Comparison

AfterFocus vs AfterFocus

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

Head to head
About

AfterFocus

Create professional-looking photos with DSLR-style background blur. Easily select focus areas and apply realistic filter effects for stunning images. Share your creations instantly on social media.

Highlights
  • Smart focus area selection
  • Realistic background blur effects
  • Motion blur effect
  • Professional filter effects
  • Bokeh effect
  • Double photo feature
  • Easy sharing
Features
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PC World: "5 essential iOS apps for photographers" AppAdvice: "AfterFocus Brings DSLR-Like Photography To Your iPhone" With AfterFocus, you can create DSLR-style background blurred photo by simply selecting focus area. Also, various filter effects offer you to create the most natural and realistic photo. Selecting a focus area more precisely, you can achieve more natural and professional image. Just mark the areas you want, AfterFocus automatically recognizes the focus area precisely even for an object with complex shapes. This auto function allows you to work faster on smart phones with small screen. Also, background blur effect of AfterFocus gives a photo the realistic look between the edge of the background and the focus area. With our realistic filter effects, you will enjoy photographing and photo editing even more, and share them on SNS easily. 1. Smart focus area selection Simply draw some lines inside a focus area and the background, then AfterFocus will automatically recognize the focus area. You can also select the area with traditional finger painting. 2. Background Blur effect You can create the most realistic blur effect with various aperture styles just like DSLR camera. To emphasize that certain things move, Motion blur effect is also available. 3. Filter effect AfterFocus offers from basic effects to professional effects like Cross Process without looking artificial. Also, you can emphasize the spot light on the background using Bokeh effect. 4. Double photo Take a picture of one object and move slightly to the right to take another picture of the same object, and it will analyze the images and recognize the nearest object, so there is no need to draw the focus area. (Make sure that the background and the distance of the object are far enough and have clear texture to get a great result.) 5. Easy share You can share through e-mails and SNS easily and simply. Please, visit and like https://www.facebook.com/AfterFocus Thank you!

About

AfterFocus

Create professional-looking portrait photos and videos with adjustable depth blur and bokeh effects. Achieve natural-looking background blur without needing dual-lens devices. Edit and reuse projects for versatile photo and video enhancements.

Highlights
  • Depth blur and bokeh effects
  • Manual depth effect on video
  • Fine masking creation
  • Adjustable aperture and blur intensity
  • Multiple depth levels
  • Edit and reuse projects
Features
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Turn any photo and video into awesome portrait photo and video with depth blur and bokeh effect! You need no dual lens, no plus model device. You also have no restriction on the distance with objects. With powerful tools provided by the app, - multiple depth - fine masking creation - background depth - background type (rectangular, radial, diagonal and plain) - background distance - aperture adjustment You can turn any plain photo and video into awesome portrait photo and viideo with depth blur and bokeh effect. Unlike other apps which just support simple masking and blur, [AfterFocus] enables you to add multi level depth to your photo and make really natural depth blur effect. ** Depth Blur on Photo • Add depth to your photo with multiple masks. • Create mask with precision. - Change brush and soft edge size - Undoable - Quick selection with single tap • Apply depth to background. - Choose Rectangular, diagnoal radial background - Choose background distance • Adjust aperture to change blur intensity. • Edit and reuse the project later. • Supports extension from Photos app. ** Depth Blur on Video • Add manual depth effect on video. • Add manual depth effect on live photo. • Tons of predefined depth effects. • Adjust the size of depth. • Adjust aperture and blur intensity. • Split into multiple time ranges and add depth effect to each range. • Save as video. • Save as live photo. • Save as animated gif. • Save to camera roll and share to SNS. • Edit and reuse the project later. • Supports extension from Photos app.

Screenshots

AfterFocus4 screens
AfterFocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

AfterFocus and AfterFocus both sit at 3.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 65% of AfterFocus's written reviews are positive against 17% of AfterFocus's. AfterFocus also leads on ratings volume (77 vs 5) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). AfterFocus's advantage is chart position (#192 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

AfterFocus costs $0.99 and AfterFocus $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.1 for AfterFocus against 3.2 for AfterFocus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AfterFocus has 77 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of AfterFocus's written reviews are positive against 17% of AfterFocus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AfterFocus ships an update every 2 months, AfterFocus every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
AfterFocus versus AfterFocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAfterFocusAfterFocus
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating3.1 (77 ratings)3.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.4% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings77 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#192 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMotionOne Co.,Ltd.Dongwook Cho

Customer experience

AfterFocus

All ratings78 ratings
Positive48.7%
Neutral5.1%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews283 reviews
Positive65.4%
Neutral7.4%
Negative27.2%

AfterFocus

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Bugs and requests

AfterFocus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to save photos
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Blank screens when using the 'take photo' option

Requested features

4 requests
  • Full-resolution image output
  • More advanced blur controls and customization
  • Improved masking tools with zoom/pan functionality
  • iPad support

AfterFocus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AfterFocus

No in-app purchases

None

AfterFocus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AfterFocus free?
AfterFocus costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AfterFocus free?
AfterFocus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AfterFocus or AfterFocus?
AfterFocus is rated higher. AfterFocus averages 3.1 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while AfterFocus averages 3.2 from 5 ratings.
Do AfterFocus or AfterFocus have ads?
Neither AfterFocus nor AfterFocus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AfterFocus or AfterFocus?
AfterFocus ships an update every 2 months, and AfterFocus every 3 months. Most recently, AfterFocus was updated on November 6, 2026 and AfterFocus on November 6, 2026.

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