YCreating vs Lambda Photo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YCreating
Enhance your photos with creative filters and editing tools designed by professional photographers. Organize your favorite filters and make detailed adjustments to express your artistic vision. Export your creations in high resolution.
- Creative image filters by photographers
- Adjustable filter intensity
- Color and tone adjustments
- Fine grain and fade effects
- High-resolution image export
- Filter pack organization and favorites
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Express your moments with creative image filters by photographers. YCreating is a free photo-editing app for photography enthusiasts. Enabling creators to enhance photos with various creative filters created by experienced photographers and make further adjustments from our photo editor tools to express their inspirations. IMAGE FILTERS - Includes free 5 filter packs with 90 filters! - All image filters are created and refined by professional photographers. - Apply various filters and adjust filter intensity. - Allow users to organize filter packs and add frequently used filters to the favorite list. - Offer more filters through in-app purchases with an affordable and generous price. - View sample images from new filter packs before purchasing. - New filter packs every month. PHOTO EDITING TOOLS - Apply color and tone adjustments to photos. - Add fine grain and fade for more texture and mimic analog film looks. - Includes skin tone, image sharpening, and vignette adjustments. - View photo editing summary. HIGH-RES IMAGE - Edited photos are exported with high resolution. - Share edited photos to other apps. For more information visit: https://www.ycreating.app
Lambda Photo
This powerful photo editor allows you to create stunning images with advanced color correction and natural skin tone adjustments. Unlock all features and import/export options with a subscription plan. Experience professional-grade image manipulation on your device.
- Advanced color panel
- Natural skin tone enhancement
- Import and export features
- Professional-grade editing
- Cross-device image generation
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Lambda Photo is a professional color-grading editor for iPhone and iPad. Open JPEG, HEIC, or RAW, work with a live preview, and export a photo you can be proud of — including HDR HEIC that looks right on an HDR display and still holds up on SDR. Built for light, color, and skin. Exposure, Subject Exposure, and Relight give you control after the shot. HSL, curves, film looks, and .cube LUTs put color back in the image without pushing skin off-natural. Finish with subject, sky, and background masks, linear and radial grades, bokeh, grain, and Golden Hour. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Light: exposure, highlights, shadows, HDR, relight, subject exposure • Color: HSL, curves, temperature, vibrance, split tone, LUT import • Detail: sharpen, denoise, Ultra Denoise, texture, clarity • Finish: subject / sky / background, brush, linear, radial, bokeh, vignette • Looks: profiles, film, presets — plus your own .cube LUT or .dcp • Portrait: skin, eyes, teeth — edge-aware, on device • Batch export and edit from Photos or the share sheet • Formats: JPEG, HEIC, RAW, PNG, JPEG XL Everything runs on your device. No account required. Lambda Photo is free to edit; an optional auto-renewing Monthly Subscription removes ads after you save. SUBSCRIPTIONS Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The Monthly Subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Unused portions of a free trial, if offered, are forfeited when you purchase. Privacy Policy: https://lambdaindustriesglobal.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: YCreating at free with in-app purchases against Lambda Photo's subscription. YCreating also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. YCreating sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Lambda Photo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
YCreating ships an update every 6 days, Lambda Photo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YCreating | Lambda Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pichai Sodsai | Lambda Industries |
Customer experience
YCreating
Lambda Photo
In-app purchases
YCreating
- Eleanor Filter Pack$0.99
- Echo Filter Pack$0.99
- Atlas Filter Pack$0.99
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- Dahlia Filter Pack$0.99
- Jasmine Filter Pack$0.99
- Antares Filter Pack$0.99
- Legion Filter Pack$1.99
- Zion Filter Pack$1.99
- Omega Filter Pack$1.99
- Vienna Filter Pack$1.99
Lambda Photo
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month








