Image Blender vs LensLight Visual Effects
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Image Blender
Easily combine multiple photos into a single image using masks and various blend modes. Create unique visual effects, add textures, or even watermark your creations with this intuitive tool.
- Image blending
- Masking tools
- Multiple blend modes
- Multi-exposure effects
- Add textures and overlays
- Watermarking
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A simplistic and creative app for combining images with masks and different blend modes on your iPhone and iPad. While the use and basic idea is very simple, there's almost an endless list of things you can do with it. Some things worth highlighting are: - Multi Exposure - Choosing where and how much to apply of filter from other apps. - Adding or replacing objects. - Adding textures. - Creating your own personalised filters with overlays - Watermarking or adding logos Image Blender outputs the full resolution without any limits to the size of your source image. If you have any questions before buying, need help to get started or just want to share your work, don't hesitate to send a mail to blender@jhnd.me and I'll do my best to help.
LensLight Visual Effects
Enhance your photos with a vast array of interactive lighting effects. This app offers dynamic Bokeh, Lens Flares, Light Leaks, Spotlights, and Rainbow Effects, all rendered in real-time with a powerful Optics Engine. Achieve professional-looking results with dynamic light manipulation.
- Interactive lighting effects
- Bokeh, Lens Flares, Light Leaks
- Spotlights and Rainbow Effects
- Real-time Optics Engine rendering
- Dynamic light manipulation
- Streaks, glares, and edge bloom
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LensLight Visual Effects is the ultimate app to add beautiful lighting to your photos. You'll get a wide selection of interactive lights: - Bokeh - LensFlares - Light Leaks - Spotlights - Rainbow Effects CUSTOMER REVIEWS "I don't use light effects often, but when I do, I choose LensLight." "This app is great! There are more choices than you'd think, and it adds such a nice touch to pictures. I'm glad I got it." "Really for photo editing apps no one can touch these guys. Brilliant!" The power of LensLight is the Optics Engine for rendering the lights in real time. Many apps have simple filters with glare or grunge. LensLight effects are completely dynamic as you move them around like a real camera lens. You'll see beautiful streaks, glares, and edge bloom to add that final touch to your photos. LensLight uses the same technology as the pro Mac app, LensFlare Studio. Tag your photos with #LensLightApp for a chance to be featured!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Image Blender at 4.9 against LensLight Visual Effects's 4.4. Image Blender also leads on ratings volume (3.4K vs 134) and chart position (#150 vs unranked). LensLight Visual Effects's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.4). 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
Image Blender costs $3.99 and LensLight Visual Effects $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Image Blender holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Image Blender has 3.4K ratings behind it against 134, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Image Blender's written reviews are positive against 77% of LensLight Visual Effects's.
Image Blender ships an update every 4 months, LensLight Visual Effects every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Image Blender | LensLight Visual Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.4K ratings) — better | 4.4 (134 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better | 76.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 134 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #150 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JHND i Sverige AB | James Grote |
Customer experience
Image Blender
LensLight Visual Effects
Bugs and requests
Image Blender
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes while working
- Watermark application issues
- Blending text from photos comes out of focus
Requested features
5 requests- Masking tool improvements
- Ability to blend more than 2 photos
- Undo button
- Gradient tool
- Ability to choose certain frames from GIFs
LensLight Visual Effects
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Image Blender
No in-app purchases
LensLight Visual Effects
No in-app purchases
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