Comparison

KinoGlitch vs Render

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

Render

Create complex video compositions with layered media, effects, and keyframe animation. Import various media types, including 3D spatial photos and video, and apply a wide range of visual effects and blending modes. Offers advanced features like expressions and LUT import for professional-grade results.

Highlights
  • Layered video, image, and audio composition
  • Keyframe animation with bezier curves
  • Extensive visual effects and blending modes
  • Import/export 3D spatial photos and video
  • Support for expressions and LUTs
  • Pixel-level inspection and high color depth
Features
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Render compositions with layered videos, images, audio, visuals and effects. Import and export 3D spatial photos and video. Import media (images, videos, GIFs, SVGs, image sequences and RAW footage) from Photos and Files. A sequence is defined by a folder of images, each image is a frame of a video. Visuals: shapes (rectangle, circle, capsule, star, polygon, arc, line) and solids (color, noise, gradient). Create an adjustment layer to apply effects to all underlying layers. Effects: levels (brightness, contrast, invert), color shift (hue, saturation), blur, transform, kaleidoscope, corner pin, chroma key (green screen). Effect packs: funny mirror, glitch, CRT, smoke, vignette. Mask, displace or luma blur a layer with another layer. Blending modes: add, subtract, multiply, divide, screen, lighten, darken, minimum, maximum, gamma, power and difference. Timeline features: - Snapping of layers while dragging. - Keyframe properties with bezier curves. - Motion blur with blending modes. - Pre-compose layers. - Split layers. - Time remap. Zoom in to pixel level to inspect your graphics. Write expressions for any property. Import and export LUTs in the .cube format. There are rendered previews of visuals, blending modes, effects and samples. Samples is a way to visualize what the composition will look like for a property at different values. The render engine caches all played frames, so re-playing is quicker. Caches frames are indicated by a green bar in the top of the timeline. Render out a still frame as image, render a region or the full composition as a video or image sequence. Projects are saved in Files and media is bundled in the project file. XDR display support. Create graphics in high color depth (16bit & 32bit). Export video in h264 and ProRes on supported devices. Audio is supported.

Screenshots

KinoGlitch4 screens
Render3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: KinoGlitch at Free against Render's $9.99. KinoGlitch also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.1) and review sentiment (85% vs 67%). Render's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On ads 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

KinoGlitch is free to download; Render costs $9.99 up front. KinoGlitch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Render asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KinoGlitch holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KinoGlitch has 98 ratings behind it against 10, 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 67% of Render's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KinoGlitch ships an update every 5 weeks, Render every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
KinoGlitch versus Render: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKinoGlitchRender
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.7 (98 ratings) — better3.1 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings98 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopertalonsodevAnton Heestand

Customer experience

KinoGlitch

All ratings98 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral1.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative12.5%

Render

All ratings10 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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
None

Render

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KinoGlitch free?
KinoGlitch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Render free?
Render costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KinoGlitch or Render?
KinoGlitch is rated higher. KinoGlitch averages 4.7 out of 5 from 98 ratings, while Render averages 3.1 from 10 ratings.
Do KinoGlitch or Render have ads?
Neither KinoGlitch nor Render shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KinoGlitch or Render?
KinoGlitch ships an update every 5 weeks, and Render every 10 days. Most recently, KinoGlitch was updated on November 6, 2026 and Render on November 3, 2026.

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