Comparison

Tilt Shift Focus vs Spotmatic Magic

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

Spotmatic Magic

This app offers a comprehensive suite of computational photography tools for mobile and desktop. It allows for real-time image adjustments, creative filter application, and advanced stacking techniques like HDR and astrophotography. Supports RAW import from various cameras and export to multiple formats.

Highlights
  • Real-time image adjustments with live histogram
  • Creative filter suite including painterly and film emulation
  • Advanced stacking: Focus, HDR, Astrophotography
  • Motion removal and long exposure simulation
  • RAW import from major camera manufacturers
  • Export to HEIF, JPEG, PNG, 16-bit TIFF
Features
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SpotmaticMagic is a complete computational photography studio for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Work in one place across three tools — Adjust your tone and color with a live preview, apply a creative Filter like Watercolor or a classic film stock, or Transform a whole sequence with desktop-class algorithms like Focus Stacking, HDR Fusion, and Astrophotography Stacking. Bring in photos from any camera, including full-resolution RAW. Adjust in Real Time Fine-tune every image on a live canvas with an on-screen luminance histogram. Drag Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Contrast, Black & White Point, Brilliance, Saturation, Vibrance, Warmth, and Tint — plus a true vignette. Every slider starts on a smart Auto value that corrects color casts without blowing out highlights; take manual control whenever you like, or tap Reset All to return to Auto. Nothing is written until you apply. A Creative Filter Suite Transform a single photo with eleven hand-built looks: • Painterly — Watercolor (soft bleeds and pooled pigment), Oil Painting (thick impasto relief), Ink Painting (sumi-e ink wash), Painterly Media (pastel, gouache, and acrylic), and Impressionist brushwork. • Graphic — Cartoon, Line Drawing (pen, pencil, and charcoal), and Photo Abstraction. • Selective Focus — color splash, background blur, and spotlight effects driven by automatic subject detection. • Film — authentic color and black-and-white film-stock emulation, including Kodak Portra, Ektar, and Kodachrome; Fujifilm Velvia, Provia, and Astia; and Ilford and Fujifilm B&W stocks like Tri-X, HP5 Plus, T-Max, Delta, and Neopan Acros — each with real grain, sharpness, and halation. Pro Stacking & Transform Combine an image sequence with hardware-accelerated algorithms: • Focus Stacking — merge images shot at different focus distances into a single edge-to-edge sharp photo, with optional per-pixel optical-flow refinement. • HDR Fusion (Natural & Vibrant) — blend exposure brackets for the full dynamic range of a scene, in realistic or punchy styles. • Astrophotography Stacking — reduce noise and reveal deep-sky detail, with full bias, dark, flat, and dark-flat calibration support. • Motion Removal — erase passing tourists or cars from a burst of otherwise identical frames. • Long Exposure & Motion Blur — simulate silky water and light trails without an ND filter. • Image Alignment — scale-robust feature-based alignment built for handheld and macro sequences. Any Camera, Any Format Import from your Photo Library, or choose individual files or a whole folder. SpotmaticMagic reads full-resolution RAW from every major manufacturer — Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus / OM System, Panasonic, and more, plus universal DNG — now with correct RAW decoding on iPhone and iPad. Export your finished image as HEIF, JPEG, PNG, or 16-bit TIFF. Inspect Every Detail Tap any result to open a fullscreen Zoom Inspector. Pan and zoom with a navigator minimap, and press and hold to compare your edit against the original. Desktop-Class Performance on Device SpotmaticMagic is built on a highly optimized Metal graphics pipeline, with operations like 8-DOF homography alignment and optical flow running locally. Everything happens on your device — no cloud uploads — maximizing your privacy and speed. The app fully supports Dark Mode and is localized for many languages, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Who It's For SpotmaticMagic is for macro and landscape shooters, astrophotographers, and any creative who wants real control over how their photos look — from a quick live adjustment to a painterly filter to a precision focus stack. It's the perfect companion for a dedicated camera, and a powerful way to elevate the photos you've already taken.

Screenshots

Tilt Shift Focus4 screens
Spotmatic Magic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spotmatic Magic at 5.0 against Tilt Shift Focus's 1.0. Spotmatic Magic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Tilt Shift Focus's advantage is iOS requirement (10.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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 Spotmatic Magic $0.99 up front. Tilt Shift Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spotmatic Magic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spotmatic Magic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tilt Shift Focus ships an update every 2 months, Spotmatic Magic monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tilt Shift Focus versus Spotmatic Magic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTilt Shift FocusSpotmatic Magic
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS10.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian SchenkErich Champion

Customer experience

Tilt Shift Focus

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

Spotmatic Magic

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Spotmatic Magic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tilt Shift Focus

One-time1
  • Pro Filters$0.99
None

Spotmatic Magic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tilt Shift Focus free?
Tilt Shift Focus costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Spotmatic Magic free?
Spotmatic Magic costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tilt Shift Focus or Spotmatic Magic?
Spotmatic Magic is rated higher. Tilt Shift Focus averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Spotmatic Magic averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tilt Shift Focus or Spotmatic Magic have ads?
Neither Tilt Shift Focus nor Spotmatic Magic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tilt Shift Focus or Spotmatic Magic?
Tilt Shift Focus ships an update every 2 months, and Spotmatic Magic monthly. Most recently, Tilt Shift Focus was updated on September 25, 2026 and Spotmatic Magic on September 8, 2026.

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