HotSteamerLite vs Dessin Scale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HotSteamerLite
Easily add realistic steam effects to your coffee, tea, and food photos. Enhance your social media content with eye-catching visuals in seconds. Adjust intensity, position, and size for perfect results.
- Realistic steam simulation
- Real-time camera preview
- Import photos from library
- Adjustable steam intensity
- Intuitive touch controls
- Video recording with screen recording
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Add realistic steam to coffee, tea, and food photos effortlessly. Create warm, eye-catching content for Instagram and social media in seconds. ◆Composites realistic steam — powered by fluid simulation — onto your camera preview or any photo from your library in real time. ◆ Pick a photo from your library to use as the background and layer steam on top. ◆ Adjust steam intensity with the slider. ◆ Swipe to reposition steam, pinch to resize it. ◆ Record video using iOS screen recording. ◆ Lite version limitation A "LITE VERSION" watermark will be displayed. Before purchasing the paid version, please try the free Lite version on your device first.
Dessin Scale
Overlay a drawing scale onto your camera view to help plan your artwork's composition. Save your scaled images for later reference. Supports standard paper sizes like B and charcoal paper.
- Camera overlay scale
- Composition planning tool
- Save captured images
- Supports B size paper
- Supports charcoal paper size
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This application allows you to display a drawing scale on the camera. It also supports saving of captured images. Please use it to determine the composition of your drawing. ■Supported sizes B size Charcoal paper size
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HotSteamerLite at none against Dessin Scale's shown. HotSteamerLite also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Dessin Scale's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 38 months) and review sentiment (17% vs 0%). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HotSteamerLite ships an update every 38 months, Dessin Scale every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | HotSteamerLite | Dessin Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KOJI HARA | Haruki Sugaya |
Customer experience
HotSteamerLite
Dessin Scale
In-app purchases
HotSteamerLite
No in-app purchases
Dessin Scale
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is HotSteamerLite free?
Is Dessin Scale free?
Do HotSteamerLite or Dessin Scale have ads?
Which is updated more often, HotSteamerLite or Dessin Scale?
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