Comparison

Shine vs Sparkle Light Glitter Effects

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

Head to head
About

Shine

This app provides a variety of "kirakira" style sparkle effects for photos and videos. Users can customize the intensity, color, and motion of sparkles, and even add them manually. It also includes color filters, beauty options, and reflection effects.

Highlights
  • 20+ sparkle effects for specific objects
  • Editable sparkle properties
  • Manual sparkle addition and masking
  • 30+ color filters and beauty options
  • Live and album filtering for photos/videos
  • Symmetrical reflection effects
  • Music recording and playback
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Shine offers No.1 kirakira styles, features exclusively.It's 100% a high value filter app.No worry for issues you have ever experienced. 【Features】 ◆ 20+ sparkle effects designed for shooting specific objects including jewelry, cloth, food, sea, sky etc. ◆ Effects can be edited for various combinations of sparkle's amount, color, size, motion and sensitivity. ◆ Support adding and masking sparkles manually. ◆ 30+ color filters and face beauty option. ◆ Live filtering video and photo. ◆ Filtering video and photo from Album. ◆ Easy conversion between photo, live photo and video. ◆ Stack multiply sparkle effects at once. ◆ Additional depth blur filters for a better kirakira effect. ◆ Symmetrical reflection effects including Mirror, Glass, Ice, Raindrop, Puddle, Pool, Ocean. ◆ Support music recording and playback. ◆ Suppot sharing to short video platforms: Facebook,Whatsapp, Insta, Tik Tok. 【Notes】 ◆ If you encounter problems like too much or too less sparkles, please reference to the "Tips & Skills" page in the app. ◆ Recorded or converted videos and photos can be found in the System Photos. 【Feedback】 ◆ If you encounter any crash or bug, please contact us with iPhone model and system version information via shine.app@foxmail.com. We are ready to help! ◆ We will be very appreciated if you could rate our app and tell us how you feel about the app. That is a great help to us!

About

Sparkle Light Glitter Effects

Enhance your photos with dazzling shine and glitter effects. This app allows you to add overlays, frames, and stickers to create unique and romantic images in seconds. Easily draw effects by hand or choose from various patterns and shapes.

Highlights
  • Add glitter and sparkle effects
  • Freehand drawing with glitter patterns
  • Glitter overlays and frames
  • Decorative stickers and shapes
  • Apply photo filters
  • Save and share edited photos
Features
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Sparkle Light Glitter Effects :- Unleash Your Inner Sparkle with Glitter Effects App The All-in-One Photo Editing App. Add dazzling shine to your photos. It allows you to create extra-ordinary Glitter Effect Pictures in seconds. Sparkle Light Glitter Effects app can instantly beautify your photos with mind blowing Glitter Effects. With Glitter & Sparkle Effects app you can make photos more beautiful and romantic by decorating them with fantastic Glitter Overlays, Frames and amazing stickers. You can create Glitter effects from different type:- - Use Free Hand (Finger Draw) feature to draw - Add Glitter Overlay - Add Glitter Frames App Features :- - Select picture from your gallery or capture from camera - Hand draw effects on your picture from multiple glitter dust effect patterns - Blend glitters with photos. - Amazing overlays. - Photo Sparkle effects : add sparkle to photo. - Add shapes with Glitter backgrounds. - Glitter frames : add beautiful glitter frames. - Apply amazing photo filters - Add decorative stickers - Save your art in your phone gallery - Show off your pictures easily on social networking platform. Add Beautiful effects on your pictures by hand drawing Glitter and Sparkle effects. Thanks App Support - https://sumitkumarjonia.blogspot.com/2023/07/app-support.html Privacy Policy - https://sumitkumarjonia.blogspot.com/2023/07/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use - https://sumitkumarjonia.blogspot.com/2023/07/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

Shine4 screens
Sparkle Light Glitter Effects4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shine at 81% against Sparkle Light Glitter Effects's 0%. Shine also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 21 months). Sparkle Light Glitter Effects's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Sparkle Light Glitter Effects is free to download; Shine costs $0.99 up front. Shine sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Sparkle Light Glitter Effects sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sparkle Light Glitter Effects holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shine has 109 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Shine's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sparkle Light Glitter Effects's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shine ships an update weekly, Sparkle Light Glitter Effects every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Shine versus Sparkle Light Glitter Effects: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShineSparkle Light Glitter Effects
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (109 ratings)4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings109 — better9
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer文杰 胡Sumit .

Customer experience

Shine

All ratings109 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral3.2%
Negative16.1%

Sparkle Light Glitter Effects

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Shine

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App doesn't work
  • Stamps do not disappear
  • Auto-recognition cannot be removed
  • Cannot save edits
  • Freezes during saving
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  • Customization does not work
  • Cannot edit existing videos
  • Does not select a specific point to shine
  • Does not dose the amount of brightness per finger
  • Does not save animation
  • App crashes when downloading
  • Cannot change language
  • Paid for upgrade, still seeing watermarks
  • Cannot edit album photos
  • Paid for upgrade, still watermarks

Requested features

8 requests
  • Optimize UI design
  • Add new special effects
  • Option for 4K quality
  • Adjustable sparkle size
  • Round material options for sparkles
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  • Ability to adjust sparkle density
  • Option to remove app logo
  • More different types of shine

Sparkle Light Glitter Effects

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Shine

One-time3
  • Filter Pack - Japan$0.99
  • Shine Pro$1.99
  • Mirror Reflection Pro$1.99
3 purchases

Sparkle Light Glitter Effects

Subscriptions2
  • Sparkle Effect Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Sparkle Effects Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sparkle effect Lifetime$7.99

Questions

Is Shine free?
Shine costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Sparkle Light Glitter Effects free?
Sparkle Light Glitter Effects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shine or Sparkle Light Glitter Effects?
Sparkle Light Glitter Effects is rated higher. Shine averages 4.2 out of 5 from 109 ratings, while Sparkle Light Glitter Effects averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do Shine or Sparkle Light Glitter Effects have ads?
Sparkle Light Glitter Effects shows ads; Shine does not.
Which is updated more often, Shine or Sparkle Light Glitter Effects?
Shine ships an update weekly, and Sparkle Light Glitter Effects every 21 months. Most recently, Shine was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sparkle Light Glitter Effects on November 4, 2026.

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