Henshin Camera vs AR Lightning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Henshin Camera
Transform yourself into any character with a vast collection of virtual costumes. Easily apply outfits to your photos, adjust them, and share your creations on social media. Perfect for fun, creative snapshots and unique profile pictures.
- Over 5000 virtual costumes
- Costumes adjust to object
- Save and share to SNS
- Facial recognition
- Post-shot photo editing
- Apply multiple items
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You can become anybody you want, anytime, anywhere!! "I wanna wear a costume like that, but I don't think I'd wanna buy it..." "Oh, it would rock if I could wear a costume like this and take pics..." "I wanna get liked on Facebook or Twitter with my photos" "I wonder how I can take funnier and cuter snapshots of my pet?" At such times, why not use Henshin Camera? There are total more than 5000 costumes (items) available, such as pirate, Tutankhamen and maid outfits. More new costumes to come!! The costume itself adjusts to the object, enabling you to easily zoom in or out when taking photos. You can use this app in a wide variety of scenes, from commemorative photos to taking wanna-be photos!! Features * Total more than 5000 items are available * Photos are saved to camera roll and easily shared on SNS * Facial recognition supported * Photos stored in your albums can be edited * You can edit your photos after shooting (zooming in/out, moving, brightness, etc.) * You can put 2 or more items on your photo! * Quick access to your recently used items from history! Precautions * This app starts to download necessary data when each item is selected. * Network access is essential for downloading items.
AR Lightning
Create realistic lightning effects from your fingertips using augmented reality. Control the direction and intensity of the lightning in real-time by changing your hand pose. Save your creations as videos or photos and share them.
- AR hand pose recognition
- Real-time lightning control
- Customizable ray color and power
- Save as video or photo
- Share to social media
- Select photos from camera roll
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●This app recognizes the pose of the hand captured by the AR camera and emits a flashy force lightning ray from the finger. ●Apple's human body image recognition technology is used to recognize hand pose images. ●By changing the pose of the hand, you can freely control the direction and on / off of the light beam in real time. In Star Wars, Sith's Dark Sidious and Count Dooku were fighting the Jedi Knights with this Force Lightning as a weapon. The rays of light emitted from the fingers in the camera are amazing just by looking at them. You can enjoy this Force Lightning effect on the AR screen that is displayed in real time. You can also save the powerful image in a video or photo or share it on SNS. You can even select a photo stored in your camera roll and save it to a video or photo. Let's enjoy the feeling of Star Wars. [Image Selection] - AR camera - Camera shooting: Photograph - Camera roll: Photo [Settings] - Selection of light emitting fingers (common to both hands) - Ray color setting (RGBA slider) - Background brightness - Ray power - Sound effect switch - Video length (5-30 seconds) - Save resolution [output] - Save to camera roll: videos, photos - Video / Photo Sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Henshin Camera at 59% against AR Lightning's 0%. Henshin Camera also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.3). AR Lightning's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On update cadence, 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
Henshin Camera is free to download; AR Lightning costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Henshin Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Henshin Camera's written reviews are positive against 0% of AR Lightning's.
Henshin Camera ships an update every 2 weeks, AR Lightning weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Henshin Camera | AR Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eje Inc. | Masanori Katsuta |
Customer experience
Henshin Camera
AR Lightning
In-app purchases
Henshin Camera
No in-app purchases
AR Lightning
No in-app purchases
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