Lercenker vs AstroShader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lercenker
Connect your WiFi-enabled dashcam or sports DV to your phone for live video preview, playback, and downloading media. Easily share your favorite captured moments directly to social networks.
- WiFi connection to dashcams/sports DVs
- Live video preview
- Playback recorded footage
- Download pictures and videos
- Share media to social networks
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Lercenker is a WiFi-based smart full HD dashcam and sports DV mobile phone application software. It is a new way to connect dashcams and sports DVs. Through Lercenker, you can connect dashcams and sports DVs for video preview, playback, picture and video downloads, and you can also share your favorite pictures on social networks.
AstroShader
Capture, stack, and edit stunning astrophotography directly on your mobile device. This app streamlines the process by aligning and stacking images live during capture, eliminating the need for external software. Fine-tune your celestial images with a comprehensive suite of editing tools.
- Live image alignment and stacking
- Manual focus control
- Adjustable exposure, ISO, and white balance
- Intervalometer for timed captures
- Advanced image editing tools
- Save in multiple formats including TIFF
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One-time purchase. No subscription. AstroShader is an astrophotography app for capturing, stacking and editing. All you need is a stand, tripod, telescope or rock (to lean your phone on). AstroShader lets you align and stack live during the image capture process. You can also align and stack images from you Photos library. No need to transfer images to a computer to align and stack them separately (but there is a built in intervalometer if you need it). To take an image follow these steps: • Use a stand, tripod, telescope mount (or lean your iPhone on a rock). • Zoom in on stars and set focus manually, or use autofocus. • Set the exposure time, ISO and white balance, or leave to auto-exposure. • Set the number of exposures to be automatically aligned and stacked. • Calibrate your images from the edit tools. • After the capture is complete you can edit and save your image—including as 16bit TIFF. • You can open images directly to use the edit tools in AstroShader - rather following a new image capture. Image capture options include: • Number of exposures to be aligned and stacked • Exposure time • ISO • White balance • Camera type • Countdown timer • Manual focus • Pause the capture to reposition iPhone or telescope Edit options include: • Stretch image • Background extraction • Dynamic background extraction (DBE) • x5 Histogram curves for fine tonal adjustment • x3 sharpen layers each with radius and intensity with layer blending rather than chaining • Brightness (low light enhancement) • Saturation • Black point • Temperature • Tint • Save format options; HEIF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lercenker at Free against AstroShader's $1.99. Lercenker also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15 vs 18.0). AstroShader's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 30%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Lercenker is free to download; AstroShader costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Lercenker against 4.3 for AstroShader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 316 and 122 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Lercenker's written reviews are positive against 62% of AstroShader's.
Lercenker ships an update every 2 months, AstroShader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lercenker | AstroShader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (316 ratings) | 4.3 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 316 — better | 122 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #18 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 继海 邓 | AstroShader Limited |
Customer experience
Lercenker
AstroShader
Bugs and requests
Lercenker
Reported bugs
18 issues- Dates and times incorrect
- Sometimes no video recording
- Starts new video at 15-minute mark
- Shooting failed error
- App does not connect with iPhones
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- Wi-Fi connection drops frequently
- Cannot get app to recognize device
- Does not work on iOS 17.2.1
- Black screen with loading wheel
- No internet connection
- Does not connect to camera after iPhone update
- No recording when needed
- APP Wi-Fi cannot connect after iOS update
- Cannot pair device
- Wi-Fi connected but connection failed
- Cannot see recordings on iOS version
- No video recordings for two months
- Cannot pair device, app crashes
Requested features
2 requests- Long exposure for astrophotography
- CarPlay support
AstroShader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lercenker
No in-app purchases
AstroShader
No in-app purchases








