Real Bokeh vs Bokeh Camera
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"
Bokeh Camera
Easily add beautiful bokeh light effects to your photos with various shapes and random color options. Enhance your images with a few taps and save them in high quality.
- Bokeh light effects
- 11 shape effects (heart, star, snow)
- Random color effects
- High quality output
- Save and share photos
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Bokeh Camera can create awesome bokeh light effects to your photo with just few taps. MAIN Features: - 11 Types of shape effects Heart, light, star, snow, and more. - Random color effects Adds random color of bokeh lights to your photo by just tapping on your photo. - Save & Share High quality Output.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bokeh Camera at Free against Real Bokeh's $2.99. Bokeh Camera also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (88% vs 57%). Real Bokeh's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 32 months). On ads 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
Bokeh Camera is free to download; Real Bokeh costs $2.99 up front. Bokeh Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Real Bokeh asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bokeh Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bokeh Camera has 1.8K ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Real Bokeh's written reviews are positive against 88% of Bokeh Camera's.
Real Bokeh ships an update every 3 months, Bokeh Camera every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real Bokeh | Bokeh Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (56 ratings) | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.8% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dongwook Cho | 柳 王 |
Customer experience
Real Bokeh
Bokeh Camera
User reviews
Real Bokeh
From 56 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 🎨 Wide variety of shapes and colors
- ✨ Creative bokeh effects for photos
- 💰 Affordable price point (99 cents)
- 🎯 Customizable size and color options
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- ❌ Mickey head shape removed (major complaint)
- 📱 Portrait mode only (no landscape support)
- 🎨 Limited color and shape selections
- 💾 Crashes when saving to camera roll
Bokeh Camera
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Unique photo effects
- 🚀 Fast performance
- 🎨 Variety of editing tools
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 💰 Forced in-app purchases
- 📵 Limited free features
- 🔒 Privacy concerns
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
Bokeh Camera
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes
- Unreliable bokeh effect
- Issues with photo uploads
- Compatibility problems
Requested features
4 requests- More customization options
- Improved bokeh effect
- Non-square photo support
- Ability to adjust filters
In-app purchases
Real Bokeh
No in-app purchases
Bokeh Camera
- PRO VERSION$0.99
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