Tilt Shift Focus vs VISUALS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tilt Shift Focus
Transform your photos into miniature scenes or artistic compositions. Easily adjust focus and depth of field to create compelling visual effects with just a few taps. Enhance your images with smooth transitions and contrast adjustments for a professional look.
- Create fake miniatures
- Adjust depth of field
- Select focus area
- Four blur tools
- Smooth transitions
- Contrast enhancement
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Toyworlds on your iPhone! Featured in the book 'The Art of iPhoneography' ! "...makes the real world seem to be made of tiny toys. Using apps like ... Tilt Shift Focus ... you can apply that effect to your own photos." -David Pogue, NYTimes "Make a molehill out of a mountain" - tuaw.com "...easy to use and does its job quick and effectively..." - apfeltalk.de With Tilt-Shift-Focus you can easily edit photos to create fake miniatures, enhance or change the depth of field and focus area of your picture, or precisely soften details. Fake miniature and depth of field can improve the visual and artistic quality of your photographs and you can do all that with just a few taps in the Tilt-Shift-Focus editor. Features: - select one or take a new photo - edit and adjust with 4 different blur-tools - smooth transitions between blurred and focused areas - tilt-shift effects on the go - quick miniature effect - cool zooming effect - contrast enhancement for stronger miniature effect Check out the desktop app at http://mactsf.dev-lux.com/
VISUALS
Edit your photos into unique works of art with a variety of effects, filters, and customization options. Add text, adjust borders, and change background colors to create personalized collages and remixed images.
- Import photos from library or camera
- Apply 23 different effects
- Adjustable borders and background colors
- Apply filters to change photo tone
- Add and customize text overlays
- Export edited photos
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Explore new ways of editing your photo into a creative work of art. What’s New - 13 New Effects – Added to Pro Version - New Filters - Crop and Rotate Features - New and custom colors available for Background, Border, and Text Visuals Features: * Import photo from library * Take a photo with your camera * Export your photo into your library * 23 Effects Available * 5 Effects available for free version * 18 Effects available for pro version * Adjust Border * Increase/Decrease size of border applied to your Effect * Background Color * Change background color applied to your Effect * Background color change may not be available with all Effects * Border Color * Change border color applied to your Effect * Filter * Apply different filters to your photo that changes colors, tone, and contrast * Add Text * Add text to your photo * Choose different colors for your text * Resize and re-position your text VISUALS was founded by Jacob Naranjo and Shawn, which was inspired by their interest in technology and creativity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: VISUALS at Free against Tilt Shift Focus's $0.99. VISUALS also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (90% vs 48%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
VISUALS is free to download; Tilt Shift Focus costs $0.99 up front. Tilt Shift Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and VISUALS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VISUALS holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VISUALS has 81 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Tilt Shift Focus's written reviews are positive against 90% of VISUALS's.
Tilt Shift Focus ships an update every 2 months, VISUALS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tilt Shift Focus | VISUALS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (81 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 81 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Schenk | Awesome Cool and Fun Free Games LLC |
Customer experience
Tilt Shift Focus
VISUALS
Bugs and requests
Tilt Shift Focus
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on startup
- App freezes during use
- In-app purchases fail to activate
- Cannot purchase pro filters
- Images are cropped incorrectly during editing
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- App does not load after updates
- Cannot import images from camera roll
- Display of effects is incorrect
- App crashes when loading second image
- App crashes when trying to load a picture
Requested features
9 requests- Add an undo/revert function
- Improve blur quality
- Support different resolutions and PNG
- Add video recording capability
- Fix cropping issue on update
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- Allow loading existing images
- Make effect strength adjustable
- Add dark mode
- Improve tech support
VISUALS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tilt Shift Focus
- Pro Filters$0.99
VISUALS
- Visuals PRO$0.99
Questions
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