Shine Lens vs Render
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shine Lens
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■ You can emphasize the "Brightness" and "Shine" of the image. ■ You can emphasize only the "bright area" of photos and videos taken in such as dark places. ■ By combining the three effects, you can create a variety of "shine effects". [Source] - Camera shooting: Video, photo - Photo Library: Video, photo - Paste image: Copy and paste a web image - File sharing: Can be sent from AirDrop, SNS, other apps [Settings] - Brightness Threshold:: Brightness threshold of the brilliance effect - Amplification rate: Amplification rate of shine effect - Emphasis curve: How to emphasize the brilliance effect - Save resolution: 20-100% of the original resolution [Output] - Save to camera roll: videos, photos - Video / photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...
Render
Create complex video compositions with layered media, effects, and keyframe animation. Import various media types, including 3D spatial photos and video, and apply a wide range of visual effects and blending modes. Offers advanced features like expressions and LUT import for professional-grade results.
- Layered video, image, and audio composition
- Keyframe animation with bezier curves
- Extensive visual effects and blending modes
- Import/export 3D spatial photos and video
- Support for expressions and LUTs
- Pixel-level inspection and high color depth
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Render compositions with layered videos, images, audio, visuals and effects. Import and export 3D spatial photos and video. Import media (images, videos, GIFs, SVGs, image sequences and RAW footage) from Photos and Files. A sequence is defined by a folder of images, each image is a frame of a video. Visuals: shapes (rectangle, circle, capsule, star, polygon, arc, line) and solids (color, noise, gradient). Create an adjustment layer to apply effects to all underlying layers. Effects: levels (brightness, contrast, invert), color shift (hue, saturation), blur, transform, kaleidoscope, corner pin, chroma key (green screen). Effect packs: funny mirror, glitch, CRT, smoke, vignette. Mask, displace or luma blur a layer with another layer. Blending modes: add, subtract, multiply, divide, screen, lighten, darken, minimum, maximum, gamma, power and difference. Timeline features: - Snapping of layers while dragging. - Keyframe properties with bezier curves. - Motion blur with blending modes. - Pre-compose layers. - Split layers. - Time remap. Zoom in to pixel level to inspect your graphics. Write expressions for any property. Import and export LUTs in the .cube format. There are rendered previews of visuals, blending modes, effects and samples. Samples is a way to visualize what the composition will look like for a property at different values. The render engine caches all played frames, so re-playing is quicker. Caches frames are indicated by a green bar in the top of the timeline. Render out a still frame as image, render a region or the full composition as a video or image sequence. Projects are saved in Files and media is bundled in the project file. XDR display support. Create graphics in high color depth (16bit & 32bit). Export video in h264 and ProRes on supported devices. Audio is supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shine Lens at $0.99 against Render's $9.99. Shine Lens also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Render's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 11 months). On 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
Shine Lens costs $0.99 and Render $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shine Lens ships an update every 11 months, Render every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shine Lens | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | — | 3.1 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masanori Katsuta | Anton Heestand |
In-app purchases
Shine Lens
No in-app purchases
Render
No in-app purchases









