Comparison

Phocus vs DSLR Camera Effect

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

Head to head
About

Phocus

This AI-powered app creates DSLR-style portraits by simulating realistic background blur and offering advanced 3D relighting capabilities. It allows for precise control over depth, lighting, and scene atmosphere, transforming any photo into a cinematic masterpiece.

Highlights
  • DSLR-style portrait creation
  • Realistic background blur simulation
  • Advanced 3D relighting
  • AI-powered subject detection
  • DSLR lens emulation
  • Portrait video blur
Features
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Featured by Apple in “Powered by Apple Intelligence” and “Great Apps Updated for iOS 27” around the world, and in “Best New Apps and Updates” in the US and Canada. Phocus is a portrait camera and depth editor for iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo. See each lens's bokeh live before you shoot, or bring any photo from your library, even one taken without Portrait mode, and reshape its focus and depth with tools that understand distance, not just outlines. SHOOT - Eight lens characters, from clean and modern to swirly vintage and black and white, each with its own bokeh rendered live in the viewfinder - The blur you see is the blur you get, in the photo and the editor - Live AI depth for real-time blur even where the camera can't measure depth on its own - Live aperture and focus control - Manual ISO, shutter speed, white balance, exposure, and focus - Histogram, zebra, focus peaking, level, and timer - RAW and ProRAW capture - Import your own .cube LUTs, or choose from Daily, Film Looks, Vintage, Signature, and Mono - Lens and color look suggestions with Apple Intelligence, generated on device - Siri, Shortcuts, Lock Screen, and Control Center to open the camera you need EDIT - Change aperture, focus, blur falloff, and bokeh shape after the shot - Edit any photo in your library: AI depth adds realistic blur even to photos taken without Portrait mode - Edit the depth map directly: every color is a distance, so you can pick a depth and brush it over any area - Select a subject with a tap on iOS 27, then refine it with Brush, Erase, and Hardness - Masks in Portrait, Depth, and Select modes - Curves, adjustments, tone, and film grain - 3D Relight and 3D Scene Preview for depth-aware lighting - Copy a photo's look onto other photos, with undo and redo for every change - Save as Portrait keeps the depth with your photo - Export depth maps and portrait mattes - Portrait video blur - Built-in tutorials and Mask Help MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN Phocus adapts to iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo. Open your Duo for more room to shoot and edit, or partially fold it with the preview and controls on either side of the fold. "Looking for an app that not only adds the Portrait mode effect to your photos but does a bit more? Then Phocus is the one you're looking for." — iMore "The app is a fine example of technical and artistic craftsmanship." — iGeeksBlog PHOCUS PRO Unlock every lens, look, and tool with Phocus Pro. Subscriptions are billed weekly, monthly or annually at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan. Terms of use: https://rayinformatics.com/terms Privacy policy: https://rayinformatics.com/privacy Contact: https://rayinformatics.com/contact

About

DSLR Camera Effect

Easily create professional-looking portraits with a blurred background effect. This tool allows you to select photos from your gallery or take new ones, then apply various blur styles to achieve a DSLR-like depth of field. Enhance your images with advanced editing options and share them instantly.

Highlights
  • Blur image background
  • Create DSLR camera effect
  • Select photos from gallery
  • Capture new photos
  • Multiple blurring tools
  • Advanced photo editing tools
  • Share to social networks
Features
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DSLR Camera is the best photo blur tool to blur image background and create real DSLR Camera effect. DSLR Camera is fast and easy to use app to create amazing blur background effect pictures on the go. Just select the picture from your gallery or capture new picture from camera and apply blur background effect with the help of multiple blurring tool and get prefect result every time. DSLR Camera is very easy to use: 1. Take a new photo or select one from your gallery 2. Blur image background using touch 3. Use advanced Photo editing tools like Undo, Redo, Brush Size and more to accurately blur photos. 4. Share your blur image bacground photos with your friends and family in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WatsApp and other social networks.

Screenshots

Phocus4 screens
DSLR Camera Effect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DSLR Camera Effect at none against Phocus's 7. DSLR Camera Effect also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Phocus's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (6.8K vs 111). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Phocus sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. DSLR Camera Effect asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Phocus holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phocus has 6.8K ratings behind it against 111, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Phocus's written reviews are positive against 59% of DSLR Camera Effect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phocus ships an update fortnightly, DSLR Camera Effect every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Phocus versus DSLR Camera Effect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhocusDSLR Camera Effect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (6.8K ratings) — better4.2 (111 ratings)
Positive reviews49.5% of reviews58.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.8K — better111
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size320 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRAY INFORMATICS YAZILIM TEKNOLOJI MEDYA DANISMANLIK VE EGITIM TICARET LIMITED SIRKETIHareshbhai Issamaliya

Customer experience

Phocus

All ratings6,840 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews501 reviews
Positive49.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative45.3%

DSLR Camera Effect

All ratings111 ratings
Positive77.5%
Neutral11.7%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive58.8%
Neutral5.9%
Negative35.3%

Bugs and requests

Phocus

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Can't save pictures
  • Photos don't download
  • Unable to save picture
  • Camera crashes when clicking portrait
  • App dies if you don't upgrade

Requested features

4 requests
  • Change bokeh shapes/effects
  • Add manual brush to control bokeh
  • Make it a photo extension in Photos app
  • Add more shadows and directional lighting

DSLR Camera Effect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Phocus

Subscriptions4
  • Phocus AI Weekly2 variants$3.997 Days
  • Phocus AI Monthly2 variants$7.991 Month
  • Phocus AI Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Phocus AI Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Phocus AI Unlimited Access$49.99
None

DSLR Camera Effect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Phocus free?
Phocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DSLR Camera Effect free?
DSLR Camera Effect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Phocus or DSLR Camera Effect?
Phocus is rated higher. Phocus averages 4.6 out of 5 from 6.8K ratings, while DSLR Camera Effect averages 4.2 from 111 ratings.
Do Phocus or DSLR Camera Effect have ads?
Neither Phocus nor DSLR Camera Effect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phocus or DSLR Camera Effect?
Phocus ships an update fortnightly, and DSLR Camera Effect every 6 weeks. Most recently, Phocus was updated on October 24, 2026 and DSLR Camera Effect on October 21, 2026.

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