Comparison

Tilt Shift Focus vs Snow Effect Video

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create fake miniatures
  • Adjust depth of field
  • Select focus area
  • Four blur tools
  • Smooth transitions
  • Contrast enhancement
Features
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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/

About

Snow Effect Video

Add realistic snow effects to your videos and photos. Customize snowfall amount, crystal size, falling speed, and wind direction to create a wintery atmosphere. Save your creations as videos or still images.

Highlights
  • Add snow effects to videos
  • Add snow effects to photos
  • Customize snowfall amount
  • Adjust crystal size and falling speed
  • Control wind direction
  • Save as video or photo
  • Use existing camera roll media
Features
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Snow falls on your videos and photos! This app gives a fantastic snow world to videos and photos. You can set the amount of snowfall, crystal size, falling speed, wind direction and so on freely. Adjusting the crystal size and falling speed etc. will dynamically change the atmosphere and reality. Let's enjoy the feeling of midwinter, ski resort and Christmas by this app. Give snow effects to videos taken with your device's camera or videos already stored on the camera roll. Snow effect corresponds not only to video but also to still images. You can also save still images from a video. [How to use] (1) Select Camera or Photo Library. (Camera icon on Toolbar) (2) If you select Camera, shoot a video or a photo with the device camera and select it. If you select Photo Library, select a video or a photo from the camera roll etc. (3) Use the following slider control to set the effect of snow. · Snowfall amount · Crystal size · Falling speed · Wind direction · Video frame image preview · Resolution of video and photo (4) Save and share as video and photo. (Save icon and share icon on toolbar)

Screenshots

Tilt Shift Focus4 screens
Snow Effect Video4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Snow Effect Video at 3.0 against Tilt Shift Focus's 1.0. Snow Effect Video also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Tilt Shift Focus's advantage is review sentiment (48% vs 25%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). On ratings volume, ads 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

Tilt Shift Focus costs $0.99 and Snow Effect Video $1.99 up front. Tilt Shift Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Snow Effect Video asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Snow Effect Video holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Tilt Shift Focus's written reviews are positive against 25% of Snow Effect Video's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tilt Shift Focus ships an update every 2 months, Snow Effect Video every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tilt Shift Focus versus Snow Effect Video: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTilt Shift FocusSnow Effect Video
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian SchenkMasanori Katsuta

Customer experience

Tilt Shift Focus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews147 reviews
Positive48.3%
Neutral8.8%
Negative42.9%

Snow Effect Video

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

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
Show 4 more
  • Allow loading existing images
  • Make effect strength adjustable
  • Add dark mode
  • Improve tech support

Snow Effect Video

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tilt Shift Focus

One-time1
  • Pro Filters$0.99
None

Snow Effect Video

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tilt Shift Focus free?
Tilt Shift Focus costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Snow Effect Video free?
Snow Effect Video costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tilt Shift Focus or Snow Effect Video?
Snow Effect Video is rated higher. Tilt Shift Focus averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Snow Effect Video averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tilt Shift Focus or Snow Effect Video have ads?
Neither Tilt Shift Focus nor Snow Effect Video shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tilt Shift Focus or Snow Effect Video?
Tilt Shift Focus ships an update every 2 months, and Snow Effect Video every 11 months. Most recently, Tilt Shift Focus was updated on October 14, 2026 and Snow Effect Video on October 7, 2026.

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