Real Bokeh vs SnapCal
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"
SnapCal
View photos organized by the date they were taken on a scrollable calendar. Easily navigate between months and specific dates to revisit memories. Share or delete photos with simple gestures.
- View photos by date
- Scrollable calendar interface
- Navigate previous/next months
- Share photos
- Delete photos
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- Select a date displayed on the calendar to view photos from that day. - Scroll the calendar up to see it wider. - You can check the previous and next month by scrolling the calendar left and right. - You can view photos by moving to the desired date. - Choose a photo and enjoy the photo of the day. - You can share a photo by double-touching it. - Press and hold a photo to delete that photo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SnapCal at Free against Real Bokeh's $2.99. SnapCal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Real Bokeh's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (56 vs 1). On 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
SnapCal is free to download; Real Bokeh costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SnapCal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Real Bokeh has 56 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Real Bokeh ships an update every 3 months, SnapCal weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real Bokeh | SnapCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dongwook Cho | sungjin Lee |
Customer experience
Real Bokeh
SnapCal
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
SnapCal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Real Bokeh
No in-app purchases
SnapCal
No in-app purchases
Questions
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