ImageFlux vs Light Paint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ImageFlux
Create stunning double exposures and layered art with professional RAW blending tools. This app offers live layer control, over 27 blend modes, and a blending camera for multi-exposure capture. Save, re-edit, and export your creations in full resolution.
- Advanced RAW Blending
- 27+ Professional Blend Modes
- Live Multi-Exposure Capture
- Full Resolution Export
- Smart Project Management
- Layer Control
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ImageFlux is the only iPhone app that blends Apple ProRAW photos in real time — up to 10 layers, 27+ blend modes, and full GPU-accelerated rendering. Create double exposures, layered composites, and film-style art that no filter can replicate. Now with Dual Shot: capture your front and back cameras at once and blend them live. Rated 4.9 stars by photographers worldwide. --- Key Features Dual Shot — Front & Back at Once • Capture both cameras at the same time and blend them into a single multiple exposure on the spot • Your blend is auto-created and saved straight to your Photo Library • Available on iPhone XS and later Apple ProRAW Capture & Blending • Shoot ProRAW directly in-app — no need to switch cameras • Blend ProRAW files with full dynamic range preserved • Compatible with iPhone 12 Pro and later Advanced RAW Blending • Layer up to 10 RAW photos with live control • Pinch, rotate, scale & move layers in real time • Adjust exposure per layer • Merge, reorder, hide, or delete layers • Supports DNG, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF & more 27+ Professional Blend Modes • Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Divide, Subtract, Hard Mix & more • Live preview — see results instantly as you create Blending Camera • Live multi-exposure capture with ghost overlay • Burst mode for creative experimentation on the go Non-Destructive Editing • Undo and redo any change, any time • Re-edit saved blends without losing the original layers Export Your Way • Single photo export with full resolution • JPG & TIFF — no compression, no quality loss • ZIP project export to back up or move full layered projects (Pro) • Share directly to Instagram, Threads, or any app Smart Project Management • Save, reopen, and re-edit blends anytime • Built-in gallery for quick browsing --- Plans & Pricing • Free — the complete toolset for your first blends, no account needed • Monthly — Full access, cancel anytime • Yearly — Full access at best value • Lifetime — Pay once, yours forever --- Who's it for? • Photographers who want RAW multi-exposures beyond the camera • Artists exploring textures, surreal blends, and layered storytelling • Creators who want bold, original content for social media • Hobbyists experimenting with double exposures for the first time --- Privacy Policy: https://woowapps.info/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Light Paint
Create stunning light art and timelapses with professional camera controls and real-time previews. Capture city lights, fire spinning, star trails, and more with intuitive tools and creative effects.
- Manual camera controls (ISO, shutter, focus)
- Live light trail preview
- Advanced frame blending
- Timelapse and video creation
- Multiple light painting profiles
- Real-time color grading
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Paint with light as it happens. LightPaint turns your iPhone or iPad into a real-time light-painting camera. Its all-new Metal GPU engine builds luminous trails live in the viewfinder, so you can compose, adjust, and create while the camera is still running—not after the moment is gone. LIGHT PAINTING, LIVE • Watch trails build on screen in real time • Choose Lighten, Screen, Additive, and other blend styles • Shape trail length, falloff, glow, comet effects, masks, and color • Erase from the live trail or set a restore point without starting over • Start quickly with tuned profiles for light painting, words, lasers, vehicles, star trails, and more A CAMERA BUILT FOR CONTROL • Manual ISO, shutter, focus, white balance, exposure, and lens selection • Crosshairs, focus ring, framing guides, zoom readout, and rotation lock • Live ambient-light guidance and image enhancement controls • Save custom profiles and reuse a complete camera setup AI SCENE ANALYZER LightPaint Pro members can capture a test shot or choose an image from the LightPaint library. The AI Scene Analyzer studies the scene and recommends camera, exposure, focus, white balance, trail, blend, and color settings. Review the result, apply it to the live camera, or save it as a reusable profile. Analyzer use requires sign-in and available credits. TIMELAPSE, VIDEO, AND EDITING • Capture interval timelapses and light-painted video • Review a complete session as soon as you stop recording • Use the built-in video editor to trim, split, join, add effects, and work with audio • Export to Photos, Files, iCloud, or the iOS share sheet ALL-NEW LIGHTPAINT 2.0 EXPERIENCE The interface has been rebuilt around a clearer home screen, simpler navigation, faster access to camera tools, responsive iPhone and iPad layouts, customizable themes, and an Apple Watch companion for remote camera control and previews. WORLDWIDE FROM DAY ONE Use LightPaint in English, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, or Simplified Chinese. FREE TO CREATE The full real-time GPU camera and every built-in profile are free. LightPaint Pro unlocks advanced trail-engine tuning, custom setup tools, and clean full-resolution export. Subscription and lifetime options include a monthly Scene Analyzer allowance; additional Analyzer credits are available separately. Whether you're painting with a flashlight, spinning steel wool, tracing LED poi, following city traffic, photographing fireworks, or building star trails, LightPaint lets you see the art take shape while you create it. Paint the dark. See the light. EULA: https://shutterspeedapps.com/lightpainted/tos/ Privacy: https://shutterspeedapps.com/lightpainted/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Light Paint at none against ImageFlux's 9. Light Paint also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). ImageFlux's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 5). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. ImageFlux sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Light Paint asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ImageFlux against 5.0 for Light Paint. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of ImageFlux's written reviews are positive against 100% of Light Paint's.
ImageFlux ships an update every 3 weeks, Light Paint every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ImageFlux | Light Paint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ozgur Odabasi | Shutter Speed Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
ImageFlux
Light Paint
In-app purchases
ImageFlux
- Weekly$4.997 Days
- Monthly$9.991 Month
- 1 Year Access$49.991 Year
- Lifetime 100% OffFree
- Lifetime 70% Off$14.99
- Lifetime 50% Off$24.99
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- Lifetime 30% Off$34.99
- Lifetime Access$69.99
- Lifetime$99.99
Light Paint
No in-app purchases









