Comparison

Night vs BlackSight

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

Head to head
About

Night

Enhance your photos and videos taken in low light conditions with a night vision effect. Adjust brightness, color, and zoom to capture clearer images in darkness. Save and share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Night vision effect
  • Brightness adjustment
  • Color adjustment
  • Zoom up to 100x
  • Import media
  • Save and share media
Features
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An app that brightens up videos and photos taken in the night view and darkness. You can also add a night-vision-like effect. - Media Camera shooting Camera roll: Importing videos and photos Import (File Share) Paste Image (from Web Browser etc.) - Settings Tone selection: full color / monotone Monotone color: RGB setting Scope effect: ON / OFF Brightness adjustment Color adjustment Zoom: 1 to 100 times Storage resolution: 20-100% of original resolution - Output Save to camera roll: video, photo Video and photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ... - Note This appl realizes the effect of night vision scope by applying an original amplification process to the image. The smaller the amount of light during shooting, the more inevitable noise will be when processing brighter. Please note that it is not possible to brighten a dark video or photo with no light. The iPhone itself does not have a function to shoot using infrared rays like a commercially available night vision camera.

About

BlackSight

Capture brighter, less noisy photos in low light conditions with advanced long exposure algorithms. This app processes images locally on your device for enhanced privacy, offering manual focus, a timer, and a soft torch for dark scenes. It's compatible with various cameras and supports HEIC/JPEG formats.

Highlights
  • Low light photography
  • Long exposure algorithms
  • Local image processing
  • Manual focus
  • Soft torch
  • HEIC/JPEG format
Features
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BlackSight is a computational photography app designed to take brighter and images with little amount of noise in low light conditions. Using sophisticated long exposure algorithms, it can capture high quality photos in dark environments without requiring any internet connection. Your photos are processed locally on your device , hence protecting your privacy. Tripod is not required but using one will result in sharper images. Features: - Compatible with all cameras (front, ultra-wide, wide, telephoto) - Manual focus - Timer - Soft torch for illuminating super dark scenes - Photo format (HEIC/JPEG) - Shoot lower resolution image for faster processing - Grid - Mirrored selfies - Front flash - Smart white balance correction to reduce yellowish tint - Tripod mode for taking brighter and noise free images for very dark scenes Supported devices: - iPhone 6s and above - Front camera is not supported for iPhone 6s/6s+ Tips for better photos: - Choose a moderate/dim scene with uniform lighting (avoid harsh light source like lamps/street lights) - Use a tripod or rest your hands/phone on a surface for maximum sharpness - Always tap to focus before taking each photo and wait for focus to stabilises (Focussing can take 1-3 seconds to lock in dark scenes) - Hold your phone using two hands as it reduces hand motion - Hold your breath if you are doing handheld shot (Yes, this helps!!) - For selfies, do not blink your eyes and try to stay still with minimal head motion - For human portraits, make sure your subjects hold very still for up to 5 seconds - Avoid scenes having any kind of motion like cars, persons, crowds, pets, windy trees Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Night4 screens
BlackSight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BlackSight at 73% against Night's 14%. BlackSight also leads on price (Free vs $1.99). Night's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

BlackSight is free to download; Night costs $1.99 up front. BlackSight sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Night asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Night ships an update every 6 weeks, BlackSight every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Night versus BlackSight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNightBlackSight
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—3.8 (44 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews72.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—44 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasanori KatsutaFoxfortMobile

Customer experience

Night

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

BlackSight

All ratings44 ratings
Positive68.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative29.5%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive72.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative20.7%

In-app purchases

None

Night

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BlackSight

Subscriptions1
  • BlackSight Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
One-time2
  • Remove watermark 2$6.99
  • Remove watermark$9.99

Questions

Is Night free?
Night costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlackSight free?
BlackSight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Night or BlackSight have ads?
Neither Night nor BlackSight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Night or BlackSight?
Night ships an update every 6 weeks, and BlackSight every 5 weeks. Most recently, Night was updated on September 5, 2026 and BlackSight on September 26, 2026.

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