Shadow Shine vs Artleap by Lightricks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow Shine
Enhance your photos by finger painting colored shadows directly onto the image. Easily add artistic shadow effects to draw attention to specific areas. Save and share your creations on social media or via email.
- Finger painting shadow effects
- Zoom and erase modes
- Use camera or photo album
- Adjustable brush size
- Social media sharing
- Undo function
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Let your photos shadow shine by finger painting the image with colored shadows. Create impressive images by shadow shining your photos. The shadow shine effect will draw the viewer's attention to shadowed spots in the image. Creating shadow shine images is as easy as drawing with your finger. You start by taking a photo with your camera. Use your finger to shadow parts of the image. Zoom into the image for detailed painting or use the erase mode to remove the shadow. Share your shadow shine images on Facebook, Twitter and other social nets. Send an email with the image attached to it or save it in your photo album. Features: - Easy finger painting - Paint, zoom and erase - Take pictures from your camera or photo album - Adjust the size of the painting circle - Share your paints on social nets - Undo function for paint corrections There are no limits on what you can shadow shine. Shadow shine your car, friends, kids, your dog or your holiday pictures.
Artleap by Lightricks
Effortlessly create stunning visual art with one-tap photo editing. Achieve popular effects like double exposures, dispersions, and surreal sky replacements without prior experience. Explore endless combinations of filters and art styles to express your creativity.
- One-tap photo editing
- Double exposure effects
- Dispersion effects
- Collage creation
- Sky replacement
- Art filters and combinations
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It used to take a whole lot of effort and time to get a beautiful double exposure or a fragmenting dispersion effect, or to even be able to imagine these results. Now, they’re at your fingertips with Artleap by Lightricks (formerly Quickart). The whole world of photo editing and digital art is now encapsulated in single tap edits. So if you’ve always wanted to create imaginative, surreal, or just plain funky art, but have struggled to learn or simply don’t have the time, here’s a tool made just for you. We’ve made self-expression effortless with technology that helps you reach some of the most popular and visually stunning effects without any necessary experience, and without any struggle. With Artleap, the art of popular effects like double exposures, dispersion, tiny planet, and many, many more will be at your fingertips, while still maintaining the ability to make each result uniquely your own. GET BEAUTIFUL DOUBLE EXPOSURES - Choose a portrait of yourself or someone else, and then select one of our handpicked overlays for your double exposure - Adjust placements and other details to get exactly the look you’re searching for APPLY ACTION PACKED DISPERSIONS - Tap once to see the edges of a person or object shatter and disperse in your digital art - Choose the shapes, spread, and more to personalize the look MAKE FUN AND UNIQUE COLLAGES - Pick your favorite images, and have them intelligently placed into a beautiful collage - Play around with the amount of pics REIMAGINE THE SKY - The sky is no longer the limit - choose what your sky looks like according to your imagination - Explore the abstract and completely surreal options TRY AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF COMBINATIONS - With a wide selection of art filters that can be used together, the possibilities are endless - From traditional art filters made modern to the most cutting edge effects in the art world, anyone can be a digital artist! UNLIMITED ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION - Subscribe for unlimited access to all features and content offered for purchase within Artleap. - Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan. Alternatively, a one-time payment plan is available (this is not a subscription). - Subscriptions auto-renew at the cost of the chosen package, unless canceled 24-hours in advance prior to the end of the current period. The subscription fee is charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Per Apple policy, no cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. - Terms of use: https://static.lightricks.com/legal/terms-of-use.pdf - Privacy policy: https://static.lightricks.com/legal/privacy-policy.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shadow Shine at none against Artleap by Lightricks's 6. Shadow Shine also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 36%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Artleap by Lightricks's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (19K vs 3). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Artleap by Lightricks sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Shadow Shine asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shadow Shine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Artleap by Lightricks has 19K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Shadow Shine's written reviews are positive against 36% of Artleap by Lightricks's.
Shadow Shine ships an update every 3 weeks, Artleap by Lightricks fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow Shine | Artleap by Lightricks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (19K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 36.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 19K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 271 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Dr. Rieger | Lightricks Ltd. |
Customer experience
Shadow Shine
Artleap by Lightricks
Bugs and requests
Shadow Shine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Artleap by Lightricks
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes immediately on launch
- Purchased content unavailable or unable to download
- Syncing and sharing issues across devices
Requested features
3 requests- More customization options for overlays and filters
- Ability to save and export edited photos without paying
- Better customer support and communication from developers
In-app purchases
Shadow Shine
No in-app purchases
Artleap by Lightricks
- Unlimited access$7.991 Month
- Unlimited access$9.991 Month
- Unlimited access$19.991 Year
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- Unlimited access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Unlimited access$49.991 Year
- Unlimited access$59.99
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