Comparison

Cinema Look Pro vs Retroscope

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

Head to head
About

Cinema Look Pro

Transform your photos with a vast collection of cinema-inspired filters. Apply professional looks from your media library or capture new shots and express your creativity. Share your edited images instantly with integrated sharing options.

Highlights
  • Over 30 cinema filters
  • No banner ads
  • Apply filters to existing photos
  • Capture new photos with filters
  • No watermarks
  • Integrated sharing
Features
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Cinema Look is the ultimate app with which to customize your best shots. We've selected the best cinema filters for you on the basis of the most important movies. Professional, intuitive, fast! - Lots of filters, more than 30! - No banner - Take a photo and expel your creativity! - Many filters! - Compatible with iPhone and iPad! - No watermarks! - Choose from your media library and apply the movie look! - Immediate Sharing Integrated with your applications! What are you waiting for? Get your creativity away !

About

Retroscope

Transform your photos with vintage filters, light leaks, and textures inspired by 80s and 90s cameras. Create stunning visuals with creative effects like glitch and lens distortion. Apply a retro look with a single tap using curated themes.

Highlights
  • Vintage filters from 80s/90s cameras
  • Light leaks and textures
  • Glitch and lens distortion effects
  • One-tap themes
  • Film emulation categories
  • Adjustments and editing tools
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Get professional results with filters prepared by examining the cameras and printing methods of the 80s and 90s. Get the vintage look you're looking for by adding light leaks and textures. Create stunning visuals with creative effects such as glitch and lens distortion. Retroscope provides retro filters, light leaks, textures, effects, adjustments and themes. Easily apply vintage look into your photos with a few taps. There are many old camera or effect adaptation as categories in Retroscope like Lomography, Film Emulations, Film Noir, Vintage etc. Lights: Lights are the important part of retro look. All lights will help you to transform your photos into vintage or retro look. Film Burn, Light Leak, Lens Flare, Prism and many others are available light categories in app. Textures: Textures or dusts are especially designed to provide an old photo paper. Dirt, Grunge, Ripped Paper, Folded Paper, Punch Holes and Plastic are available texture categories in app. Themes: Just a single tap is enough. Themes are presets of filters, lights and textures. You only have to tap a theme for a great look. Effects: Lens distortion, zoom blur or glitch. Effects will complete your edit. Get professional results with filters prepared by examining the cameras and printing methods of the 80s and 90s. Get the vintage look you're looking for by adding light leaks and textures. Create stunning visuals with creative effects such as glitch and lens distortion. Retroscope provides retro filters, light leaks, textures, effects, adjustments and themes. Easily apply vintage look into your photos with a few taps. There are many old camera or effect adaptation as categories in Retroscope like Lomography, Film Emulations, Film Noir, Vintage etc. Lights: Lights are the important part of retro look. All lights will help you to transform your photos into vintage or retro look. Film Burn, Light Leak, Lens Flare, Prism and many others are available light categories in app. Textures: Textures or dusts are especially designed to provide an old photo paper. Dirt, Grunge, Ripped Paper, Folded Paper, Punch Holes and Plastic are available texture categories in app. Themes: Just a single tap is enough. Themes are presets of filters, lights and textures. You only have to tap a theme for a great look. Effects: Lens distortion, zoom blur or glitch. Effects will complete your edit. Retroscope Gold provides premium Themes, Filters, Lights, Textures and Effects. Retroscope plans: * Annual: $9.99 Payments and Renewal: * Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. * You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase * No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active period. Terms of use: https://retroscope.app/terms.html Privacy policy: https://retroscope.app/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Cinema Look Pro3 screens
Retroscope4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Retroscope at Free against Cinema Look Pro's $0.99. Retroscope also leads on rating (2.5 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Cinema Look Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 17 months vs every 36 months). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

Retroscope is free to download; Cinema Look Pro costs $0.99 up front. Retroscope sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Cinema Look Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retroscope holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cinema Look Pro ships an update every 17 months, Retroscope every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cinema Look Pro versus Retroscope: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCinema Look ProRetroscope
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)2.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 months — betterEvery 36 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB184 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiovanni AltruiALKAMANAS

Customer experience

Cinema Look Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Retroscope

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cinema Look Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Retroscope

Subscriptions1
  • Retroscope Gold$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Cinema Look Pro free?
Cinema Look Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retroscope free?
Retroscope is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cinema Look Pro or Retroscope?
Retroscope is rated higher. Cinema Look Pro averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Retroscope averages 2.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Cinema Look Pro or Retroscope have ads?
Neither Cinema Look Pro nor Retroscope shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cinema Look Pro or Retroscope?
Cinema Look Pro ships an update every 17 months, and Retroscope every 36 months. Most recently, Cinema Look Pro was updated on November 2, 2026 and Retroscope on November 3, 2026.

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