Comparison

bokeh+ vs Spectre Camera

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

Head to head
About

bokeh+

Enhance your photos and videos with a customizable bokeh effect. Add artistic blurs and light shapes to create a unique, DSLR-like aesthetic. Adjust blur intensity and light bokeh for professional-looking results.

Highlights
  • Add bokeh effect to photos and videos
  • 9 distinct bokeh effects
  • Virtual Focus for selective blurring
  • Adjustable blur intensity
  • Control light bokeh amount and strength
  • Portrait mode shooting (compatible devices)
Features
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With this app, you can add "bokeh" effect to photos and videos. With bokeh+'s Virtual Focus, if you focus on a part of the picture, add a strong blur to the surroundings. The light in the blur appears as a mysterious shape. Enjoy a slightly different bokeh from DSLR! Basic function - You can shoot the video and photo with bokeh effect. - 9 bokeh effects - Virtual Focus Tap or swipe the part you want to focus on and move. You can change the size with a pinch or rotate freely. - With the bokeh power slider you can adjust the intensity of the blur. - With the kirakira power slider you can adjust the amount and strength of the light bokeh. - You can shoot in portrait mode (*Compatible camera models only) It is recommended to shoot still images that can separate the background cleanly. * Portrait photograph taken with bokeh+ can not edit the depth of field later. - You can add effects to photos and videos in photo album. * You can adjust the focus by opening a portrait photo taken with a camera app or the like. #FEEDBACK if you experience any problems or have questions or suggestions please contact: app@bytes.co.jp If you can send a defect report, it will be helpful if you can describe your model and iOS version.

About

Spectre Camera

This app uses AI to create stunning long exposure photographs, making it easy to capture professional-quality shots. Remove crowds, create light trails, and achieve silky smooth water effects effortlessly.

Highlights
  • AI-powered long exposures
  • Crowd removal
  • Light trail creation
  • Silky water effects
  • Live Photos and video support
  • Automatic scene detection
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Apple iPhone App of the Year, 2019 Introducing Spectre, from the makers of Halide, one of the top camera apps in the App Store. Spectre uses AI to help you make amazing long exposure photographs. Spectre can remove crowds, turn city streets into rivers of light, make waterfalls look like paintings, and much more. Until now, it was difficult to take long exposures: from keeping the camera steady to guessing the amount of light you need. Spectre takes care of all of that! WHAT YOU CAN DO • MAKE CROWDS DISAPPEAR: Spectre helps take photos of crowded, touristy places. Simply set a medium or long duration and take a shot to erase the crowd from a location. Capture the those special moments like you remember them. • RIVERS OF LIGHT: At night, AI scene detection automatically switches modes to draw beautiful light trails, for stunning nighttime city photography or light painting. • GORGEOUS WATER: Capture waterfalls, ocean waves, fountains and more with beautiful ghostly water. LIVE PHOTOS AND VIDEO Spectre’s intelligent computational shutter takes hundreds of shots over the span of a few seconds, and saves them in an accompanying live photo. That means you can pick a different frame as your photo, apply live-photo effects, and even use the long exposure as a live-wallpaper! ENDLESS SMARTS Spectre is a packed with powerful technology from by the team that brought you Halide. From machine learning-based scene detection to computer vision aided image stabilization, Spectre is jammed full of impressive technologies to get the best possible image. DESIGNED FOR HUMANS Spectre is meticulously designed. Its dark UI is gentle on the eyes when you shoot at night. Gorgeous glowing highlights infuse it with a unique style. Custom typefaces and iconography combined with unique, smooth controls make it as tactile and delightful as an actual physical camera. Like its sister app Halide, the app is easily usable with one hand, even on the largest iPhones. HIGH-TECH SHOWCASE Build with the latest tech, Spectre isn't just a long exposure camera — it’s the cutting edge technology showcase of one of the App Store’s foremost camera apps, Halide. Here’s just a few of the latest technologies that we use in Spectre: - DCI-P3 Wide Color Pipeline - Live Photos - Metal Graphics Acceleration - Tripod Detection - Siri & Shortcuts - AI Stabilization - Machine Learning & CoreML - Computer Vision COMPATIBILITY: Spectre’s smart Automatic Scene Detection requires iOS 12. AI-based stabilization features are available on iPhone 6S and later.* For the best experience, we recommend iPhone 8 or later. On iPhone 6, Spectre captures in lower resolution. ABOUT US We’re Ben and Sebastiaan, two friends living in the San Francisco Bay Area that love building fantastic apps for photography. We hope you love Spectre! We’d love your feedback to make it even better or any reports of bugs you run into. You can always contact us directly via email: support@halide.cam, on our Twitter: @halidecamera or Instagram: @halideapp Don’t forget to share your amazing results by tagging them with #SpectreShot so we can share them on our growing social media accounts!

Screenshots

bokeh+4 screens
Spectre Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spectre Camera at Free against bokeh+'s $0.99. Spectre Camera also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 34) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). bokeh+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and monetization model 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

Spectre Camera is free to download; bokeh+ costs $0.99 up front. Spectre Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. bokeh+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spectre Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spectre Camera has 2.4K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of bokeh+'s written reviews are positive against 46% of Spectre Camera's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
bokeh+ versus Spectre Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterbokeh+Spectre Camera
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (34 ratings)4.3 (2.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.6% of reviews45.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings342.4K — better
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbytes inc.Lux Optics Incorporated

Customer experience

bokeh+

All ratings34 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative20.6%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive34.6%
Neutral15.4%
Negative50.0%

Spectre Camera

All ratings2,408 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews436 reviews
Positive45.6%
Neutral10.8%
Negative43.6%

Bugs and requests

bokeh+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Spectre Camera

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes on some devices
  • Compatibility issues with older iPhones
  • Focusing and stabilization problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Longer exposure time options
  • More manual control over settings
  • Raw image format support
  • Apple Watch remote support
  • Improved low-light performance

In-app purchases

None

bokeh+

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spectre Camera

One-time1
  • Spectre Pro$4.99

Questions

Is bokeh+ free?
bokeh+ costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spectre Camera free?
Spectre Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, bokeh+ or Spectre Camera?
Spectre Camera is rated higher. bokeh+ averages 4.0 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Spectre Camera averages 4.3 from 2.4K ratings.
Do bokeh+ or Spectre Camera have ads?
Neither bokeh+ nor Spectre Camera shows ads.

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