CineLenses vs BLACKSLATE7
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CineLenses
Explore a vast database of cinema lenses with detailed specifications. Find, buy, sell, or rent lenses globally. Connect with professionals and discover lenses used in films.
- Search 5,000+ cinema lenses
- Filter by format, type, and manufacturer
- Browse by technical specifications
- Buy and sell cinema lenses
- Rent lenses worldwide
- Create professional profiles
- Discover lenses used in movies
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Welcome to the ecosystem of cinema lenses Search Lenses: The World's Largest Database of Cinema Lenses Consult data and technical specifications of more than 5.000 lenses. Easy Surfing: The material you need for your project can be easily found. It is categorized according to the Spheric or Anamorphic formats. And also to the different types of lenses: Primes, Zooms, Macros, Teles, etc. Another available option is to do the search considering the manufacturer. If you prefer you can start the search by manufacturer, as you prefer and as it is simpler. Browsing using technical specifications: The search engine will allow you to find the target lenses straightforwardly, based on the t stop, close focus, weight, etc. Marketplace: Buy and sell cameras and cinema lenses Crew: Show your work and create a profile to reach potential clients. They will contact you directly through your profile. Rent Lenses: Find the lens you need to rent around the world Do you know where the material can be rented? You have at your disposal a list of more than 800 users who rent all over the world. If you enter the name of a country and a city, the application will link it to the stores you are looking for. You can even contact them from the App, check their location or website. Credits: Find the lenses that have been used in the movies Search Dealers: Find all over the world the new lens you need to buy Our social networks reach over 150,000 specialized users and a targeted group of professional cinematographers. By joining the CineLenses Ecosystem, manufacturers, distributors and rental houses benefit from engaging with this community.
BLACKSLATE7
This app transforms your smartphone into a programmable clapperboard for film and TV production. Easily load custom images or pre-set templates onto a compatible physical slate using NFC technology. Adjust image contrast and create grayscale effects for optimal visual output.
- Program images onto physical slate via NFC
- Load pre-set SLATE templates
- Create custom clapperboard images
- Crop, scale, and rotate images
- Adjust black/white threshold for contrast
- Unique dithering control for grayscale simulation
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TRIBE7’s SLATE is a uniquely re-usable and digitally reconfigurable compact clapperboard, designed for Film and TV production. The BLACKSLATE7 iOS app allows your smartphone to quickly program images onto your SLATE using the NFC interface in your iOS device. Choose from one of the pre-loaded SLATE templates or create and name your own custom clapperboard image through the crop, scale, and processing features in the app. Custom image processing features include: • Crop, Scale, and Rotate • Black/White Threshold Level control to optimize contrast and quality • Unique Dithering control to process images with a grayscale simulation
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Verdict
CineLenses and BLACKSLATE7 both sit at 2.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of CineLenses's written reviews are positive against 20% of BLACKSLATE7's. CineLenses also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.6 for CineLenses against 2.7 for BLACKSLATE7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of CineLenses's written reviews are positive against 20% of BLACKSLATE7's.
CineLenses ships an update every 2 months, BLACKSLATE7 every 3 months. Both last shipped on June 11, 2026.
| Parameter | CineLenses | BLACKSLATE7 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (22 ratings) | 2.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | alvaro solis | Lummico Sp. z o.o. |
Customer experience
CineLenses
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In-app purchases
CineLenses
No in-app purchases
BLACKSLATE7
No in-app purchases









