Recrop vs Lightning Eyes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recrop
This app allows you to reframe and recompose photos after they've been taken. It offers unique uncropping, aspect ratios, and grid tools to help achieve balanced compositions without losing resolution.
- Unique uncropping function
- Aspect ratios and grids for reframing
- Straightening without resolution loss
- Recompose by moving frame
- Automatic content-aware fill
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Recrop gives you a second chance to reframe your photos for a compositionally balanced look. Here are the main features of the app: • Unique uncropping function • Aspect ratios and grids to help you reframe photos • Straightening without losing the resolution of a photo ACHIEVING AN ACCURATE COMPOSITION • Recomposing a photo by moving its frame Recrop allows reframing images even after they have already been taken. Move a photo frame or drag its handles toward the inside or outside a photo to recompose the shot. The clever app will automatically fill in the expanded areas based on the content surrounding it. • Reframing a photo by using aspect ratios With the list of the most common aspect ratios the app has to offer, you can obtain a photo of the needed proportions fast and with no effort. As soon as a specific ratio is selected, tap the Apply button — and the app will crop or uncrop your shot to those specific dimensions. • Reframing a photo by using grids Recrop provides you with a set of the classical composition grids to help you be accurate when recomposing your images. After selecting a grid, just move a photo frame as needed to balance the photo. STRAIGHTENING PHOTOS Straighten a crooked horizon line in a photo by swiping left or right or up or down anywhere outside the photo frame. The resolution of the photo won't be lost — the nearby pixels will be copied and added to the areas created. PRAISES ABOUT RECROP “Recrop does one thing insanely well and is the only smartphone app dedicated to this task: like content-aware fill for Photoshop, it can extend elements of an image to give more of what you missed, allowing you to crop, rotate, and even enlarge without sacrificing parts of the original image.” — Dan Rubin, Photographer, Designer Download Recrop right now and give it a try! If you have any questions or complaints about Recrop or need assistance with the app, please email us at support at adva-soft.com.
Lightning Eyes
Create impressive visual effects by emitting lightning beams from recognized eyeballs in photos or real-time AR. Customize light intensity, color, and background brightness. Save and share your creations as videos or photos.
- AR camera with eyeball recognition
- Real-time lightning beam emission
- Adjustable light intensity and color
- Background brightness control
- Save as video or photo
- Share to social media
- Import photos from camera roll and web
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● Recognizes the eyeballs of both eyes captured by the AR camera, and emits a beam of lightning (force lightning) from the eyes. ● The direction of the beam can be changed in real time by touch operation (drag). ● A variety of effects are possible, such as the intensity and color of the light, and the brightness of the background. You can enjoy this force lightning effect on the AR screen displayed in real time, and you can also save the powerful image as a video or photo, or share it on SNS. You can also select and use photos saved in your camera roll, photos copied from a web browser, photos shared from other apps, etc. The sight of lightning beams being emitted from the image-recognized eyes is impressive just by looking at it, and it's also very interesting and appealing. In the popular movie "Star Wars", Sith's Dark Sidious and Count Dooku fought against Jedi knights with this Force Lightning as a weapon. Enjoy the Star Wars experience to the fullest with this app. [Background photo material] ・Camera shooting: You can take photos directly. ・Camera Roll: Import existing photos into the app. ・Paste images: You can easily add web images to the app by copying and pasting. ・File sharing: You can share photos from AirDrop, SNS, and other apps. [Settings] ・Light color setting (RGBA slider) ・Background brightness ・Light ray power ・Light ray branching amount ・Sound effect switch ・Video length (5-30 seconds) ・Save resolution [Touch operation] ・Light direction: Touch and drag on the screen to move the target (cross mark) that indicates the direction of the light beam. - Pause animation: You can pause or unpause the lightning beam animation by tapping on the screen. [Output] ・Save to camera roll: videos, photos ・Video/photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,... [Notes] ・The device must have adequate processing power, and we recommend using a device equipped with an Apple A11 or higher CPU. ・The output video does not include the audio track. (Update planned)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Recrop at 55% against Lightning Eyes's 0%. Recrop also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Lightning Eyes's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 18 months). On price, 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
Recrop costs $1.99 and Lightning Eyes $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Recrop ships an update every 18 months, Lightning Eyes every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recrop | Lightning Eyes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (131 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 131 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adva-Soft | Masanori Katsuta |
Customer experience
Recrop
Lightning Eyes
Bugs and requests
Recrop
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to save photos
- Doesn't work with latest iOS updates
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Update to work with latest iOS versions
- Add ability to manually select areas to clone
- Integrate with Retouch app for cross-editing
- Add support for higher resolution photos
Lightning Eyes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Recrop
No in-app purchases
Lightning Eyes
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Recrop free?
Is Lightning Eyes free?
Do Recrop or Lightning Eyes have ads?
Which is updated more often, Recrop or Lightning Eyes?
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