Comparison

Vasoline Lens vs Expono Camera

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Vasoline Lens4 screens
Expono Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vasoline Lens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Expono Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Vasoline Lens versus Expono Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVasoline LensExpono Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMerriment LtdRayan Ani

Customer experience

Vasoline Lens

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Expono Camera

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Vasoline Lens

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$0.99
None

Expono Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vasoline Lens free?
Vasoline Lens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expono Camera free?
Expono Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vasoline Lens or Expono Camera?
Expono Camera is rated higher. Vasoline Lens averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Expono Camera averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Vasoline Lens or Expono Camera have ads?
Neither Vasoline Lens nor Expono Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vasoline Lens or Expono Camera?
Vasoline Lens ships an update every 2 weeks, and Expono Camera every 2 days. Most recently, Vasoline Lens was updated on October 24, 2026 and Expono Camera on October 22, 2026.

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