

About

Lens

Features
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Lens lets you shoot photos and videos with real-time visual effects directly inside the camera. Choose a look, see it instantly, and capture the final result without moving to a separate editor. Lens is built for creators, visual experimenters, and anyone who wants a more expressive camera on iPhone. Fully free to use All camera effects, photo and video capture features are currently available without subscriptions or paywalls. Create, record, and share without limitations. What you can do with Lens: • Shoot with real-time visual effects • Record video with effects applied during capture • Take photos with the active look • Preview the result immediately after shooting • Save or instantly share your content to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Telegram and other social platforms Built for social sharing Share in seconds without extra editing. Live effects while you shoot Lens applies visual effects in real time instead of adding them later in post-production. This makes the creative process faster, more direct, and more fun. Depth-based effects on supported devices On compatible devices, Lens uses scene depth to power spatial visual effects. Selected looks react to foreground and background separation for more dimensional results. Built with a fast rendering pipeline Lens is designed for smooth real-time performance, responsive controls, and fast switching between styles while shooting photos and videos. Designed for creative capture Use Lens for: • Short-form videos • Social content • Stylized portraits • Experimental clips • Visual studies and artistic shooting Fast camera workflow 1. Open Lens 2. Choose an effect 3. Shoot photo or video 4. Preview the result 5. Save or share instantly Key features • Real-time camera effects • Photo and video capture • Instant preview after shooting • Effect intensity control • Smooth zoom workflow • Depth-based effects on supported devices • Fast save and share flow Device support Some features may vary depending on your device. Depth-based effects require supported hardware. Privacy Lens uses camera, microphone, photo library, and speech recognition permissions only for app functionality.

Screenshots

Xmas Magic Effects4 screens
Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Xmas Magic Effects at 8.0 against Lens's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Xmas Magic Effects versus Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXmas Magic EffectsLens
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVaghani KeyurVladislav Poliakov

In-app purchases

None

Xmas Magic Effects

No in-app purchases

None

Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Xmas Magic Effects free?
Xmas Magic Effects is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lens free?
Lens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Xmas Magic Effects or Lens have ads?
Neither Xmas Magic Effects nor Lens shows ads.

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