Comparison

iMotion Pro vs Shine Lens

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

Head to head
About

iMotion Pro

Create captivating time-lapse and stop-motion videos with an intuitive yet powerful tool. Enhance your stories, animate objects, and capture life's moments with professional rendering and easy sharing options.

Highlights
  • Time-lapse and stop-motion creation
  • Professional rendering
  • Easy video sharing
  • 4K UHD, 1080p & 720p exports
  • Multiple capture modes
  • Unlimited movie length
  • Add audio soundtracks
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Create your own time-lapse and stop-motion stories OR Your time-lapses and stop-motions (almost) like magic! OR Enhance your stories in minutes with time-lapse and stop-motion • Enhance your stories and make your photos real! • An intuitive app for professional rendering • A complete, fast, powerful and universal tool • To share your videos easily iMotion Pro is iMotion with "Full Version" In-App purchase included. # Where will iMotion take you? Time-lapse and stop-motion are everywhere: in the cinema, on television, on social networks… We cannot miss the charm of these fast and efficient stop-motion and time-lapse videos. They are now at your fingertips thanks to the iMotion app. Amaze your family by bringing precious memories to life, surprise your students with clear demonstrations, impress your customers by telling them a story, amaze your friends by bringing photos, landscapes and slices of life to life… only in a few minutes! With iMotion, the only limit is your imagination! # Is the iMotion app made for you? You are looking for a stop-motion / time-lapse app: • Simple and intuitive, • Powerful, offering a professional result, • With an unlimited number of photos and videos: never stop creating! • Offering the export of your videos directly to your photo library, your iTunes sharing folder, your email, your iOS apps and social networks, • Making you forget all the technical aspects: download, edit and publish, it's ready! • Without watermark or advertising, If you find yourself in one or more of this information, then iMotion is for you! # Inspiration: the only limit is your imagination! • Make your own animated films to entertain the whole family, • Simplify learning with a smooth, step-by-step tutorial, • Capture a landscape, a sunset, the colors of the sky or a memorable city, • Animate your favorite objects, your OOTD, your best recipes, • Freeze memories of your child growing up, • Immortalize the evolution of your pregnancy or your weight loss, • Compile your selfies for a fun effect… # Features: unleash your creativity, iMotion has thought of everything else! • 4K UHD, 1080p & 720p HD capture & exports • Universal binaries iPhone / iPad / iPodTouch • 5 capture modes (time-lapse, manual, microphone, wifi remote, photo library import) • Portrait (for Instagram and Tiktok) and landscape (for Youtube) orientations supported • Rear and front cameras supported • Flash light & camera zoom support • Onion skin support • Change camera settings (Manual Focus, Exposure & White balance) • Export: videos, photos and animated GIF to your Photo Library, iTunes Sharing Folder, Mail and iOS apps and social networks (Instagram, TikTok, Youtube…) • Unlimited movie length, even with the free version • Add audio soundtrack to your movie with iPod import, microphone and Files • Import multiple frames from your Photo Library • Export frames to your Documents folder while capturing • Export & import your movie project Download “iMotion Remote” app for free to preview and remote your capture from an other device iPhone/iPad/iPodtouch. # Watch movies made with iMotion Browse the iMotion gallery to see examples of videos made by iMotion users: http://www.youtube.com/imotionhdgallery # Who is behind Fingerlab? • Fingerlab is an independant mobile & desktop app publishing studio, based in Paris, France, founded in 2010. • We are indie developers and our goal is to create the greatest user experience for mobile devices. We are driven by our passions: music, photography and apps. • Fingerlab won the Apple Design Award in 2012 for its app "DM1-The Drum Machine", and all Fingerlab apps have been featured on the AppStore in multiple categories. Watch us : vimeo.com/​fingerlab Follow us : twitter.com/​fingerlab Powered by Fingerlab http://www.fingerlab.net

About

Shine Lens

Features
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■ You can emphasize the "Brightness" and "Shine" of the image. ■ You can emphasize only the "bright area" of photos and videos taken in such as dark places. ■ By combining the three effects, you can create a variety of "shine effects". [Source] - Camera shooting: Video, photo - Photo Library: Video, photo - Paste image: Copy and paste a web image - File sharing: Can be sent from AirDrop, SNS, other apps [Settings] - Brightness Threshold:: Brightness threshold of the brilliance effect - Amplification rate: Amplification rate of shine effect - Emphasis curve: How to emphasize the brilliance effect - Save resolution: 20-100% of the original resolution [Output] - Save to camera roll: videos, photos - Video / photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...

Screenshots

iMotion Pro4 screens
Shine Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Shine Lens at $0.99 against iMotion Pro's $5.99. iMotion Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

iMotion Pro costs $5.99 and Shine Lens $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iMotion Pro ships an update every 4 months, Shine Lens every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iMotion Pro versus Shine Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriMotion ProShine Lens
Price$5.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.3 (84 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings84 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSKETCHES SRLMasanori Katsuta

Bugs and requests

iMotion Pro

Reported bugs

50 issues
  • Crashing all the time
  • Picture quality looks bad
  • Camera weirdly zoomed in
  • Sensitive to slight movements
  • Videos come out shaky
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  • Fuzzy thanks to weird zoom
  • Onion skin feature appears incorrectly distorted
  • Trigger time takes 5+ seconds
  • Bug on the first frame
  • First shot is reinterpreted
  • Onion skin stays on first frame
  • Edit menu does not work
  • Cannot playback video
  • Imported photos appear as a black screen
  • No way to save video in progress
  • No microphone option
  • Cannot see previous movies from iMotion
  • Drains battery rapidly
  • Phone overheats
  • App crashes every time it's opened
  • Cannot export pictures without restarting iPhone
  • Cannot use selfie camera
  • Description is misleading regarding HD quality with iMotion remote
  • Cannot access camera roll
  • Cannot resume a video
  • Resume button not present
  • App doesn't recognize camera
  • Capture button never shows
  • Controls aren't showing up
  • Controls missing after iOS 8 update
  • App freezes when device is turned landscape
  • App crashes every few hours
  • Low res uploads to Facebook
  • Resume feature gone
  • Tools missing after update
  • No music added
  • iMotion Remote app no longer working
  • Sound input is crippled
  • Gallery rejection emails are long and wordy
  • Blurs camera and zooms in
  • Pro version does a close-up and takes pictures off to the right
  • Audio screwed up on export
  • Kicks off app during filming
  • Super hard to resume filming
  • Restarts animation mid-way for like 4 seconds
  • Freezes in landscape
  • 1080p is not supported on iPad mini Retina display
  • No control buttons visible
  • Crashes since iOS 8 update
  • App doesn't open due to compatibility or bug

Requested features

11 requests
  • Import from files
  • Masking feature
  • Zoom feature
  • Manual exposure control
  • Expand photo import limit
Show 6 more
  • Selfie camera support
  • Duplicate frames
  • Dark mode support
  • Manual focus
  • Auto-exposure/auto-focus lock
  • Keep taking pictures during low battery notification

Shine Lens

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iMotion Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Shine Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iMotion Pro free?
iMotion Pro costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shine Lens free?
Shine Lens costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do iMotion Pro or Shine Lens have ads?
Neither iMotion Pro nor Shine Lens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iMotion Pro or Shine Lens?
iMotion Pro ships an update every 4 months, and Shine Lens every 11 months. Most recently, iMotion Pro was updated on October 21, 2026 and Shine Lens on October 12, 2026.

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