Shine vs Diff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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!
Diff
Transform everyday motion into dynamic visual art by simply pointing your camera and recording. Explore various scenes and adjust settings to create unique, live visual effects.
- Motion to visual art conversion
- Live visual effects
- Camera recording
- Scene selection
- Adjustable settings
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Diff turns motion into live visual art — point the camera at anything moving and tap record. Try different scenes and the Settings sliders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Diff at Free against Shine's $0.99. Diff also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Shine's advantage is ratings volume (109 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On 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
Diff is free to download; Shine costs $0.99 up front. Shine sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Diff asks for nothing beyond the download.
Diff holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shine has 109 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Shine | Diff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (109 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文杰 胡 | Karsten Englander |
Customer experience
Shine
Diff
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
Diff
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shine
- Filter Pack - Japan$0.99
- Shine Pro$1.99
- Mirror Reflection Pro$1.99
Diff
No in-app purchases
