Comparison

Focos Live vs Portrait Video

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

Head to head
About

Focos Live

Create professional-looking cinematic videos with advanced editing tools. Achieve DSLR-like depth effects and bokeh, with precise control over focus and aperture. Enhance your footage with multi-layer editing, speed ramping, and chroma key.

Highlights
  • Cinematic video with depth data
  • Adjustable aperture up to f/1.4
  • Continuous focus point change
  • Simulated aperture diaphragms for bokeh
  • Multi-layer video editing
  • Speed ramping and video reverse
  • Industrial-grade chroma key
Features
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Take cinematic videos same as iPhone 13 for all dual / triple / LiDAR camera iPhones and iPads. Focos Live offers master class video editing capability, amplified flexibility, and more functionality than any App that you may have tried before. With keyframe and adjustment layers for all options and easily navigable options for both beginners and experts. With the functionality of taking cinematic videos with wide aperture and bokeh effect for dual camera & triple camera iPhone, Focos Live is the next big thing when it comes to computational photography. With Focos Live, you can make limitless customization of any cinematic video that you create, and you can even change the aperture as many times as you wish. MAIN FEATURES - Cinematic video-capable, with depth data on dual camera, triple camera, LiDAR and front Face ID camera. - Taking videos with the aperture up to f/1.4. - Focus point continuous change functionality for tracking object and aperture size. - Multi-choice simulated aperture diaphragms for generating different bokeh spot effects - Multi-layer feature for fitting at least 4 different videos on a single screen. - Adjustment layer for each option. - Speed ramping and video reverse capability for creating custom-made videos. - Industrial-grade chroma key can perfectly knockout the hair & feather for the green/blue screen video. - Video stabilizer can remove the shaking issue for all existing videos. - Mask, Blur, Bokeh and Tilt-shift effects. - Text animations can make your videos look cooler. - Standalone audio editor for managing music and sounds. - Video export feature; for exporting videos as screenshot, animated GIF, or 4K&60fps. - Eligible for importing 3DL and CUBE files as custom files. - Essential tool for iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro & iPad Pro with LiDAR. Focos Live is an App that should be on everyone's iPhone and iPad.

About

Portrait Video

Easily apply and adjust a depth effect to your selfie videos, creating stunning portrait-style visuals. Preview your edits in real-time before exporting and sharing your creations with a single tap. This app works entirely offline, ensuring your privacy.

Highlights
  • Apply depth effect to videos
  • Real-time preview slider
  • One-tap export and share
  • Offline video editing
  • Adjustable blur intensity
Features
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Portrait Mode does wonders to your photos, imagine if your could apply it to selfie videos? Portrait Video allows you to apply and tweak depth effect in selfie videos easily and the results are stunning! -- Real Time Preview Portrait Video allows you to see every frame of your video in Portrait before exporting using the Preview Slider. -- Export with a tap After previewing your effect, just tap the Share Button and share your creation easily. -- Works Offline The whole video editing is done offline using the power of your device's processor. Your data never leaves your device in respect to your privacy. Portrait Video is now available for all iOS devices! *All video footage used to promote this app has been provided by Pexels, as well as the license to use it. The original footage can be found at the following links: https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/video/lindo-bonito-atraente-elegante-4989867/ https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/video/afeicao-carinho-simpatia-barcos-5111547/ https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/video/atraente-encantador-cativante-estante-8199319/ -- Terms of Use: https://portrait-video.web.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://portrait-video.web.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Focos Live4 screens
Portrait Video3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Portrait Video at weekly against Focos Live's monthly. Focos Live's advantage is ratings volume (5.5K vs 302) and review sentiment (56% vs 46%). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Focos Live sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Portrait Video sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Focos Live against 4.5 for Portrait Video. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focos Live has 5.5K ratings behind it against 302, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Focos Live's written reviews are positive against 46% of Portrait Video's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focos Live ships an update monthly, Portrait Video weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Focos Live versus Portrait Video: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocos LivePortrait Video
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (5.5K ratings) — better4.5 (302 ratings)
Positive reviews56.2% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings5.5K — better302
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB49 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMosaic S.r.l.Arthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA.

Customer experience

Focos Live

All ratings5,462 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews1,265 reviews
Positive56.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative37.9%

Portrait Video

All ratings302 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Focos Live

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Sound not recording in some videos
  • Imported videos not recognized as portrait mode
  • Editing tools becoming unresponsive
  • Exported videos losing quality and focus
  • Inconsistent performance across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add slow motion video capture
  • Improve text and title editing tools
  • Implement autosave and project backup
  • Allow adjusting aperture in post-processing
  • Expand audio editing capabilities

Portrait Video

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Focos Live

Subscriptions10
  • Focos Live Pro Weekly7 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Focos Live Premium$2.997 Days
  • Focos Live with Free Trial7 Days trial$2.997 Days
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  • Focos Live Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Focos Live Pro Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Weekly no Free Trial$3.997 Days
  • Weekly with Free Trial7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Weekly Bundle with Free Trial7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Weekly Bundle no Free Trial$9.997 Days
  • Yearly Bundle with Free Trial7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time3
  • Monthly subscription$1.99
  • Yearly subscription$8.99
  • Lifetime unlimited access$14.99
2 purchases

Portrait Video

Subscriptions1
  • Portrait Video Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Portrait Video Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Focos Live free?
Focos Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Portrait Video free?
Portrait Video is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Focos Live or Portrait Video?
Focos Live is rated higher. Focos Live averages 4.5 out of 5 from 5.5K ratings, while Portrait Video averages 4.5 from 302 ratings.
Do Focos Live or Portrait Video have ads?
Neither Focos Live nor Portrait Video shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focos Live or Portrait Video?
Focos Live ships an update monthly, and Portrait Video weekly. Most recently, Focos Live was updated on October 24, 2026 and Portrait Video on October 23, 2026.

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