Comparison

Dark Preview Camera vs Lightning Eyes

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

Head to head
About

Dark Preview Camera

Features
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Dark Preview Camera is a camera app designed to let you take photos and videos while keeping your screen brightness low. At night or in dark environments, your iPhone display can feel surprisingly bright. With Dark Preview Camera, you can reduce the screen brightness while using the camera, helping you keep the light from your display to a minimum while taking photos or recording videos. Screen brightness can be adjusted to suit your surroundings. [Simple Shooting Controls] Just tap the screen to start shooting. When you’re finished, double-tap the screen to stop. Simple controls make it easy to start and stop shooting in the dark. On iPhone models that support Camera Control, you can also use Camera Control to shoot without having to interact with the screen as much. [Main Features] * Shoot while keeping screen brightness low * Adjustable screen brightness * Tap the screen to shoot * Double-tap to stop shooting * Shoot using Camera Control * Photo and video capture * Front and rear camera switching * Zoom * Grid display * Level * Save location information with photos Ideal for nighttime, dark rooms, or anywhere you want to minimize the light coming from your screen.

About

Lightning Eyes

Create impressive visual effects by emitting lightning beams from recognized eyeballs in photos or real-time AR. Customize light intensity, color, and background brightness. Save and share your creations as videos or photos.

Highlights
  • AR camera with eyeball recognition
  • Real-time lightning beam emission
  • Adjustable light intensity and color
  • Background brightness control
  • Save as video or photo
  • Share to social media
  • Import photos from camera roll and web
Features
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● Recognizes the eyeballs of both eyes captured by the AR camera, and emits a beam of lightning (force lightning) from the eyes. ● The direction of the beam can be changed in real time by touch operation (drag). ● A variety of effects are possible, such as the intensity and color of the light, and the brightness of the background. You can enjoy this force lightning effect on the AR screen displayed in real time, and you can also save the powerful image as a video or photo, or share it on SNS. You can also select and use photos saved in your camera roll, photos copied from a web browser, photos shared from other apps, etc. The sight of lightning beams being emitted from the image-recognized eyes is impressive just by looking at it, and it's also very interesting and appealing. In the popular movie "Star Wars", Sith's Dark Sidious and Count Dooku fought against Jedi knights with this Force Lightning as a weapon. Enjoy the Star Wars experience to the fullest with this app. [Background photo material] ・Camera shooting: You can take photos directly. ・Camera Roll: Import existing photos into the app. ・Paste images: You can easily add web images to the app by copying and pasting. ・File sharing: You can share photos from AirDrop, SNS, and other apps. [Settings] ・Light color setting (RGBA slider) ・Background brightness ・Light ray power ・Light ray branching amount ・Sound effect switch ・Video length (5-30 seconds) ・Save resolution [Touch operation] ・Light direction: Touch and drag on the screen to move the target (cross mark) that indicates the direction of the light beam. - Pause animation: You can pause or unpause the lightning beam animation by tapping on the screen. [Output] ・Save to camera roll: videos, photos ・Video/photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,... [Notes] ・The device must have adequate processing power, and we recommend using a device equipped with an Apple A11 or higher CPU. ・The output video does not include the audio track. (Update planned)

Screenshots

Dark Preview Camera3 screens
Lightning Eyes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dark Preview Camera at every 2 months against Lightning Eyes's every 7 months. Lightning Eyes's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

Dark Preview Camera costs $1.99 and Lightning Eyes $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dark Preview Camera ships an update every 2 months, Lightning Eyes every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Dark Preview Camera versus Lightning Eyes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDark Preview CameraLightning Eyes
Price$1.99$1.99
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKouichi INAFUKUMasanori Katsuta

In-app purchases

None

Dark Preview Camera

No in-app purchases

None

Lightning Eyes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dark Preview Camera free?
Dark Preview Camera costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lightning Eyes free?
Lightning Eyes costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dark Preview Camera or Lightning Eyes have ads?
Neither Dark Preview Camera nor Lightning Eyes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dark Preview Camera or Lightning Eyes?
Dark Preview Camera ships an update every 2 months, and Lightning Eyes every 7 months. Most recently, Dark Preview Camera was updated on October 8, 2026 and Lightning Eyes on October 7, 2026.

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