Comparison

Tilt Shift Focus vs Miniature Lens

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

Miniature Lens

Transform ordinary landscape photos into miniature dioramas with a real-time tilt-shift camera. Adjust blur, saturation, and focus with intuitive touch controls for easy and fun editing. Save and share your creations instantly.

Highlights
  • Real-time tilt-shift lens
  • Miniature diorama effect
  • Adjustable blur angle, strength, and range
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • Real-time monitor camera
  • Multiple blur effect types
Features
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● Equipped with real-time "Tilt-Shift Lens". ● You can transform monotonous landscape photos into miniature diorama-like photos. - Increases the saturation of the entire photo and blurs the edges. - You can freely control the blur angle, strength, range, etc. - Intuitive touch operations and real-time effects make editing easy and fun. - You can also shoot while checking the tilt-shift effect using the real-time monitor camera. - Edited image files can be copied, saved, and shared. [Photo Source] - Real-time camera captured images - Start the camera and take a photo - Select photo from photo album - Import shared files from other apps - Paste photos copied from web images, etc. [Types of Blur Effects] - Vertical Blur - Horizontal Blur - Linear Blur - Mirror Blur - Spot Blur [Settings] - Blur size - Angle, Range, etc. - Saturation - Resolution - Focus Position [Photo Outputs] - Save to Camera Roll - Photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,...

Screenshots

Tilt Shift Focus4 screens
Miniature Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Miniature Lens at none against Tilt Shift Focus's 1. Miniature Lens also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Tilt Shift Focus's advantage is review sentiment (48% vs 33%) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On rating, 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 Miniature Lens $1.99 up front. Tilt Shift Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Miniature Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Tilt Shift Focus against 1.0 for Miniature Lens. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Tilt Shift Focus's written reviews are positive against 33% of Miniature Lens's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tilt Shift Focus ships an update every 2 months, Miniature Lens fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tilt Shift Focus versus Miniature Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTilt Shift FocusMiniature Lens
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
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 MB5 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%

Miniature Lens

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

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

Miniature Lens

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tilt Shift Focus

One-time1
  • Pro Filters$0.99
None

Miniature Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tilt Shift Focus free?
Tilt Shift Focus costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Miniature Lens free?
Miniature Lens costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tilt Shift Focus or Miniature Lens?
Tilt Shift Focus and Miniature Lens are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Tilt Shift Focus or Miniature Lens have ads?
Neither Tilt Shift Focus nor Miniature Lens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tilt Shift Focus or Miniature Lens?
Tilt Shift Focus ships an update every 2 months, and Miniature Lens fortnightly. Most recently, Tilt Shift Focus was updated on October 29, 2026 and Miniature Lens on October 30, 2026.

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