Comparison

MiLIGHT Panel Pro vs Lens

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

Head to head
About

MiLIGHT Panel Pro

Transform your Apple devices into professional lighting panels for vlogging, filmmaking, or home ambiance. Offers precise control over color temperature, RGB mixing, and custom lighting effects.

Highlights
  • Professional light panel functionality
  • Kelvin color temperature slider
  • RGB color mixing
  • Customizable lighting effects
  • Use with iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
Features
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Perfect for Vloggers, Filmmakers, TV, Photographers or around your home for custom lighting. A low cost, versatile Professional Light Panel, using iPad, or iPhone, or iPod touch. Features include Kelvin Color Temperature slider and set lighting, as well as color, RGB Mix Sliders and more. Got an old useless iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch laying around (or new one, works with virtually ALL Apple devices)? Turn it into the most versatile VLoggers, Filmmakers, TV, Photorgraphers Professional Light Panel with MiLIGHT Panel Pro from JOHNAVATAR.com. Great for VLoggers, Filmmakers, or just for cool lighting at your home, office, car... light up art, kitchen counters, tech, place under objects, or shine down on objects!:^) Enjoy!:*) Silicon Beach Design Studio™ & LAB JOHNAVATAR.com™ Pacific Palisades, CA 90402 USA Email: JohnAvatar@JohnAvatar.com

About

Lens

Features
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Lens lets you shoot photos and videos with real-time visual effects directly inside the camera. Choose a look, see it instantly, and capture the final result without moving to a separate editor. Lens is built for creators, visual experimenters, and anyone who wants a more expressive camera on iPhone. Fully free to use All camera effects, photo and video capture features are currently available without subscriptions or paywalls. Create, record, and share without limitations. What you can do with Lens: • Shoot with real-time visual effects • Record video with effects applied during capture • Take photos with the active look • Preview the result immediately after shooting • Save or instantly share your content to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Telegram and other social platforms Built for social sharing Share in seconds without extra editing. Live effects while you shoot Lens applies visual effects in real time instead of adding them later in post-production. This makes the creative process faster, more direct, and more fun. Depth-based effects on supported devices On compatible devices, Lens uses scene depth to power spatial visual effects. Selected looks react to foreground and background separation for more dimensional results. Built with a fast rendering pipeline Lens is designed for smooth real-time performance, responsive controls, and fast switching between styles while shooting photos and videos. Designed for creative capture Use Lens for: • Short-form videos • Social content • Stylized portraits • Experimental clips • Visual studies and artistic shooting Fast camera workflow 1. Open Lens 2. Choose an effect 3. Shoot photo or video 4. Preview the result 5. Save or share instantly Key features • Real-time camera effects • Photo and video capture • Instant preview after shooting • Effect intensity control • Smooth zoom workflow • Depth-based effects on supported devices • Fast save and share flow Device support Some features may vary depending on your device. Depth-based effects require supported hardware. Privacy Lens uses camera, microphone, photo library, and speech recognition permissions only for app functionality.

Screenshots

MiLIGHT Panel Pro4 screens
Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lens at fortnightly against MiLIGHT Panel Pro's every 38 months. MiLIGHT Panel Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MiLIGHT Panel Pro ships an update every 38 months, Lens fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
MiLIGHT Panel Pro versus Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiLIGHT Panel ProLens
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn AvatarVladislav Poliakov

In-app purchases

None

MiLIGHT Panel Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MiLIGHT Panel Pro free?
MiLIGHT Panel Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lens free?
Lens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MiLIGHT Panel Pro or Lens have ads?
Neither MiLIGHT Panel Pro nor Lens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MiLIGHT Panel Pro or Lens?
MiLIGHT Panel Pro ships an update every 38 months, and Lens fortnightly. Most recently, MiLIGHT Panel Pro was updated on October 8, 2026 and Lens on October 19, 2026.

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