Vasoline Lens vs Expono Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vasoline Lens
Easily apply soft focus blur effects to any part of your photos using adjustable brush tools. Control brush size, intensity, and shape for precise editing. Recreate the vintage aesthetic of smeared lens filters.
- Adjustable brush tool for selective blur
- Control brush size and intensity
- Multiple brush shapes for fine control
- Simulates soft focus lens effect
- Apply blur to foreground, background, or mid-ground
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Simply use the brush tool to apply light or heavy amounts of blur effect to any portion of your photo - foreground, background and mid-ground. Adjust the brush size and intensity. And select from a number of brush shapes from the editor for fine picture control. Vasoline Lens is inspired by soft focus, a lens flaw, in which the lens forms images that are blurred. To recreate this effect people would smear petroleum jelly on a clear filter or on the front element or even the back element of the lens itself. Messy times!
Expono Camera
Capture unique double exposures with a variety of film-inspired looks. This camera app offers high-resolution photos, adjustable portrait blur, and the ability to apply film effects to existing images or videos without watermarks or subscriptions.
- Film stock inspired looks
- Live viewfinder preview
- Double exposure composition
- Adjustable portrait blur
- Apply looks to existing media
- Video recording with music
- High-resolution photos
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Expono is a camera for people who miss film. Ten looks, built from real stocks — Ani, 800T, Chrome, Cine, Golden, Street, Portrait, Vivid — previewed live on your viewfinder before you shoot. 800T reads the light in your scene: warm under tungsten, blue-teal in daylight, with the red halation around lights that made the stock famous. Add Film for grain and halation on any look. Photos are 48 MP, straight from the sensor, with Apple's HDR processing turned off. No flattened shadows, no glowing skies, no crunchy sharpening. Just a photo. Double exposure, done right. Shoot one frame, watch it ghost over the live camera, line up the second. Switch lenses between frames. Or pick two photos from your library and compose them with a drag and a pinch. Portrait mode with a real lens-shaped blur you can adjust from f/1.4 to f/8, before or after the shot. Import anything from your library — photos or video, shot on any camera — and give it an Expono look. Change the look later; it always re-applies to the original, never on top of the last one. Record video while your music keeps playing. Automatic night mode. Location tags. Full-res, no watermarks, no subscription. Everything happens on your phone. Nothing is uploaded.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Expono Camera at 100% against Vasoline Lens's 0%. Expono Camera also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Vasoline Lens's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. Vasoline Lens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Expono Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
Expono Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Vasoline Lens's written reviews are positive against 100% of Expono Camera's.
Vasoline Lens ships an update every 2 weeks, Expono Camera every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vasoline Lens | Expono Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merriment Ltd | Rayan Ani |
Customer experience
Vasoline Lens
Expono Camera
In-app purchases
Vasoline Lens
- Pro Upgrade$0.99
Expono Camera
No in-app purchases









