Comparison

KinoGlitch vs Dazed Lens

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

Head to head
About

KinoGlitch

Create dynamic 3D videos and images with glitch effects. Apply numerous grid presets and adjust object transparency, blending, and movement. Enhance your creations with over 50 controllable effects.

Highlights
  • 3D object creation for videos and images
  • 200+ grid presets
  • Adjustable grid divisions and intensity
  • Object transparency and blending controls
  • Record 3D object movement
  • 50+ controllable video effects
Features
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Turn your photos, videos and live camera into glitch art, moving 3D sculptures and visuals that react to sound. KinoGlitch is a creative playground for images in motion. Break a portrait into glowing particles, bend a scene through glass, stretch movement with slit-scan effects or build a look with layers, masks and text transformed by effects. Start with a preset, then shape it into something of your own. TURN IMAGES INTO 3D ART Transform photos and videos into sculptural meshes with 180+ grid and shape presets. Control depth, density, lighting and glow, then explore your scene from different angles. Add textures and backgrounds to develop your composition. CREATE WITH PARTICLES Rebuild your image with dots, rings, sparks, squares, diamonds or ASCII characters. Adjust particle size, depth and glow to move between delicate point clouds and bold digital textures. LET SOUND DRIVE THE LOOK Make meshes and particles respond to your video's audio or the microphone. In the Effects editor, let audio drive individual effect parameters, or draw custom curves to control how they change over time. EXPLORE 250+ EFFECTS AND OVERLAYS Experiment with RGB separation, pixel sorting, slit scan, glass refraction, mirrors, tunnels, waves, halftones and more. Combine distortion with 190+ color looks, including Neon, Cyber, Tokyo, Pale and Tint. BUILD YOUR EFFECTS IN LAYERS Choose when effects appear with a dedicated video timeline. Combine two effect tracks over your base look, apply shape masks and add text. Place words before an effect to distort them with the image, or keep them on top for a clean title. SEE IT THROUGH YOUR CAMERA Preview and record 3D mesh, particle and glitch effects as you shoot. Experiment with movement, light and sound in real time. SET YOUR ART IN MOTION Animate your 3D scene around different axes and record a full rotation. Save images and videos for music visuals, experimental films, digital artwork and social posts. KinoGlitch works on iPhone and iPad. Start creating for free with limited saves. KinoGlitch PRO unlocks unlimited saves, with subscription and one-time purchase options. Find inspiration on Instagram: @kinoglitch Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dazed Lens

Apply a variety of unique holographic and iridescent filters to your photos and videos. Customize filter effects like opacity, grain, and color. Offers various aspect ratios for social media.

Highlights
  • 50 unique holographic filters
  • Customizable filter settings
  • Video and image modes
  • Trim and speed controls for video
  • Multiple aspect ratios for social media
  • Grain, scanlines, and distortion effects
Features
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Wash your content in 50 unique filters on offer across 10 Packs. Begin your v a p o r w a v e adventure in distortion & color with our free #holo Pack. #holo is a simple, yet beautiful introduction to post-Internet Iridescence. Customise filters with personalised user settings; イ . Opacity ロ . Grain ハ . Scanlines ニ . Displacement ホ . Tint / Blendmode ヘ . Chromatic Aberration チ . Saturation リ . & Border Switch between video / image modes! イ . Trim ロ . Speed ハ . Glitch ニ . Random Crop sizes include - 2:3 / 3:2 / 4:5 / 5:4 / 9:16 / 1.9:1 - to cover all instagram post and storey sizing requirements.

Screenshots

KinoGlitch4 screens
Dazed Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dazed Lens at 4.9 against KinoGlitch's 4.7. Dazed Lens also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). KinoGlitch's advantage is ratings volume (98 vs 17). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. KinoGlitch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Dazed Lens sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dazed Lens holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KinoGlitch has 98 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of KinoGlitch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dazed Lens's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KinoGlitch ships an update every 5 weeks, Dazed Lens monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KinoGlitch versus Dazed Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKinoGlitchDazed Lens
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (98 ratings)4.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings98 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopertalonsodevMerriment Ltd

Customer experience

KinoGlitch

All ratings98 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral1.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative12.8%

Dazed Lens

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

KinoGlitch

Subscriptions2
  • KinoGlitch PRO3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • KinoGlitch PRO$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • KinoGlitch PRO$7.99
10 purchases

Dazed Lens

One-time10
  • Total Ruin Pack$0.99
  • Heatwave Pack$0.99
  • Hearth Pack$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Radio Smog Pack$0.99
  • Pink Frost Pack$0.99
  • Green Room Pack$0.99
  • Fabric Pack$0.99
  • Melt Banana Pack$0.99
  • Collapsing Scenery Pack$0.99
  • Infinitely Dazed$7.99

Questions

Is KinoGlitch free?
KinoGlitch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dazed Lens free?
Dazed Lens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KinoGlitch or Dazed Lens?
Dazed Lens is rated higher. KinoGlitch averages 4.7 out of 5 from 98 ratings, while Dazed Lens averages 4.9 from 17 ratings.
Do KinoGlitch or Dazed Lens have ads?
Neither KinoGlitch nor Dazed Lens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KinoGlitch or Dazed Lens?
KinoGlitch ships an update every 5 weeks, and Dazed Lens monthly. Most recently, KinoGlitch was updated on October 29, 2026 and Dazed Lens on October 14, 2026.

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