Chic vs FilterLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chic
This app recreates the aesthetic of vintage film cameras with unique filters and effects. It allows users to add artistic elements like light leaks, bubbles, and retro styles to their photos and videos, making everyday moments feel special.
- Vintage film camera aesthetic
- Creative filters and effects
- Light leak effects
- Bubble and bling overlays
- Y2K and retro styles
- Minivlog recording
- Lofi and oil-painted color styles
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Chic - Creative Film Camera Restore the texture and color of the film camera, while using the image technology to give the film camera more ways to play Added hot image elements, such as light and shadow, bubbles, bling, etc. to create a variety of ways to play with the camera and take high quality portrait photos easily. "Light Leakage Capsule" gives your photos a different feeling with random light, helping you capture a good story. "Smart B" is a bubble light spot in the summer by smelling the blue in the wind of Kamakura. "Millennium Disco" is a glittering millennial party that sets off a wave of Y2K. The film camera is a great tool for minivlog to record the fragments of daily life. "Summer Art Museum" is a low-fidelity and oil-painted color fragment of life. "LofiLive" is a low-fidelity view combined with overlay frames to record the most comfortable fragments of life. "Livelog" is inspired by Super 8mm, a projector that turns photos into negative movies and records every ordinary thing for you. We will continue to release new camera themes to help you record your life with a more interesting negative camera, please look forward to it. About Chic VIP and subscription terms - Unlock all Chic's filter effects - We offer monthly and yearly subscriptions - Open Chic to experience Chic VIP service for free - The payment will be processed from your iTunes account after you confirm to become our VIP member. The subscription will automatically renew at the end of each subscription duration unless you choose to cancel the auto-renewable subscription at least 24 hours prior to the end of your current subscription. Otherwise, the auto-renewable subscription payment will be processed within the last 24 hours of your current subscription. You can go to your iTunes account to set up viewing, managing and canceling your subscriptions after your purchase is successful. If you purchase a subscription before the end of the free trial period, the unused trial period will be automatically cancelled. -All private data is handled in accordance with Chic's Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions, available at Service Agreement: https://pro.meitu.com/chic/legacy/services.html?lang=en Privacy Policy: https://pro.meitu.com/chic/legacy/privacy.html?lang=en
FilterLab
Easily create and share custom photo filters using color grading recipes. Save your unique styles as QR codes or embed them directly into photos for others to use. Offers real-time camera previews and professional editing tools.
- Share custom color grading recipes via QR codes
- Embed filter data directly into photos
- Real-time camera preview with live filter adjustment
- Professional photo grading tools
- Supports original resolution output
- 19 unique element-themed filters
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FilterLab, share your filter in 1 second. Share QR Code Recipes-Using FilterLab color grading, you can save your unique color grading recipes, share QR codes to friends or social networks with one click, and anyone can use FilterLab to scan the code to get your same filters. Share Photo Recipes-Photos taken or processed with FilterLab, your color correction recipes will be stored invisible in the photo, share the photo (original) with others, and the other party can also use FilterLab to extract the filters you use mirror. FilterLab's original real-time camera preview color grading, you can adjust the filter recipe in real time according to the characteristics of the environment, and then shoot, saving time in batch processing photos later. FilterLab also provides professional photo grading functions, and supports the original resolution output of any size picture. The currently available color toning dimensions include: professional level adjustments of presets, exposure, contrast, sharpening, saturation, hue, white balance, skin tone, vignetting, fade, tonal separation, creative filters, and picture ratio. At present, there are 19 types of filters named according to the characteristics of chemical elements, such as H hydrogen, C carbon, O oxygen ... and three compound filters: H2O, NaCl, CuSO4. All elements in the periodic table and more compound filters will be available gradually. #About auto-renewing subscriptions FilterLab now provides member subscription with two kinds of period length:monthly and yearly. Payment: payment will be recorded in iTune after user confirms. Payment cancellation: Please cancel 24 hours before expiration date of the current subscription. Please manually cancel automatic payment renewal in Settings in iTune/Apple ID. If you cancel within the 24 hours before expiration day, you will be charged for the subscription. Renewal: Apple iTune will automatically deduct 24 hours before expiration day. Subscription will renew for another period after payment is deducted from your account. All user data will comply with privacy policy and user agreement, review the links below for more details. Terms of Use: https://www.jianshu.com/p/902779abb51b Privacy policy: https://www.jianshu.com/p/de024e231e81
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FilterLab at 5.0 against Chic's 3.8. FilterLab also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). Chic's advantage is ratings volume (49 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Chic sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and FilterLab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FilterLab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chic has 49 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Chic's written reviews are positive against 100% of FilterLab's.
Chic ships an update every 4 weeks, FilterLab every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chic | FilterLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (49 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xiamen HongTianChuangShi Technology Co., Ltd. | YooDoo Inc. |
Customer experience
Chic
FilterLab
In-app purchases
Chic
- Chic Cam VIP(1 Month)3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Chic Cam VIP(1 Month)3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Chic Cam VIP(1 Year)3 Days trial$21.991 Year
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- Chic Cam VIP(1 Year)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- NIJI Flow$3.99
- Satin Glow$3.99
- Chic 3D Filter$3.99
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- Portrait G$3.99
- Chic Gemini$3.99
- Lofi Live Photo$3.99
FilterLab
- FilterLab PRO - Monthly$0.991 Month
- FilterLab PRO - Yearly$9.491 Year
- FilterLab permanent member$14.99









