Comparison

Real Bokeh vs Postra Mobile

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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"

About

Postra Mobile

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Postra turns your camera roll into a single flow: find, compose, refine, and export. The core of the app is free. For more, Postra Pro is a one-time in-app purchase that you keep forever. Items marked (Pro) are part of Postra Pro. Find the one shot • Recent or Random to surface buried photos fast • Filter freely by camera and lens • Search by words like "flower" or "sky" with on-device AI search (Pro) • Tap any photo to gather visually similar ones (Pro) Build photo collages • Grid, Free, and Carousel layouts; Carousel keeps portrait and landscape photos uncropped (free: up to 4 photos per collage or carousel) • Margins, gap, background color, and drop shadow to frame your work • Build several boards at once and export them together, great for finishing a tall composite as a multi-image post (Pro) • Up to 10 photos per collage or carousel (Pro) • Presets for Instagram, X, Threads, Stories, TikTok, YouTube, and Pinterest aspect ratios • "Preview" shows how your post will look on each platform before sharing • Layered, tilted Design templates and Mosaic, which packs photos at their original ratios (Pro) Refine • Basic retouch: brightness, contrast, saturation, highlights, shadows, temperature, and more • Copy & paste adjustments to other photos • Advanced retouch with HSL, tone curve, color balance and clarity, built-in presets, and RAW development (Pro) Play: film and analog textures • Basic effects such as halation, light leaks, film grain and fade, plus 11 looks, for free • Over 60 effects including double exposure, film scratches, mold and halftone, and every one of nearly 40 looks (Pro) • Fine-tune the strength of each effect in the detail settings Finish and export • Print-style finishing with drop shadow and frames • JPEG export up to 2048px, ready to share • Full-size export and PNG, HEIC or TIFF (Pro) • Caption band with EXIF (camera, lens, aperture, date), date stamp, paper texture, and film base (Pro) Postra Pro (one-time in-app purchase) • One purchase unlocks every (Pro) feature above, forever. It is not a subscription • Layout and export favorites, your own retouch presets, and your own Play looks: one of each for free, unlimited with Postra Pro • If you bought the earlier paid version of Postra, you keep every feature with no extra purchase • On a new device or after reinstalling, use Restore Purchase in Settings Privacy first • All analysis, layout, and export happen entirely on your device • Your original photos are never modified • No account, no tracking, no ads Note: AI search downloads a search model (~146MB) once on first use. Your photos are never uploaded. For iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Real Bokeh4 screens
Postra Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Real Bokeh at none against Postra Mobile's 1. Real Bokeh also leads on price ($2.99 vs $4.99). Postra Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On ads, 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

Real Bokeh costs $2.99 and Postra Mobile $4.99 up front. Postra Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Real Bokeh asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Real Bokeh ships an update every 3 months, Postra Mobile every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Real Bokeh versus Postra Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReal BokehPostra Mobile
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating3.8 (56 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDongwook ChoKoji Chikazawa

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

Postra Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Real Bokeh

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Postra Mobile

One-time1
  • Postra Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Real Bokeh free?
Real Bokeh costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Postra Mobile free?
Postra Mobile costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Real Bokeh or Postra Mobile have ads?
Neither Real Bokeh nor Postra Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Real Bokeh or Postra Mobile?
Real Bokeh ships an update every 3 months, and Postra Mobile every 3 days. Most recently, Real Bokeh was updated on November 1, 2026 and Postra Mobile on October 28, 2026.

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