Comparison

Dazed Lens vs CUBE

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

Head to head
About

Dazed Lens

Apply a variety of unique holographic and iridescent filters to your photos and videos. Customize filter effects like opacity, grain, and color. Offers various aspect ratios for social media.

Highlights
  • 50 unique holographic filters
  • Customizable filter settings
  • Video and image modes
  • Trim and speed controls for video
  • Multiple aspect ratios for social media
  • Grain, scanlines, and distortion effects
Features
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Wash your content in 50 unique filters on offer across 10 Packs. Begin your v a p o r w a v e adventure in distortion & color with our free #holo Pack. #holo is a simple, yet beautiful introduction to post-Internet Iridescence. Customise filters with personalised user settings; イ . Opacity ロ . Grain ハ . Scanlines ニ . Displacement ホ . Tint / Blendmode ヘ . Chromatic Aberration チ . Saturation リ . & Border Switch between video / image modes! イ . Trim ロ . Speed ハ . Glitch ニ . Random Crop sizes include - 2:3 / 3:2 / 4:5 / 5:4 / 9:16 / 1.9:1 - to cover all instagram post and storey sizing requirements.

About

CUBE

Create visually stunning videos and photos with unique, real-time effects inspired by popular movies. Apply motion trails, LiDAR-generated particles, and liquid metal transformations to your content. Easily customize and capture in Full HD.

Highlights
  • Motion Trail Effect
  • LiDAR Scanning Effect
  • Matrix Effect
  • Liquid Metal Effect
  • Real-time effect application
  • Customizable effects
  • Full HD video capture
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Motion Trail Effect: Inspired by "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners", CUBE copies the trail effect when David using the Sandevistan implant. LiDAR Scanning Effect: Sample real-time images and depth maps created by LiDAR Scanner to generate 3D particles (point clouds). Up to 3,000,000 points can be generated. Mixing the 3D particles with real-world scenes will make you feel like entering a surreal world. Matrix Effect: Inspired by Code Rain from the movie "The Matrix". This time, blue pill or red pill? Liquid Metal Effect: Take a trip back to 1991 and become the Terminator T-1000 of the movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" by James Cameron. CUBE is an app that combines the powerful capabilities of Metal and ARKit, allowing you to easily create fun videos and photos with real-time effects. Using CUBE, you can: - Instantly switch between effects - Apply effects to people, background or entire image - Customize effects with a range of options - Capture Full HD & High Bitrate Videos Body segmentation is only supported on iPhone XR/XS (A12) and above. LiDAR Scanning is supported on devices with LiDAR Scanner. Support for new features of iOS 16: - Enable HDR by default: HDR is enabled by default on devices running iOS 16, allowing photos and videos to have improved dynamic range. - Introduce 2K photo mode: Photos can be taken at a resolution of 2880 * 1620 for improved clarity.

Screenshots

Dazed Lens4 screens
CUBE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dazed Lens at 4.9 against CUBE's 4.7. Dazed Lens also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Dazed Lens sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and CUBE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dazed Lens holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Dazed Lens's written reviews are positive against 83% of CUBE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dazed Lens versus CUBE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDazed LensCUBE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (17 ratings) — better4.7 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better16
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMerriment Ltd银凯 朱

Customer experience

Dazed Lens

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CUBE

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Dazed Lens

One-time10
  • Total Ruin Pack$0.99
  • Heatwave Pack$0.99
  • Hearth Pack$0.99
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  • Radio Smog Pack$0.99
  • Pink Frost Pack$0.99
  • Green Room Pack$0.99
  • Fabric Pack$0.99
  • Melt Banana Pack$0.99
  • Collapsing Scenery Pack$0.99
  • Infinitely Dazed$7.99
3 purchases

CUBE

One-time3
  • Matrix Effect$1.99
  • LiDAR Scanning Effect$1.99
  • Liquid Metal Effect$1.99

Questions

Is Dazed Lens free?
Dazed Lens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CUBE free?
CUBE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dazed Lens or CUBE?
Dazed Lens is rated higher. Dazed Lens averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while CUBE averages 4.7 from 16 ratings.
Do Dazed Lens or CUBE have ads?
Neither Dazed Lens nor CUBE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dazed Lens or CUBE?
Dazed Lens ships an update monthly, and CUBE monthly. Most recently, Dazed Lens was updated on October 14, 2026 and CUBE on October 19, 2026.

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