Real Bokeh vs Filter Candy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Real Bokeh
Easily add beautiful bokeh and light leak effects to your photos. Customize shapes, sizes, opacity, and colors to create unique and artistic images. Save and share your creations in full resolution.
- 36 bokeh shapes
- 33 light leak effects
- 23 image filters
- Draw multiple bokehs
- Adjust bokeh size and opacity
- Multiple bokeh colors
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Create photo of beautiful light effects with Real Bokeh. Real Bokeh helps you to draw beautiful bokeh effect to your photos. It also enables you to apply beautiful light leak effects and filters to your photos. [Features] - 36 beautiful bokeh shapes - 33 light leak effects - 23 image filters - Draw multiple bokehs with finger touch - Apply multiple bokeh shapes to one photo - Change bokeh size (large, medium, small, tiny and mixed) - Change opacity - Multiple bokeh colors with easy color picker (28 colors) - Easy undo and clear all - Save as full resolution - Share to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr and other apps [User Reviews] - "This app is amazing. The features are great and there are so many different kinds of shapes" - "I love the freedom of this editing app" - "So much fun and add creativity and fun to your photos" - "It works very good and is worth it! It makes the pictures look so beautiful" - "Awesome app. Love using it for every picture I take and have"
Filter Candy
Transform your photos with a wide array of film-inspired presets and powerful editing tools. Achieve stunning visual effects for any subject or setting, from classic vintage looks to vibrant, high-contrast styles. Enhance your images with adjustments like vignette, grain, and sharpness before sharing.
- Film-emulation presets
- Vignette, grain, sharpness adjustments
- Exposure and contrast controls
- Saturation enhancement
- Multiple preset packs (Essential, Classic, Instant, Slide, Creative, Black)
- Photo sharing
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Filter Candy is a collection of powerful film-emulation presets and editing tools. Edit your photos with our presets to transform them into something beautiful. Our extensive collection of presets have something which is ideal for almost any setting or subject. Enhance your photos with editing tools (such as but not limited to vignette, grain, sharpness, exposure, contrast, saturation) and share with loved ones. Included preset packs: Essential: This pack consists of our most popular and versatile presets Classic: Vintage-inspired pack recreates the look of days gone by Instant: Recreate the look of tradition instant film with this pack Slide: Vivid colors and extreme contrast makes this pack ideal for fashion and outdoors Creative: Reimagine the boundaries of color with this pack Black: Create a stronger emotional connection with your subject by removing the distraction of color Photos by Mark Sebastian
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Filter Candy at Free against Real Bokeh's $2.99. Filter Candy also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Filter Candy is free to download; Real Bokeh costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Filter Candy holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Real Bokeh's written reviews are positive against 50% of Filter Candy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Real Bokeh ships an update every 3 months, Filter Candy every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real Bokeh | Filter Candy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (56 ratings) | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dongwook Cho | 205L Studio |
Customer experience
Real Bokeh
Filter Candy
Bugs and requests
Real Bokeh
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes when loading photos
- Crashes when saving images
- Crashes when applying bokeh effects
- Freezes after opening pictures
- Random crashes during editing
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- Force closes unexpectedly
- Photos don't load or appear on screen
- Orientation glitches (portrait/landscape inconsistency)
- Shape placement too random and imprecise
- Accidental deletion when holding finger too long
- No working undo button despite claims
- Incompatibility with older iOS versions
- iPad landscape mode distorts images
- RealBokeh shapes painted in wrong orientation
Requested features
15 requests- Bring back Mickey head shape
- Landscape mode support
- More shape options (food, fashion, travel, pets, words)
- Text and font options
- Frame and border options
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- Extra small size option
- Undo/redo buttons
- Ability to place bokeh in background only
- Layer support for better composition
- Zoom functionality for precision
- Rotation/twist capability for particles
- Full screen image preview
- Save to camera roll functionality
- Transparency control improvements
- Swipe-to-line feature with shape conversion
Filter Candy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Real Bokeh
No in-app purchases
Filter Candy
No in-app purchases
